For the past twelve years, Via Salzburg has brought you the very best in chamber music performance, from the intimacy of the string quartet to the lush sounds of a chamber orchestra. We have stretched the boundaries of what it is that constitutes a traditional concert, and we have brought to our stage a rich [...]

It’s our 2010//11 season, and we’re very excited to present to you all of the ideas we’ve been having about our concerts since the beginning of the year. Putting together our concert season requires a great deal of imagination, planning, and patience, but it all becomes worth it when we see the completed season lying [...]

CONCERT SERIES

Friday, October 14, 2011 – The Rest is Silence

Debussy – String Quartet in g minor
Brahms – String Quartet no. 2, op. 5
Mark Richards – Scenes from Hamlet

Our first concert in our exciting new season features music of innovation, tradition, and inspiration, as Debussy and Brahms usher in the voice of one of Canada’s finest young composers.

Friday, December 9, 2011 – The Birds Take Up Their Charming Songs Once More

Special guest narrator: Bruce Hunter

Vivaldi - Four Seasons
Musical Improvisations – The Audience becomes the Storyteller

The holidays are a time to be together with those you love. Join with friends, family and community and participate in some music making with Via Salzburg. The Baroque sounds of Vivaldi prepare our ears as Via Salzburg and our audience create music together for the first time.

Friday, February 10, 2012 – Six Degrees of Separation

Brahms – Sextet no. 1 in G major
Dvo?ák – Sextet in A major, opus 48
Linda Catlin Smith – Commission for string sextet

Enjoy the lush, intimate, and complex sounds of the string sextet as we move from the Romantic strains of Brahms and Dvo?ák to the provocative work of Canadian composer Linda Catlin Smith.

Friday, April 13, 2012 – Très rythmé

Special guest pianist and composer Chris Donnelly and singer Hayley Mitchell

Ravel – String Quartet
Chris Donnelly compositions
Selections from Gershwin, Kapustin and more

If you like to tap your foot to the music, bring comfortable shoes for this one. The rhythmic complexity of Ravel and the jazz-inflected music of David Braid will show us all the ways in which the rhythms of music move us.

Friday, May 25, 2012 – A Dialogue Across Time

Special guest pianist André Laplante

Debussy Piano Trio
Debussy – Estampes
Brahms Piano trio in B major
Winner of the 2nd Annual Via Salzburg Composition Competition

Debussy and Brahms pass the musical torch of inspiration to the winner of Via Salzburg’s Second Annual Composition Competition, as we look for the newest and most promising musical voice in Canada.

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