Festival 2024
September 11 to September 15, 2024
20th Season
Festival Concerts
Early String Quartets
Eybler Quartet
Friday, September 13, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Brunton Auditorium, Sackville NB
The internationally renowned Eybler Quartet will perform a programme of early string quartets by W. A. Mozart, J. Haydn, and black composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint George.
Performers: Patricia Ahern and Julia Wedman, violinists; Patrick Jordan, viola; Margaret Gay,
cello.
Artist website: https://www.eyblerquartet.com/
German Reflective Baroque
Ensemble SFEM
Saturday, September 14, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Brunton Auditorium, Sackville NB
The programme features the collaboration of local early European music specialists (Alex Dobson, Jimin Dobson, and Christina Haldane) with Juno award-winning guest artists from Québec (Mélisande Corriveau, gamba, and Eric Milnes, organ/harpsichord), and Julie Rivest (Violin).
This historically-informed performance offers a representative and engaging sampling of German sacred works by Weckmann, Handel, Bach and more.
Artist website: https://www.facebook.com/dobshinarts/
Les Boréades
Sunday, September 15, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
Brunton Auditorium, Sackville NB
Quebec ensemble Les Boréades will offer a delightful program of early English music by Matthew Locke, Henry Purcell and others titled Private Musick – English Chamber Music under the Stuarts.
Performers: Francis Colpron, flûtes à bec et traversière; Julie Rivest, violon; Mélisande Corriveau, violoncelle et viole de gambe; Dorothéa Ventura, clavecin et orgue positif.
Artist website: https://www.boreades.com/en/
Ticket Prices per Concert:
Adults $25
Seniors (+65 years) $20
Students FREE
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Educational Outreach Activites
All the Feelings: The Embodiment of Passion in the String QuartetJoin the Eybler Quartet for a lively investigation of their creative process, which draws not only upon the music of the 18th century but also uses the aesthetic, interpretive tools of the period. Using musical examples from Mozart’s “Dissonance” quartet to animate the discussion, the Eyblers will explore the emotional content of the music and its physical embodiment.
Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 4:00 p.m. Brunton Auditorium, Sackville NB