Premiered in Ottawa at the National Arts Center in 2009, Canadian composer Jordan Pal’s concert overture On the Double mixes a contemporary orchestral sound with elements of late Romantic melodic and harmonic inflection. Mixing pentatonic melodies with more tonal-functional pitch organization in the orchestral accompaniment, soloist Li Wang performs the Yellow River Piano Concerto, based on Xiao Xinghai’s Yellow River Cantata. Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade opens with a whole-tone motif depicting the Sultan, followed by a subdominant-oriented ‘once upon a time’ progression similar to Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream—invoking the past-tense narrative time as Scheherazade regales her husband with a thousand and one tales.
Kristian Alexander | conductor
Li Wang | pianist
Daniel Vnukowski | host
7:10 p.m. Prélude: pre-concert recital.
7:20 p.m. Pre-concert talk.
Intermission discussion and Q&A with Li Wang and Daniel Vnukowski.
SALUTE TO 2025! New Year's Gala (12/28/24-12/28/24)
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VERDI'S REQUIEM (6/21/25-6/21/25)
Meridian Arts Centre - George Weston Recital Hall is at 4981 Highway 7, Unit 1, Toronto, ON.
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ONCE UPON A CRIME
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Feast
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Makeshift Gala
Makeshift Company (1/18 - 1/18) | |
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SALUTE TO 2025! New Year's Gala
Meridian Arts Centre – George Weston Recital Hall (12/28 - 12/28) | |
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Rapunzel: A Merry (Hairy) FAMILY Panto
Capitol Theatre Port Hope (11/23 - 12/22) | |
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Sondheim on Sondheim
Scarborough Music Theatre (2/6 - 2/22) | |
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GODS AND GRIFFONS
Cornell Recital Hall (3/29 - 3/29) | |
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Carrie: The Musical
The Singer’s Theatre (8/15 - 8/17) | |
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