Calvin Dyck and the Abbotsford Youth Orchestra will present an exciting and visceral arrangement of Bizet’s opera “Carmen” written for Strings and 27 percussion instruments played by 5 percussionists on Saturday, October 27th at 7pm at Abbotsford City Hall (MCA Auditorium).
Bizet's melodies are re-clothed in a variety of fresh instrumental colors, set to new rhythms and often phrased with a great deal of sly wit. Initially banned by the Soviet hierarchy as "disrespectful" to the opera for precisely these qualities, the ballet has since become Shchedrin's best-known work and has remained popular in the West for what reviewer James Sanderson calls "an iconoclastic but highly entertaining retelling of Bizet's opera.”
In addition, the orchestra will premiere a new “Concerto for Strings” by local composer Estanislau Gubiotti. The work is influenced by Gubiotti’s Brazilian heritage and is full of tuneful melodies and catchy rhythms.
Also on the program is an entertaining piano duet - the exquisite “Spiegel im Spiegel” by Arvo Part and an up-beat “Church Sonata” by Mozart.
Bizet's melodies are re-clothed in a variety of fresh instrumental colors, set to new rhythms and often phrased with a great deal of sly wit. Initially banned by the Soviet hierarchy as "disrespectful" to the opera for precisely these qualities, the ballet has since become Shchedrin's best-known work and has remained popular in the West for what reviewer James Sanderson calls "an iconoclastic but highly entertaining retelling of Bizet's opera.”
In addition, the orchestra will premiere a new “Concerto for Strings” by local composer Estanislau Gubiotti. The work is influenced by Gubiotti’s Brazilian heritage and is full of tuneful melodies and catchy rhythms.
Also on the program is an entertaining piano duet - the exquisite “Spiegel im Spiegel” by Arvo Part and an up-beat “Church Sonata” by Mozart.
Songs Strings and Steps presents An Irish Christmas at Gateway Church in Abbotsford, December 14th and 15th. Producer Calvin Dyck is pulling together a delightful show including championship dancers from the Steel School of Irish Dance, “The Alumni Project” an outstanding chamber choir from Abbotsford, the award winning Abbotsford Youth Orchestra and some surprises for the audience including an “Uilleann Piper” from Ireland.
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