Mark Fewer & Friends
Wednesday, July 15 @ 7:00 pm
This program features youth in many forms. Beginning with one of Joseph Haydn’s earlier quartets (he wrote 68!), it is full of the invention and humour that string players love and trust – no wonder he has garnered the nickname “Papa Joe”. Immediately after Haydn, a work by the young Canadian composer Jared Miller entitled “Follow”, premiered at the Stratford Summer Music Festival to celebrate their 25th Anniversary Season. Commissioned by Robert Lemon in memory of his late partner Robert Ledingham, the work is filled with discovery, joy, and ultimately peace. To conclude, one of the most popular works in the chamber music repertoire (still – after 200 years), the famous string Octet of Felix Mendelssohn, all of 16 years old when he wrote it.
PROGRAM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) String Quartet in B-flat Major, Opus 33, No. 4
Allegro moderato – Scherzo:Allegretto – Largo – Presto
Jared Miller (b.1988 – ) “Follow” for string Octet
Intermission
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) Octet for Strings in E-flat Major, Opus 20
Allegro moderato ma con fuoco – Andante – Scherzo: Allegro leggerissimo -Presto
Artist Biographies
Mark Fewer, Amy Hillis, Julia Mirzoev, Russell Iceberg – violin
Humberto Ramirez, Maxime Despax – viola
Emma Schmiedecke, Beth Silver – cello
VENUE
First Presbyterian Church
200 Maple St,
Collingwood,
ON L9Y 2R2
This event has been made possible thanks to the gracious support of Rydlo Family Fund.
