C’mon Festival
2022 Program
All performances are at Winspear Centre
4 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton
Thursday, July 14
12 pm | Festival Preview
Fiddle or violin? Come check out the difference!
with Alissa Cheung and Daniel Gervais
| Slip Minuet (2014) | Martin Arnold b.1959 |
| Traditional Fiddle Tunes TBA |
Friday, July 15
7:30 pm | Eclectic Music for string quartet, with various musical guests
Gerald Finzi’s Bagatelles, featuring the clarinet, cheered a London audience when they were first performed in the midst of the Second World War. The premiere of new piece by Edmonton composer George Andrix is a rare opportunity to hear the alto trombone in chamber music. The bassoon is not the first instrument that comes to mind when you think of the blues, but Wynton Marsalis’ Meelaan will convince you that it should!
with Alissa Cheung & Ewald Cheung violins, Ethan Filner viola, Nicholas Yee cello, Rob Spady clarinet, Matthew Howatt bassoon, Kathryn Macintosh alto & tenor trombones
| Five Bagatelles op 23 | Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) arr. Christopher Alexander |
| 2nd movement of Trombone Quintet (1999) | Owen Underhill b. 1954 |
| Romanze from String Quartet in Eb | Fanny Mendelssohn (1804-1847) |
| Rondo – Allegro giocoso from Clarinet Quintet op 34 | Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) |
| Elaboration and Fugal Fantasy (2019) | George Andrix b. 1932 |
| Meelaan (2000) | Wynton Marsalis b. 1961 |
Saturday, July 16
7:30 pm | Violinissimo!
The violin (or fiddle) has been a favourite instrument for both classical composers and traditional musicians for centuries. This program features violin solo, duo and quartet music from around the world, and finishes with Julia Wolfe’s Blue Dress for five violins. If you’re not already familiar with her music, it “is distinguished by an intense physicality and a relentless power that pushes performers to extremes and demands attention from the audience. (Wolfe) draws inspiration from folk, classical, and rock genres, bringing a modern sensibility to each while simultaneously tearing down the walls between them. Blue Dress is pretty much a hoedown – (her) folk roots come to the fore.” (from the composer’s program notes)
with Alissa Cheung, Aiyana Anderson, Anna Kozak, Sylvia Chow & Ehren Moser
| Sarabande from Partita in d minor | J.S. Bach (1685-1750) |
| Darshan (2018) | Reena Esmail b.1983 |
| Stand Alone (2019) | Michael Oesterle b.1968 |
| Sonatine Baroque (1952) | Murray Adaskin (1906-2002) |
| Quartet (1949) | Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) |
| Melody (1982) | Miroslav Skoryk (1938-2020), arr. AnKo |
| With a blue dress on (2010, rev. 2014) | Julia Wolfe b.1958 |
10 pm | Late night Improv Set
with Alissa Cheung violin & Mark Segger percussion
Sunday, July 17
3 pm | Festival Finale
An adventure in genre-hopping, the final program of the festival showcases the remarkable versatility of this year’s musicians. Extreme virtuosity is on display in music by Paganini’s teacher, Alessandro Rolla (his duet for violin and viola). The utterly charming Boris Kerner, by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw is a Baroque-inspired duet for cello and clay flower pots. And the C’mon tradition of the Blue Danube singalong returns!
with Alissa Cheung & Ewald Cheung violins, Ethan Filner viola, Nicholas Yee cello, Rob Spady clarinet, Matthew Howatt bassoon, Kathryn Macintosh trombone, Mark Segger, percussion, Kimberley Denis vocalist
| Three MOB Pieces (1968, rev. 1977) Patrol After Heine Verse | H. K. Gruber b. 1943 |
| Duetto op.15 no. 3 Analogia (2012) | Alessandro Rolla (1767-1841) Alissa Cheung b.1985 |
| Stefania (2022) Boris Kerner (2012) | Kalush Orchestra arr. Nicholas Yee Caroline Shaw b.1982 |
| One Note (2014) | Mark Segger b.1981 |
| The Beautiful Blue Danube | Johann Strauss Jr (1825-1899) arr. Claude Lapalme |
All programs subject to change