The Guelph Musicfest is back with a second season of classical music from May 8 to 21 in the recital hall of the Guelph Youth Music Centre.
The theme of this year’s festival is Beethoven and Brahms, and the five-concert series highlights great works by those master composers, played by a powerhouse lineup of performers.
The series opens with the Penderecki String Quartet, with guest cellist Catherine Anderson and television and stage star Colin Fox. It is the only Guelph performance of The Kreutzer Project, a dramatic chamber concert inspired by the Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy’s novella, The Kreutzer Sonata. Described by the Globe and Mail as "fresh, odd, and astute", the Kreutzer Project brings to life not only the horrific sides to this story, but also the ironic dark humour therein. As Penderecki violinist Jeremy Bell described it, "The Kreutzer Project makes for a wonderfully entertaining evening. Colin Fox is amazing: he had the crowd in Toronto howling in their seats at things in the Tolstoy script that remain current and widely identifiable still today."
Internationally-renowned pianist Robert Silverman is flying from Vancouver to repeat a program he will also be doing at Vancouver’s Chan Centre.
Guelph Musicfest 2008 also features many Guelph-native musicians who have become great successes in the music world, including cellists Paul Pulford and Catherine Anderson, violinist Sadie Fields (flying in from Manchester, England, to perform, and violist David Samuel (coming from San Francisco with his Afiara String Quartet).
Tickets are on sale now, and the web site is ready to take orders. Visit www.guelphmusicfest.ca.
