Past Concerts
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May 6, 2010 Thursday evening, 8pm
Salle Marie-Stéphane |
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violin piano |
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Georg P. Telemann |
Fantaisie for solo violin No. 12 in a minor |
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March 18, 2010* Thursday evening, 8pm Redpath Hall, McGill University Access via McTavish Gate (Peel metro) |
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oboe oboe clarinet clarinet clarinet bassoon bassoon horn horn |
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W. A. Mozart |
Selections from Le Nozze di Figaro, KV 492 (arranged for wind octet by Johann Nepomuk Wendt) |
* This concert was preceded by Bach Before Bedtime at 4:30pm. Please click here for more information
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February 18, 2010* Thursday evening, 8pm Redpath Hall, McGill University Access via McTavish Gate (Peel metro) |
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piano clarinet violin viola cello |
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Joseph Haydn |
Trio in Bb major for clarinet, violin and cello, Hob. IV:B1 |
* This concert was preceded by Bach Before Bedtime at 4:30pm. Please click here for more information
Thursday February 18, 2010
The third concert of the season will take place on Thursday, February 18. For 45 minutes, come and treat your budding young Mozarts to a short concert. They will have a chance to come up on stage, meet our musicians, examine our instruments and listen to some wonderful music.
Here are the musicians your musicians-to-be will meet:
| Dorothy Fieldman Fraiberg | piano |
| Simon Aldrich | clarinet |
| Nadia Francavilla | violin |
| Jean René | viola |
| Yegor Dyachkov | cello |
| Reuven Rothman | doublebass |
Kiddie door prizes will be given out!
Cost: $10 per family (at the door)
Please RSVP to allegra1@videotron.ca with your name and the number of children and adults attending to reserve your place at the concert.
SPACES ARE LIMITED
Hope to see you and your young ones there!
Parking on campus – Sherbrooke street entrance
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January 21, 2010* Thursday evening, 8pm Redpath Hall, McGill University Access via McTavish Gate (Peel metro) |
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piano violin violin viola cello |
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Robert Schumann |
Piano Quartet in E flat Major, Op. 47 for piano, violin, viola & cello |
* This concert was preceded by Bach Before Bedtime at 4:30pm. Please click here for more information
Thursday January 21, 2010
The second concert of the season will take place on Thursday, January 21. For 45 minutes, come and treat your budding young Mozarts to a short concert. They will have a chance to come up on stage, meet our musicians, examine our instruments and listen to some wonderful music.
Here are the musicians your musicians-to-be will meet:
| Dorothy Fieldman Fraiberg | piano |
| Yukari Cousineau | violin |
| Alexander Lozowski | violin |
| Brian Bacon | viola |
| Katherine Skorzewska | cello |
| Reuven Rothman | doublebass |
Kiddie door prizes will be given out!
Cost: $10 per family (at the door)
Please RSVP to allegra1@videotron.ca with your name and the number of children and adults attending by January 15, 2010.
SPACES ARE LIMITED
Hope to see you and your young ones there!
Parking on campus – Sherbrooke street entrance
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piano clarinet violin viola cello |
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Johannes Brahms Robert Kahn |
Letter to Clara arranged for clarinet and string trio by Simon Aldrich |
| Dorothy Fieldman Fraiberg | piano |
| Simon Aldrich | clarinet |
| Yukari Cousineau | violin |
| Jean René | viola |
| Chloé Dominguez | cello |
The 2008-2009 season saw the successful début of Bach Before Bedtime, a concert series for children. Kids ranging in age from newborns to 12-year-olds and their parents enjoyed an interactive chamber music experience at two well-attended concerts held at Redpath Hall.
Allegra is entering its second season with three concerts beginning with the first on Thursday, November 26, 2009, the second one on January 21, 2010 and the third on February 18, 2010. For 45 minutes, come and treat your budding young Mozarts to a short concert. They will have a chance to come up on stage, meet our musicians, examine our instruments and listen to some wonderful music.
Nibblies for the kiddies will be on hand.
Cost: $10 per family (at the door)
Kiddie door prize
Hope to see you and your young ones there!
