Music for a Summer Evening Friday, August 10, 2012 Rolston Recital Hall Featuring resident artists from the Piano Master Class Program Piano Sonata No. 6 in D major, K. 284 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 -1791) I. Allegro II. Rondo and Polonaise: Andante III. Tema con variazione Yvonne Chen, piano Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 - Frédéric Chopin (1810 -1849) I. Allegro maestoso IV. Finale: Presto, non tanto – Agitato Scott MacIsaac, piano Intermission Introduction et Allegro...

Music for a Summer Evening Thursday, August 2, 2012 Rolston Recital Hall Featuring resident artists from the Piano Master Class and Brass Master Class Programs Piano Sonata No. 60 in C major Hob XVI: 50 - Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) I. Allegro II. Adagio III. Finale: Allegro molto Hyoseon Sunny Kim, piano Vier Klavierstücke, op. 119 - Johannes Brahms (1833 -1897) I. Intermezzo. Adagio II. Intermezzo. Andantino un poco agitato III. Intermezzo. Grazioso e giocoso IV. Rhapsody....

Music for a Summer Evening Friday, July 27, 2012 Rolston Recital Hall Featuring resident artists from the Piano Master Class Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 784 - Franz Schubert (1797-1828) I. Allegro giusto II. Andante III. Allegro vivace Laehyung Woo, piano Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18 - Richard Strauss (1864-1949) I. Allegro, ma non troppo II. Improvisation: Andante cantabile III. Finale: Andante – Allegro Ben Odhner, violin Jeanie Chung, piano Intermission Piano Sonata...

Music for a Summer Evening Thursday, July 26, 2012 Rolston Recital Hall Featuring resident artists from the Piano Master Class, Orchestra, and Opera as Theatre Programs 3 poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé - Maurice Ravel (1875 -1937) I. Soupir II. Placet futile III. Surgi de la croupe et du bond Simon Callaghan, conductor Maude Côté-Gendron, mezzo-soprano Songyi Choi, flute Mackenzie Slottow, flute Sam Boutris, clarinet Justin Beere, clarinet Daniel Koo, violin I Hezekiah Leung, violin II...

Banff Festival Orchestra August 4, 2012 Eric Harvie Theatre Part 1 Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141 Dmitri Shostakovich I. Allegretto II. Adagio-Largo-Adagio-Largo III. Allegretto IV. Adagio-Allegretto-Adagio-Allegreto Lior Shambadal, conductor Part 2 The Firebird, Concert Suite for Orchestra Igor Stravinsky I. Introduction II. L’oiseau de feu et sa danse III. Variation de l’oiseau de feu IV. Ronde des princesses V. Danse infernale du Roi Kastchei VI. Berceuse VII. Finale Lior...

Banff Festival Orchestra July 28, 2012 Eric Harvie Theatre Part 1 Dance from Atayoskewin Suite for Orchestra (1984) Malcolm Forsyth Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 85 Edward Elgar I. Adagio. Moderato II. Lento. Allegro molto III. Adagio IV. Allegro. Moderato. Allegro ma non troppo Colin Carr, cello solo Julian Kuerti, conductor Part 2 Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 Johannes Brahms I. Allegro non troppo II. Andante moderato III. Allegro giocoso IV. Allegro energico e...

Afiara String Quartet performs Beethoven String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 and Schubert String Quintet in C Major D.956 with Joel Krosnick, cello. Host Barry Shiffman.

Debussy: Premiere Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Chamber Ensemble. Feat. Brad Cherwin, Clarinet; Natasha Loomis, Flute; Julia Glenn, Violin I; Jalusha Kapoor, Violin II; Jesse Morrison, viola; Britton Riley, cello; Patrick Staples, Bass; Kristan Toczko, Harp Enescu: Violin Sonata No.3 in A minor, Op.25. Erica Raum, violin and Lydia Wong, Piano Host: Barry Shiffman Recording Engineers: Alexander Choeb and Denis Martin

Haydn: String Quartet in G major Op.77 No.1: Larchmere String Quartet Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No.1 in F minor, Op. 80: Duo le Tia Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op.10: Arkadas String Quartet Host: Barry Shiffman Recording Engineers: Daniel Jobbins, Ben Gendron-Smith

Haydn: String Quartet in E Flat Major Op. 33 No.2 "The Joke" : Ariana String Quartet Schnittke: String Quartet No.3: PUBLIQuartet Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 14: Terra Quintet Host: Barry Shiffman Recording Engineers: Florent Ollivier and Alexander Choeb

Cello Suite No.3 in C Major, BWV1009. Johann Sebastian Bach. Colin Carr, cello. Host: Barry Shiffman. Recording Engineers: Emma Lain, Alexander Choeb

Summer Music Director Barry Shiffman presents: - Duo Le Tia (Canada) performing Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor - Arneis String Quartet (USA) performing Bartok: String Quartet No.3 Recorded live in Rolston Recital Hall at The Banff Centre.

