the 2016 /17 concert series
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Season Patrons
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Eli & Phil Taylor
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march 31 – april 1, 2017 8pm
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repertoire
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100 i. Allegro amabile ii. Andante tranquilo iii. Allegretto grazioso
Sommerabend, Op. 85, No. 1 Bei dir send meine Gedanken, Op. 95, No. 2 Feldeinsamkeit, Op. 86. No. 2 Wie Melodien zeiht es mir leise durch den Sinn, Op. 105, No. 1 Intermezzo in E Major, Op. 116, No. 4 Intermezzo in Bb Minor, Op. 117, No. 2 Intermission Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25 i. Allegro ii. Intermezzo – Allegro ma non troppo iii. Andante con moto iv. Rondo alla Zingarese – Presto
artists Benjamin Bowman
Rachel Mercer
Violin
Cello
Andrew Burashko
Sarah Slean
Piano
Singer
Jethro Marks Viola
artists benjamin bowman
andrew bur ashko
American-Canadian violinist Benjamin Bowman performs to critical acclaim throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Benjamin is very active and engaged as a chamber musician and soloist; he is a member or frequent guest artist for leading chamber music ensembles internationally, including the twice Grammy-nominated ARC (Artists of the Royal Conservatory), Art of Time, and Leondari Ensemble. Benjamin was featured on the 2013 Junowinning album Levant and the 2011 Juno-nominated disc Armenian Chamber Music with the Amici Chamber Ensemble. Other collaborative work includes extensive immersion in contemporary/new music, improvisation and performance with singer/songwriters. Benjamin is Concertmaster of the American Ballet Theatre orchestra in New York. Bowman’s performances have been recorded for radio broadcast in the USA, in Canada with the CBC, the UK, Poland, Hungary, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark and Korea. His discography includes recent solo and chamber-music releases on the Sony Masterworks/RCA Red Seal, ATMA Classique, and Innova labels. Bowman received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.
Andrew Burashko is the founder and creative force behind Art of Time Ensemble. Born in Moscow, Burashko trained as a concert pianist across North America, making his solo debut with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at the age of seventeen. As a soloist, Burashko performed with some of the world’s most renowned conductors, including Sir Andrew Davis, Pinchas Zukerman, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. His eclectic musical interests have led him to share the stage with such diverse artists as Branford Marsalis, Peggy Baker and Madeleine Peyroux. In 1997, Burashko formed the Art of Time Ensemble to produce unique concerts that ignore the barriers between genres and disciplines, with the aim of 31 exposing audiences to a broad rangemarch of artistic possibilities. Under Burashko’s direction, Art of Time Ensemble has become a Canadian destination for today’s most accomplished artists working in music, dance, theatre, film, and literature. In Portrait of addition to their annual concert series in Toronto, Art of Time Ensemble has toured extensively throughout Canada At andthe Har the United States, as well as in Russia and Finland.
may 11 – 13, 2017 8 pm
DOGHOUSE ROSES The Words and Music of Steve Earle
JOHANNES
artists jethro marks
Vancouver-born violist Jethro Marks was appointed Principal Viola of the National Arts Center Orchestra in Spring 2011. He has performed as soloist and chamber musician throughout the world, and is a frequent collaborator with many artists and ensembles. Jethro is First Violist of the Zukerman Chamber Players. An avid chamber musician, Jethro has collaborated with some of the most illustrious artists and chamber groups of our day and has participated in festivals around the world. Jethro is frequently featured in chamber music concerts in the National Arts Centre MFASA series, as well as the Ottawa Chamber Music Festivals. His solo debut with the National Arts 1 – april 1, Orchestra 2017 8 pm Centre was in 2004 and in 2007 he premiered the Steven Gellman Viola Concerto with the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra.
sar ah slean Signed to Atlantic/Warner Records at the tender age of 19, three-time Juno nominee and modern-day Renaissance woman Sarah Slean has since released 11 albums in over 10 countries worldwide. Over her 20-year career, Slean has published two volumes of poetry, starred in short films and a movie musical (spawning two Gemini Award nominations), penned two string quartets, held numerous exhibitions of her paintings, graced the TEDGlobal stage in Edinburgh and performed with 9 of the country’s professional orchestras. Classically trained from the age of 5, she composes scores for full orchestra, routinely collaborates with cutting-edge contemporary classical ensembles like The Art of Time, and has been invited to sing world premieres by Canada’s leading living composers. Citing such diverse influences as Leonard Bernstein, philosophy, Joni Mitchell, Buddhism and Bach, her music borrows aspects of cabaret, pop, and orchestral: all knit together by the startling poetry of her lyrics, virtuosic piano-playing, and that voice, described by the CBC as “a 19th century Kate Bush”. In addition to headlining theatres across Canada, Sarah has also toured Europe, the UK, the US and Scandinavia and has opened internationally for such artists as Bryan Ferry, Rufus Wainwright, Alanis Morissette, Andrew Bird, Feist, Ron Sexsmith, Chris Isaak, and Buck 65. Metaphysics, her first recording in 5 years, is described as a breathtaking amalgamation of Slean’s dramatic orchestral arranging and her signature take on songwriting.
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Described as a “pure chamber musician” (Globe and Mail) creating “moments of rbourfront Centre Theatre pure magic” (Toronto Star), Canadian cellist Rachel Mercer has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician across five continents. Member of Ensemble Made In Canada, the Mercer-Park Duo, Artist-in-Residence at Western University, and Artistic Director of the “5 at the First” Chamber Music Series in Hamilton, Rachel joined the National Arts Centre Orchestra as Associate Principal Cello in January 2016. Her critically acclaimed recording of the Bach Suites was recorded on the 1696 Bonjour Stradivarius from the Canada Council Instrument Bank. Winner in the 2015 competition, Rachel is grateful to have been awarded the 1730 Newland Joannes Franciscus Celoniatus cello for a 3-year loan.
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