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JOHANNES BRAHMS DOUBLE CONCERTO IN A MINOR, PAINTING BY ERNESTINE TAHEDL

Art ExhibitOctober 5–22, 2017 | Art + Media Lab at the Isabel

Come and witness an astonishing burst of colour with the paintings of Austrian-Canadian artist Ernestine Tahedl, whose art

is inspired by the composers of the romantic era including Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt, and Johannes Brahms. Her colours

appear to explode, recreating the sounds and chords of the music she hears. Through her art, Ernestine Tahedl visualizes

sounds and the emotions triggered by the music, with colours and sound forming a new unity.

An Artist Statement—Ernestine TahedlFor me, the Series comes close to a musical experience and was painted and inspired while listening to classical music reflected in the titles of the works. I feel these paintings are a more direct, human and spiritual expression without confinement of the motif or formal restriction; yet still consist of all those elements that I have explored in my work over the years. I hope that spirituality and serenity are integral to my work. Colour and light are factors that guide my work; colour to me is light.

“All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music.” – WALTER PATER (1839-1894)

About Ernestine TahedlAustrian-Canadian artist Ernestine Tahedl received a Master’s Degree in graphic art from the Vienna Academy of Applied Arts. Following graduation, she collaborated with her father, Professor Heinrich Tahedl, in stained glass artist commissions until she immigrated to Canada. Her work is represented in public, private, and corporate collections and galleries in Canada, the United States, France, Switzerland, Austria, and Japan. She is an elected member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, and is the recipient of many national and international awards. The works displayed in this exhibit are acrylic on canvas.

Ernestine TahedlROMANTICISM

TRISTAN UND ISOLDE IX, PAINTING BY ERNESTINE TAHEDL

THEFELIX HELL

FRIEDRICH KLEINHAPL & ANDREAS WOYKE

BACH & BONHOEFFERFelix Hell, Organ and R.H. Thomson, NarratorSunday, October 15, 2017 at 2:30 PM

Felix Hell is one of the most soughtafter concert organists in the world,and has been featured as recitalistand concerto soloist in more than850 concerts throughout NorthAmerica, Europe, Asia and Australia. The American Organist raved thathe “sets standards that older andhonored players would struggle to equal.” Felix Hell has gained global recognition through his marathon performances of the complete organ works of Bach. He will premiere his program Bach & Bonhoeffer at the Isabel, pairing the momentous music of Bach with the powerful writings of courageous German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer. R.H. Thomson, one of Canada’s most talented and beloved actors, will read selections from Bonhoeffer’s letters and poems written in prison in 1944 – his final works just prior to his execution in 1945. Bach selections include Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor (BWV 542), Passacaglia (BWV 582) and his deathbed chorale ‘Before thy throne I now appear’ (BWV 668). Felix Hell has developed his Bach & Bonhoeffer project collaboratively with the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts and R.H. Thomson to present new dimensions to the compositions of Bach and the writings of Bonhoeffer.

REBELS AGAINST TIME: The Tides of RomanticismDuo Kleinhapl & Woyke, Cello and PianoSunday, November 5, 2017 at 2:30 PM

Some rebels, such as Beethoven and Piazzolla, forge far ahead into the future and are the revolutionaries against tradition. Others – such as Mendelssohn and Jacob Gade – firmly entrench themselves in esteemed musical traditions. This program features the award-winning duo of Austrian cellist Friedrich Kleinhapl and pianist Andreas Woyke, who will perform sonatas by Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Franck and tangos by Gade and Piazzolla. The New York Times describes the “unimpeachable virtuosity and a thrilling unanimity of spirit” of the Duo Kleinhapl & Woyke. This celebrated duo has appeared in renowned concert venues around the world including Vienna’s Musikverein and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

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5 Sunday afternoon virtuoso performances

SOLOISTSLOUIS LORTIE CHARLES RICHARD-HAMELIN

LOUIS LORTIE, PianoSunday, November 19, 2017 at 2:30 PM

The London Times describes the playing of Canadian pianist Louis Lortie as “ever immaculate, ever imaginative,” and has identified the artist’s “combination of total spontaneity and meditated ripeness that only great pianists have.” Louis Lortie loves the challenge of assembling a program with that “je-ne-sais-quoi” that cannot be accessed through the internet and that can only be brought to life in a recital. Audience members will be treated to Chopin, Schubert and more!

