Scotia Festival of Music 2026 | Tchaikovsky in Italy

Mon, 01 Jun, 2026 at 07:30 pm UTC-03:00

1385 Seymour St, Halifax, NS B3H, Canada | Halifax

Scotia Festival of Music
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Scotia Festival of Music 2026 | Tchaikovsky in Italy
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Emma Pennell opens tonight's concert with Gustav Mahler's visionary songs of love and loss. Ian Cusson's string trio comprises four movements, each inspired by a painting by the eccentric Renaissance artist, Hieronymus Bosch. (We will project the images during the performance). And we finish with the magnificent virtuosity of Tchaikovsky's spectacular sextet.

ON THE PROGRAM:
Gustav Mahler - Rückert-Lieder (19’)
Emma Pennell, soprano
Simon Docking, piano

Ian Cusson - The Cure of Madness (18’)
Airi Yoshioka, violin
Marina Thibeault, viola
Julie Hereish, cello

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 (Souvenir de Florence) (35’)
Gwen Hoebig, violin I
Mark Lee, violin II
Isaac Chalk, viola I
Marina Thibeault, viola II
Blair Lofgren, cello I
Julie Hereish, cello II

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Concert sponsors: Glen Dexter; Scotia Festival of Music Foundation
Prime sponsors: Fred and Elizabeth Fountain
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