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A2 Orchestra – Canvas
July 20, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
$15
a2. Orchestra presents Canvas – an exploration of the connections between music and visual art. This is university student-run, student-led and student-organised concert featuring a highly talented, motivated and skilled 45-piece orchestra conducted by Josh Spirek. The program includes soloist Tiffany Lee performing Debussy’s Cello Sonata as well as original compositions by Nick Kyriakacis and Josh Spirek.
PROGRAM
Nick Kyriakacis and Josh Spirek – “The New Pictures at an Exhibition”, a reimagining of Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” that follows the history of art movements.
– Interval –
Claude Debussy – “Cello Sonata”, arranged for orchestra and solo cello
Väinö Raitio – “Four Colour Poems for Piano” Op. 22, arranged for orchestra
Franz Liszt – “Hunnenschlacht, Symphonic Poem, No. 11”
ARTISTS
a2. Orchestra
Josh Spirek, conductor & composer
Tiffany Lee, solo cello
Lisa Smith, concertmaster
Nick Kyriakacis, composer