KWS Music Director Andrei Feher returns to the stage joined by celebrated Canadian pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin for an evening of mesmerizing works. Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto is one of the most accomplished of them all, ahead of its time with its virtuosic style and wide dynamic range.
Fri Feb 11 / 8:00 pm
Centre In The Square
Music Director Laureate Edwin Outwater returns to the KWS for a program from both sides of the Atlantic. Featuring American cellist Oliver Herbert performing Barber’s Cello Concerto, rarely performed due to its extreme technical demands, and a work by the young contemporary American composer Caroline Shaw.
Fri Mar 4 / 8:00 pm
Centre In The Square
Canadian virtuoso pianist Marc-André Hamelin, a multiple Grammy Award nominee, is recognized around the world for the originality and technical proficiency of his performances. He joins the KWS for Haydn’s lively Piano Concerto No. 11 and Strauss’s witty Burleske.
Fri Apr 8 / 8:00 pm
Centre In The Square
Music Director Andrei Feher closes the Signature series with Mahler’s magnificent and majestic Symphony No. 2, Resurrection. It was first performed by the KWS for the triumphant opening of the Centre In The Square on September 22, 1980, led then by Raffi Armenian, a key figure in the history of the KWS and one of Andrei’s teachers.
Fri May 6 / 8:00 pm
Centre In The Square
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