Audiences of all ages will enjoy a matinee performance of some incredible music for small ensembles. “Beethoven Septet” takes place on Saturday, November 25 at 2:30pm at St. Andrew’s United Church.
"Get to know some of the professional musicians of the North Bay Symphony in this concert of chamber music featuring string quintet and winds. The cozy atmosphere and excellent acoustics of St. Andrew’s United Church is the perfect setting to hear this wonderful music for small ensembles," says a news release from the group.
Clarinet, two violins, viola, and cello will perform Brahms’s Clarinet Quintet, one of his later works that embodies the emotion and musical colouring that audiences continue to love over 100 years later.
Westby’s “Portrait of a Family”, written in 1998, replaces the clarinet with bassoon and adds the double bass to perform a set of lively dances inspired by the roles within a family. A world premiere performance of “Time” by NBSO Concertmaster Calvin Cheng brings French horn and some electronics into the mix.
Then jumping back over 200 years, the concert ends with none other than Beethoven’s Septet in E-flat major, which was one of Beethoven’s most popular works. The sheet music has appeared in many editions, and it has been arranged – by Beethoven and by others – for a wide range of instrument combinations. This performance is with the original scoring for clarinet, bassoon, French horn, violin, viola, cello, and double bass.
North Bay Symphony musicians are: Calvin Cheng, 1st violin; Jonathan Garabedian, 2nd violin; Eros Tang, viola; Jordan Wyshniowsky, cello; Thomas Jones, bass; Carla Perrotta, clarinet; Elliott MacDonald, bassoon; and Gilles Thibodeau, French horn.
BEETHOVEN SEPTET Adult: $30
Date: Saturday, November 25, 2017 Student (13+): $12
Concert Time: 2:30pm
Location: St. Andrew’s United Church
Advance tickets are available online: capitolcentre.org
Tickets will also be available at St. Andrew’s United Church one hour before the performance.
