Season’s finale ;-) this Saturday

This is just a friendly reminder. VCMS/SMCV*’s last concert of this season:

Église Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs Church

19 December 2009 at 7:30 pm

Christmas Piano Recital
Maria Sourjko, piano,
Nutcracker Suite – Tchaikovsky/Pletnev
Études tableaux – Rachmaninoff

* Verdun Classical Music Series / Serie de musique classique de Verdun

Thank you!

I would like to thank each and every one for attending our yesterday’s recital and making it such a success.

Your continued support is especially valuable and reassuring for us given the recent difficulties our program has had.

I would like to thank our regular listeners and also welcome many new friends who were in the audience last night.

Thank you for your patronage and generosity. Please don’t forget that our next concert will take place in two weeks, on Saturday, 19 December 2009.

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And, of course, a very special thank you goes to our musicians. Elizabeth and Jonathan, thank you for this memorable performance! Hope to see you again in our series!

Program for today’s concert (6 Dec 2009)

Today’s concert is a piano recital shared by two fantastic young pianists.

Jonathan Tsay, of Texas (USA), who was originally booked to play this weekend, will play the epic Sonata for the Piano (B minor) by Franz Liszt.

He will be sharing his program with Elizabeth Schumann, who will compliment the Liszt with a selection of masterpieces by Frederick Chopin, including the Third Piano Sonata, the Polonaise Op. 42, and a selection of several concert Études.

This will be a rare tour de force presentation of romantic piano repertoire, and as always, it will be offered free! Please come out and enjoy this very special occasion.

Doors open at 7pm.

19 Dec 2009: Family friendly event, Christmas piano recital

We are happy to announce our program’s next planned concert:

Saturday Dec. 19th, 7:30 pm
Christmas Piano Recital
Maria Sourjko, piano,
Nutcracker Suite – Tchaikovsky/Pletnev
Études tableaux – Rachmaninoff

Please note that admission to our concerts is still free but your donations are always appreciated. The program organisers are volunteers, the money goes to our talented performers.

6 Dec 2009: Next concert – Chopin & Liszt, Sonatas

Sonatas by/par Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt

Who/Qui: Jonathan Tsay & Elizabeth Schumann

When/Quand: Dimanche, le 6 décembre, 19h30 / Sunday, 6 December 2009, 7:30pm

Where/Où: Église Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs Church

4155, rue Wellington, Verdun, Québec, H4G 1V8

6 Dec 2009

The series will be continued at the new location

I am pleased to announce that the series will be continued.

Our two remaining December concerts will be hosted by the Église Notre Dame des Sept Douleurs. (This is the large Roman Catholic church near St. Clement’s, corner of Galt and Wellington.) The address is: 4155 Wellington Street, Verdun, QC, Canada, H4G 1V8

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Music at St. Clement’s has been cancelled

Music at St. Clement’s has been canceled

I am sorry to announce this.

More later on this .

Thanks

Roland Graham

Upcoming opportunity for capable choral singers

Dear Friends of Music at St. Clement’s

This note is to announce an upcoming opportunity for capable choral singers to partake in a special event in the liturgical Calendar of St. Clement’s church. I am working on putting together a special service on the 29th of November (advent Sunday), which will predominantly feature sacred choral works by an array of excellent composers.

Please get back to me if you are interested or if you can put me in touch with anyone else you feel might be appropriate for such a project. Music reading ability and experience with sacred choral are a must. This will be a fundraiser for the Manna food bank, last year we gave them $500. As a preview, I’m including a sound clip of one of the pieces we’ll be singing. I’m certain you’ll enjoy it!

Sincerely,

Roland Graham
Music Director, St. Clement’s church

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Saturday Afternoon Jazz. 7 novembre Geoff Lapp Trio

7 novembre – 3pm

Geoff Lapp Trio – Saturday Afternoon Jazz

Geoff Lapp, Piano Paul Johnston, Bass David Laing, Drums
www.geofflapp.com

Swinging jazz standards and ballads from “The Great American Songbook“, plus material from his last CD,

“Stained Glass”, named one of “Top 10 Canadian Jazz Albums of 2007″ by Jazz Columnist, Len Dobbin.

Note:  The Geoff Lapp Trio recorded  their Aug.22  performance at St. Clement’s  It’s available for download gratis here:  It’s appropriately titled “Live at St. Clement’s. 7 tunes are online.

24 octobre – Récital de voix et piano

24 octobre – Récital de voix et piano
Andrzej Stec, tenor lyrique  Jean-Éudes Vaillancourt, Piano
Un florilège de mélodies française et étrangère.