Events
Inspirare will be performing music by Srul Irving Glick as part of their 2019 concert series.
The concert will be held on March 23, 2019 at 7:30pm at Wellington Cathedral of St/ Paul.
For more information see http://www.inspirare.co.nz/
Srul Irving Glick: Suites Hébraïques
Thursday, October 4, 2018 - 7:30 PM
Doors open at 7:00 PM
Canadian Music Centre
20 St. Joseph Street, Toronto ON
Tickets: FREE with RSVP
Musical performance featuring
Wallace Hallyday on saxophone and Angela Park on piano.
Reception to follow.
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or buy it on iTunes here
Srul Irving Glick's (1934 – 2002) musical depictions of Jewish life in his Suites Hébraïques are particularly vivid examples of his chamber music. Glick wrote for many other genres, including art song, choral and symphonic music, but these six suites contain much of his very finest work. This recording of a live performance of the complete Suites Hébraïques, as presented in 2017 by Syrinx Concerts Toronto, gives us a particularly intimate view of the creative life of Glick, one of Canada's most prolific composers.
These six suites were written over a twenty-three year span, beginning in 1961. Glick's initial impetus was to compose a nostalgic work for his parents, invoking the rich musical culture he experienced at home. His father was a cantor, singing the prayers at synagogue and at home, and as a boy Glick sang in his father's choir. He notes that, “It was a common occurrence to sing en famille around the kitchen table during the Sabbath or for holiday occasions.”
The six Suites vary in structure, instrumentation and size, and reflect the respective commissioners, whether soloists or chamber groups. Of the Suite Hébraïque No. 6, Glick wrote that, “It is the only one for violin and piano, and it was intended to complete the cycle and allow the suites to be performed together at a single concert.” And now, for the first time, we have them all collected together in this beautiful recording.
Venue: Canadian Music Centre
20 St. Joseph Street
Toronto, ON
M4Y 1J9
416-961-6601 x202
musiccentre.ca
Syrinx Concerts Toronto is presenting a concert featuring all six Suite Hebraiques by composer Srul Irving Glick. This recorded concert is part of larger project to produce and record a CD of the Six Suite Hebraiques to be released later in 2017. The concert will feature a roster of leading Canadian musicians:
Angela Park, piano, Elissa Lee, violin, Sharon Wei, viola; Barry Shiffman, violin; James Campbell, clarinet; Wallace Halliday, saxophone; Susan Hoeppner, flute; and Cameron Crozman, cello.
The concert takes place April 23rd at 3pm at the Heliconian Hall. For more information about the concert and for tickets please contact - http://syrinxconcerts.ca/tickets/.
Syrinx Concerts Toronto annual concert series presents performances by world renowned and local classical chamber musicians, who are pre-eminent professionals as well as superb emerging young performers. Each concert program highlights a work by a Canadian composer together with the more familiar classical repertoire.
The Heliconian Hall, the venue for the concert series, provides a fittingly intimate setting – the type of setting in which chamber music is meant to be heard making it a unique musical experience for the audience and musician alike.
At the end of each concert, Syrinx invites the audience to a post-concert reception, offering an opportunity to mingle with other members of the audience as well as to meet the performers.
The Hart House Orchestra, at the University of Toronto will be performing Srul Irving Glick's Suite Hebraique #1 arranged for String Orchestra in New York's Carnegie Hal.
Performers
Zanker Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City
Tickets for purchase - https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2017/2/19/0300/PM/Hart-House-Orchestra-University-of-Toronto/
The Hart House Orchestra, at the University of Toronto will be performing Srul Irving Glick's Suite Hebraique #1 arranged for String Orchestra in both Toronto and New York's Carnegie Hal.
The Great Hall, Hart House, University of Toronto (St. George Campus).
A suggested donation of $10 per person collected at the door will support our trip to NYC to perform in Carnegie Hall on February 19th.
The program will be reprised in a special performance in Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City on February 19th.
