Last weekend was all about music! I attended three concerts by Edmonton musicians.
Vertex Quartet
On Friday night, this local women's string quartet played a wonderful program of works by Beethoven, Clara Schumann and Robert Schumann. Special guests Bethel Balge from Minnesota accompanied the Quartet on grand piano and Ian Liu played a Bach cello suite.
Excentrica Women's Chamber Chorus
On Saturday, I attended Excentrica's Spring Concert specifically to hear them perform Pergolesi's baroque masterwork Stabat Mater, a particular favourite of mine. They also performed several delightful madrigals and a fun jazz version of the Bach Cantata Wachet Auf (Sleepers, Awake).
Doug Berner Trio
And finally, Sunday afternoon was spent relaxing at the Jazz and Reflections concert series listening to the Doug Berner Trio's smooth jazz stylings. The perfect way to cap off my musical weekend!
25 comments:
,,,what a creative umage of the Vertex Quartet!!!🎻
You had a busy week. It sounds wonderful. I love living out in the country, but it does mean that some of the wonderful things to do require driving. :)
Wow, that was a music extravaganza! Quite a range, too.
Oh, how fun!
Would have loved to go listen to them. I’m slightly jealous lol.
XOXO
I love a string quartet; I could listen to a violin all day!
Madrigal...so beautiful! I could go for that.
You can never enjoy too much music or culture, and even better when it's live and in person.
You've been lucky for all these gorgeous music happenings 🤩 I love also classical beside of other kind of music as modern music...
Happy May Day 🎉😘
I'm glad you had a highly enjoyable week, Debra! I would have loved to hear the women's string quartet in person!
I spent the weekend working on income tax return stuff. Yuck.
Yours sounds great.
How fun. Sounds like a good week.
Music is medicine, but especially live music.
Sounds like a great week, dear Debra! I do like smooth Jazz music!
What a great post. That first image is very creative.
Beaucoup de talents musicaux à Edmonton. Davantage de talents locaux doivent faire une tournée au Canada :-)
Monsieur Dupuis 🇨🇦
Hello Debra, I did not know that Edmonton was such a musical city, but count on you to take full advantage of it. I have not attended many live events lately, but have been exploring Youtube to find some new players, or some old ones that are just new to me. The young players performing in the international competitions can be especially interesting.
--Jim
Wow! that's quite the jam-packed weekend.
Sounds lovely absolutely all of it.
And this weekend you'll be doing some walking tours? https://janewalksyeg.wordpress.com/
@ Anonymous -- Thanks for this link! I did not know such walking tours existed!
I glanced at the first photo and for a second wondered why those people had such horribly malformed bodies before realizing it's a great image. I love it.
Love,
Janie
Such happy-looking musicians.
A great feast for sure. I don't know Pergolesi but I'd be up to try it. Jazz though is not my forte. But that's alright. We need lots of different music for lots of different people - unless you live in the US and then you can only listen to what's being played in the New Ballroom. Hahaha
What a wonderful way to spend a weekend.
You are always doing fun things, Debra!
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