THE SCAR of SHAME (Frank Perugini, 1929) 86 minutes Produced by Colored Players Film Corporation, Philadelphia. We continue our fascinating journey with live improvised music accompanying a visually stunning social melodrama, featuring an all-Black cast in this 1929 silent film. When an impoverished young woman escapes her abusive father, she is rescued by an aspiring composer. Live performance only.
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St. Catharines
Inside the Music draws the audience deep into a selected piece of music, guiding their listening experience. An intimate conversation with members of the Eybler Quartet and Suzannah Clark, Morton B. Knafel Professor of Music at Harvard University, explores essentials such as harmony, phrase structure, and the social significance of Op. 20 #5 string quartet of Joseph Haydn. Also on the programme Mozart’s “Hunt” quartet K458. Live and online performances available.
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The “stravagante” (extravagant) style was all the rage in the seventeenth century: performers were urged to embrace an unbridled style of playing in music ranging from the pensive to the humorous, the refined to the audacious. We welcome you on a musical journey to the imaginative world of “La Stravagante.” Live performance only.
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St. Catharines
Orchestral music transformed for our group of five instruments. Canadians Trevor Wagler and Daniel Warren have created new versions of Haydn’s “Clock” Symphony, Piazzola’s Street Tango, and Lippen Schweigen by F. Lehár. Our special guest, Niagara Soprano Maria Vetere, will sing a new version of Samuel Barber’s Knoxville Summer 1915. Live and online performances available.
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An Odin-Edition anthology that binds together some of the finest final chapters from the repertoire. From masterworks to hidden gems, Schumann to Schickele, Dvořák to Price, come and enjoy our story. Live performance only.
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