"See What You Hear: Musical Landscapes" -- Young People's Concerts on March 1
February 24, 2003 -
Ottawa (Canada) -- The second of this season's National Arts
Centre Orchestra Young People's Concerts on the theme of
"Musical Kaleidoscopes" will take place on Saturday, March 1 at 13:30
and 15:30 presented in association with Alcatel. The four-part
bilingual series for 7 to 11-year-olds and their grown-up friends
explores a spectrum of sounds, colours and rhythms from around the
world. Led once again by conductor Boris Brott, the March 1 programme
is entitled "See What You Hear: Musical Landscapes". The concert
ticket includes pre-concert activities in the Foyer beginning at
12:45 for the early concert and 14:45 for the later concert.
Does music conjure up pictures in your mind? In "See What You
Hear: Musical Landscapes" the National Arts Centre Orchestra brings
to life images that may have inspired some of the world's
greatest composers as they wrote for orchestra.
Sibelius's Finlandia and Smetana's The
Moldau will be performed to film montages created by Rogers
Television to show landscapes from the composers' homelands.
Excerpts from Vivaldi's "Winter" from The Four Seasons
will be performed by graduates of the NAC Young Artists Programme,
violinists Robert Uchida (13:30 concert) and Anita Walsh (15:30
concert). Young dancers from The School of Dance will perform to
Canadian composer John Weinzweig's "Barn Dance" from The Red
Ear of Corn. NAC Award Composer Alexina Louie will be on hand for
her work "Ringing Earth" Festive Overture for Large Orchestra
to which Ottawa artist David W. Jones will paint an original work
inspired by her music. He will do the same for Gershwin's
An American in Paris. And there will be a surprise
audience-participation piece.
Pre-Concert Activities organized by the NAC Orchestra Association
take place in the NAC Foyer starting 45 minutes prior to each
concert. Community partners for "See What You Hear: Musical
Landscapes" include Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind, the Canadian
National Institute for the Blind (with blindfold stations where
children can touch, smell and listen), the National Gallery of Canada
(with activities and an introduction to Cybermuse.ca - an
interactive website for children) plus local artists, mime artists,
and a string quintet.
All Young People's Concerts feature NACOtron presented in
collaboration with Rogers Television. Five television cameras
positioned on stage and in the hall capture live video images of the
musicians while they are performing, and these images are projected
onto a giant screen above the stage allowing the audience to watch
the action in close-up.
Tickets for this Young People's Concert on Saturday, March 1
at 13:30 and 15:30, including Pre-Concert Activities, are $13.50 for
children and $19.50 for adults (including GST and Facility Fee where
applicable) and are on sale now at the NAC Box Office (Monday to
Saturday from 10:00 to 21:00), and through Ticketmaster
(with surcharges) at 613-755-1111. Visit the National Arts
Centre's web site at www.nac-cna.ca.
