{"id":5150,"date":"2013-05-07T20:58:54","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T20:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/?p=5150"},"modified":"2013-05-07T21:10:30","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T21:10:30","slug":"kens-scotia-festival-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2013\/05\/07\/kens-scotia-festival-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken’s Scotia Festival schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

I attended my first Scotia Festival <\/a>as a student in 1993- Peter Lieberson was the composer-of-the-year, Pierre-Laurent Aimard was the pianist-in-the-house. How could I not want to keep coming back? Over the following years I got to meet and work with composers like Oliver Knussen \u00a0and Joan Tower, instrumentalists like Marc-Andre Hamelin, and I got to share a stand with Desmond Hoebig and Fred Sherry. I also cut my conducting teeth there, and had all kinds of memorable chamber music experiences\/ It broke my heart to realize I was getting too old to keep coming back as a student at some point.<\/p>\n

I was last there as a guest artist in 2004. So, how excited am I to be heading back to an event that absolutely rightly calls itself the “greatest little chamber music festival in the world”? (FYI- the last piece I played at the festival was Turangalila- not exactly “little” or “chamber music.”)<\/p>\n

Here’s my performance schedule for the two weeks. It should be an absolute blast- great repertoire, great colleagues. If you’re anywhere within about 1000 miles of Halifax, come and catch a concert or two.\u00a0There are too many highlights to count for me- my first time to conduct anything by John Adams, a chance to do Berg’s monumentally challenging Chamber Concerto, a Britten anniversary celebratory performance of the Frank Bridge Variations and a chance to play some of Epomeo’s real party pieces. The complete Festival schedule is on their website.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Highlight Concert 1<\/strong>
\nMonday, May 27, 2013 7:00 pm
\nSir James Dunn Theatre, Dalhousie Arts Centre<\/em><\/strong>
\nBach –\u00a0Chaconne<\/strong>\u00a0– Philippe Djokic, violin
\nSchnittke –\u00a0String Trio<\/strong>\u00a0– Ensemble Epomeo (Carolin Chin, violin,\u00a0David Yang, viola,\u00a0Kenneth Woods, cello)
\nSchubert –\u00a0E flat major Piano Trio<\/strong>\u00a0– John Novacek, piano,\u00a0Mark Fewer, violin, Denise\u00a0Djokic, cello<\/p>\n

Recital 1 – Ensemble Epomeo<\/strong>
\nTuesday, May 28, 2013 7:00 pm
\nSir James Dunn Theatre, 6101 University Ave.<\/em><\/strong>
\nEnsemble Epomeo<\/em><\/strong>
\nCarolin Chin, violin, David Young, viola Ken Woods, cello<\/em><\/strong>
\nKr\u00e1sa – Tanec &\u00a0Passacaglia and Fuga
\nPenderecki – String Trio
\nKurtag – Signs, Games and Messages
\nBeethoven – String Trio in E-flat, Op. 3<\/p>\n

Highlight Concert 3<\/strong>
\nFriday, May 31, 2013 7:00 pm
\nSir James Dunn Theatre, Dalhousie Arts Centre<\/em><\/strong>
\nBritten –\u00a0Cello Suite No. 3<\/strong>\u00a0– Denise Djokic, cello
\nBrady, Tim –\u00a0World-premiere<\/strong>\u00a0– Suzanne Lemieux, oboe, Tim Brady, electric guitar, Caroline Chin, violin, David Yang, viola, Kenneth Woods, cello, Simon Docking, piano
\nTchaikovsky –\u00a0Piano Trio<\/strong>\u00a0– John Novacek, piano,\u00a0Mark Fewer, violin,\u00a0Denise Djokic, cello<\/p>\n

Highlight Concert 4<\/strong>
\nTuesday, June 4, 2013 7:00 pm
\nSir James Dunn Theatre, Dalhousie Arts Centre<\/em><\/strong>
\nBerg –\u00a0Concerto for Piano, Violin & 13 Winds<\/strong>\u00a0– Scotia Winds, Robert Uchida,violin,\u00a0Simon Docking, piano,\u00a0Ken Woods, conductor
\nMozart –\u00a0Wind Serenade No. 10, K. 361, Gran Partita\u00a0<\/strong>– Scotia Winds, Ken Woods, conductor<\/p>\n

Highlight Concert 5<\/strong>
\nWednesday, June 5, 2013 7:00 pm
\nSir James Dunn Theatre, Dalhousie Arts Centre<\/em><\/strong>
\nWeinberg –\u00a0String Trio<\/strong>\u00a0– Ensemble Epomeo (Carolin Chin, violin,\u00a0David Yang, viola,\u00a0Kenneth Woods, cello)
\nBrahms \u00a0–\u00a0Clarinet Trio, Op. 114<\/strong>\u00a0– Micah Heilbrunn, clarinet,\u00a0Blair Lofgren, cello,\u00a0Peter Allen, piano
\nSmetana –\u00a0Piano Trio<\/strong>\u00a0– John Novacek, piano,\u00a0Mark\u00a0 Fewer, violin,\u00a0Denise Djokic, cello<\/p>\n

Highlight Concert 6<\/strong>
\nFriday, June 7, 2013 7:00 pm
\nSir James Dunn Theatre, Dalhousie Arts Centre<\/em><\/strong>
\nT. Brady – \u201cWe\u2019re Hardcore\u201d \u00a0– Kenneth Woods, conductor,\u00a0Janice Jackson, soprano,\u00a0Airi Yoshioka, violin,\u00a0Caroline Chine, violin,\u00a0David Yang, viola,\u00a0\u00a0Blair Lofgren, cello, Max Kasper, bass
\nKurt Weill – The Threepenny Opera – Scotia Winds, Kenneth Woods, conductor
\nBritten – Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op.10 – Scotia Festival Strings, Kenneth Woods, conductor<\/p>\n

Gala<\/strong>
\nSunday, June 9, 2013 2:00 pm
\nSir James Dunn Theatre, Dalhousie Arts Centre<\/strong><\/em>
\nJohn Adams –\u00a0Violin Concerto<\/strong>\u00a0– Mark Fewer, violin
\nMozart –\u00a0Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K.453<\/strong>\u00a0– John Novacek, piano
\nShostakovich –\u00a0Cello Concerto<\/strong>\u00a0– Denise Djokic, cello<\/p>\n