Episodes
Kolja Lessing shares his love of Schumann and the sophistication of Zoltán Székely's composition with Artistic Director of Summer Music Programs, Barry Shiffman.
Published 07/26/11
Kneebody: Ben Wendel plays saxophone for Californian jazz group Kneebody. On June 11th, he and the band played a set at the jazz program's faculty concert in the Eric Harvie Theatre. Host: Jessa Runciman
Published 07/22/11
On July 7th, Don and Vivian Weilerstein performed Béla Bartók's 2nd Sonata for violin and piano. The concert was recorded at Rolston Recital Hall by Daniel Keinath and Terence Deutsch. Host: Jessa Runciman
Published 07/19/11
17-year-old violinist Timothy Chooi talks Saint-Saëns, brotherhood, and the 5-year plan with Kimberly Lamontagne. Listen for Camille Saint-Saëns' Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor, Op. 28 afterwards. Host: Kimberly Lamontagne. Recording Engineers: Etienne Decreuse and Konrad Glas
Published 07/15/11
Baroque specialist and violinist Elizabeth Wallfisch leads Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, but not before she shares her thoughts on the latter. Host: Kimberly Lamontagne. Recording Engineers: Etienne Decreuse and Sophia Gould.
Published 07/12/11
Performance of Beethoven's Opus 131 String Quartet, by the Afiara Quartet: violinists Valerie Li and Yuri Cho, violist David Samuel, and cellist Adrian Fung. Recorded June 30th in Rolston Recital Hall by Ian Dobie and Padraig Buttner-Schnirer.
Published 07/08/11
First and second place winners of the 2010 Banff International String Quartet competition, the Cecilia and Afiara string quartets come together to perform Mendelssohn's Octet Op. 20. Host: Kimberly Lamontagne. Recording Engineers: Padraig Buttner-Schnirer & Daniel Meyer
Published 07/05/11
Eric Friesen hosts The Banff Centre's live stream of the Music for a Summer Evening concert series. He is joined by Kimberly Lamontagne and Jessa Runciman as they interview performers, audiences members, and faculty. Enjoy the musical stylings of Brahms, Villas Lobos, and Bartok. Webcast Producer: Peter Cook; Recording Engineers: Daniel Keinath, Ian Dobie; Webcast Engineers: Terence Deutsch, Konrad Glas
Published 07/01/11
Jessa Runciman speaks to Taylor Strande about her decision to become a soprano, the vocal challenges of performing chamber music (especially at a high altitude), and her emotional connection to Ernest Chausson's "Chanson Perpétuelle." Strande's performance of the work at Rolston Recital Hall follows.
Published 06/28/11
Join Kimberly Lamontagne as she speaks with James Parker about the Trio Cleonice performing Bedrich Smetana's piano trio as part of this year's Chamber Music Residency.
Published 06/24/11
The Montreal group made their way from East to West to take part in the Jazz and Creative Music program. Kimberly Lamontagne spoke with two of its members about their experience here in Banff and what the future has in store. Kyla Campbell, voice; Maxime Tremblay, guitar; Dave Reid, piano; Evan Stewart, bass; Matt MacEachern, drums.
Published 06/21/11
The Ungwon Han Trio came all the way from South Korea for this year's Banff Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music. Jessa Runciman talked to Ungwon Han, EunHye Oh and Jaekon Jeon about their impressions of the program and performing in North America for the first time.
Published 06/17/11
Performed by: Matt Andersen, voice and guitar and Mike Stevens, harmonica as part of their week visit during the Winter Creative Music Residency. Their new album recorded by Thomas Geiger, Engineer, and Cain McCormack, Assistant.
Published 03/07/11
Performed by: Gabriel Dharmoo, voice and composer as part of the Winter Creative Music Residency. Recorded by Daniel Keinath, Hazel Burns and Dominika Kotarba.
Published 03/01/11
Performed by: Jasmin Arakawa, piano, and Bartosz Woroch, violin as part of the Winter Creative Music Residency. Recorded by Daniel Keinath and Cain McCormack.
Published 02/22/11
Performed by: Miki Sawada, piano, as part of the Winter Creative Music Residency. Recorded by Daniel Keinath and Allegra Young.
Published 02/15/11
Performed by: Ryan Butler and featuring Cole Schmidt, Ben Brown and Russel Scholberg as part of the Winter Creative Music Residency. "33 Years" and "Boys Will Be Boys" by Ryan Butler. Recorded by Daniel Keinath and Cain McCormack.
Published 02/08/11
Performed by: Jon Kimura Parker, piano, the Banff Festival Orchestra, conducted by Henk Guittart as part of the 75th anniversary celebrations at The Banff Centre in 2008. Recorded by James Clements-Seeley and Nathan Chandler.
Published 02/04/11
Performed by: The Tinalley Quartet. Adam Chalabi and Lerida Delbridge, violin, Justin Williams, viola and Michelle Wood, cello play the String Quartet No. 4 in D Major, Op. 20 by Haydn. They return to the Centre to record a CD produced by Theresa Leonard.
Published 01/31/11
Performed by: Emily Westell, violin. Part of the final concert of the Fall Creative Music Residency at The Banff Centre, this concert was recorded by Nolan Bouvier and Aspen Beveridge.
Published 01/18/11
Performed by: Marc Destrubé, violin. Part of the final concert of the Fall Creative Music Residency, this concert was recorded by Brian Leonard and Kenji Calderon Miyamato.
Published 01/18/11
Performed by Quatuor Hermes: Omer Bouchez and Elise Liu, violin, Yung-Hsin Chang, viola and Anthony Kondo, cello. Part of the Fall Creative Music Residency, this concert was recorded by Cain McCormack and Alejandro Merodio.
Published 12/08/10
Performed by: Sibila Konstantinova and Lydia Wong, piano. Part of the Piano Masterclass Program, this concert was recorded by Thomas Geiger.
Published 12/01/10
Performed by: Eun-Shik Park, piano. Part of the Fall Creative Music Residency, this concert was recorded by Brian Leonard and Andrew Kominek.
Published 11/26/10