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“Rule Number One in orchestral playing is: it’s all chamber music.” – Leonard Bernstein
The Sunday Chamber Music series invites new listeners and aficionados alike to experience the rich world and intimate musical conversations of classical chamber music performed at the highest levels.
This season’s series highlights composers who moved fluidly between the concert hall film scoring and works for the stage. Featuring works by Leonard Bernstein Erich Korngold Bernard Herrmann Nino Rota and Oscar Levant among other greats the series explores how film and the stage shaped composers in Hollywood and beyond.
Cellist Eric Wilson this season’s Series Curator and Host enjoys a rich career as a soloist and chamber musician in addition to being a UBC cello and chamber music professor. A founding member of the acclaimed Emerson String Quartet and solo cellist of the Ensemble of New York in residence at Lincoln Center New York he has delighted audiences throughout decades of performances across the world.
ABOUT THE SHOW
Reflecting his signature wit and elegance Oscar Levant's "Sonatina for Piano" is pure melodic charm. Legendary teacher to some of the 20th century’s most renowned composers Nadia Boulanger's "Three Pieces for Cello and Piano" is an impressionistic evocative work. Himself a pupil of Boulanger Leonard Bernstein's Sonata for Clarinet and Piano blends classical form and jazz influences into a dynamic performance experience. The concert and series concludes with one of chamber music’s ‘greatest hits’ - Brahms’s monumental Clarinet Quintet.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The ACT Arts Centre, 11944 Haney Pl, Maple Ridge, BC V2X 0G9, Canada
