Bourgie Concerts - 2021-2022
Quartet for the End of Time: Praise and the Abyss
Quartet for the End of Time: Praise and the Abyss
Bourgie Hall
In tribute to Olivier Messiaen who died thirty years ago today, April 27, the Musicians of the OSM offer one of his major works, Quartet for the End of Time, inspired by The Apocalypse of John, composed in 1941 whilst he was a prisoner of war in Germany.
Artists and programme
Andrew Wan, violin
Brian Manker, cello
Todd Cope, clarinet
Philip Chiu, piano
Jennifer Swartz, harp
The principal harp chair is generously sponsored by Mr. François Schubert, in loving memory of Mrs. Marie Pineau.
Geoffrey Gordon, Jeux de création, for solo harp (7 min.)
Messiaen, Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time, 50 min.)
IN-HALL CONCERTS
TICKET PRICE
General public: $44
Museum Member: $38
34 and under: $23
General public: $44
Museum Member: $38
34 and under: $23
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2022 – 6:30 P.M.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2022 – 6:30 P.M.
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Andrew Wan
Andrew Wan was named Concertmaster of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) in 2008. As a soloist, he has performed throughout the world under the direction such conductors as Vengerov, Petrenko, Labadie, Rizzi, Oundjian, Stern, and DePreist, among others, and has given concerts with many artists, including the Juilliard String Quartet, Repin, Hamelin, Trifonov, Pressler, Widmann, Ax, Ehnes, and Shaham.
His recordings with the Seattle Chamber Music Society, the Metropolis Ensemble, and the New Orford String Quartet have variously received Grammy nominations and Juno Awards. In the fall of 2015, his critically acclaimed album featuring three violin concertos by Saint-Saëns, recorded live in concert with the OSM and Kent Nagano earned him an Opus Award, in addition to being nominated by the ADISQ.
Mr. Wan holds three degrees from the Juilliard School and is currently Assistant Professor of Violin at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University, Artistic Director of the OSM Chamber Soloists, and Artistic Partner of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. Andrew Wan plays a Michel’Angelo Bergonzi violin (1744), on generous loan from the David Sela collection, for which he extends his warmest thanks.
Todd Cope
Todd Cope was appointed Principal Clarinet of the OSM in 2013. He was previously a member of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and a member of the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, Florida. In addition, he has performed with the Sun Valley Summer Symphony and Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and has held fellowships at the Aspen and Eastern music festivals, the National Repertory Orchestra, the Music Academy of the West, and the American Institute of Music Studies in Graz, Austria. He graduated from the College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati where he studied with Richie Hawley. Todd Cope also completed a professional studies certificate at the Colburn School, where he was a student of Yehuda Gilad. He is currently on the faculty at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University, and is an exclusive performing artist for Buffet Crampon.
Brian Manker
Principal Cello of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal since 1999, Brian Manker leads a diverse musical career as a performer and pedagogue. Besides giving frequent solo concerto performances with the OSM, Mr. Manker is a member of the Opus and Juno Award-winning New Orford String Quartet. Currently a Professor at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University, Brian launched the Beethoven Project and founded the Adorno Quartet in 2007, whose objective is to perform all Beethoven's quartets in their original setting: a private salon. In 2010, he made a recording of the complete Cello Suites of J. S. Bach.
Brian Manker plays a cello built in Venice c. 1728–1730 by Pietro Guarneri with a bow crafted c. 1850 by Joseph René Lafleur, generously loaned to him by Canimex.
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