Arias and Arabesques
Alexander Read, violin
August 25,7.30 pm
Pierre-André Doucet, piano
Program
- Honest Music (2006)
- Pulcinella: Suite italienne
I. Introduzione: Allegro moderato
II. Serenata: Larghetto
III. Tarantella: Vivace
IV. Gavotta con due variazioni
V. Scherzino
VI. Minuetto e Finale
- L'oiseau de feu
I. Prélude et ronde des princesses
II. Berceuse
III. Scherzo
- Gayane: Sabre Dance
Intermission
- Isolde's Liebestod, excerpt from opera
Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner
- La vida breve: Danse espagnole
- Méditation, excerpt from opera Thaïs
- Fantasy on Carmen
* Pre-concert talk at 7.00 pm by René Poirier, Stage Director.
Mr. Read is on the faculty of the Schulich School of Music at McGill University, where he teaches violin and chamber music.
Canadian violinist Alexander Read has quickly become a sought-after performer on the international music scene. He was appointed Principal Second Violin with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal in April of 2013. Mr. Read's recitals and concerto performances have been broadcast on CBC Radio/Radio-Canada, and he has presented concerts across North America, Europe, Asia and Australasia. An avid chamber musician, he has appeared at the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival, Concerts aux Îles du Bic, Le Domaine Forget, the Verbier Festival, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and the Montreal Chamber Music Festival. Mr. Read's interest in historical performance, particularly of the classical and romantic periods, has led to collaborations with leading musicians of the field, including members of the London Haydn Quartet.
Alexander Read, violin
Winner of the Knigge Piano Competition (2013), Mr. Doucet has also been awarded top prizes for his performances of contemporary works, namely at the Ibiza International Piano Competition (2013) and the Prix d’Europe (2014).
Praised for his sincere and colourful playing as well as for his modern and fascinating writing, pianist and author Pierre-André Doucet is rapidly establishing himself as one of Canada’s most captivating young artists.
Mr Doucet is presently a doctoral candidate at l’Université de Montréal, where he studies under Maneli Pirzadeh. He has also benefited from masterclasses with some of the world’s leading artists at the Music Academy of the West, Songfest and Tanglewood (United States) and the Franz-Schubert-Institut (Austria).
In addition to having been declared the Discovery of the Year at the most recent Éloizes Gala, Pierre-André Doucet was also recently featured on CBC Radio’s list of 30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians Under 30.
Pierre-André Doucet, piano
Nico Muhly (born 1981)
Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
arr. Samuel Dushkin (1891 - 1976)
Igor Stravinsky, arr. Samuel Dushkin
Aram Khatchaturian (1903 - 1978)
arr. Jascha Heifetz (1901 - 1987)
Franz Liszt (1811 -1886)
Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946)
Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
Pablo de Sarasate (1844 - 1908)