Music and Beyond
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Music and Beyond is a new classical music festival that features classical music
in all its forms: orchestra
s, choir
s, bands, baroque
groups and small ensembles. In its inaugural season from July 5 to July 14, 2010, Music and Beyond presented performances by internationally renowned artists in Ottawa
. Some special performances embraced music’s relationships with visual art, drama
, film
, poetry
, dance
, architecture
, science
, food and wine
.
Featured performers included soprano Kathleen Battle
; pianists Peter Serkin
, Menahem Pressler
and Janina Fialkowska
; the Emerson String Quartet
; the Hilliard Ensemble
; Daniel Taylor
and the Theatre of Early Music; the Canadian Brass
; Les Violons du Roy
and hundreds of musicians from across Canada.
“I’m so thrilled to present one of the great voices of our time,” Julian Armour
, the Festival’s Artistic and Executive Director said. He described soprano Kathleen Battle
as “someone who sings with such gorgeous purity and a centered, beautiful sound.”
Son of legendary pianist Rudolph Serkin, Peter Serkin won his first Grammy at age 19. The New York Times describes him as an “esteemed pianist” whose concert performance “was probing, brilliant and full of imagination.”
The Hilliard Ensemble
, the British male vocal quartet devoted primarily to early music, performed in Ottawa for the first time. Their performance at the Edinburgh Festival
in 2008 was brought “off immaculately; as with the whole show, there's not a detail misplaced.”
Armour has grappled for years with “how to get more people excited about music, [and] how we can draw connections for people.” Concerts included music inspired by art at the National Gallery of Canada
, a work for narrator and piano based on Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poetry, and a six-course meal with wine servings at Juniper Kitchen and Wine Bar. Each course was preceded by music to match.
Eighty-two concerts were presented.
is a Canadian cellist. In addition to Music and Beyond, he is the Artistic Director of Chamber Players of Canada. As the second “great music festival” Armour has founded, the festival increases the opportunity to hear renown international classical music performers in Ottawa.
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
in all its forms: orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
s, choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
s, bands, baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
groups and small ensembles. In its inaugural season from July 5 to July 14, 2010, Music and Beyond presented performances by internationally renowned artists in Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
. Some special performances embraced music’s relationships with visual art, drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
, film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, poetry
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
, dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
, architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
, science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, food and wine
Wine
Wine is an alcoholic beverage, made of fermented fruit juice, usually from grapes. The natural chemical balance of grapes lets them ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes, or other nutrients. Grape wine is produced by fermenting crushed grapes using various types of yeast. Yeast...
.
Featured performers included soprano Kathleen Battle
Kathleen Battle
Kathleen Battle , is an African-American operatic soprano known for her agile and light voice and her silvery, pure tone. Battle initially became known for her work within the concert repertoire through performances with major orchestras during the early and mid 1970s. She made her opera debut in...
; pianists Peter Serkin
Peter Serkin
-Biography:He was born in New York City and is the son of pianist Rudolf Serkin, and grandson of the influential violinist Adolf Busch, whose daughter Irene had married Rudolf Serkin...
, Menahem Pressler
Menahem Pressler
Menahem Pressler is a German-born American pianist, founding member of the Beaux Arts Trio.-Professional career:...
and Janina Fialkowska
Janina Fialkowska
Janina Fialkowska, OC is a Canadian-American classical pianist.- Early life :Fialkowska was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a Canadian mother and a Polish father , an engineer and Polish army officer who emigrated to Canada in 1945...
; the Emerson String Quartet
Emerson String Quartet
The Emerson String Quartet is a New York–based string quartet in residence at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Previously the Quartet was in residence at The Hartt School. Formed in 1976, they have released more than twenty albums and won nine Grammy Awards. Both violinists...
; the Hilliard Ensemble
Hilliard Ensemble
The Hilliard Ensemble is a British male vocal quartet originally devoted to the performance of early music. Founded in 1974, the group is named after the Elizabethan miniaturist painter Nicholas Hilliard....
; Daniel Taylor
Daniel Taylor
Daniel Taylor or Dan Taylor may refer to:*Daniel Taylor *Daniel G. Taylor , mayor of St. Louis, Missouri*Daniel Taylor , Irish Liberal Member of Parliament for Coleraine 1874–1880...
and the Theatre of Early Music; the Canadian Brass
Canadian Brass
The Canadian Brass is a brass quintet founded by Dr. Charles Daellenbach and Gene Watts in 1970. In addition to maintaining a heavy international touring schedule, the Canadian Brass have recorded over 80 CDs and DVDs...
; Les Violons du Roy
Les Violons du Roy
Les Violons du Roy is a French-Canadian chamber orchestra based in Québec City, Québec. The orchestra's principal venue is the Palais Montcalm in Québec City. The orchestra also performs concerts in Montréal at the Place des Arts, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and St...
and hundreds of musicians from across Canada.
“I’m so thrilled to present one of the great voices of our time,” Julian Armour
Julian Armour
Julian Armour, MSM is a Canadian cellist and artistic director. Armour is married to violist Guylaine Lemaire. He is the son of the philosopher Leslie Armour.-Early life and education:...
, the Festival’s Artistic and Executive Director said. He described soprano Kathleen Battle
Kathleen Battle
Kathleen Battle , is an African-American operatic soprano known for her agile and light voice and her silvery, pure tone. Battle initially became known for her work within the concert repertoire through performances with major orchestras during the early and mid 1970s. She made her opera debut in...
as “someone who sings with such gorgeous purity and a centered, beautiful sound.”
Son of legendary pianist Rudolph Serkin, Peter Serkin won his first Grammy at age 19. The New York Times describes him as an “esteemed pianist” whose concert performance “was probing, brilliant and full of imagination.”
The Hilliard Ensemble
Hilliard Ensemble
The Hilliard Ensemble is a British male vocal quartet originally devoted to the performance of early music. Founded in 1974, the group is named after the Elizabethan miniaturist painter Nicholas Hilliard....
, the British male vocal quartet devoted primarily to early music, performed in Ottawa for the first time. Their performance at the Edinburgh Festival
Edinburgh Festival
The Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for many arts and cultural festivals that take place in Edinburgh, Scotland each summer, mostly in August...
in 2008 was brought “off immaculately; as with the whole show, there's not a detail misplaced.”
Armour has grappled for years with “how to get more people excited about music, [and] how we can draw connections for people.” Concerts included music inspired by art at the National Gallery of Canada
National Gallery of Canada
The National Gallery of Canada , located in the capital city Ottawa, Ontario, is one of Canada's premier art galleries.The Gallery is now housed in a glass and granite building on Sussex Drive with a notable view of the Canadian Parliament buildings on Parliament Hill. The acclaimed structure was...
, a work for narrator and piano based on Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poetry, and a six-course meal with wine servings at Juniper Kitchen and Wine Bar. Each course was preceded by music to match.
Eighty-two concerts were presented.
History
Artistic and Executive Director Julian ArmourJulian Armour
Julian Armour, MSM is a Canadian cellist and artistic director. Armour is married to violist Guylaine Lemaire. He is the son of the philosopher Leslie Armour.-Early life and education:...
is a Canadian cellist. In addition to Music and Beyond, he is the Artistic Director of Chamber Players of Canada. As the second “great music festival” Armour has founded, the festival increases the opportunity to hear renown international classical music performers in Ottawa.