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Beethoven: Sonata in C Major Op. 53 "Waldstein" (excerpts) choreographed by Jennifer Mascall

featuring: a world premiere by Alfredo Santa Ana, Louis Andriessen’s “Workers Union” and more

Rising from the ashes of this summer’s fire ban, Queer Arts Festival and Full Circle: First Nations Performance will reignite our Piano Burning event on Sunday, October 24 at Mountain View Cemetery. Curated by SD Holman and Margo Kane, Annea Lockwood’s infamous work — where acclaimed virtuoso Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa performs a piano as it burns to ashes — is re-envisioned through the lens of historically banned Indigenous fire rituals and contemporary global warming.

Beethoven: Sonata in C Major Op. 53 "Waldstein" (excerpts) 

Orion Series in Fine Arts presents
Hildegard Westerkamp, composer, radio artist and sound ecologist.

Hildegard Westerkamp is a pioneering figure within the field of soundscape studies and sound ecology and an integral member of the World Soundscape Project. She presents soundscape workshops, performs, writes and lectures internationally.

Performing Klavierklang, solo piano with spoken word and 2-channel audio. 

With Corey Payette, vocals
Julie McIsaac, vocals
Karen Gerbrecht, violin

Wyrd Sisters
Solstice Carol

Alfredo Santa Ana
A Short Song for the Longest Night of the Year

Jocelyn Morlock
Phobos and Deimos Circling

Jeff Ryan
Saturn, Study in White

Jennifer Butler
Neptune

Emily Doolittle
Gliese 581c

Nicole Lizée
Solstice Noir

Edward Elgar
Chansons de matin
Salut d’Amour

Fritz Kreisler
Liebesleid
Schön Rosmarin

Antonín Dvorak (arrangement by Fritz Kreisler)
Songs My Mother Taught Me

Corey Payette & Julie McIsaac
Cold Isn’t Permanent

Corey Payette
Gimikwenden Ina

Caroline Shaw
Winter Carol

Performing The Garden, pocket opera with music by Rodney Sharman on text by Peter Eliot Weiss.

Rachel will be on harpsichord for the  Ligeti Chamber Concerto. 

Zosha Di Castri – Strange Matter
Christopher Mayo – Streets Become Liars*
Lisa Illean – Cantor(after Willa Cather)*
György Ligeti – Chamber Concerto

Aventa Ensemble
Bill Linwood, conductor

Tickets $20

A complete shutdown is a last resort – the final breath is a long series of breaths. The electrifying Laura Bowler performs her thought-provoking fight or flight piece FFF with the Music on Main All-Star Band, alongside Nicole Lizée’s sensational glitch-inspired Malfunctionlieder, with Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa.
Presented in collaboration with the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival