2019-20 Season Sponsor Season Sponsor

Programme

  • Barbara Croall (Canada)
    Mijidwewinan (Messages) (2008)
    for Anishinaabekwe soloist and orchestra
  • Christopher Goddard (Canada)
    Piano Concerto (2020)**
    concerto for piano and orchestra
  • Eugene Astapov (Canada)
    A Still Life (2020)***
    for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (poetry by Russian poet Polina Barskova)
  • Maki Ishii (Japan)
    Mono-Prism (1976)
    for taiko drumming group and orchestra

**World Premiere commissioned by Esprit Orchestra with generous support from Chantal Perrot
***World Premiere commissioned by Esprit Orchestra with generous support from
The Michael and Sonja Koerner Charitable Foundation

Performance Sponsor of Mijidwewinan: The Max Clarkson Family Foundation
Program Sponsor: Japan Foundation

 

THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19 CONSIDERATIONS. FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT TO COME THIS AFTERNOON.