Τετάρτη 4 Μαρτίου 2020

Bach's requiems with Thirteen Strings and the Bass-Baritone Joel Allison


It only takes one to love the melancholy of Holy Week  to enjoy the requiems of Johann Sebastian Bach and his son Wilhelm Friedemann Bach performed by the Canadian bass‐baritone Joel Allison in a  concert organized by the Thirteen Strings chamber orchestra of Ottawa.
The concert will take place April 10 at Carleton Dominion Chalmers Centre (355 Cooper St., Ottawa) at 7:30 pm.




Good Friday with Thirteen Strings

BACH FOR EASTER

Featuring Rising Star Bass-Baritone Joel Allison



Ottawa, Ontario, March 4, 2020: Ottawa’s premier chamber orchestra, Thirteen Strings is delighted to present rising star Joel Allison bass and Choeur De la Salle at its Good Friday concert featuring the works of Johann Sebastian and his son Wilhelm Friedemann Bach on April 10 at Carleton Dominion Chalmers Centre (355 Cooper St., Ottawa) at 7:30 pm.
Canadian bass‐baritone Joel Allison has earned praised for his “rich, ringing tone” (Ludwig Van Toronto). Currently a member of the elite Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio, Joel was awarded Second Place in the Christina and Louis Quilico Competition in 2019 as well as Second Prize at the 2018 Metropolitan National Council Auditions in the Great Lakes Region. A committed soloist since childhood, Joel’s solo debut was at the age of twelve as the treble soloist in Howard Shore’s “Lord of the Rings Symphony” with the National Arts Centre Orchestra. He performs Cantata: Ich habe genug at the Good Friday concert.

Choeur De la Salle (whose usual director is Robert Fillion) will join Thirteen Strings for Jesu Joy of Man’s Desire, and O Jesu Christ meins Lebens Licht BWV 118. The Orchestral Suite no 1 BWV166 and Overture BWV 1070 will complete the concert’s repertoire.

(Interesting fact: Bach Senior had two wives and 20 children. Though son Wilhelm was considered a genius organist, improviser and composer, he never gained the stature of his father due in part to his difficult personality.)

Tickets at $10-$45, are available at The Leading Note, Compact Music and Books on Beechwood and by contacting info@thirteenstrings.ca or calling 613-738-7888. Visit: www.thirteenstrings.ca

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Media: Kita Szpak, KS Communications, kita@sympatico.ca , #613-725-3063

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