The Agassiz Showcase

CONCERT DETAILS

Date: Thursday, June 6, 2024  |  Time: 7:30 pm

Pre-Concert Talk: 6:30 pm – Introducing Sounding Thunder
with artists from Sounding Thunder and host Andrea Ratuski

Location: Laudamus Auditorium, Canadian Mennonite University (CMU)
500 Shaftesbury Blvd., Winnipeg

A concert not to be missed! See and hear some of Canada most celebrated classical and chamber artists—Guy Few, Beverley Johnston, Joel Quarrington, James Campbell and more—in an inclusive program of vibraphones, flower pots, trumpets, basses, and clarinets.

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Concert Artists

Paul Marleyn, cello

Joel Quarrington, contrabass

James Campbell, clarinet

Guy Few, trumpet

Rachel Thomas, trombone

Paul Williamson, piano

Beverley Johnston, percussion

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Concert Works

Murray Schafer – Tapio from "And Wolf Shall Inherit the Moon" for trumpet and trombone

Jocelyn Morlock – Shade for cello and vibraphone

Valentin Silvestrov – Postlude #3 and Wiegenlied/Lullaby for contrabass and piano

Frederic Rzewski – To the Earth, for flowerpots and voice

Elizabeth Raum – Fantasy for Trombone and Piano

George Gershwin – Three Preludes for trumpet and piano

Giovanni Bottesini – Gran Duo for bass, clarinet and piano