Stratford Summer time Music is celebrating their twenty fifth anniversary this yr, and it begins with an occasion on June 20. The Starlight Silver Serenade presents tremendous eating, wine, and naturally music within the type of a jazz trio assembled only for the event.
It takes place at The Starlight, a Stratford venue and eatery, and guarantees an intimate affair with restricted tickets.
“This occasion is celebrating all that’s Stratford Summer time Music!” mentioned Crystal L. Spicer, govt director of Stratford Summer time Music, in an announcement. “It’s a chance for us to take a look at the place we now have come from, the place we’re and the place we’re heading.”
If you happen to can’t make it on June 20, you may get a sneak peek of the Stratford Summer time Music Competition that can happen this summer time.
Stratford Summer time Music 2025 Preview
Whereas lots of the programming particulars have but to be introduced, just a few of the important thing classical music occasions have already been confirmed.
Opening Evening: Carmina Burana (July 17)
Mark Fewer, pianists the Bergmann Duo, and others (to be introduced) will carry out Carmina Burana by German composer Carl Orff. Orff wrote the work between 1935 and 1936, based mostly on a medieval assortment of poetry with the identical title. As a consequence of its widespread use in popular culture in every little thing from films to commercials, the dramatic “O Fortuna” that bookends the cantata has grow to be arguably the perfect recognized classical work on the planet.
The Bergmann Duo is a world touring piano duo. They’ve carried out broadly throughout North America, Europe, and China, together with appearances on the Competition of the Sound, Ottawa Chamberfest, MusicFest Toronto, Banff Arts Competition, and lots of extra. They’ve recorded a number of albums each in Canada and Germany, and the duo (a married couple) gained first prize on the Worldwide Chamber Music Competitors in Caltanissetta, Italy. They have been laureates of The 4th Murray Dranoff Worldwide Two Piano Competitors.
Stewart Goodyear performs J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations (July 20)
Pianist Stewart Goodyear is again by request after his standout efficiency at Stratford Summer time Music 2022. Glenn Gould visited Stratford again in 1956, simply as his star was starting to rise internationally, so it’s acceptable that Goodyear will carry out the works counted amongst Gould’s most well-known recordings.
Michael Bridge Performs with Movie (July 26)
Michael Bridge returns to SSM, the place he’s wowed audiences in earlier seasons. This efficiency for youths will incorporate each dwell music and movie.
John Novacek Performs Rhapsody in Blue (July 31)
Grammy-nominated pianist John Novacek performs a piece he has taken on tour internationally. The American pianist is a winner of the Leschetizky and Joanna Hodges worldwide piano competitions. His schedule consists of performances as a solo recitalist and with varied orchestras, and has taken him to New York Metropolis’s Carnegie Corridor, Washington’s The Kennedy Heart for the Performing Arts, Boston’s Symphony Corridor, Chicago’s Symphony Heart and Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl, Paris’ Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, London’s Wigmore Corridor and Tokyo’s Suntory, amongst others. This can be a co-production with the Competition of the Sound.
Add to the checklist the favored MusicBarge, folks and jazz concert events, and the Vocal Academy — and extra.
- Discover out extra in regards to the June 20 Starlight Silver Serenade [HERE].
- Discover out extra about Stratford Summer time Music 2025 [HERE].
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