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Participants from Canada, the US, and Hong Kong have been rehearsing with the NAC Orchestra mentors to bring you brass arrangements of some of your favorites. Come hear them play together in Le Salon in advance of their appearance with the full NAC Orchestra!

NACO Mentorship Brass Chamber Concert

National Arts Centre

Brahms engaged the horn in only one chamber-music work. The Trillium Ensemble presents his Horn, Violin and Piano Trio, where the horn takes center stage and summons both its lyrical and dramatic sides. Included in the program is Fauré’s Piano Trio in D Minor — one of the composer’s last works, which features charming and elegant themes — and Reena Esmail’s Saans (Breath), a work infused with elements of North Indian classical music.

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Trillium Ensemble Plays Brahms

Symphony Center

Explore the solar system with The Philadelphia Orchestra in Holst’s legendary and popular work The Planets in a program that also includes Copland’s American masterpiece Appalachian Spring Suite, led by Alsop. 

Alsop Conducts The Planets

Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater

This concert unfolds as a heartfelt tribute through the intimate language of chamber music, featuring Bach’s reflective early cantata, selections by VOCES8 spanning several centuries, and Beethoven’s “Archduke” Trio, a musical note of gratitude to his most devoted patron. This concert embodies a journey of thankfulness, from Baroque introspection to Classical exuberance, celebrating the enduring human spirit of appreciation and connection.

Gratitude

Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

Conrad Tao delves into Rachmaninoff’s Californian years, highlighting his relationship with the American songbook, before an exploration of composers past and present who have shaped California’s unique cultural tapestry. This journey through California’s rich artistic legacy showcases the diverse influences and inspirations found within its vibrant landscape, from its pioneering composers to the myriad of stories that have been woven under its expansive skies.

California Dreamin'

Tippet Rise is delighted to welcome back Grammy-winning cellist Arlen Hlusko for the inaugural performance at the Geode, a new open-air performance space set in a panorama of seven surrounding mountain ranges.

Arlen Hlusko, cello

Tippet Rise Art Center

The Knights is a self-described “fellowship of adventurous musicians” known for transforming the orchestral concert experience. In this concert, led by Artistic Director and violinist Colin Jacobsen, they perform a time-tested masterpiece—Dvořák’s ever-popular Serenade for Strings—alongside the New York City premiere of Reena Esmail’s The History of Red, a stirring work for chamber orchestra and soprano, inspired in part by Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915. The program also highlights the extraordinary compositional talents of The Knights’ own members, with a world premiere by violinist and vocalist Christina Courtin and a piece written collaboratively by Ms. Courtin with flutist and vocalist Alex Sopp.

Reena Esmail

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Events

May 4, 2024

NACO Mentorship Brass Chamber Concert · National Arts Centre Orchestra

Jun 18, 2024

Trillium Ensemble Plays Brahms · Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Jul 6, 2024

Alsop Conducts The Planets · Philadelphia Orchestra

Aug 9, 2024

Gratitude · La Jolla Music Society

Aug 11, 2024

California Dreamin' · La Jolla Music Society

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