An afternoon of Canadian rising stars! 

Fresh off her stunning debut in the Canadian Opera Company's Cunning Little Vixen, Macedonian-Canadian mezzo-soprano and alumna of The Glenn Gould School, Ema Nikolovska has performed with acclaimed international orchestras such as the Staatskapelle Berlin, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur conducted by Barbara Hannigan. She is a current BBC New Generation Artist who won first prize at the International Vocal Competition in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Ferrier Loveday Song Prize (Kathleen Ferrier Awards), and was a prize winner at the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) International Auditions. In 2022, she became a recipient of the prestigious Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award.Fresh off her stunning debut in the Canadian Opera Company's Cunning Little Vixen, Macedonian-Canadian mezzo-soprano and alumna of The Glenn Gould School, Ema Nikolovska has performed with acclaimed international orchestras such as the Staatskapelle Berlin, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur conducted by Barbara Hannigan. She is a current BBC New Generation Artist who won first prize at the International Vocal Competition in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Ferrier Loveday Song Prize (Kathleen Ferrier Awards), and was a prize winner at the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) International Auditions. In 2022, she became a recipient of the prestigious Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award.

Silver medalist and laureate of the Krystian Zimerman Prize at the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Canadian pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin stands out as one of the most important musicians of his generation. In 2014, he also won the second prize at the Montreal International Musical Competition and the third prize at the Seoul International Music Competition in South Korea. “Charles Richard-Hamelin is clearly a musician-pianist: fluent, multi-faceted and tonally seductive.” (BBC Music Magazine)

Program:

Franz Schubert: Im Frühling, D. 882

Franz Schubert: Dass sie hier gewesen, D. 775

Franz Schubert: Herbst, D. 945

Franz Schubert: Der Unglückliche, D. 713

Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky: VI. June from The Seasons, Op. 37b 

Margaret Bonds: Songs of the Seasons

“Poème d’Automne”

“Winter Moon”

“Young Love in Spring”

“Summer Storm”

Claude Debussy: I. Lent from Images oubliées, L. 87

Claude Debussy: Ariettes Oubliées, L. 60 

1. “C’est l’extase”

2. “Il pleure dans mon coeur”

3. “L’ombre des arbres”

4. “Chevaux de bois”

5. “Green (Aquarelle I)”

6. “Spleen (Aquarelle II)”

Nikolai Medtner: “Twilight” from Eight Poems, op. 24, no. 4                                                                                                               

Nikolai Medtner: “Sleeplessness” from Five Poems after Tyutchev and Fet, op. 37, no. 1                                                                             

Nicolas Slonimsky: Five Advertising Songs

“Utica Sheets and Pillowcases”

“Pillsbury Bran Muffins”

“Vauv Nose Powder”

“Children Cry for Castoria”

“Make This a Day of Pepsodent”