Tune Into Nature

SPHERE Festival - Family Adventures with the NAC Orchestra

2022-09-25 15:30 2022-09-25 16:30 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: Tune Into Nature

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/30539

In-person event

For children 5+ and the whole family What do Vivaldi, R. Murray Schafer, and Greta Thunberg have in common? They prompt us to listen to our environment and reflect on our role here on earth. Join Principal Youth Conductor and Creative Partner Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, the NAC Orchestra, and influential leaders and artists from across Canada as they celebrate the art and importance of listening with empathy – to our environment, our elders and each other – in an interactive concert...

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Southam Hall,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
Sun, September 25, 2022
Sun, September 25, 2022
3:30 PM EDT
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Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser
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Aliénor Rougeot
Family programming Music Classical music Masterworks Chamber music Violin Vocal Singer/Songwriter Roots music Children Festival events
Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser
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Aliénor Rougeot
  • Edward Top Eruption
  • JONATHAN RING Fanfare for Greta
  • Antonio Vivaldi "Winter" from The Four Seasons, First movement
  • R. Murray Schafer Miniwanka
  • Marjan Mozetich MARJAN MOZETICH, Unfolding Sky (from Postcards from the Sky)
  • CRIS DERKSEN Round Dance
  • CRIS DERKSEN New Heya
  • ASTOR PIAZZOLLA Verano Porteña (from Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas)
  • KELLY BADO Hey Terre
  • KELLY BADO Mama hé
  • In-person event
  • Bilingual
  • Ages 5-12
  • ≈ 60 minutes · No intermission

For children 5+ and the whole family

What do Vivaldi, R. Murray Schafer, and Greta Thunberg have in common? They prompt us to listen to our environment and reflect on our role here on earth.

Join Principal Youth Conductor and Creative Partner Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, the NAC Orchestra, and influential leaders and artists from across Canada as they celebrate the art and importance of listening with empathy – to our environment, our elders and each other – in an interactive concert featuring music inspired by nature and creative responses to our world, the climate crisis, and the times we live in.  

* Marie Bégin plays on a wonderful violin Carlo Bergonzi 1710-1715 graciously loaned by CANIMEX INC.

***This concert is presented as part of the NAC Orchestra’s SPHERE Festival which will take place on September 22-25, 2022

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The NAC Foundation would like to acknowledge the generous support from the Friends of the NAC Orchestra, A Donor-Advised Fund at the Community Foundation of Ottawa, The Janice and Earle O’Born Fund for Artistic Excellence, Grant and Alice Burton, and the donors and sponsors of the NAC’s National Youth and Education Trust. National Youth and Education Trust, the primary resource for youth and education funding at the National Arts Centre.

Artists

  • conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser
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    Featuring NAC Orchestra
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    host Aliénor Rougeot
  • singer-songwriter Kelly Bado
  • cellist, composer Cris Derksen
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    violin Marie Bégin
  • choir Calixa-Lavallée Ensemble
  • choir director Laurence Ewashko
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    back-up vocals Rebecca Benson