Two radically different OSO performances in November
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT… Two radically disparate performances in November!
Whether you prefer more traditional classical offerings or are more interested in music not usually associated with a symphony orchestra, the OSO has something of interest for you this month. In our quest to bring different music to different audiences in different and more intimate venues, we are presenting two radically different performances in November, but each one exceptional in its own way.
If your tastes in music run diverse or contemporary, AMPLIFY is for you. On Saturday, November 18 the OSO plugs in and amplifies new artists and their music.
Throat singing, beatboxing, Indigenous songwriting, and electronic dance music cross over with symphonic music to create an eclectic and electric evening of live music in a program aptly titled AMPLIFY.
We are collaborating with throat singer/beatboxer Poppa Nuge, Syilx singer song carrier Cori Derickson, Cree cellist Kethra Stewart, and the innovative, gender-bending queer vocalist Quinn “Quarterback” Bates. One performance only!
AMPLIFY (Satellite Series) Sat, Nov 18, 8 pm Mary Irwin Theatre at the Rotary Centre for the Arts
“The OSO will be trying on a brand new sound as we join with these fabulous artists,” says OSO Music Director Rosemary Thomson. “I am so excited to share the stage with them and to feature the orchestra in this contemporary repertoire.”
For those who prefer more traditional classical offerings, SHIMMERING STRINGS — featuring our wonderful string players — fits the bill beautifully. Rachel Kristenson, Susan Aylard, Martine denBok, Narumi Higuchi, Erin Macdonald, Sylvia Lange, Olivia Walsh and Martin Krátký come together in one of the one most exhilarating collaborations in the chambe rmusic canon: Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet in E-flat Major, op.20.
True chamber music, neither a symphony in disguise nor a double quartet, each of the eight parts is a separate and indispensable component of the whole. The octet remained Mendelssohn’s ow nfavourite among his youthful works — although it marked his full maturity as a composer, he was only 16 when he wrote it.
SHIMMERING STRINGS (Celebration Series)
- Thurs, Nov 16, 7 pm | Venables Theatre, Oliver
- Sun, Nov 19, 2 pm | Creekside Theatre, Lake Country
- Sun, Nov 19, 7 pm | Coldstream Community Hall, Coldstream
Felix’s much-beloved older sister, Fanny Hensel, is represented on this program with her String Quartet, also in E-flat Major. She was considered by many who knew them to be as musically gifted as Felix, but in their era, women were not encouraged to pursue professional careers, and her talent remained mostly unrecognized. Reworked from an earlier begun piano sonata, the String Quartet was performed only once during her lifetime.
In 2011 American composer Caroline Shaw was inspired to write “Entr’Acte” after hearing the Brentano Quartet play Haydn’s Op. 77 No. 2, in particular the minuet and trio. Structured on that classical form but taking it a little further, her short work introduces this wonderful program of chamber music for strings.
Three performances of SHIMMERING STRINGS will be staged. We are delighted to bring these concerts to music lovers in Oliver (Nov 16), Lake Country and Coldstream(both Nov 19).
Discover just how diverse the OSO can be, and experience the wonder, magic and power of live orchestral music with us!
