2020 | 21 Season
Subscription Series
Beethoven Symphony No. 5
Opening Night Gala
Saturday, October 17, 2020 at 8 p.m.
St. Maurice & St. Verena Cultural Centre
$40 - $15 per ticket
or
and save up to 60%
Mysticism and Spirit
Saturday, December 12, 2020 at 8 p.m.
streamed live from the SMSV Cultural Centre
$15 per private weblink
or
and save up to 60%
Dark and Light
Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 8 p.m.
streamed live from the SMSV Cultural Centre
$15 per private weblink
or
and save up to 60%
Passion and Drama
Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 8 p.m.
streamed live from the Richmond Hill Centre
$15 per private weblink
or
and save up to 60%
Melodies of Emotion
Saturday, July 16, 2021 at 8 p.m.
online
$20 per private weblink
or
and save up to 60%
Pärt, Górecki and Shostakovich
Postponed
$20 per private weblink
or
and save up to 60%
Grace, Fire and Beauty
Saturday, July 31, 2021 at 8 p.m.
online
$20 per private link
or
and save up to 60%
Special Concerts and Events
Chinese New Year Celebration
Saturday, February 13, 2021 (Canceled)
Markham Civic Centre
Subscription Series
Beethoven Symphony No. 5
Concert Season Opening Night
Saturday, October 17, 2020 at 8:00 p.m.
St. Maurice & St. Verena Cultural Centre
3300 Highway 7, Markham ON L3R 5N9
Join the Kindred Spirits Orchestra in celebrating the opening concert of the season featuring music that conveys the deepest of emotions. Canadian composer Erik Kreem combines his Estonian roots with rural Ontario landscape in his rhythmically whirling Waltz. Multi-talented violinist Sarah Davidson-Gurney ignites the concert hall with passion and innovation, performing the world premiere of Werner Chan’s Violin Concerto. Arguably the most famous symphony ever written, Beethoven’s expressive and turbulent Symphony No. 5 will have fate knocking at your door from the very first four notes.
Kristian Alexander | conductor
Sarah Davidson-Gurney | violinist
Werner Chan | composer
Erik Kreem | composer
Elli Kozak | host
7:10 p.m. Prélude (pre-concert recital)
7:20 p.m. Pre-concert talk
On-stage discussion and Q&A with Erik Kreem, Sarah Davidson-Gurney and Werner Chan
This event has been supported by Heritage Canada, the Ontario Arts Council, Celebrate Markham and the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund, a program of the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, administered by the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund Corporation.
Mysticism and Spirit
Saturday, December 12, 2020 at 8 p.m. (EST)
streamed live from the SMSV Cultural Centre in Markham (Ontario)
Under the direction of Maestro Kristian Alexander, the Kindred Spirits Orchestra performs a night of unforgettable evocative music. Influenced by mysticism and transcendence, acclaimed pianist Gregory Vandikas masterfully tackles Scriabin’s introspective Concerto for piano in the “bright blue” key of F-sharp. Rounding out the program is Wagner’s classical, youthful and solely completed symphony: Symphony in C major.
Kristian Alexander | conductor
Gregory Vandikas | pianist
Michael Berec | host
This event has been supported by the Ontario Arts Council, Celebrate Markham, and the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund, a program of the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, administered by the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund Corporation.
Dark and Light
Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 8:00 p.m.
streamed live from the SMSV Cultural Centre in Markham (Ontario)
Kristian Alexander | conductor
Amahl Arulanandam | cellist
Michael Berec | host
On-stage discussion with Michael Berec and Amahl Arulanandam
Passion and Drama
Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 8:00 p.m.
streamed live from the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts
Fervorous melodies of the Roma people captivate through violin pyrotechnics in Pablo de Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen. Lost during the plight of the Russian Revolution, Prokofiev reconstructed by memory his Piano Concerto No. 2, adding ten years of musical maturity and sophisticated compositional skill in this brilliant and evocative work. In 1829, Felix Mendelssohn made his first trip to London for the première of his own Symphony No. 1, which he played five years earlier at his sister’s birthday party.
Kristian Alexander | conductor
J J Jun Li Bui | pianist
Clare Pellerin | violinist
Michael Berec | host
On-stage discussion with Michael Berec, Clare Pellerin and JJ Jun Li Bui.
Melodies of Emotion
Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 8 p.m. (EST)
online
Maestro Kristian Alexander leads the KSO through an imaginative journey of musical colour, technique and passion. Coral Solomon makes her début with the Kindred Spirits Orchestra for a stellar performance of the eloquent and richly ornamented Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor by Chopin. In 1829, Felix Mendelssohn made his first trip to London for the première of his own Symphony No. 1, which he played five years earlier at his sister’s birthday party. Recorded live on June 5, 2021 at Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts.
Kristian Alexander | conductor
Coral Solomon | pianist
Michael Berec | host
On-stage discussion with Michael Berec and Coral Solomon.
Pärt, Górecki and Shostakovich
Concert postponed.
The Kindred Spirits Orchestra presents three uniquely orchestrated compositions from three unique European masters of twentieth century music. Deeply touched by his fellow composer’s death, and scored for tubular bell and string orchestra, Arvo Pärt’s Canticum in Memoriam Benjamin Britten is a mournful and meditative elegy. Commissioned by the Polish Radio for the Composers Forum in 1980, Concerto for harpsichord and string orchestra by Henryk Górecki is a relentless raging tempest in musical form. Dmitri Shostakovich’s most extraordinarily scored symphony is his Fourteenth. Written for two voices, string orchestra and percussion, this work is a profound ode to the power of suffering and death.
Kristian Alexander | conductor
Antonia de Wolfe | pianist
Stephanie DeCiantis | soprano
John Holland | bass-baritone
Michael Berec | host
Prokofiev's Fifth
Concert postponed.
Composed within a single month in 1944, Prokofiev’s melodically rich Symphony No. 5 is a musical exaltation of the human spirit. Pianist Christina Petrowska-Quilico brings discipline and skill to Chinese contemporary composer Tan Dun’s New York Philharmonic commissioned score: Piano Concerto “The Fire..
Bartosz Żurakowski | conductor
Christina Petrowska Quilico | pianist
Michael Berec | host
On stage discussion with Michael Berec and Christina Petrowska Quilico
Grace, Fire and Beauty
Saturday, July 31, 2021 at 8 p.m. (EST)
online
Pianist Christina Petrowska-Quilico brings discipline and skill to Chinese contemporary composer Tan Dun’s New York Philharmonic commissioned score: Piano Concerto “The Fire”. Composed within a single month in 1944, Prokofiev’s melodically rich Symphony No. 5 is a musical exaltation of the human spirit. Recorded live on June 26, 2021 at Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts.
Kristian Alexander | conductor
Christina Petrowska Quilico | pianist
Michael Berec | host
On stage discussion with Michael Berec and Christina Petrowska Quilico.
Special Concerts and Events
Chinese New Year Celebration
Saturday, February 13, 2021
Markham Civic Centre
Enjoy traditional Chinese music and celebrate the year of the Ox.
Canceled.
Unionville Canada Day Celebration
Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 8 p.m. (EST)
online
Celebrate Canada Day with entertainment by Kindred Spirits Orchestra. Enjoy music from your favourite movies, Broadway and reflect on our past, present and future. The concert features interviews with Métis artists Clare Pellerin (Principal Violinist of the Kindred Spirits Orchestra) and Leon Racine (Principal Trombonist of the Kindred Spirits Orchestra). Recorded live on July 6, 2021.
Michael Berec | conductor
Ellie Kozak | host
Free on the KSO YouTube channel.
