WINTER SONG – Vancouver Island Symphony

Nanaimo: Port Theatre, Feb. 11, 7:30 PM

Courtenay: Sid Williams Theatre, Feb. 12, 2:00 PM

What a magnificent musical ride as we travel 200 years of music with Chants d’Auvergne – a collection of folk songs from the Auvergne region of France by Canteloube (1923) to Faure’s Pelléas et Mélisande (1898) to Beethoven’s 7th Symphony (1813) – a work he conducted and the audience demanded an encore of the famous “Allegretto” second movement. Then we skip forward 100 years to a premiere by Jennifer Butler with text by Tina Biello and performed by Marion Newman.

GUEST CONDUCTOR: Cosette Justo Valdés (ARTISTIC DIRECTOR CANDIDATE)

GUEST ARTIST: Marion Newman MEZZO-SOPRANO

Joseph CANTELOUBE : Chants d’Auvergne (Songs from the Auvergne)
Series 5 (#2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)

Jennifer BUTLER: New Work for Mezzo-Soprano and Strings (VIS commission)

Gabriel FAURÉ : Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 Suite

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN : Symphony No. 7, op. 92, A major

Heather Walker is a professional horn player and a core member of the Vancouver Island Symphony. When not performing music, she also teaches the Alexander Technique, a system of re-education that allows us to re-train our movement patterns for efficiency and ease.