CHARLES RICHARD-HAMELIN, Piano Sunday, February 11, 2018 at 2:30 PM

Prize winner of the International Chopin Piano Competition, Concours musical international de Montréal and Seoul International Music Competition, this young Canadian musician is standing out as one of the most important pianists of his generation. He will perform music by Mozart, Chopin, Babadjanian, and Schumann. The Ottawa Citizen states that Richard-Hamelin’s “raw emotional impact is the real deal, rooted completely in his convincing musicianship.”

Stars of the COC ENSEMBLE STUDIOSunday, March 18, 2018 at 2:30 PM Passion personified! Celebrate the glory of the human voice with stars of the Canadian Opera Company’s Ensemble Studio. The Isabel will sparkle when these exceptional young singers bring you a beautiful selection of arias and ensembles from beloved operas. Triumph to tragedy, love and betrayal, and the despotic to the sublime – opera has it all. Witness the glorious talent of these glowing and gifted artists who are set to launch themselves on the world stage of opera.

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Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra MOZART’S PIANOKristian Bezuidenhout, Guest Director and FortepianistMonday, November 13, 2017 at 7:30 PM

This series opens with a stunning concert by Tafelmusik, showcasing its classical personality and performing with one of the greatest musicians in the field. De Telegraaf pronounces fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout as “MOZART REINCARNATED”, and The London

Times describes him as “the most brilliant of today’s fortepiano players.” Mozart uses all the colours of the fortepiano in his Concerto for Piano in A Major to make his music at one moment dramatic and percussive, and the next shimmering and crystalline. Energy abounds as the remarkable Tafelmusik orchestra performs Mozart’s Symphony No. 29, and the dynamic symphonies by two of Mozart’s mentors, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Johann Christoph Bach.

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London Handel Players FATHER, GODFATHER AND SONTuesday, November 28, 2017 at 7:30 PM

“The most delicious music you could ask to hear, and the players give every indication of loving every note they play.” —JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH FLUTE SOCIETY

What’s in the title? Telemann was chosen by Johann Sebastian Bach to be Godfather to his son Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and the program will feature all three composers. The London Handel Players is a dynamic baroque ensemble that brings together leading period-instrument baroque chamber musicians. The ensemble that includes leading British baroque “dream-team”: Adrian Butterfield (violin), Rachel Brown (flute/recorder), Katherine Sharman (cello/gamba) and Laurence Cummings (harpsichord). They will bring a delightful program of these great baroque composers to life.

NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ORCHESTRAAlexander Shelley, ConductorJessica Linnebach, ViolinTuesday, December 12, 2017 at 7:30 PM

After their spectacular Isabel debut last season, the National Arts Centre Orchestra is back by popular demand. The program features Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, Mozart Violin Concerto no 3, and Sibelius Symphony No. 1. The program is conducted by NACO’s Music Director, Alexander Shelley whose music making is described as “original, intelligent, thoroughly convincing and well-crafted” (Salzburger Nachrichten). The ensemble has since been praised by the Ottawa Citizen as “an orchestra transformed … hungry, bold, and unleashed.”

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NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ORCHESTRA WITH ALEXANDER SHELLEY

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Soundstreams Canada TAN DUNWater Passion After St. MatthewLawrence Cherney, Artistic DirectorConducted by David FallisWith Choir 21 Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 7:30 PM

“[Water Passion’s] world premiere in Stuttgart…was greeted with an ecstatic 15-minute standing ovation. Like its model, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, it transcends language, cultural and religious divides.” —THE TIMES, LONDON

Tan Dun is an internationally celebrated Chinese contemporary classical composer and conductor, most widely known for his scores of the movies Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero, the world premiere of The First Emperor at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, as well as his music for the medal ceremonies at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In Water Passion, seventeen dramatically lit water bowls adorn the stage in this reimagining of J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, where Tan Dun explores universal themes of birth, death, and resurrection using water as a symbol of transition from one stage to another. Varied cultural influences also shape the string writing, drawing upon Tibetan percussion and instruments that evolved along the ancient Silk Road. The distinctly modern soundscape is cast against elemental, tactile impressions of water in this remarkable intercultural setting of the timeless liturgical text.

