NAC Orchestra continues its Young People's Concerts "Music Makers" series with Play Out! The Virtuoso
January 05, 2004 -
Ottawa (Canada) -- Play Out! The Virtuoso is the title of the National Arts Centre Orchestra's next Young People's Concerts on Saturday, January 10 at 13:30 and 15:30 in the afternoon presented by the TD Bank Financial Group. The concerts led by conductor Boris Brott feature the NAC Orchestra's Music Director Pinchas Zukerman on violin, and Ottawa's World Champion tap dancer and fiddler Stephanie Cadman. In addition, the spotlight will shine on soloists from the NAC Orchestra, the Senior Student String Ensemble and SuzukiMusic. The bilingual series for 7- to 11-year-olds and their grown-up friends includes pre-concert activities in the Foyer organized by the NAC Orchestra Association beginning at 12:45 for the first concert and 14:45 for the second concert.
Play Out! The Virtuoso continues this season's theme of "The Music Makers", exploring what makes the performers and creators of music so extraordinary. Centuries ago, humankind began inventing tools to imitate song and project musical sounds, which have evolved into the instruments of the modern orchestra. The January 10 programme examines the music-makers who use astonishing dexterity to bring forth music from these inanimate objects.
Pinchas Zukerman will share the stage with young students of SuzukiMusic for Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Violins. Stephanie Cadman will join the Orchestra to fiddle and step dance her way through the traditional piece Growling Old Woman/Clumsy Lover. Principal flute Joanna G'froerer is featured in Telemann's Suite in A minor, while principal tuba Nicholas Atkinson performs in Monti's Czardas, and principal second violin Donnie Deacon joins principal double bass Joel Quarrington for an excerpt from Bottesini's Grand Duo Concertante. Other treats include Kreisler's Praeludium and Allegro performed with the Senior Student String Ensemble, Five Alive written and performed by the "Bangers and Smash" percussion duo of Ken Simpson and Jonathan Wade, and Ginastera's Variaciones concertantes.
Pre-Concert Activities organized by the NAC Orchestra Association take place in the NAC Foyer starting 45 minutes prior to each concert
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, January 10 at 13:30 and 15:30, including Pre-Concert Activities, are $14.00 for children and $20.50 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.
