UPCOMING CONCERT
Saturday Night Ravel
Conductor: Mandle Cheung
Pianist: TBD
Saturday, March 28th, 2020
7:00 PM
Meridian Arts Centre (George Weston Recital Hall)
5040 Yonge Street, Toronto
(Yonge and Sheppard)
Conductor: Mandle Cheung
Pianist: TBD
Saturday, March 28th, 2020
7:00 PM
Meridian Arts Centre (George Weston Recital Hall)
5040 Yonge Street, Toronto
(Yonge and Sheppard)
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and online at ticketmaster.ca
TICKET HOTLINE - 1-855-985-2787
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PROGRAM
Mandle Phil presents "Saturday Night Ravel", featuring some of the best known works of Maurice Ravel, a French composer of the Impressionist era.
Ravel’s most famous composition is his orchestral work Boléro. Originally written as a Spanish style ballet, it will forever be synonymous with Torvill and Dean, and their gold medal-winning Olympic ice-skating performance. It is considered to be one of the most performed orchestral works in the world.
There is no denying the works sensual nature, given it's repetitive, throbbing grind as it builds to a crescendo. In fact, according to a survey commissioned by the online streaming site Spotify, Bolero is one of the most popular background tracks for when the mood strikes, right behind the Dirty Dancing soundtrack.
Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major was written after he visited jazz clubs in Harlem and New Orleans. It is known for its inclusion of numerous jazz elements.
Mussgorsky composed Pictures at an Exhibition as a tribute to his friend Viktor Hartmann, the artist and architect, after visiting a memorial exhibit of his work. Each movement of the composition is his interpretation of one of Hartmann's works. While Mussgorsky original work was written for piano, Mandle Phil will be performing Ravel's orchestral derivation.
Ravel’s most famous composition is his orchestral work Boléro. Originally written as a Spanish style ballet, it will forever be synonymous with Torvill and Dean, and their gold medal-winning Olympic ice-skating performance. It is considered to be one of the most performed orchestral works in the world.
There is no denying the works sensual nature, given it's repetitive, throbbing grind as it builds to a crescendo. In fact, according to a survey commissioned by the online streaming site Spotify, Bolero is one of the most popular background tracks for when the mood strikes, right behind the Dirty Dancing soundtrack.
Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major was written after he visited jazz clubs in Harlem and New Orleans. It is known for its inclusion of numerous jazz elements.
Mussgorsky composed Pictures at an Exhibition as a tribute to his friend Viktor Hartmann, the artist and architect, after visiting a memorial exhibit of his work. Each movement of the composition is his interpretation of one of Hartmann's works. While Mussgorsky original work was written for piano, Mandle Phil will be performing Ravel's orchestral derivation.
Mandle Philharmonic, Canada's newest orchestra, is the initiative of Mandle Cheung, a tech entrepreneur who took up the baton at the age of 70. The self-taught conductor, leading an orchestra of world-class musicians, has created an upstart ensemble that forges a new space in orchestral music, through which he can express his lifelong enthusiasm, passion and support of music. The orchestra has a mission to support promising early career musicians and bring classical music to a wider audience within the community.
The George Weston Recital Hall is widely recognized as Canada’s best recital hall and one of the top concert venues in the world. The Hall was opened by the magnificent soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa on November 22, 1993.