2023 C’mon Festival
MUSIC–HERE, THERE & EVERWHERE
July 12-17, Various Times and Locations
The C’mon Festival returns to downtown Edmonton for some serious classical music fun this summer. You can expect a unique musical experience: adventurous, surprising and genre-blurring. Renovations to the Winspear Centre have put us back on the street, so we’ll be heading to a variety of locations: the concerts will be “Here, There & Everywhere”! As always, admission is “pay what you can”.
All the performances will feature the seven-piece C’mon Ensemble – some of Edmonton’s finest classical musicians. On Wednesday, July 12 the musical hijinks begin with an outdoor set in Winston Churchill Square, in partnership with the Edmonton International Street Performers Festival.
On Friday, July 14 and Saturday, July 15, we’ll head a couple of blocks over to All Saints’ Cathedral (10035 103 Street) for two eclectic programs spanning more than three hundred years. A highlight will be David Baker’s “Homage à L’Histoire” – African-American music inspired by Igor Stravinsky’s “The Soldier’s Tale”.
And finally, on Monday, July 17 we will wrap things up with a noon-hour concert at the Stanley Milner Library.
Wednesday July 12, 6:45 pm
An outdoor set in Winston Churchill Square, in partnership with the Edmonton International Street Performers Festival.
Friday July 14, 7:30 pm
Poet and Peasant Overture Franz Von Suppé arr. Claude Lapalme
Recovering Chris Cerrone
Enter Ghost Judith Bingham (trumpet solo)
Preludio from E major Partita J.S. Bach (violin solo)
Wings Joan Tower (clarinet solo)
Homage à L’Histoire David Baker
Saturday July 15, 7:30 pm
Duj-duj Trad. arr. Lapalme
Suite op 157b Darius Milhaud arr. Aaron Hryciw
Improvisations Mark Segger
A Baker’s Tale David Snow
Weirdness No. 1 Dave Nelson
Oblivion Astor Piazzolla arr. Lapalme
The Beautiful Blue Danube Johann Strauss Jr. arr. Lapalme
Monday July 17, noon
A concert for all ages at the Stanley Milner Library, presented with the generous support of the Health Arts Society of Alberta.
C’mon Ensemble 2023
Jocelyn Alhf
Aiyana Anderson violin
Hilda Cowie double bass
Rob Spady clarinet
Matthew Howatt bassoon
Kathryn Macintosh trombone
Frédéric Payant trumpet
Mark Segger percussion
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