Karen Gomyo's Playlist

with the NAC Orchestra

2025-03-05 20:00 2025-03-06 23:00 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: Karen Gomyo's Playlist

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/36105

In-person event

Three things to know ...  Music of fire and ice evokes vast, snow-capped vistas in this program of Nordic and Russian works conducted by Christian Reif.  Explore the lush music of Jean Sibelius with his Violin Concerto — inspired by his teenage dreams of being a violin virtuoso — and epic final symphony.  Musical styles from the 18th and 20th centuries collide in Sergei Prokofiev's playful "Classical" Symphony.  Hailed as a national treasure in Finland...

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Southam Hall,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
March 5 - 6, 2025
March 5 - 6, 2025
8:00 pm EST

March 2025

  1. Mar 5 2025
    Wednesday

    8:00pm

  2. Mar 6 2025
    Thursday

    8:00pm

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Karen Gomyo © Gabrielle Revere
Music Classical music Violin
  • Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 1, Op. 25, “Classical” (15 mins)
  • JEAN SIBELIUS Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
  • Lil Lacy Aurōra
  • JEAN SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7

Featured artists

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    Conductor Christian Reif
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    Violin Karen Gomyo
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    NAC Orchestra
  • In-person event
  • ≈ 2 hours · With intermission

Three things to know ... 

  • Music of fire and ice evokes vast, snow-capped vistas in this program of Nordic and Russian works conducted by Christian Reif. 
  • Explore the lush music of Jean Sibelius with his Violin Concerto — inspired by his teenage dreams of being a violin virtuoso — and epic final symphony. 
  • Musical styles from the 18th and 20th centuries collide in Sergei Prokofiev's playful "Classical" Symphony. 

Hailed as a national treasure in Finland during his lifetime, Jean Sibelius's music has become synonymous with the country's icy landscapes and the warmth of its people.  

A deeply personal work for the composer, Sibelius's Violin Concerto gives voice to his youthful dreams of becoming a violin virtuoso. Experience the work's emotional journey from melancholy to intense joy when Karen Gomyo — whose performances "pour out of her with an unbroken wave of controlled energy" (Times) — returns to Southam Hall.

One of Sibelius's final works, the Seventh Symphony embodies a titanic, swirling energy that one critic likened to "the dignified calm of a human spirit in a hostile environment." 

Sergei Prokofiev's "Classical" Symphony pays tribute to Haydn and Mozart in a mash-up that mixes the sparkling elegance of 18th-century music with the young Russian composer's signature brand of bold modernism.

And Lil Lacy's Aurora — inspired by a Staffan Nihlen sculpture of the Roman goddess of dawn — moves from darkness to light, culminating in a radiant sunrise symbolizing the hope of a new day. 

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Artists

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    Conductor Christian Reif
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    Violin Karen Gomyo
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    NAC Orchestra