Please RSVP with your name and the number of children and adults attending:
allegra1@videotron.ca
Parking on campus – Sherbrooke street entrance
Annual Benefit Concert/Reception |
Pollack Hall / McGill University 15 September 2009 |
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Dorothy Fieldman Fraiberg |
piano clarinet violin cello |
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Heitor Villa-Lobos Astor Piazzolla Gershwin-Frolov Peter Schickele |
Chôros No. 2 (1924) for violin & clarinet Oblivion arranged for clarinet, violin & piano by Simon Aldrich Concert fantasia on themes from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess for violin & piano Quartet for clarinet, violin, cello & piano Moderate, flowing Fast, driving Slow, elegiac Quite fast, dancing |
May 14, 2009 Thursday evening, 8pm Redpath Hall, McGill University Access via McTavish Gate (Peel metro) Admission free |
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piano oboe violin violin viola cello |
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W.A. Mozart Bohuslav Martinu |
Quintet in C minor K. 388/406 for for oboe, violin, 2 violas and cello, arranged by Umberto Lucarelli |
April 2, 2009* Thursday evening, 8pm Redpath Hall, McGill University Access via McTavish Gate (Peel metro) Admission free |
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piano clarinet violin violin viola cello |
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Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms |
Quintet for clarinet & strings in B Minor, Op. 115 |
* This concert was preceded by Bach Before Bedtime at 4:30pm. Please click here for more information
February 5, 2009* Thursday evening, 8pm Redpath Hall, McGill University Access via McTavish Gate (Peel metro) Admission free |
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piano clarinet violin violin viola cello doublebass |
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John Ireland Richard Wagner Gerald Finzi Astor Piazzolla Felix Mendelsohn |
Threnody arranged for clarinet, violin, viola and doublebass by Simon Aldrich |
* This concert was preceded by Bach Before Bedtime at 4:30pm. Please click here for more information
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January 22, 2009 Thursday evening, 8pm Redpath Hall, McGill University Access via McTavish Gate (Peel metro) Admission free |
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piano violin viola cello |
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Ernst von Dohnanyi Ludwig van Beethoven Robert Schumann |
Serenade for violin, viola & cello, Op. 10 |
November 20, 2008 Thursday evening, 8pm Redpath Hall, McGill University Admission free |
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piano violin viola cello |
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W.A. Mozart Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda Sergei Prokofiev Anne Eggleston |
Piano Quartet in g minor K 478 |
Annual Benefit Concert/Reception |
Redpath Hall / McGill University 11 September 2008 |
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Dorothy Fieldman Fraiberg |
piano violin violin viola cello clarinet |
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Johannes Brahms Sergei Prokofiev Ferenc Farkas Gerald Finzi |
Scherzo for violin & piano in c minor, Sonatensatz Overture on Hebrew Themes for clarinet, piano & string quartet Op. 34 Ricordanze for clarinet, violin, viola & cello Eclogue, Op. 10 arranged for piano, strings & clarinet by Simon Aldrich |
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May 8, 2008 Thursday evening, 8pm In memory of Eva Fieldman Redpath Hall, McGill University Admission free |
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Dorothy Fieldman Fraiberg |
piano violin violin viola cello clarinet |
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Robert Schumann Edvard Grieg Robert Schumann |
Märchenerzählungen for piano, viola and clarinet op. 132 Sonata for violin and piano in c minor op.45 Quintet for piano and string quartet in E flat major, op.44 |
March 27, 2008 Thursday evening, 8pm Redpath Hall, McGill University Admission free |
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Marie-Andrée Benny |
flute clarinet clarinet bassoon horn violin violin viola cello doublebass |
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Mikhail Glinka Charles Villiers Stanford Johannes Brahms |
Septet in E Flat Major for clarinet, bassoon, horn, two violins,
cello and doublebass Serenade Nonet Op. 95 for flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, two violins, viola, cello and doublebass Serenade No. 1 in D Major op. 10 (reconstruction by Simon Aldrich of the lost original nonet version) for flute, two clarinets, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello and doublebass |
March 27, 2008 Thursday evening, 8pm Redpath Hall, McGill University Admission free |
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Marie-Andrée Benny |
flute clarinet clarinet bassoon horn violin violin viola cello doublebass |
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Mikhail Glinka Charles Villiers Stanford Johannes Brahms |
Septet in E Flat Major for clarinet, bassoon, horn, two violins,
cello and doublebass Serenade Nonet Op. 95 for flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, two violins, viola, cello and doublebass Serenade No. 1 in D Major op. 10 (reconstruction by Simon Aldrich of the lost original nonet version) for flute, two clarinets, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello and doublebass |
