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MCO’s 2019 premiere of Wijeratne’s Gajaga Vannama was a true event
The audience leapt to their feet as  Dinuk Wijeratne  conducted and played piano and performed vocals when this piece premiered in 2019; a tapestry of rollicking Sri Lankan rhythms and Mozartian colour. 

Dinuk reprises this work, one of Canada’s most important in recent history, and presents several others with the MCO at this concert. One of these works, Dinuk’s KarmicBlue, features soloist Shawn Mativetsky  a leading Canadian ambassador of the tabla. Like Dinuk, he is a pioneer in bridging the worlds of Western and Indian classical music. 

And once again, at this concert Dinuk brandishes his triple-threat as composer, conductor, and performer, and will more than demonstrate why the “exuberantly creative” (New York Times) classical musician is one of Canada’s most sought-after today. 

To highlight another piece on this rich musical program, we’re pleased to present Elgar’s Serenade, Op. 20, E minor. Elgar wasn’t always easy on his greatest hits — he ultimately hated Pomp and Circumstance. But about the Serenade’s three movements, which are among his most popular, he wrote: “I like ‘em (the first thing I ever did).”