The Glenn Patscha Trio $35

Their performance last November was a sell-out, and we are super excited to welcome back Glenn Patscha, Pat Reid and Andrew Miller on Saturday 2 March 2024. Tickets are $35 each, and the performance will begin at 7pm. More details will be released as soon as they become available.

Gala Concert:

Barbara Hannigan’s EQ

Join us for an incredible Gala Concert performance on Saturday August 5 in Lamp’s stunning concert hall.

Barbara Hannigan will perform alongside extraordinary artists hand-picked by Ms Hannigan and Lamp’s Artistic Director, Burt Wathen including: Isabelle David (piano), Reilly Nelson (mezzo soprano), Antoine Herrera-Lopez Kessel (bass-baritone), Duncan Campbell (trumpet), William Deslauriers-Allain (double bass), Juliette Moreno (clarinet), Leslie Ashworth (viola), Jeffrey Ho (cello), and Tyler McDonald (percussion). They will perform works by composers Claude Vivier, Johannes Brahms, Goffredo Petrassi, Paul Hindemith, Arvo Pärt, Józef Koffler, and Franz Liszt.

There will a reception at intermission.

Tickets for the fundraiser gala event are $100 each.

Early Music: Baroque - entrance $25

Please note: you can purchase individual tickets for $25 each, or purchase the Early Music concert series pass for $75 ($25 off).

Early Music: Jonathon Adams & Baroque Faculty - entrance $25

Please note: you can purchase individual tickets for $25 each, or purchase the Early Music concert series pass for $75 ($25 off).

Early Music: Renaissance - entrance $25

Please note: you can purchase individual tickets for $25 each, or purchase the Early Music concert series pass for $75 ($25 off).

Early Music: Hank Knox, Harpsichord- entrance $25

Please note: you can purchase individual tickets for $25 each, or purchase the Early Music concert series pass for $75 ($25 off).

Hank Knox is a McGill University harpsichordist who has been hailed internationally for his “colorful, kinetic performances” which “abound in vitality”. He is a founding member of Montreal’s Arion Baroque Orchestra, with whom he has toured North and South America, Europe and Japan. Knox also regularly performs, records and tours with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Les Violons du Roy, le Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, and l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal. 

As one of today’s busiest musicians in the field of Early Music, Knox’s musical collaborators have included violinists Elizabeth Wallfisch, Monica Huggett, and Stefano Montanari, lutenist Steven Stubbs, baritone Max van Egmond, and conductors Christopher Hogwood, Trevor Pinnock, Sir Roger Norrington, and Andrew Parrott.

Hank Knox has numerous recordings with Arion and Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestras , ATMA, Analekta, CBC, Titanic and Collegium recording labels. In addition to his performing and teaching duties, he continues to direct Baroque operas for Opera McGill, which have included important works by Purcell, Lully,  and Handel.

This concert is the first public performance of Lamp's new harpsichord, commissioned from Montreal builder Yves Beaupré. This exquisite instrument was made possible by a generous donation from the Zita and Mark Bernstein Family Foundation.

NOW Festival: World Premieres - entrance $25

Group Composition Composition - Title TBD (Written by LAMP Composition Academy Students)

Performed by:
Alexandra Văduva, Justine Gagnepain, Danial Sheibani, Emma Kent Wine, Edwin Ng, Roxani Chatzidimitriou (Virtual Perf.), Matthias Mcintyre, Roydon Tse

Alexandra Văduva - Holt Unveiled

Performed by: Margali Grenier, Milo Pomerance, Amelia Hurst, Heather O'Gara

Justine Gagnepain - a hop skip and a jump away

Performed by: Maitreyi Muralidharan, Tong Wang, Heather O'Gara

Danial Sheibani - Hope: In Threads 

i) The Revolt

ii) The Descent

iii) Tainted Beginnings

Performed by: Verona Quartet, Margali Grenier (1), Milo Pomerance (2), Heather O'Gara (3)

NOW Festival: World Premieres - entrance $25

Sarah Watts - BlueNose at LAMP

Performed by:
Sarah Watts, Margali Grenier, Milo Pomerance, Amelia Hurst, Heather O'Gara

Roxani Chatzidimitriou - Impulse

Performed by: Margali Grenier, Milo Pomerance, Heather O'Gara, Tyler McDonald

Edwin Ng - Flock of Seagulls Over a Fishing Boat

Performed by: Maitreyi Muralidharan, Tyler McDonald, Sarah Watts

Emma Kent Wine - Heart Has Teeth

Performed by: Verona String Quartet, Amelia Hurst

NOW Festival: Verona Quartet - entrance $35

Lamp is committed to commissioning, promoting and performing works of our time. Tonight we are proud to present three Lamp commissions written for the Verona Quartet.