February 21, 2008 Thursday evening, 8pm Redpath Hall, McGill University Admission free |
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Yukari Cousineau |
violin violin viola cello clarinet horn |
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W.A. Mozart Bohuslav Martinu Eugène Ysaÿe John Ireland |
Quintet for horn, violin, 2 violas and cello in
E flat major, K 407
Serenade No. 2 for 2 violins and viola Sonata No. 5 in G major for solo violin, op. 27 («Pastorale») Sextet for clarinet, horn and string quartet |
January 24, 2008 Thursday evening, 8pm Redpath Hall, McGill University Admission free |
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Yukari Cousineau |
violin violin viola cello piano |
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Franz Joseph Haydn Franz Schubert Antonin Dvorák |
String Quartet No.61 in D minor op. 76 No. 2 Hob.III:76 (Fifths) Quartet No. 14 in D minor op. posth. (Death and the Maiden) Quintet for piano and string quartet in A Major op. 81 |
November 8, 2007 Thursday evening, 8pm Redpath Hall, McGill University Admission free |
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Dorothy Fieldman Fraiberg |
piano clarinet violin violin viola cello |
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Franz Schubert Johannes Brahms Walter Rabl Arnold Schoenberg Antonin Dvorak |
String Quartet No. 12 in c minor D 703 (Quartettsatz)
Intermezzo in A Major op.118, No. 2 (transcription for clarinet and strings by Simon Aldrich) Quartet for piano, clarinet, violin and cello, op.1 String Quartet in D minor op. 7, 4th movement (Viel Langsamer) (transcription for clarinet and strings by Simon Aldrich) bémol majeur op. Piano Quartet in Eb Major op. 87 |
Annual Benefit Concert/Reception |
Redpath Hall / McGill University 27 September 2007 |
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Dorothy Fieldman Fraiberg |
piano violin viola cello clarinet |
October 10, 2007 Wednesday evening, 8pm Redpath Hall, McGill University Admission free |
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Dorothy Fieldman Fraiberg |
piano violin viola cello |
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Gabriel Fauré Robert Schumann W.A. Mozart |
Piano Quartet in c minor, Op.15
Sonata No.1 in a minor for violin & piano Piano Quartet in Eb Major, K493 |
May 10, 2007 Thursday evening, 8pm Redpath Hall, McGill University Admission free |
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Dorothy FieldmanFraiberg |
piano trumpet violin violin viola cello doublebass |
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Tartini L.V. Beethoven Dvorak Saint-Saëns |
Concerto in D major for trumpet (arr. Charles Geyer)
Piano Quartet in Eb Major, Op.16 Terzetto for two violins & viola in C Major, Op.74 Septet for piano, string quartet, bass & trumpet, Op.65 |
March 15, 2007 Thursday evening, 8pm Redpath Hall, McGill University Admission free |
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Dorothy Fieldman Fraiberg |
piano clarinet violin violin viola cello |
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Gustav Mahler Felix Mendelssohn Franz Schreker Johannes Brahms |
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (Ruckert Lieder)
arranged for clarinet & string quartet by Simon Aldrich
Quartet in E flat major Op.12 Der Wind – Quintet for piano, clarinet, violin, viola & cello Piano Quintet in f minor, Op. 34 |
February 8, 2007 Thursday evening, 8pm Redpath Hall, McGill University Admission free |
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Timothy Hutchins |
flute flute oboe oboe clarinet clarinet bassoon bassoon horn horn |
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Györy Ligeti Leos Janacek George Enescu |
Six Bagatelles for wind quintet Mladi for wind sextet Dixtuor in D major, Op.14 |
January 18, 2007 Thursday evening, 8pm Redpath Hall, McGill University Admission free |
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Dorothy Fieldman Fraiberg |
piano violin violin viola cello doublebass harp clarinet horn bassoon |
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Carl Nielsen Ferdinand Ries Respighi Robert Kahn |
Serenata in Vano Quintet for clarinet, bassoon, horn,
cello & doublebass (1914) Sextet for piano, harp, clarinet, bassoon, horn, doublebass String quartet Quintet for piano, clarinet, violin, viola & cello |
November 9, 2006 Thursday evening, 8pm Redpath Hall, McGill University Admission free |
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Dorothy Fieldman Fraiberg |
piano oboe violin violin viola cello |
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Dmitri Shostakovich Benjamin Britten W. A. Mozart Dmitri Shostakovich |
4 Preludes for violin & piano Phantasy Op 2 for oboe & strings Oboe Quartet in F major K 370 Piano Quintet in g minor Op 57 |
October 12, 2006 Thursday evening, 8pm Redpath Hall, McGill University Admission free |
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Dorothy Fieldman Fraiberg |
piano clarinet violin violin viola cello |
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W. A. Mozart Dmitri Shostakovich Alban Berg Ferdinand Thiériot |
Piano Quartet in g minor K 478 String Quartet No 1 Op. 49 Sonata Op. 1 for clarinet & string quartet (arr: Simon Aldrich) Quintet in a minor for piano, clarinet, violin, viola & cello |