This Podcast of the Banff Centre's Rolston Recital Series features interviews and performances from an accordionist and a cello, percussion, laptop duo. First, you'll hear Olivia Steimel talk about playing the accordion from childhood and perform Piano Sonata no. 50 in D Major by Franz-Josef Haydn. After, Elise Pittenger and Fernando Rocha will discuss playing contemporary works and feeling the emotion of their work followed by their performance of Intersections by Joao Pedro Oliviera.

This Podcast of the Banff Centre's Rolston Recital Series features interviews and performances from two Pianists and a Marimba duo. From the recital on Friday January 13 you'll hear Elizabeth Dorman perform Partita no. 1 in B flat Major, BWV 825 by Johann Sebastian Bach. Miki Sawada performs 3 Pieces from From Années de pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) by Franz Liszt, and Ben Duinker & Greg Samek perform Udacrep Akubrad by Avner Dorman.

Violinist Magdalena Filipczak and Pianist Christopher Bagan perform music by Karol Szymanowski and Henryk Wieniawski. Debut concert featuring our new violin, commissioned for the 75th anniversary of The Banff Centre and created by instrument maker Samuel Zygmuntowicz. Recorded Friday December 02, 2011 in Rolston Recital Hall.

On July 14th, Shauna Rolston and Lydia Wong performed Richard Strauss Cello Sonata in F Major. The concert was recorded at Rolston Recital Hall by Konrad Glas and Etienne Decreuse. Host: Jessa Runciman

Pianist Stephanie Ng performs Liszt's Rhapsodie Espagnole as part of The Banff Centre's Piano Master Class. Host: Evie Ruddy; Recording Engineers: Padraig Buttner-Schnirer, Daniel Meyer; Mastering Engineer: Elizaveta Fedorova

Pianist Alexander Seredenko performs Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C Sharp Minor and Prokofiev's Sonata No. 1 in F Minor as part of The Banff Centre's Piano Master Class. Host: Evie Ruddy; Recording Engineers: Padraig Buttner-Schnirer, Daniel Meyer; Mastering Engineer: Jana Irmert

Metales M5 is a Mexican brass quintet with a unique performing style. They were a huge highlight of recent shows as part of the Banff Centre "All-Star" Brass Ensemble Residency. Here, they talk with Evie Ruddy about getting together in 2005 in Morelia, Mexico as a “just for fun thing”, the conundrum they faced before they arrived in Banff this summer, and how the band's identity is changing. The conversation took place by the river, where the quintet enjoys rehearsing.

Lior Shambadal leads the Banff Festival Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's last work. Host: Kimberly Lamontagne. Engineers: Etienne Decreuse, Daniel Keinath, and Ian Dobie.

Returning to the past, Kolja Lessing and Barry Shiffman, the Artistic Director of Summer Music Programs, revisit performances of Ulrich Schultheiss, Zoltán Székely, and Johann Sebastian Bach given by Lessing in years gone by.

Conductor Lior Shambadal talks with Eric Friesen about his military experience and how it informs his leadership style. The conversation is followed by Johannes Brahms' Double Concerto in A minor performed at the Banff Centre by the Banff Festival Orchestra with soloists Andrea Tyniec and Andreas Diaz. Lior Shambadal is the conductor. Host: Evie Ruddy. Recording Engineers: Daniel Meyer, Terence Deutsch, and Sophia Gould.

Kolja Lessing goes back in time with Artistic Director of Summer Music Programs, Barry Shiffman to discuss the work of Telemann and Lessing's first ever improvisation for solo piano performed at The Banff Centre.

Recorded live in Rolston Recital Hall. Barry Shiffman, violin; Andres Diaz, cello; Jeanie Chung, piano