Penderecki String Quartet/Dancetheatre David Earle

local music and dance heroes with three world premieres

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The Penderecki String Quartet presents three 2009 works in this diverse program of music, dance, video and electronics. Based on Homer’s The Odyssey, Toronto composer Omar Daniel’s Penelope and Odysseus moulds the activities of the PSQ and dancers with a variety of electronic manipulators as he examines themes of separation and crisis.  Circuit–bending and video art are the focus of Vancouver’s Giorgio Magnanensi’s ‘teatro dell’udito VI’, a tale without beginning and ending creating a permeable space for things just to be and become as they are. And Winnipeg composer David Scott presents a memorial to his sister’s life and work, centering on her vision for a Light Garden: a landscape project of stunning warmth and resonance on the Saskatchewan highway.

Biography

The Penderecki String Quartet was formed in Poland in 1986 and has become one of the most celebrated chamber ensembles of their generation. Their recent schedule has included concerts in New York, Amsterdam, St. Petersburg, Paris, Los Angeles, Atlanta, as well as appearances at international festivals in Poland, Lithuania, Italy, Venezuela, and China. The PSQ champions music of our time, performing a wide range of repertoire from Haydn to Zappa as well as premiering over 100 new works to date. Described by Fanfare Magazine as "an ensemble of formidable power and keen musical sensitivity", the PSQ's diverse discography includes the chamber music of Brahms and Shostakovich (Eclectra and Marquis labels) and the recently released Bartok cycle. They enter their 16th year as Quartet-in-Residence at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada.

The Penderecki String Quartet performs under exclusive representation of Richard Paul Concert Artists.

The Penderecki String Quartet wishes to thank the Ontario Arts Council for its ongoing support through the Presenter/Producer Project Grant Fund.

The Penderecki String Quartet is Quartet-In-Residence at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario.

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