13 Doves, by Andrew Staniland

String Quartet No 1, by Matthias McIntire

Blank Canvas, by Roydon Tse

NOW Festival: Sarah Watts and Lamp Residents (Bass Clarinet) - entrance $25

Please note: you can purchase individual tickets for $25 each, or purchase the NOW concert series pass for $100 ($35 off).

Sarah Watts is a British clarinetist who specializes in bass clarinet and contemporary music. She has performed and recorded with various ensembles and as a soloist all over the world. She started playing the clarinet when she was six years old and chose it because her arms weren’t long enough to play the flute.

She wrote to Czech bass clarinetist Josef Horak who sent her piles of music, CDs and past concert programmes and inspired her to pursue the bass clarinet as a solo instrument. She completed a PhD in bass clarinet multiphonic analysis at Keele University and published a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of bass clarinet multiphonics.

She is a Selmer artist, a Vandoren UK artist and a Silverstein Ligature artist. She is the director of performance at the University of Sheffield, where she also teaches clarinet and bass clarinet. She is the clarinetist with Northern Ireland’s Hard Rain Solist Ensemble, which specializes in performing core contemporary repertoire and commissioning and promoting Northern Irish and Irish composers. She has composed and authored a wide range of clarinet books for learners and improvers1. She will be teaching a bass clarinet course at the Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance in Canada in June 2023.

Program

The program for this concert will be determined closer to the concert date and be determined by the young artists and Ms Watts during the Bass Clarinet Academy that takes place June 12 - 18.

NOW Festival: Tong Wang & Maitreyi Muralidharan - entrance $25

Please note: you can purchase individual tickets for $25 each, or purchase the NOW concert series pass for $100 ($35 off).

The first in a series of five performances celebrating the music of today. Pianist Tong Wang and violinist Maitreyi Muralidharan will perform:

Elena Kats-Chernin - Eliza’s Aria

Eliza’s Aria is a piece for soprano and orchestra composed by the Australian composer. It is part of the ballet Wild Swans, which is based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. The piece was first recorded by soprano Jane Sheldon and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, and released on the ABC Classics label1. The piece became famous when it was used in a series of television and cinema advertisements for British bank Lloyds under the tagline “For the journey” in 2007. The piece features a simple and catchy melody sung by the soprano using syllables, accompanied by a playful piano and strings. The piece expresses the joy and innocence of Eliza, the heroine of the fairy tale.

Fu-Tong Wong - Suite: A Dream of the Motherland

Fu-Tong Wong is a Chinese-American musician and composer whose piece Dance in D is for violin and piano. It is based on a traditional Chinese folk tune and features lively rhythms and melodies. The piece was recorded by violinist Cho-Liang Lin and pianist Evelyn Chen in 2010 as part of their album Postcards from China.

Kala Ramnath - Aalap and Tarana

Kala Ramnath’s Aalap and Tarana is a piece for violin and piano composed by the Indian violinist, who specializes in North Indian classical music. It is part of the album In 27 Pieces: the Hilary Hahn Encores, which features 27 short pieces commissioned by the American violinist Hilary Hahn from 27 different composers. Alap and Aarana is based on two forms of Indian classical music: alap, which is a slow and improvised introduction to a raga, and tarana, which is a fast and rhythmic composition using syllables. The piece showcases Ramnath’s mastery of both Indian and Western musical styles.

Dinuk Wijeratne - Violin Sonata III, “Resilience”

Resilience is a violin and piano sonata by Dinuk Wijeratne, composed in 2017. It is the third sonata in his series of violin sonatas that explore different aspects of his musical identity and influences and is dedicated to violinist Emmanuel Vukovich, who performed at Lamp earlier this Spring

Fazil Say - Sonata 2 “Mount Ida"

A violin sonata composed in 1997 by the Turkish pianist and composer Fazil Say that was was commissioned by the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music and premiered in Tucson, Arizona by Fazil Say and Mark Peskanov. The sonata combines classical western form with folk music elements of Turkey, spiced with jazz-like intensified rhythms. Part of his series of violin sonatas that explore different aspects of his musical identity and influences. The third sonata is subtitled “Mount Ida” and is inspired by the ancient mountain in Turkey where the composer spent some time in 2016. The sonata combines elements of classical, jazz, folk and world music, reflecting Wijeratne’s eclectic and innovative style. The sonata was premiered by violinist Friedemann Eichhorn and Wijeratne himself on piano in 2017 at the Heidelberg Spring Festival in Germany.

Fazil Say’s own program notes ties the theme of environmental issues together perfectly:

"Due to illegal deforestation in the nature reserve of Mount Ida, a mountain between Canakkale and Balikesir in Turkey, Fazil Say spontaneously gave an open-air concert on 18 August 2019. The artistic idea behind the concert was to listen to the music of the trees and all forest inhabitants. The Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano op. 82, "Mount Ida", composed after that concert, hence addresses this idea of life and the preservation of life in music. It describes the existence and survival of trees, birds, turtles, squirrels, and many other creatures in integrity.”

These topics hit particularly close to home and deal with current issues due to Alberta wildfires which is tragically affecting everyone here as well. We might collaborate again with some local NS poets who have been working on nature/environmental themes.

Hisaishi/Chu- Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke is a piece for violin and piano composed by Joe Hisaishi and arranged by Chu. It is based on the soundtrack of the animated film Princess Mononoke, directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. The piece features themes from the film, such as the legend of Ashitaka, the encounter with San, and the battle in front of the ironworks. The piece captures the epic and emotional story of the film, which is set in a fantasy world where humans and nature are in conflict.

Verona Quartet - entrance $35

Lamp’s Quartet in Residence, the Verona Quartet, returns to Lamp to take part in our chamber music academies as well as our NOW series of concerts celebrating the music of our time. This afternoon they will perform W. A. Mozart’s Quartet No. 7 in E flat Major K.160, Texu Kim’s Ritus Sanitatem and finish with Maurice Ravel’s Quartet in F Major.

Lamp’s FREE “A Little Light Music”
Featuring the Verona Quartet, Tong Wang and Maitreyi Muralidharan

Are you curious about the talented musicians who teach and study here at Lamp? If so, you won’t want to miss "A Little Light Music”, a free public outreach event that showcases Lamp’s faculty and residents. Our Light Music series offers an intimate concert hall chat with the visiting guest artists and residents, interspersed with performance. It’s an opportunity to learn what fuels the passions of these performers, to ask them questions, and to take in some incredible music – all at no cost.

Reservations are not required for this free concert. All are welcome - the doors will open at 6:30pm.

Piano Recital: Anna Han & Mon-Puo Lee- entrance $25

Lamp favourite Anna Han and resident cellist Mon-puo Lee. Concert programme to be announced.

Piano Recital: Anna Han & Mon-Puo Lee- entrance $25

Anna Han is an American pianist who started taking private piano lessons at age five with Mr. Fei Xu at New Century Conservatory in Chandler, Arizona1. She was trained and inspired by him to rapidly and thoughtfully learn demanding repertoire, developing a technique that undergirded her growing career at a young age1. In 2014, she was named a United States Presidential Scholar in the Arts. She is currently pursuing her Master of Music degree at Juilliard. She has given performances at venues such as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Alice Tully Hall. She was hailed by the Washington Post as “prodigiously gifted… a display of imagination, taste and pianistic firepower far beyond her years”. Anna first came to Lamp in the height of the global COVID-19 pandemic and has returned regularly ever since.

Mon-Puo Lee was born in Madrid (Spain) in December of 1993 into an artistic Taiwanese family and soon started to play the cello. He became a student at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía with Professor Natalia Shakhovskaya and Ivan Monighetti. He has collaborated with several orchestras as soloist like Chamber orchestra of Andrés Segovia, Tonyeong festival Orchestra.

This is the first of two performances at Lamp this Spring. Programme to be announced.