Festival Of The Sound 2008 Season Highlights

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Founded by Canadian pianist Anton Kuerti in 1980, the Festival Of The Sound has become one of Canada’s best known summer music festivals. The venue is the beautiful northern Ontario town of Parry Sound, located on Georgian Bay, roughly 150 miles north of Toronto. That’s 241 km for lives not lived under the Union Jack or Stars and Stripes.

(Credit: Rolf Hicker)

The 2008 Festival runs from 18th July to 10th August. Browse the full calender, download the brochure or keep reading to see what Miss Mussel is dying to hear this season. There is nothing overly adventurous about the programming but after a season of boundary pushing and redefining at every turn, it’s nice to tuck into some meat and potatoes.

21st July
2:30pm: Beethoven Trio in C minor Op 1 No.3, Trio in Eb major Op 1 No.1; The Gryphon Trio

22nd July
Noon: Gary Kulesha Piano Trio No.2, Beethoven Trio in G major Op 1 No. 2; The Gryphon Trio.
2:30pm: Kelly-Marie Murphy Memory, Distance and No Time for Dances, Beethoven Trio in Eb major Op 7 No.2; The Gryphon Trio.

23rd July
2:30pm: Valentin Silvestrov Fugitive Visions of Mozart, Beethoven Trio in D major Op 70 No.1 ‘Ghost’; The Gryphon Trio.
7:30pm: Beethoven Trio in Bb major Op 97 ‘Archduke’, Brahms String Sextet in Bb major Op 18; The Gryphon Trio and others.

29th July
6pm: Stephen Layton chats with Keith Horner about the five centuries of choral singing in Cambrige
7:30 pm: Purcell Hear my prayer, Gibbons O Clap Your Hands, Hebert Howells Requiem; Trinity College Choir, Cambridge; Stephen Layton, director.

1st August
7:30pm: Schubert Trout Quintet, Brahms Variations on a Theme by Hadyn (piano duo version), Mahler Songs of a Wayfarer; Kevin McMillan, baritone.

5th August – Dinner Concert
5:30pm: Beethoven SQ No.10 Op 74, Mendelssohn SQ No. 3 Op 44 No.1; Penderecki SQ

6th August
Noon: Beethoven Bagatelles Op 126, Janacek SQ No.1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’; Penderecki SQ; Paul Stewart, piano; Colin Fox , narrator.

7th August
2:30pm: Antheil, Arban, Sarasate, Hubeau, Ellington; Guy Few, trumpet; Mark Fewer, violin and Stephanie Mara, piano.
7:30pm: Strauss Serenade in Eb major Op 7; Mozart Divertimento No.2 for flute, oboe, bassoon, 4 horns & strings K131; Schubert Cello Quintet in C major D956, Penderecki SQ; Festival Winds