The Mysterious Maestro in Edmonton
The Mysterious Maestro
Esso Symphony for Kids
Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre
Saturday, February 27, 2010 - 2 pm
William Eddins, conductor
DANDI Productions
Featuring excerpts from:
VERDI
La forza del Destino: Overture
VILLA LOBOS
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)
MASSENET
Thaïs: Meditation
PIERCE / McKEAG / GILBERTSON
Hannah's Song
WALDTEUFEL
Estudiantina
IPPOLITOV-IVANOV
Procession of the Sardars
SAINT-SAËNS
Danse Macabre
DAVE PIERCE
Heroic Music
LISZT
Les Préludes
PIERCE
Perfect Music
MENDLESSOHN
Symphony No. 5 "Reformation": 1st movement
BEETHOVEN
Ode to Joy
Musical arrangements and original score by Dave Pierce
Adapted from the 2003 Governor General's Award-nominated book The Maestro.
Story and Script by Judd Palmer
Commissioned by Dandi Productions
Original Music and Orchestrations by Dave Pierce & Donovan Seidle
Puppets by The Old Trout Puppet Workshop
Performed by Dandi Productions
Original compositions commissioned with the generous support of Canada Council.
Story and Puppets commissioned with the generous support of Alberta Foundation for the Arts
A bewitching concert-story about a little girl who loves to sing, who moves to a town where music is forbidden: a town named Hamelin, about thirty years after the infamous Pied Piper has led all of Hamelin's children away. Hannah breaks this musical silence with the help of a gossipy rat and her own passion for grand music.