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NUMUS 2006-2007 SERIES

7:30 pm, December 1, 2006
Lazaridis Theatre, Perimeter Institute ($25/$15)

“Pushing the Perimeter” Concert 1
Russian Canons

http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca

Featuring the acclaimed Schnittke-centric cellist Alexander Ivashkin and pianist Anya Alexeyev, this concert brings together the "canonized" composers of the former Soviet Union, paying tribute to the 100th anniversary of Dmitri Shostakovich and to the recent passing of Russian-Canadian composer Nikolai Korndorf.

Program:

Nikolai Korndorf Tryptych (1999) for cello and piano (World Premiere)
Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No.3 for nonet (arr. Rudolf Barshai)
Alfred Schnittke dialog (1965) for cello and seven players
Sofia Gubaidulina Concordanza (1971) for ensemble
Alfred Schnittke Music to an Imagined Play (1985) for ensemble

Performers:

Alexander Ivashkin, cello and conductor
Anya Alexeyev, piano
Penderecki String Quartet
Pentaedre Wind Quintet of Montreal
Yannick Chenevert, bass
Evan Mitchell, percussion
Guy Few, trumpet

"Alexander Ivashkin is an outstanding cellist." --Mstislav Rostropovich

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