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Gryphon Trio and James Campbell
Thursday July 15, 2010
8:00 PM
St. John’s Anglican Church
Ticket price: $39
James Campbell, clarinet
Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin
Roman Borys, cello
Jamie Parker, piano
Franz Joseph Haydn
1732-1809
Piano Trio in A major Hob XV. 18
Allegro moderato
Andante
Allegro
Gryphon Trio
Astor Piazzolla
1921 – 1992
Oblivion
Otoño porteño from Las cuatro estaciones porteñas
(The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires)
Gryphon Trio
~INTERMISSION~
A short pre-performance talk regarding
Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du temps
with James Campbell & the Gryphon Trio
Olivier Messiaen
1908-1992
Quatour pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time)
i. Liturgie de cristal
ii. Vocalise, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps
iii. Abîme des oiseaux
iv. Intermède
v. Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus
vi. Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes
vii. Fouillis d'arcs-en-ciel, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps
vii. Louange à l'Immortalité de Jésus
Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time. Alex Ross (New Yorker) called this "The most ethereally beautiful music of the twentieth century." A unique one hour experience for classical music lovers by four of Canada’s finest musicians.
Formed in 1993, the Gryphon Trio continues to delight audiences around the globe with their highly refined and dynamic performances. Based in Toronto, the Trio tours regularly throughout Canada, the United States, and Europe. Their celebrated recordings include works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Lalo and Shostakovich. With a strong commitment to expanding the piano trio repertoire, the Trio has commissioned and premiered over 50 works. Their 2004 recording, Canadian Premieres, features the work of leading Canadian composers and was awarded a Juno. Their most recent recording, Tango Nuevo, features the music of Astor Piazzolla and Hilario Duran, and represents their tenth CD for the Analekta label. As Canada’s pre-eminent ensemble, the Trio continues to be actively involved in teaching and nurturing future generations of both classical musicians and audiences. In addition to master classes at schools and universities across North America, the Gryphon Trio members are Artists-in-Residence at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music, where Dr. Parker is the Rupert E. Edwards Chair in Piano Performance and violinist Annalee Patipatanakoon is an Assistant Professor. The Trio has also collaborated with composer Gary Kulesha and music commentator Rob Kapilow in presenting enriching lecture-demonstrations.Strongly dedicated to pushing the boundaries of chamber music, the Trio has collaborated on special projects with clarinetist James Campbell, actor Colin Fox, choreographer David Earle, and a host of jazz luminaries at Toronto’s Lula Lounge. Their most ambitious undertaking has been the groundbreaking multimedia production of Christos Hatzis’ Constantinople, which has been performed in Canada, the United States, and was presented by the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden in England in 2006. Cellist Roman Borys has taken the lead with the Trio’s responsibilities as Artistic Directors of the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival, a position they have held for two seasons. The Gryphon Trio has been a mainstay at the OICMF since its inception, the Festival of the Sound in Parry Sound, and many other chamber music festivals.
James Campbell has been Artistic Director of the Festival of the Sound since 1985 and has programmed approximately 1100 festival concerts, many heard nationally on CBC radio. He has taken the Festival to London, the USA, Japan, and Holland. Under his direction features on the festival have appeared on BBC Radio and Television, CBC Radio and Television, and TVOntario. During the winter months Jim concertizes throughout the world and teaches an international class of young clarinetists at the world famous Jacob School of Music at Indiana University, where he is Professor of Music. Much of his part of the planning needed to mount the festival takes place aboard airplanes and in airports. He has appeared in over 25 countries and has performed with over 60 orchestras, including the Boston Pops, the London Symphony, the Russian Philharmonic and most of the major orchestras in Canada. This year his concerts take him to Spain, Holland, Wales, England, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Thailand, the US, and throughout Canada. His recording of the Brahms Clarinet Quintet with the Allegri String Quartet was chosen by the London Times as the best available.
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