With guest soprano, Midori Marsh and members of London Symphonia
With one face to the life-giving sun and the other gazing unblinkingly into the void, the mystery of the moon is her stark duality. In ancient Greece, the goddess moon Luna brings magic and breeds madness. She shines on a restful solitude, she illuminates a restless loneliness. She is the stuff of wolfish nightmares, she is the watchful shepherd that guards our sweet repose.
Co-curated by Symphonia’s principal flute Laura Chambers and soprano Midori Marsh, this cabaret reflects on the two sides of our sister Luna, the mystical moon, with such luminous treasures as Dvorak’s Song to the Moon, Osvaldo Golijov’s Lua Descolorida, Donizetti’s “mad scene,” and more.
Program:
NEW MOON
Full Moon by Ludovico Einaudi (1955-)
WAXING
Soon from A Little Night Music by Steven Sondheim (1930-2021)
Soir Païen by Phillipe Gaubert (1879-1941)
Song to the Moon from Rusalka by Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904)
FULL MOON
This is My Hand by My Brightest Diamond, Shara Nova (1978-)
Presto, Sérénade, Op. 30 by Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
WANING
“Il dolce suono” from Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Caligo by Daniel Inzani
Lúa Descolorida by Osvaldo Golijov (1960-)
NEW MOON
Full Moon by Ludovico Einaudi (1955-)
This concert is generously sponsored by Canada Life.
Performers:
Midori Marsh, soprano
Laura Chambers, flute
Joe Lanza, violin
Sarah Wiebe, violin
Andrew Chung, viola
Ben Bolt-Martin, cello
Charlene Chin, harp
Dan Morphy, percussion