Manitoba Music
Event
- Date
- Sunday, Feb 7, 2016, 3pm - 5pm
- Performers
- Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
- Location
- Lorne Watson Recital Hall
- Address
- Brandon University School of Music, Queen Elizabeth II Music Building, Brandon, MB, Canada
About
Gwen Hoebig, Violin plays Symphonie espagnole.” Chen was totally convincing as a conductor full of surplus energy… it seemed hardly possible to get any closer to perfection.” The Adresseavisen (Trondheim, Norway). Mei-Ann Chen, Conductor; Gwen Hoebig, Violin; Works by An-Lun Huang: Saibei Dance; Lalo: Symphonie espagnole; Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major. Guest conductor Mei-Ann Chen delivers one of Sibelius’ most popular symphonies and a blast of Mediterranean melody in her WSO debut. Is there music with sunnier melody and higher spirits than Edouard Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole? WSO’s brilliant concertmasterGwen Hoebig reveals the music’s fragrant tunes and Spanish tang with flair. Jean Sibelius – the most original symphonic voice since Beethoven! We mark the 150th anniversary of his birth with one of his most heroic statements, the Fifth Symphony. Known for its otherworldly horn-calls and triumphant finale, it is in Donald Francis Tovey’s words “Thor swinging the hammer.”
Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium
Admission: Adults $52; Seniors $48; Students $12.50