A rare treat awaits you on October 24 as Duo Majoya, featuring the esteemed 2024 Jury member Marnie Giesbrecht alongside Joachim Segger, grace the stage of The Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul. The duo will perform selections for organ and piano from their newly released album Canadian Suite Celebrations, showcasing works by acclaimed Canadian composers Denis Bédard, Jacobus Kloppers, and Ruth Watson Henderson.
Location: The Church of Saint Andrew and Saint Paul (Montréal)
Date/Time: Thursday, October 24, at 7:30 PM
Pre-Concert Talk: 5:30 PM at the Canadian Music Centre of Quebec (2150, rue Crescent) – Free admission
There will also be a pre-concert talk. More information coming soon.
Denis Bédard (b. 1950)
Grande Suite pour orgue et piano (2015-16)
I Ouverture
II Évocation (les Prairies canadiennes)
III Ritournelle
IV Dialogue
V Intermezzo
VI Menuet
VII Marche
Zachary Wadsworth (b. 1983)
Longlac Tableaux for organ and piano (2014)
III Meditation: The Aurora in Snow
II Tarantella: Black Fly Season
Ruth Watson Henderson (b. 1932)
Suite for Piano and Organ (2011)
1.Prelude
2. Interlude
3. Romance
4. Dance
Cary Ratcliff (b. 1953)
Wind Riders of Alberta (2018)
2. A Clatter of Aspens
The slightly brittle sound of Aspen leaves, that shake with the slightest wind, carry across a placid lake on a hushed afternoon.
3. A Dance of Whooping Cranes
The principal nesting grounds of the endangered North American Whooping Crane are in Wood Buffalo National Park, north of the oil sands, straddling the border with the Northwest Territory. There Whooping Cranes dance, a courtship display involving hopping and waving of wings. With the next generation, they fly over Alberta and the United States to winter on the Gulf coast of Texas.
Jacobus Kloppers (b. 1937)
The Last Rose of Summer for Piano and Organ (2011)
Denis Bédard
Capriccio pour orgue et piano (2007)