Beethoven's Ninth

& Shelley conducts Andrew Balfour and Anna Clyne

2024-06-19 20:00 2024-06-20 23:00 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: Beethoven's Ninth

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/33733

In-person event

Ludwig van Beethoven rocked the world of classical music in many ways, and his Symphony No. 9, with its spine-tingling “Ode to Joy,” was a radical work that introduced singing into a symphony for the first time—and what singing it was! Anna Clyne’s Glasslands, a co-commission of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, BBC Radio 3, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra, “conjures an imaginary world of three realms governed by the banshee—a female spirit who, in Irish...

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Southam Hall,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
June 19 - 20, 2024
8:00 pm EDT

June 2024

  1. Jun 19 2024
    Wednesday

    8:00pm

  2. Jun 20 2024
    Thursday

    8:00pm

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Jess Gilliam
Music Classical music Masterworks Vocal
  • ANDREW BALFOUR ᓂᔭ niya (I Am)
  • ANNA CLYNE Glasslands
  • Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, “Choral”
  • In-person event
  • Bilingual

Ludwig van Beethoven rocked the world of classical music in many ways, and his Symphony No. 9, with its spine-tingling “Ode to Joy,” was a radical work that introduced singing into a symphony for the first time—and what singing it was!

Anna Clyne’s Glasslands, a co-commission of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, BBC Radio 3, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra, “conjures an imaginary world of three realms governed by the banshee—a female spirit who, in Irish folklore, heralds the death of a family member, usually by wailing, shrieking, or keening in the silence of the night.” Featured soloist British saxophonist Jess Gillam is musical lightning in a bottle, animating the world with her outstanding talent and infectious personality, every ounce of which she shares for this performance.

ᓂᔭ niya (I Am), by Winnipeg-based composer Andrew Balfour, was commissioned by the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra as a companion piece to Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.  Of Cree descent, Balfour is an innovative, multi-faceted composer/conductor with a  large body of choral, instrumental, electro-acoustic and orchestral works. 

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Jun 17
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Jun 19
  • 8:00pm
Jun 20
  • 8:00pm
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Jess Gilliam
  • director Gabrielle Gaudreault
  • guest chorus master Duain Wolfe