2005/06 Concert Lineup

Concerts At-a-Glance

                        Classics of Our Time
     Thursday, October 27, 2005
     8 pm concert, 7:15 pm pre-concert talk
     Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts
     27 Front Street, Toronto

	Minnelieder		R. Murray Schafer
	Manipulating Mario*		Harry Freedman
	Sinfonietta		Marc-André Dalbavie
	Orchestre concertant		José Evangelista

                        Alex Pauk - conductor
     Eleanor James - mezzo-soprano

     * World Premiere

                        Mystery and Illusion
     Thursday, December 1, 2005
     9 pm concert
     Metropolitan United Church
     56 Queen Street East, Toronto

     (Please note the alternate starting time and location)

	Ice Field		Henry Brant
	The Unanswered Question		Charles Ives
	Hommage à Vasarely		John Rea
	Postludium		Valentin Silvestrov

                        Alex Pauk - conductor
     Robert Aitken - guest conductor

                        Toward a Living Art Special
     Thursday, March 9, 2006Rescheduled to June 1st, 2006 *
     8 pm concert, 7:15 pm pre-concert talk
     Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts
     27 Front Street, Toronto

	North/White		R. Murray Schafer
	O Magnum Mysterium: In Memoriam Glenn Gould		Alexina Louie
	Cancionero		José Evangelista

   * Please note that Esprit's March 9th concert has been rescheduled to June
1st, 2006 with repertoire slightly changed to allow the programme to
serve as the Opening Concert of the soundaXis Festival. Concert program
is currently being finalized.

                        Alex Pauk - conductor
     Young musicians of the Glenn Gould School plus
     exceptional high-school student performers join Esprit in this concert

                        Esprit Premiers
     Thursday, March 23, 2006
     8 pm concert, 7:15 pm pre-concert talk
     Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts
     27 Front Street, Toronto

	Concerto for Piano*		Glenn Buhr
	New Work*		Alice Ping Yee Ho
	(d')Aller		Phillipe Leroux
	Symphonies in Slanted Time		Brian Current

                        Alex Pauk - conductor
     Glenn Buhr - piano

     * World Premiere

                        New Wave Festival Gala
     Thursday, May 18, 2006
     8 pm concert, 7:15 pm pre-concert talk
     Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts
     27 Front Street, Toronto

	Sublimations		André Ristic
	Violinissimo		José Evangelista
	Concerto for Marimba*		Erik Ross
	Concerto for Saxophone(s)*		Scott Good

                        Alex Pauk - conductor
     Ryan Scott - percussion
     Wallace Halladay - saxophone

     * World Premiere

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