University of Alberta Symphony Orchestra: Speak in the light
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University of Alberta Symphony Orchestra: Speak in the light
December 4, 2022
2:00 PM | Convocation Hall
The University of Alberta Symphony Orchestra reverses the effects of the shortening winter daylight by taking you on a journey from darkness toward light. We open the concert with They do not shimmer, a work by Edmonton's own Emilie LeBel, that paints a soundscape of the solitude experienced in the vast swaths of the North American landscapes. Van Beethoven's Lenore 3 Overture tells a story of a quest for freedom that starts in the darkness of a prison dungeon and culminates with an effervescent celebration of casting off chains. Brahms First Symphony will end the concert with its own take on journey from gloomy anguish, across Elysian pastures, toward exuberantly victorious grand finale. Miss this occasion at your own risk!
Petar Dundjerski | Director
This concert is a part of the Department of Music's 2022-2023 "Department of Music Presents" Series.
Emilie Cecilia LeBel | They do not shimmer like the dry grasses on the hills, or the leaves on the trees
Ludwing van Beethoven | Leonore 3 Overture
Intermission
Johannes Brahms | Symphony No. 1
- Sustained then Fast
- Sustained walking pace
- Moving gracefully
- Slow - Faster - Faster yet - FASTEST!
View the full concert program here.
They Do Not Shimmer ... | Emilie LeBel
Program note by Emilie LeBel:
“... and how the structures we make are static and not all that complex. They do not shimmer like the dry grasses on the hills, or the leaves on the trees. There are not as many examples in the city of the impossibly far and the impossibly close...”
–Sheila Heti, Motherhood
This work is a contemplation on a period of time where I was untethered to a specific place, and of the solitude experienced in the vast swaths of the North American landscapes that I traversed over the past three years: the open, lonely vistas of the Canadian Prairies, Northern Ontario, Montana, and the American Midwest.
University of Alberta Symphony Orchestra 2022-2023
Flute:
- Margaret Hornett
Principal in Brahms/Beethoven - Linda Shin
Principal in LeBel - Lloyd Ramirez
Oboe:
- Rianna Burgess
Principal - Beth Levia
Clarinet:
- Justine Dennis
Principal in Brahms/Beethoven - Brianna Bolt
Principal in LeBel
Bassoon:
- Matthew Howatt
- Matthew Nickel
Principal in Brahms/Beethoven - Daryl Price
Principal in LeBel
French Horn:
- Setareh Rezazadeh
Principal in Brahms - Erin Anderson
Principal in LeBel - Alyssa De’Ath
- Alicia Krips
- Lisa White
Principal in Beethoven
Trumpet:
- Sydney Flaherty
Principal in Brahms - Jordan Nahamko
Principal in LeBel - Matthew Sullivan
Principal in Beethoven
Trombone:
- Paxton Atrens
- Isaac Friesen
Principal - Sabina Fassbender
bass trombone
Timpani/Percussion:
- Maddy Wagner
Brahms/Beethoven (timpani) - Will Nguyen
Brahms (timpani)
Violin 1:
- Jay Hansen
Concertmaster/Principal second in Beethoven - Mikaela Olson
Concertmaster - Pin Wen Chen
also Principal second in LeBel - Ruogu Chen
- Ken Heise
- Raphael Jahnaert
- Cynthia Johnston
- Jessica Ortleib
- Xiaoshan Pan
- Esther Yao
Violin 2:
- Anna Vlasova
Principal second in Brahms - Shang An
- Natalia Antepli
- Jiaxin Liu
- Rayna McFeetors
- Grace Oh
- Alissa Reichelt
- Lexi Rudrum
- D’arci Sutton
- Yining Yang
- Lena Yune
Viola:
- Michele Moroz
Principal in Beethoven/LeBel - Savannah Seibel
Principal in Brahms - Christopher Aitken
- Mora Clarke
Cello:
- Edward Na
Principal in Brahms/Beethoven - Melissa Lenk
Principal in LeBel - Zoe Kruschke
- Adrian Rys
- Joshua Ching
Double Bass:
- Kai James
Principal - Rob Aldridge
Conductor:
- Petar Dundjerski
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