Kindred Spirits: Gods and Griffons

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The Griffon Trio premieres Canadian composer Gary Kulesha’s (Order of Canada 2023) new work, Concerto for Piano Trio and Strings. This novel take on the concerto genre sees the more typical solo instrument replaced instead by a trio of instruments, suggesting a dialogue with the Baroque Concerto Grosso genre. Stravinsky’s Apollon Musagete, sometimes shortened to just Apollo, is the music for a ballet in which the Greek god Apollo teaches the Muses their arts. The music adopts a neo-classical and neo-Baroque style, mimicking at various points the French overture, arias, and the theme and variation genre. Motivically, the music begins with a sixteenth–dotted eighth–sixteenth rhythm that Stravinsky develops in increasingly elaborate and virtuosic ways over the course of the piece.

Event Artists

Kristian Alexander | conductor Gryphon Trio

Kindred Spirits: Gods and Griffons

Date/Time
Saturday, March 29, 2025
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Location
Cornell Recital Hall
3201 Bur Oak Avenue
Markham, Ontario
Canada, L6B 0T2

Price
$

Phone
905-604-8339

Website
https://ksorchestra.ca/2024-2025-season/gods-and-griffons/

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