Lyricism and Energy
Wednesday, June 5 at 7:30pm
Joseph Strug Concert Hall, Fountain School of Performing Arts
1385 Seymour St., Halifax
Sponsored by Oriel MacLennan
Book 8 of Edvard Grieg’s charming Lyric Pieces includes the famous Wedding Day at Troldhaugen. Julia Wolfe’s Dark Full Ride for four drum sets provides an irresistible build-up of white-hot energy. Then Cameron Crozman plays one of Britten’s deeply personal cello suites, written for the great Rostropovich, and lastly, we hear Bartók at the height of his powers in his searing third string quartet from 1927.
On the Program
EDVARD GRIEG: Lyric Pieces, Book 8, Op. 65 (25’)
Louise Bessette, piano
JULIA WOLFE: Dark Full Ride (20’)
Architek Percussion
INTERMISSION
BENJAMIN BRITTEN: Suite No. 2 for solo cello, Op. 80 (20’)
Cameron Crozman, cello
BÉLA BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 3 (15’)
Mark Lee, violin
Gwen Hoebig, violin
Isaac Chalk, viola
Blair Lofgren, cello