All the World's A Stage
Our February concert will chase away the winter blues with a nod to the vibrant theatre scene throughout our region. Senior winners of our 2017 Young Artists’ Competition, Joshua Lee, violin, and Christina Bell, soprano, will perform.
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Sunday February 18, 2018 at 3 pm
Burlington Performing Arts Centre
Our February concert will chase away the winter blues with a nod to the vibrant theatre scene throughout our region. Shaw Festival Artistic Director Tim Carroll will narrate Prokofiev’s masterpiece Peter and the Wolf. The theatre-inspired program includes Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Canadian composer Louis Applebaum’s Three Stratford Fanfares. Senior winners of our 2017 Young Artists’ Competition, Joshua Lee, violin, and Christina Bell, soprano, will perform.
Applebaum – Three Stratford Fanfares
Mendelssohn – Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf, with Tim Carroll, narrator
Rossini – Overture to The Barber of Seville
Puccini – “Sì, mi chiamano Mimì” from La Bohème, with Christina Bell, soprano
Saint-Saëns – Violin concerto No. 3 Op 61 in B minor, 1st mvmt, with Joshua Lee, violin
Bernstein – West Side Story Selections for Orchestra
Guest artist: Tim Carroll, narrator
Winners of the 2017 Young Artists’ Competition:
Senior – Joshua Lee, violin; Senior Vocal runner-up – Christina Bell, soprano
Conductor: Claudio Vena
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