CAMERATA RCOMembers of the ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 7:30 PM

“Thrilling amalgam of simplicity and expression.” —NRC HANDELSBLAD

This concert features the accomplished members of one of the world’s most celebrated orchestras, The Netherlands’ renowned Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. The program takes the audience on a world journey from Leipzig to Hollywood to Vienna with works by Schumann and Bernard Herrmann (film composer of Citizen Kane, North by Northwest, and Taxi Driver), culminating in a performance of Brahms’ breathtaking chamber music work, his String Quintet, Op. 111.

Your spring fling with Bach and beyond!

VIRTUOSI!ARION BAROQUE ORCHESTRADmitry Sinkovsky, Guest Director and Violin Soloist Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 7:30 PM

“Virtuosity, finesse, expression, imagination, nothing is missing from Sinkovsky.” —LE MONDE

The triple talents of Russia’s phenomenon Dmitry Sinkovsky — a violinist, countertenor, and conductor — have led him to a dazzling career on the world stage. This concert will combine the virtuosic talents of Sinkovsky with those of the Arion Baroque Orchestra and their artistic director and flutist Claire Guimond in a wonderful concert of Bach, Handel, Quantz and Telemann. Arion, Québec’s Juno Award-winning baroque period instrument orchestra,is lauded for its “remarkable and unified sound, such impeccable phrasing, unparalleled expression of stunning sonority, phrasing and brilliant beat punctuations” (Arts & Opinion), and whose artistry is appreciated around the globe.

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THE BEAUTY OF BACHAngela HewittSaturday, May 5, 2018 at 7:30 PM

“I know of no musician whose Bach playing on any instrument is of greater subtlety, beauty of tone, persuasiveness of judgement or instrumental command than Hewitt’s is here.” —BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

This inaugural baroque series culminates in a performance by one of Canada’s greats and foremost interpreter of Bach, Angela Hewitt. This distinguished Canadian pianist is described by The Sunday Times magazine as “one of the reliably mesmerising musicians of the day.” Angela Hewitt will perform this baroque concert of Bach and Scarlatti on her Fazioli F278 grand piano.

METAMORFOSIConstantinople & Suzie LeBlancTuesday, April 24, 2018 at 7:30 PM

This Baroque and Beyond program is embodied by the velvety smooth voice of Suzie LeBlanc who is one of Canada’s most sought-after early music sopranos. Her poetry is enhanced by the brio and bold improvisations of the five musicians of Constantinople, a diverse Montreal group inspired by the ancient city illuminating East and West. This is a joyful and salutary delirium for music lovers enjoying the music of Monteverdi, Kapsberger, Merula, Strozzi, Rossi and more!

“graceful and sublime .. At once radiant and reflective, the beauty of Suzie LeBlanc’s voice gives gives the work its splendour.” —LE JOURNAL DE MONTRÉAL

ANGELA HEWITTCONSTANTINOPLE & SUZIE LEBLANC

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CHARLOTTE –A TRI-COLOURED PLAY WITH MUSICThursday, June 1, 2017 at 7:30 PMPREMIERE—CONCERT VERSION

LIBRETTO: ALON NASHMANCOMPOSER: ALEŠ BREZINAMETTEUR-EN-SCÉNE/SCENOGRAPHER: PAMELA HOWARD

Human RightsPlaying Time: 1 Hour 30 Minutes, with no intermission

A Tri-Coloured Play with Music, based on Charlotte Salomon’s graphic book Life? or Theatre?

The ‘waves/scenes’ flow one into the next with no breaks, sometimes using the whole stage, and sometimes with multiple actions as in Charlotte’s paintings.

Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) was a German-Jewish artist born in Berlin. She is primarily remembered as the creator of an autobiographical series of paintings Leben? oder Theater?: Ein Singspiel (Life? or Theater?: A Song-play) consisting of 769 individual works painted between 1941 and 1943 in the south of France, while Salomon was in hiding from the Nazis. In October 1943, Charlotte Salomon was captured, deported to and murdered in Auschwitz.

The creation-based residency for the concert version of this work is supported by the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts.

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SWEATFriday, July 28, 2017 at 7:30 PM

CANADIAN PREMIERE TOUR OF THIS 70-MINUTE CHAMBER OPERA BY JULIET PALMER AND ANNA CHATTERTON.

Sweat is an ‘a capella’ opera for 10 singers about women in the global garment industry.

Sweat takes us inside the world of the sweatshop, where the individual ambitions of workers and management are set against the movement toward unionization. Scored for chorus and five soloists performing in English as well as Cantonese, Tamil and Hungarian, Sweat seeks to bring the audience into the heart of a contemporary sweatshop. What do these workers dream of, sewing sleeves all day? Was life better in the village left behind? Plunging headfirst into the ethical conundrums of the garment trade, the work offers a window into the lives of the workers who clothe us. Sweat is a response to our globalized world, in which we never meet the women who sew our clothing and we rarely think about their working conditions.

“The Bicycle Opera Project gives venerable art a new spin.” – CBC, THE NATIONAL

The Bicycle Opera Project is a group of excellent young professional artists dedicated to bringing high-quality, accessible opera to communities across Ontario… traveling exclusively by bicycle! Kingston audiences will recognize Geoffrey Sirett, the co-producer of The Bicycle Opera Project. This talented group combines two of his passions, singing in the cycle-touring opera company that gives opera a new spin, and introducing Canadian audiences to a wealth of compelling contemporary opera with gifted young singers.

DOLLHOUSEColeman Lemieux & CompagnieSaturday, November 18, 2017 at 7:30 PM

Presented by Tonedeaf, Kingston’s Festival of Adventurous Sound Performance, in collaboration with the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts.

CONCEPT, DANCE, PERFORMANCE: BILL COLEMANMUSIC, SOUND, VISUALS: GORDON MONAHANADDITIONAL DESIGN: PIERRE LAVOIE & DAVID GAUCHERRun time: 1 hour

“No other choreographer creates one-of-a-kind events as mystical, unpretentious, and full of wonder,” states the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of choreographer and dancer Bill Coleman. In Dollhouse, he plays the role of modern fakir as he suffers through what at times are almost comic situations on his way to a symphonic chaos of sight and sound. Considering the intense concerns of contemporary times, the visual metaphor of a man drowning in his surroundings is timely. Tap dancing, performance art and action intermingle with mechanical and electronic manipulated objects, handmade and found, rendering rhythms equally sonic and visual. Disruptive and surprising, Dollhouse walks a unique line of Artaudan fiction and slapstick with the performer acting simultaneously as instrument and conductor. The internationally acclaimed composer/ sound artist Gordon Monahan, a recipient of the Governor-General’s Award in the Arts, will also be creating all the sound live on stage. This program is a remarkably creative feat of dance and music in the 21st century.

SWING SHIFT BAND

RÉMI BOLDUC

TAUREY BUTLER

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BLUE EYES MEETS BASIESwing Shift Big Band Saturday, October 14, 2017 at 7:30 PM

This program includes favourites such as Fly Me to the Moon, One for My Baby, My Kind of Town, and Sweet Georgia Brown. Swing Shift Big Band was formed in August of 1996 to preserve and celebrate the sounds and energy of the big band era. It is evident that they have succeeded. The band has now become one of the top-rated big bands not only in Ontario, but also in all of Canada. Over 20 radio stations are now playing the band’s music worldwide, and music downloads from around the world also indicate people’s enjoyment of this band’s recordings.

CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS Taurey Butler TrioSaturday, December 9, 2017 at 7:30 PM

What better than Vince Guaraldi’s famous composition, A Charlie Brown Christmas, to put you in the holiday mood. Favourites such as Linus and Lucy, Christmas Time is Here, Skating and My Little Drum are just a few of the pieces on the program. Montreal’s fabulous Taurey Butler Trio performs a vibrant interpretation of this famous album, and guest singer Éléonore Lagacé will join the trio for a few songs. Taurey Butler “is a phenomenal jazz pianist of the highest calibre who has moved thousands of people here and abroad with his extraordinary talent” (Montreal Gazette). Taurey has “a keen interest in learning and a predilection for Oscar Peterson-style piano playing … the Taurey Butler Trio is a take-no-prisoners piano trio capable of knocking over anything in its path” (All About Jazz). Musicians include: Taurey Butler, piano; Éric Lagacé, bass; Wali Muhammad, percussions; and Éléonore Lagacé, guest singer.

GENIUS OF JOHN COLTRANE Rémi Bolduc Jazz EnsembleSaturday, April 7, 2018 at 7:30 PM

Alto saxophonist Rémi Bolduc is now presenting a tribute to John Coltrane, the saxophonist who revolutionized jazz. Naima, Mr. P.C. and other compositions from the iconic album Giant Steps will be performed in this concert that highlights the 90th anniversary of the birth of Coltrane. André Leroux on tenor saxophone, Alexandre Côté on baritone sax, François Bourassa on piano, Fraser Hollins on bass, Dave Laing on drums, and Rémi Bolduc all invite you to this energetic concert honouring the amazing talents of John Coltrane.

LEMON BUCKET ORKESTRA TEN STRINGS AND A GOATSKIN

NEW CANADIAN GLOBAL MUSIC ORCHESTRAGLOBALGo global with 3 diverse performances

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LEMON BUCKET ORKESTRAThursday, November 2, 2017 at 7:30 PM

“Adventurously multicultural … amazing” – THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

The Isabel welcomes back the Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Canada’s only Balkan-klezmer-gypsy-party-punk-super-band. Born on the streets of Toronto as a busking band in 2010, the original quartet of guerrilla-folk troubadours quickly amassed a battalion of troops armed with brass and bows, and started touring the world. LBO has been nominated for several awards, it is heralded as ground-breaking by international media, and has performed at international festivals across the globe. At their Isabel debut in 2015, they ended up doing a post-concert performance in the lobby for the entire audience to dance with complete and unbridled joy!

TEN STRINGS AND A GOATSKINNew Celtic Heroes on the scene Monday, November 27, 2017 at 7:30 PM

“Probably one of the most exciting and progressive new roots groups... The future for these boys is huge.” – BRIAN O’DONOVAN,

BURREN BACKROOM SERIES, BOSTON, 2016

Expanding on the Scottish and Acadian roots of PEI’s traditional music, PEI’s Ten Strings and a Goatskin weave old-school Scottish, Franco-Canadian, Breton, and Irish tunes with wickedly current grooves and clever quirks, flirting with indie’s best moments. Ten Strings and a Goat Skin is a bilingual folk/fusion trio from Prince Edward Island who present traditional and original music inspired by their Atlantic Canadian histories and roots, and infused with pop and world rhythms.

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NEW CANADIAN GLOBALMUSIC ORCHESTRASaturday, February 24, 2018 at 7:30 PM

Where else but in Canada today, at this moment, can artists from different traditions come together to create a new body of work or, even, a new tradition? The Royal Conservatory of Music has brought together outstanding professional musicians from all over the world, all of whom now live in Canada, to create the New Canadian Global Music Orchestra. These outstanding musicians will bring Canadian, Iranian, Ukrainian, Métis, Cuban, Pakistani, Burkina Faso, Mexican, Brazilian, Greek, Peruvian, Tibetan, Chinese and American traditions together. Music connects and communicates in ways that words, politicians, and spiritual leaders cannot. Together, we all find a common language.

The New Canadian Global Music Orchestra is presented by The Royal Conservatory of Music in partnership with: the Aga Khan Museum, Batuki Music Society, Diasporic Genius, Lula Music and Arts Centre, Small World Music, York University Department of Music, and 918 Bathurst Centre.

