Congratulations to the twelve Semi-Finalists who will compete in the Semi-Final Round of the WMC Competition for Solo Performance with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. The public is invited to hear their performances on Saturday, February 24, 2024 from 9 am - 4 pm at St. Andrew's River Heights United Church, 255 Oak St., Winnipeg. Admission is $10.
PROGRAM
9:00 am ANGELA SUET KEE NG, piano Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI/50 - Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
I. Allegro
Prelude in B minor, Op.32 No.10 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Novellette, Op. 21 No. 8 in F# minor - Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
9:30 am MATTHEW ROBINSON, saxophone Deena Grier, piano Klonos - Piet Swerts (b. 1960) Sonata No. 2 in Eb, Movement I - Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra, Movement I - Henri Tomasi (1901-1971)
10:00 am JAMMIE LEE, piano Piano Sonata Op. 53, No. 21 in C major, "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
I. Allegro con brio
Piano Sonata Op. 58, No. 3 in B minor - Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
I. Allegro maestoso
IV. Finale: Presto non tanto
10:30 am ARI HOOKER, piano Intermezzo in A minor, Op. 118, No. 1 - Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 944 - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
32 Variations in C minor, WoO 80 - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Supervillain Études - Vincent Ho (b. 1975)
II. P3nguin
Eight Concert Etudes, Op. 8: No. 5. Vivace - Ari Hooker (b. 2004)
11:00 am MCKENZIE WARRINER, soprano Danielle Guina, piano Ah! non credea... Ah! non giunge from La Sonnambula - Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) From Ariettes oubliées, Op. (L) 60 - Claude Debussy (1862-1918) I. C'est l'extase langoureuse II. Il pleure dans mon coeur
IV. Chevaux de Bois
No Word from Tom from The Rake’s Progress - Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
11:30 am SAM HUGHES, trumpet Liudmyla Tereschenko, piano Trumpet Concerto in A♭ major - Alexander Arutunian (1930-2012)
1:00 pm JULIANA MOROZ, cello David Moroz, piano
Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano in A minor, D. 821 - Franz Schubert (1797-1828) I. Allegro moderato The Lonely Road - Kelly-Marie Murphy (b. 1964) 3 Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22 - Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
I. Andante molto
Toccata Capricciosa, Op. 36 - Miklós Rózsa (1907-1995)
1:30 pm SIMON PROULX, clarinet Leanne Regehr Lee, piano Première Rhapsodie - Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Clarinet Sonata No. 2, Op. 120 - Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
I. Allegro amabile
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano E. 113 - Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1899-1974)
III. Mädle ruck, ruck, ruck...!
2:00 pm SAMUEL NADURAK, cello Leanne Regehr Lee, piano
Cello suite no. 3, Prelude - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sonata for Solo Cello - György Ligeti (1923-2006)
Sonata in G minor for cello and piano - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Lamentatio - Giovanni Sollima (b. 1962)
2:30 pm ELENA HOWARD-SCOTT, soprano Lisa Rumpel, piano
Caro nome che il mio cor from Rigoletto - Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Four Songs, Op. 27 - Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
II. Cäcilie
Cinq Mélodies, Opus 2 - Henri Duparc (1848-1933)
IV. Chanson triste
Ain’t it a pretty night from Susannah - Carlisle Floyd (1794-1881)
Ah fors’è lui ... Sempre Libera from La Traviata - Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
3:00 pm NICOLE CARBOTTE, flute Lisa Rumpel, piano
Andante in C major, K. 315 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Rondo in D major, K. Anh. 184 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Sonata for Flute and Piano - Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
3:30 pm CHRISTINA THANISCH-SMITH, soprano Lisa Rumpel, piano
The Year’s at the Spring from Three Browning Songs, Op. 44 - Amy Beach (1867-1944)
Giunse alfin il moment from Le nozze di Figaro - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Gretchen am Spinnrade, Op. 2, D. 118 - Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
My darling, Jim from Glory Denied - Tom Cipullo (b. 1956)
Selections from Sieben frühe Lieder - Alban Berg (1885-1935)
I. Nacht III. Die Nachtigall IV. Traumgekrönt L’éte - Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)
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