The Chooi Bros With the MCO

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There’s something sport-like about classical music’s soloist arena, with its emphasis on young prize-winners performing super-human feats of speed and dexterity. In the brilliant Chooi brothers (Timothy & Nikki) we have Canada’s musical equivalent of the NFL’s Manning brothers; decorated virtuosos who will go down as being among the most talented Canadian siblings in the classical music arena.

On the baroque menu is Geminiani’s La Folia and Vivaldi’s double violin concerto in A minor from his L’estro armonico collection. About this monumental works for strings, The Guardian writes that the collection disproves “the accusation that Vivaldi wrote the same concerto hundreds of times.” The A minor double violin concerto is, in any case, a piece that deserves to be heard at least a hundred times. Another baroque piece we’ve had on repeat is Corelli’s fiery La Folia, which Evelyn Glennie performs on marimba on the MCO’s acclaimed Mirage? album. At this concert we present the concerto grosso in its most familiar form, as a heated dialogue between string soloists and baroque orchestra.

Program

Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 Violins in A minor, RV 522
Johann Sebastian Bach
Harpsichord concerto No. 5, in F minor BWV 1056
Michael Oesterle
Snow White
World premiere performance of this arrangement, commissioned by the MCO with the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso in d minor, H. 143 ‘La Folia’
JS Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048

Event Artists

Luc Beauséjour, harpsichord and leader. Violinists Nikki Chooi & Timothy Chooi.

The Chooi Bros With the MCO

Date/Time
Tuesday, March 22, 2022 - Wednesday, March 23, 2022
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Location
Westminster Church
745 Westminster Ave
Winnipeg,
Canada,

Price
$15-36

Phone
204-783-7377

Website
https://www.themco.ca/concert/chooi-brothers-mco/

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