LA VIE EN ROSE
March 05, 2024
TODAY’S PROGRAMME
I Vow to Thee G. Holst
Premiere Arabesque C. Debussy
Sicilienne G. Faure
The Swan C. Saint Saens
The Black Swan H. Villa-Lobos
Regret M. Plant
Gabriel’s Oboe E. Morricone
Song to the Moon A. Dvorak
Fly me to the moon B. Howard
La Terrasse des audiences du clair de lune C. Debussy
I don’t want to live on the moon E. and S. Colvin
Selection of Celtic tunes
MEET THE ARTISTS
ELIZABETH BERGMANN | PIANO
Elizabeth Bergmann has an active performing career as pianist and chamber musician and is the recipient of many awards and prizes of international competitions such as the International Chamber Music Competition in Caltanissetta, Italy and the 4th Murray Dranoff International Two Piano Competition. She performs most regularly with her husband as the Bergmann Duo and has recorded numerous CDs with various ensembles and artists appearing on the ARS, Arktos, Naxos and Brilliant Classics labels. As part of the Bergmann Duo, she has performed recitals and concerts with orchestra in many parts of the world including the United States, Italy, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, France, Macedonia, Greece, China and Canada and has appeared at international festivals including: Festival of the Sound, Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival, Tuckamore Festival, Abbey Bach Festival, Ohrid Summer Festival, Zodiac Festival, The San Francisco International Music Festival, MusicFest Vancouver, Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, Banff Arts Festival, the Royal Bank Calgary International Organ Festival and Competition, Festival Miami, the Tage für Neue Musik, Darmstadt, the Braunschweiger Kammermusik Podium, and EXPO 2000, Hannover.
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Together with her husband, she is Artistic Director of White Rock Concerts and is Artistic Director of Concerts at the Langley Community Music School. She is a founding member of the Canadian Piano Quartet and Percussiano 3 and is nationally and internationally involved as a lecturer, presenter and juror of festivals and competitions. She has been on faculty at The Mount Royal University in Calgary and at the University of Calgary and for many years was involved in various musical activities at the Banff Centre for the Arts. She was a core member of Calgary Land’s End Chamber Ensemble and in the 2004-2005 season, she and her husband served as Artistic Directors of The Murray Dranof International Two Piano Competition and Foundation in Miami. A native of Alberta, Elizabeth received degrees in solo performance and chamber music from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Hannover, Germany, Univérsité de Montréal, University of Toronto and University of Alberta. Her teachers have included Helmut Brauss, Patricia Parr, JeanEudes Vaillancourt and Arie Vardi.
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JANELLE NADEAU | HARP
Janelle Nadeau is a nationally renowned harpist who has shared the stage with music luminaries including Diana Krall, The Who, Kanye West, Frank Sinatra Jr and more. Her awe-inspiring performances led to her role as the principle harpist with the Vancouver Opera Orchestra and the Turning Point Ensemble. She performs regularly with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and past performances include: the World Harp Congress, American Harp Society Conference, Celebrity Cruises, the National Youth Symphony of Canada including a decade with Winter Harp and beyond. Janelle has been touring since she was 19 years old and has made her way across Canada and has toured internationally to the United States, Asia and Europe. She believes in the healing power of music and through her work with Health Arts Society, she has performed more than 400 solo concerts in hospitals and palliative care homes. Born and raised on a farm in Manitoba, Janelle returns every year to work on the farm during harvest with her two young sons.
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JEREMY BERKMAN | TROMBONE
Though a combination of trombone, harp, and piano is not a typical trio, Trombonist Jeremy Berkman has a career highlighted by many collaborations with unlikely partners! Though a member of more traditional ensembles, performing as Principal Trombonist with Vancouver Opera’s orchestra since 1992, and as a member of A Touch of Brass Quintet, he has been featured in two cds with the Bozzini String Quartet. As a member of cellist Peggy Lee octet, The Peggy Lee Band, has been nominated for a Juno award, recorded six commercially released six cds and toured nationally and internationally.
A co-founder of Vancouver’s award winning, Turning Point Ensemble (with which Janelle Nadeau also plays harp!) he has helped develop numerous interdisciplinary projects, recorded, and toured internationally. Jeremy also performs with big bands led by Jill Townsend, John Korsrud, and Daniel Hersog. He has also performed as a studio musician for recordings led by Michael Buble, Tanya Tagaq, Matthew Good, Veda Hille, and Debra-Jean Creelman. Along with playing newly composed music, Jeremy is also diving into 16th & 17th century repertoire, performing on the sackbut (a distinctive name for the modern trombone’s ancestor) with the newly formed Cappella Borealis.
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