The University of Saskatchewan Amati Quartet performs on four rare string instruments crafted in Italy in the seventeenth century by members of the Amati family. Experience these exquisite Amati instruments in the spectacular setting of their new home at Knox United Church on October 12, January 9, March 26, and April 30 - with Marla Cole (violin), Rudolf Sternadel (violin), Geoff Cole (viola), and Terence Sturge (cello), the musicians of the Amati Quartet who are now in their thirteenth season.

Monday, October 12, 2015: Baroque Celebration

Telemann - Concerto in D for Trumpet and stringsVivaldi - The Four Seasons, ‘Autumn’ and ‘Winter’Vivaldi - Concerto for Three Violins in F majorMonn - Cello Concerto in G minor Popper - Requiem for Three CellosElgar - Serenade

Season Thirteen begins with the third annual Thanksgiving Monday concert devoted to showcasing sensational young musicians in Saskatoon performing Baroque concertos. Repertoire includes some of the most popular Baroque favorites such as Autumn and Winter from the Four Seasons, as well as the more obscure but gorgeous music by Monn and Popper. Elgar’s Serenade is the most frequently performed of all his music.

With concerts in January, March and April of 2016 the Amati Quartet promises to charm audiences with some of the greatest gems of the string quartet repertoire as well as featuring two guest artists: pianist Godwin Friesen and violist Heather Wilson.

Saturday, January 9, 2016

GUEST ARTISTHeather Wilson – viola

Haydn - String Quartet in B minorMozart - String Quintet in G minorGlass - String Quartet No. 2, ‘Company’

Talented Saskatoon based violist, HEATHER WILSON, joins the Amati Quartet to perform Mozart’s String Quintet in G minor. Mozart loved to play the viola and his four quintets with two violas showcase the rich tonal

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Concert Location and TimesKnox United Church, 838 Spadina Crescent East (cornerofSpadinaand24thStreetEast)

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capabilities of the instrument. The G minor quintet has three movements of intense pathos but ends with a jubilant finale. Op 64, No. 2 in B minor is yet another example of Haydn’s wit and humour. The hypnotic and atmospheric music of Philip Glass will persuade those who are in doubt that they really do like modern music!

GUEST ARTISTGodwin Friesen – piano

Bach - Harpsichord Concerto in D minorMendelssohn - String Quartet in E minor Beethoven - String Quartet in B flat

This concert features the brilliant young pianist, GODWIN FRIESEN, performing Bach’s Harpsichord Concerto in D minor. At just age 16 Godwin recently won the senior piano Kinsmen Competition in the 2015 Saskatoon Music Festival, as well as winning first place in the National Music Festival in August of 2015. Mendelssohn was responsible for

the revival of Bach’s music in 1829 for which we are eternally grateful. Mendelssohn’s E minor String Quartet , Op. 44, No. 2 was written while he was on his honeymoon. Beethoven’s Op. 18, No.6 provides an early introduction to jazz and features a finale that alternates between total melancholy and the dance of life making this quartet the most unique in his group of six opus 18 quartets.

Haydn - String Quartet in G minor Schubert - String Quartet in A minor, ‘Rosamunde’Dvořák - String Quartet in G major

Haydn’s Op 20, No. 3 in G minor is one of his gems that finishes with fantastic Gypsy undertones. Schubert’s ‘Rosamunde’ Quartet is subtle, delicate, and filled with the lyricism that we expect of Schubert. Upon Dvorak’s return to Czechoslovakia he composed his G major quartet, Op.106. With its Slavic sentiment throughout - it is the music of Dvorak that we know and love, and ends with great exuberance.

Saturday, April 30, 2016

Concerts are at 2:00pm and at 7:30pm

Saturday, March 26, 2016

The University of Saskatchewan Amati Quartet performs on four rare string

instruments crafted in Italy in the seventeenth century by members of the Amati

family. Experience these exquisite Amati instruments in the spectacular setting of

Knox United Church on October 12, January 9, March 26, and April 30 - with Marla

Cole (violin), Rudolf Sternadel (violin), Geoff Cole (viola), and Terence Sturge (cello),

the musicians of the Amati Quartet who are now in their thirteenth season.

Terence Sturge • Cello

October 12 Guest Artists

The Amati Quartet made its international debut in 2005 with four concerts in Holland during the Amati 500th Festival celebrating the anniversary of the birth of Andrea Amati. The quartet delighted audiences in Rome and Cremona, Italy in 2006: `Great applause from a huge crowd for

the Canadian Amati Quartet’ (La Provincia, Italy).

The Amati Quartet performed for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in front of eleven thousand spectators at the Lieutenant Governor’s Celebration of the Arts Gala held in honor of Saskatchewan’s 100th anniversary,

and were honored to perform as guest artists with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra celebrating the 75th anniversary of the SSO. They have given premier performances of commissioned string quartets and have been recorded and broadcast by CBC radio.

Now in its thirteenth season, the Amati Quartet continues to champion the music of Joseph Haydn, the creator of the string quartet genre, while rejoicing in all of the vast and rich repertoire for the string quartet, and indulging in diverse chamber music repertoire with guest performers.

The opening concert of the 2015 – 2016 season features brilliant young local musicians as soloists: William Boan (violin), Carmen Cole (violin), Miles Cole (cello), Solveig Deason (violin), Emmett Fortosky

(double bass), Amos Friesen (cello), Silas Friesen (trumpet), Simone Friesen (violin), Zaïde Masich (cello), Samuel Milner (violin), Renée de Moissac (harpsichord) and Heather Wilson (viola).

WILLIAM BOANviolin

CARMEN COLEviolin

MILES COLEcello

SOLVEIG DEASONviolin

EMMETT FORTOSKYdouble bass

AMOS FRIESENcello

SILAS FRIESENtrumpet

SIMONE FRIESENviolin

ZAÏDE MASICHcello

SAMUEL MILNERviolin

RENÉE DE MOISSACharpsichord

HEATHER WILSONviola

Rudolf Sternadel • Violin Marla Cole • Violin Geoff Cole• Viola