The Subject is Light:  1718 – 1918 – 2018 / Sous le thème de la lumière : 1718 – 1918 – 2018

0
Advertisement / Publicité

This page is also available in / Cette page est également disponible en: Francais (French)

The Subject is Light:  1718 – 1918 – 2018

Celebrating the centenary of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, we go to 1718 and the works of Bach and Handel. Both suffering eye problems, they turn to the Chevalier John Taylor, pioneering surgical genius or quack? Two actors will explain. The orchestra plays Bach Brandenburg concerti 3 &5, and Handel concerti grossi opus 3. 1918: Canada’s returning blind war veterans receive help as the CNIB is born. With a script by author Kevin Burns.

 

Sous le thème de la lumière :
1718 – 1918 – 2018

19 h 30 à Dominion-Chalmers

 

Afin de marquer le centenaire de l’Institut national canadien pour les aveugles, nous nous transportons en 1718 avec des œuvres de Bach et Händel. Les deux compositeurs avaient des troubles de la vue et avaient consulté le chevalier John Taylor, pionnier ou charlatan chirurgical? Deux acteurs expliqueront les circonstances. L’orchestre interprétera les concertos brandebourgeois 3 et 5 de Bach et les concerti grossi opus 3 d’Händel. En 1918, les vétérans rendus aveugles par la guerre rentrent au pays et l’INCA est fondé. Kevin Burns sera l’auteur du scénario de la soirée.

Event Artists

Thirteen String; Kevin Mallon, chef/conductor; 2 actors TBA/2 acteurs

The Subject is Light:  1718 – 1918 – 2018 / Sous le thème de la lumière : 1718 – 1918 – 2018

Date/Time

Friday, May 4, 2018
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Location

Dominion-Chalmers United Church
355 Cooper Street
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada, K2P 0G8

Price

$10-$40

Phone

(613)738-7888

Website

www.thirteenstrings.ca

Facebook


Categories

Types

  • Concert
  • Classification of ensemble/soloist

    • Orchestra
    • Loading Map....

      This page is also available in / Cette page est également disponible en: Francais (French)

      Share:

      About Author

      The Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra, Ottawa’s premiere professional chamber orchestra, was founded in 1976 by conductor Brian Law and string players from the National Arts Centre Orchestra. The orchestra is now directed by Kevin Mallon. The orchestra’s repertoire is diverse – covering music from the Baroque era to 21st century music – having commissioned 100 new works from Canadian composers. The orchestra’s core of thirteen string players is regularly supplemented by guest performers. From baritones to sopranos, from marimba players to Klezmer specialists, guest artists have helped develop Thirteen Strings into one of the best-known and most eclectic chamber orchestras in Canada. The Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra presents its own subscription concert series and has collaborated with many arts organizations in Ottawa. These have included: Le Festival de musique sacrée, Ottawa’s Seventeen Voyces, the Music and Beyond festival, the Cantata Singers, Ottawa’s Viennese Winter Ball, the West Fest street festival and the McGill Chamber Orchestra. In December 2013, the annual Christmas Concert was filmed for television and broadcast to over 140 countries on EWTN. Many of its concerts have been broadcast across Canada on CBC Radio and Radio-Canada. The orchestra’s education project, the Junior Thirteen Strings, brings together a pool of talented youngsters to work alongside the professional members of the Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra. The Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra made its first recording on the Naxos label in June 2014, with a recording of Franz Beck’s six symphonies, opus 2.

      Leave A Reply

      This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.