Debussy and Miller: From Love to the Sea 2025-2026
This program highlights the viola’s deep, expressive voice in Canadian composer Cassandra Miller’s Concerto, a poignant reflection on separation premiered in 2023 by Lawrence Power. Meanwhile, Debussy paints a vivid portrait of the sea with impressionistic colours, immersing listeners in a nostalgic and dreamlike soundscape. Enjoy a musical journey that is both powerful and poetic.
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Voices from the press
« Chan kept the music on a tight leash, controlling the energy carefully, and ending the evening in an exhilarating rush. » – The Times
« The concerto which unfolded with sublime assurance and a transcendental gentleness by the superb soloist Lawrence Power made such a beguiling impact on the ear and so direct an appeal to the emotions that it almost rendered intellectual analysis unnecessary. » – The Times
Artists
Elim Chan, conductor
Lawrence Power, viola
Program
Hector Berlioz, Le Corsaire, Overture, Op. 21, H 101 (8 min)
Cassandra Miller, I cannot love without trembling, Concerto for Viola (25 min) 🍁
Claude Debussy, La mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre, L. 109, CD 111 (23 min)
Concert without intermission
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