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THE MOUSE, THE ANT AND THE ANTELOPESPerformance and fun children’s drama workshop by story-teller and animator Emerita EmerenciaSunday, February 25, 2018 at 2:30 PMIN THE ISABEL’S REHEARSAL HALL

Chabelita (a cute hand puppet) is still shivering from a scary encounter with a mouse. Her auntie (Emerita) tells her own version of The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse to calm her. She continues with the story of The Ant and the Butterfly, followed by a tale of African antelopes. This performance with audience participation brings forward the importance of sharing and respect for what was here before us. Following her performance of The Mouse, the Ant and the Antelopes, Emerita offers a workshop for the children and the young-at-heart in the audience including the use of drama techniques, movement, music and improvisation.

Storyteller Emerita Emerencia is a multi-lingual artist who has been a school projects choreographer with the National Ballet of Canada, a children’s narrator with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, and a librettist with the Canadian Opera Company. Self-described as “an Aruban by nature and a Canadian by nurture,” Emerita has a great and generous gift for involving the children in the stories she tells.

Recommended for children in JK to Grade 4.Run Time for performance and workshop: 40 minute performance plus a fun 30 minute kids’ drama and movement workshop.

THE SCHOOLYARD CARMENShoestring OperaSunday, April 22, 2018 at 2:30 PM

An inspiring story of independence matched with Bizet’s unforgettable music! In this age-appropriate adaptation of the famous opera, Carmen is a feisty little girl with a sad past, and a newcomer to this country. When Tory Adair, the “coolest kid in school” tries to bully her, she stands up to him. Through Carmen’s story, we look at the immigrant in Canadian society, the child who is different, schoolyard bullying, personal independence and the saving properties of art. With Bizet’s bewitching, infectious music, Carmen’s flamenco dancing and the action-packed story, The Schoolyard Carmen is sure to be Shoestring’s most popular adaptation yet!

Run time: 45 minutes. Recommended for children in Grades 1 to 6 .

While we welcome families, we feel that the enjoyment of the whole audience is paramount and therefore humbly request that no babes in arms and children under the age of two enter into the Concert Hall for these productions.

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HANSEL AND GRETELShoestring OperaSunday, October 29, 2017 at 2:30 PM

Enjoy this updated original children’s classic of Hansel and Gretel where the children live with their single mom next door to a very strange lady who practises night and day on a cello. And why is she always sweeping her front porch? Who knows? “She might be a witch, with an awful twitch, who rides the air with a broomstick switch!” Thoroughly spooked, they fall asleep and wake up to a wild roller coaster ride through the land of the fairy tale, with a wondrous gingerbread house and a crazy old witch—who plays the cello! Hansel shows off some groovy dance moves set to Humperdinck’s gorgeous music as Gretel leads them both out of trouble and into a greater understanding of their strange neighbour. Come and join the dance!

FUN IN COSTUMES: Children and the young-at-heart are encouraged to wear their Hallowe’en costumes to this Isabel performance!Run time: 45 minutes. Recommended for children in Grades 1 to 6.

Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and friends—introduce a young person into the wonderful world of the arts!

ARTS FESTIVALHUMAN RIGHTS

The Isabel brings back its second annual Human Rights Arts Festival. We believe

the arts to be on the forefront of social and political change. The arts are effective and

inspiring in sharing courageous stories of social justice and human rights violations.

An announcement will be made in early 2018 about the programming, many

partners and diverse art forms involved.

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UNITED NATIONS: UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS: ARTICLE 3.

EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT

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SECURITY OF PERSON.

The Royal Conservatory Orchestra returns to the stage of the Isabel, this time performing Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture, Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4. This wonderfully

talented group of pre-professional musicians work with the spirited Hungarian conductor, Gabor Takacs-Nagy. The concert features gifted pianist

Leon Bernsdorf, a prize winner of the recent Liszt Ferenc International Piano Competition in Hungary and the Liszt Competition in Moscow.

SPECIAL PERFORMANCE ROYAL CONSERVATORY ORCHESTRA

Gabor Takacs-Nagy, conductorLeon Bernsdorf, piano

Thursday, October 5, 2017 at 7 PM**Please note earlier start time.

GABOR TAKACS-NAGY LEON BERNSDORF

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