Made in Alberta - Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

In this exciting contemporary classical program, all the music to be performed by the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra has been written by Alberta composers, including the ESO's two former composers-in-residence, John Estacio (composer of the opera Filumena) and Allan Gilliland. The concert will also include works by Allan Gordon Bell, Malcolm Forsyth (father of the National Arts Centre Orchestra's own Amanda Forsyth) and Jeffrey McCune. ESO concertmaster Martin Riseley will perform two movements of the concerto written for him by Gilliland, which premiered in Edmonton in June 2002. Leduc, Alberta native James Campbell will be the other featured soloist, performing the clarinet concerto Dreaming of the Masters, also by Gilliland, which premiered at the ESO in September 2003. Campbell has subsequently performed the piece with the Boston Pops in concerts in 2004. Exciting, innovative and very definitely "Made in Alberta," this is an evening not to be missed.

LAVALLÉE O Canada
(arr. Gilliland - 2004 ESO commission)

McCUNE Overture Sauvage
(1998 ESO commission)

BELL Symphonies of Hidden Fire
Radiance
(2003 ESO commission)

GILLILAND Violin Concerto/Concerto pour violon
Ayre
Martin Riseley, violin
(2002 ESO commission)

ESTACIO Bootlegger's Tarantella
(2001 Calgary Philharmonic commission)

FORSYTH Atayoskewin
The Spirits
The Dream
The Dance
(1984 Shell Canada commission)

GILLILAND Dreaming of the Masters
Benny's Bounce
Stranger on the Prairie
Rhythm Buddy
James Campbell, clarinet
(2003 ESO commission)