Tanya Prochazka Concert Season 2008-2009

Cello and Chamber Music

2008

Pender Harbour Chamber Music Festival, BC

August 15-16, 2008
Lafayette String Quartet:
Ann Elliot-Goldschmid and Sharon Stanis, violin
Johanna Hood, viola, Pamela Highbaugh Aloni, cello
Joan Blackman, violin
Yariv Aloni, viola,
Tanya Prochazka, cello
Christie Reside, flute
Alexander Tselyakov, piano and Artistic director

Friday, August 15, 8pm
Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata for Flute and (Harpsichord) Piano in G minor, BWV 1020
Claude Debussy Syrinx for solo flute
Karol Szymanowski Sonata for Violin and Piano in D minor, Op. 9
Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden"

Saturday August 16, 3pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Flute Quartet in D major K.285 
R. Murray Schafer String Quartet No. 11
César Franck Sonata for violin (cello) & piano in A major

Saturday August 16, 8pm
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Souvenir de Florence for String Sextet
Sergey Rachmaninov Trio élégiaque, Op. 9

Sunday August 17, 8pm
Ludwig van Beethoven Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola in D major, Op. 25
Reinhold Gliere 8 Duos for Violin and Cello Op 39

Prince Edward County Music Festival
Picton, Ontario

September 18-20
Penderecki Quartet:
Jeremy Bell & Jerzy Kaplanek, violin
Christine Vlajk, viola
Simon Fryer, cello

Canadian Guitar Quartet:
Philip Candelaria, Denis Donegani, Patrick Roux, Louis Trépanier

Simon Aldrich clarinet
Stephane Lemelin piano
Tanya Prochazka cello
Alexina Louie composer in residence

Thursday, September 18
Mozart: Quintet for clarinet and string quartet, K. 581
Alexina Louie: Bringing the Tiger down from the Mountain, for cello and piano
Schubert: String Quintet in C, D.956

Friday, September 19
Rossini: William Tell Overture, arranged for guitar quartet
Louie: Dénouement, for string quartet
Brahms: Quintet for clarinet and strings Opus 115

Saturday, September 20
Poulenc: Sonata for clarinet and piano 1962
Louie: Néon, for clarinet, cello and piano
Schumann: Quintet for piano and strings Opus 44

Sunday October 5, 8pm, Convocation Hall
Academy Strings
Aulis Sallinen: String Quartet No. 3 Some Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrik's Funeral March, Op. 19 (1969)
Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion for cello and strings cello soloist: Tanya Prochazka
Valdez: Bolero for cello and strings
      Cello soloist: Tanya Prochazka
Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite Opus 40
John Adams: Shaker Loops
Guest Conductor: Aaron Au
Wednesday October 15
Faculte St. Jean, Edmonton, Alberta
12-1pm Lunchtime concert
Sunday October 19
Holy Trinity Church, Edmonton, Alberta
8pm
Sunday October 26
Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
MACH 8pm,
Tanya Prochazka, Cello
Magda Adamek, Piano

Debussy
Sonate for cello and piano
La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin (arranged by Feuillard)
Minstrels (arranged by Bergmann)
Le Petit Berger (arranged by Ronchini)
Nocturne (arranged by Bazelaire)
Petite Suite (arranged by Kocsis)

Chopin
Sonata for cello and piano Opus 65
Polonaise Brillante (arranged by Feuermann) Opus 3
Nocturne (arranged by Piatigorsky)

Violet Archer
Six Miniatures 1984 for cello and piano

2009


Saturday January 17
Visiting Artist Recital, Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
8pm
Dennis Prime, Clarinet
Guillaume Tardif and visitor violins
Charles Pilon, Viola
Tanya Prochazka, Cello

Gershwin-Silverman 2 sets of Songs and Lullaby
Brahms Clarinet Quintet for clarinet and string quartet Opus 115
Sunday January 25
Augustana Campus, University of Alberta, Camrose, Alberta
8pm
Friday January 30
MACH Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
8pm
Milton Schlosser, Piano
Aaron Au, Violin
Tanya Prochazka, Cello

Haydn Trio in G Major number 39, Hoboken 15/25 (Gypsy Rondo)
Mendelssohn Trios number 1 in d minor Opus 49 and 2 in c minor Opus 66
Friday April 17
MACH Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
8pm
Prochazka et al
University of Alberta composers’ works (to be announced)
Edmonton Recital Society Series
Thursday May 7
Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
8pm
Tanya Prochazka, Cello
Stephane Lemelin, Piano

Beethoven The Complete Sonatas for cello and piano Opus 5 numbers 1 and 2, Opus 69, Opus 102 numbers 1 and 2

Orchestra
2008

University Symphony Orchestra

Centenary Celebration
Winspear Centre, Edmonton, Alberta
Monday November 17, 8pm, Winspear Centre, Edmonton, Alberta
Jules Massenet: Epouse quelque brave fille from the Opera Manon (1884), (with recitative 'Les grands mots que voila')
Giuseppe Verdi: Come dal ciel precipita from the Opera Macbeth (with recitative 'Studia il passo mio figlio')
Felix Mendelssohn: Overture Opus 21
Albert Lortzing: Fünf Tausend Taler from the Opera Der Wildschütz (1842)
Giuseppe Verdi: Ella giammai m'amo from the Opera Don Carlos
Soloist Brian McIntosh, bass-baritone
Gustav Holst: The Planets (with Madrigal Singers sopranos and altos)
Conductor Tanya Prochazka

Alberta String Association Honors Orchestra 22, 23, 24 November, Tanya Prochazka conductor

2009

University Symphony Orchestra

Haydn and Mendelssohn anniversaries
Sunday, January 11, 8pm, Convocation Hall

Program
Joseph Haydn: Symphony # 101, the Clock (Angela Schroeder guest conductor)
Jean Sibelius: Violin concerto Opus 47, soloist Virginie Gagne
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony # 4 Opus 90, The Italian

Academy Strings, Academy Winds and Percussion
Sunday February 1, 8pm, Convocation Hall

Program:
Antonin Dvorak: Wind Serenade Opus 44
Peter Warlock: Capriol Suite
Felix Mendelssohn: Octet Opus 20 in Eb arranged for String Orchestra

Conductor Tanya Prochazka

University Symphony Orchestra, Academy Strings

Puccini aria and concerto soloists
Sunday March 29, 8pm, Convocation Hall

Program:
Concertos by winner of the USO and AS Concerto Competition
Aria by winner of the Puccini Aria Competition TBD
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony # 6 in F major, Opus 68 (Pastoral)

Conductor Tanya Prochazka

Other

Adjudicator Edmonton Contemporary Showcase Nov 14, 15
Adjudicator Calgary Contemporary Showcase November 28, 29