
This season our Masterworks Series will guide you and your spirit across continents and
centuries, showcasing the cultural diversity of our part of the world.
Plan your season now…and let the music enlighten you and your world.
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The Masterworks Series begins with the world-renowned Canadian percussion ensemble, NEXUS. From Balinese gamelan to Austria's Franz Schubert, this series premiere offers a taste of the journey to come.
Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.
Chrysler Theatre
John Morris Russell, Conductor
NEXUS
Cahn - The Birds
Cahn - Kebjar-Bali
Schubert - Symphony no. 9, “The Great”
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Next, the WSO's own Min Xie performs the passionate Butterfly Lovers Concerto, in a tribute to our sister city Changchun, China. This concert also features Borodin's colourful Symphony no. 3 and Beethoven's cheerful Symphony no. 8.
Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Changchun, China
Chrysler Theatre
John Morris Russell, Conductor
Min Xie, Violin
Borodin - Symphony no. 3,
“The Unfinished”
He/Chen - Butterfly Lovers
Concerto
Beethoven - Symphony no. 8
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In the third concert of the series, we journey to Saint-Etienne, France, the birth place of Massenet, where Concertmaster Lillian Scheirich's interpretation of Massenet's famous "Méditation" from Thaïs sets the mood.
Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
La musique sublime
Saint-Étienne, France
Chrysler Theatre
John Morris Russell, Conductor
Lillian Scheirich, Violin
WSO Chorus
Fauré - Pavane
Mozart - Symphony no. 31, “Paris”
Massenet - “Meditation” from Thaïs
Fauré - Requiem
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Our final stop is Lublin, Poland. Windsor pianist Daniel Wnukowski, winner of the National Chopin Piano Competition in Poland, will perform Chopin's Piano Concerto no. 2.
Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Clash of the Titans
Lublin, Poland
Chrysler Theatre
John Morris Russell, Conductor
Daniel Wnukowski, Piano
Chopin - Piano Concerto no. 2
Schumann - Symphony no. 3,
“Rhenish”
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| Masterworks Series – 4 concerts, Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. | |||||
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