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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