Made up of some 50 semi-professional musicians from all walks of life, the OSI is celebrating its 18th year this season. Over the years, it has earned an excellent reputation as one of the best community ensembles in the country. For its second concert of the season, the Montreal orchestra presents the winning work of the fifth competition of the OSI and the Concordia University Department of Music, as a curtain raiser.
PROGRAM Xander Simmons: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op. 81 Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18 Sibelius: En saga, Op. 9
Two symphony orchestras made up of young students will share the stage at the Oscar Peterson Hall (Concordia University). First, the Greater Buffalo Youth Orchestra (New York State) will perform Rossini’s William Tell Overture and Antonín’s 9th Symphony Dvořák, known as the New World Symphony. The Orchestre symphonique de l’École Joseph-François-Perrault will round out the program with classical works to be unveiled at a later date, or on site.
PROGRAM Youth Orchestra Concert Greater Buffalo Youth Orchestra Conductor : Ansgarius Aylward Rossini, William Tell Overture Dvořák, Symphony No. 9, From the New World Orchestre symphonique Joseph-François-Perrault
Acolytes of the venerable Qawwal Bacchon ka Gharana, the same centuries-old musical school that gave the world Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani brothers Fareed Ayaz and Abu Muhammad are, both at home and abroad, among the absolute top names in qawwali, the exhilarating Sufi tradition of escalating, ecstatic song. Just the kind of uplift to drive away the last of winter’s grey mood.
