Sunday, November 30, 2008, 8:00 PM
Ryerson United Church, 2195 W. 45 Ave, Vancouver
Presented in association with BC 150
The Turning Point Ensemble marks the centenary of the extraordinary French composer Olivier Messiaen with a performance of Quartet for the End of Time played by clarinetist François Houle, violinist Marc Destrubé, cellist Peggy Lee, and pianist Jane Hayes. This iconic work. composed and premiered in a prisoner-of-war camp in 1940/41, is described by New Yorker critic, Alex Ross, as, “the most ethereally beautiful music of the twentieth century.” Joining the Messiaen are three dynamic and colourful large ensemble pieces by one of Canada’s most skillful and internationally respected composers, Alexina Louie. The soloist in Louie’s Winter Music is violist, David Harding, and Ricochet features trombonist, Jeremy Berkman.
Friday, November 28, 2008, 8:00 PM
Ryerson United Church, 2195 W. 45 Ave, Vancouver
7:00 PM Pre-concert Artist Talk with Alexina Louie
Presented in association with BC 150
The Turning Point Ensemble marks the centenary of the extraordinary French composer Olivier Messiaen with a performance of Quartet for the End of Time played by clarinetist François Houle, violinist Marc Destrubé, cellist Peggy Lee, and pianist Jane Hayes. This iconic work. composed and premiered in a prisoner-of-war camp in 1940/41, is described by New Yorker critic, Alex Ross, as, “the most ethereally beautiful music of the twentieth century.” Joining the Messiaen are three dynamic and colourful large ensemble pieces by one of Canada’s most skillful and internationally respected composers, Alexina Louie. The soloist in Louie’s Winter Music is violist, David Harding, and Ricochet features trombonist, Jeremy Berkman.
VANOC you are once again forcing my drawing hand into overdrive! Yes we do have a large Asian population in Vancouver - a great community. But why oh why are you so bent and determined into making these games so controversial? Todays morning tv news programs looking for Vancouverite reaction to these new mascots beyond being "cute" is once again "controversial". The MAJORITY interviewed were finding them to be not in a "typical representational Canadian art style" but rather in a Japanese (manga art) style. This is the voice of Vancouver sounding off not just me.
Oh how I miss being part of the 1988 Olympic Winter Games in Calgary (CTV/CFCN production designer). It offered up a great Olympic logo creatively implementing the Olympic rings into a savvy CANADIAN maple leaf snow flake with cuddly non-controversial mascots - Heidi and Howdy.
VANOC you have a great Canadian Olympic model to work from - OCO 88. Just what the hell is your problem!...I am really getting tried in your lack of CANADIAN vision!...back to the drawing board.
