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Music for a Summer Solstice

Music for a Summer Solstice Location: Knox United Church (506 – 4 Street SW, Calgary) When: Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 8:00 PM Email: mvfest@telus.net WebSite: mountainviewconnection.com/ Mountain View Connection & Festival is proud to present a very special concert presenting the Canadian premiere of "Ennea's Domein", a piece for nine instruments written by the Dutch composer Robin de Raaff. The concert will feature several Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra players including violinists Donovan Seidle and Laura Reid, violist Michael Bursey, and double bassist Matthew Heller. Pianists Charles Foreman and Kathleen van Mourik will also be performing. Also featured on this programme is Calgary's own marimba trio "The Northern Project". The concert will also feature a unique programme of exotic music, including the Argentinean composer Osvaldo Golijov's outstanding piece for string quartet, "Yiddishbuk", as well as piano music by Brazilian composer, Carmago Guarnieri, and American master Samuel Barber. -------- This concert is sponsored by Irene Bakker and the Consulate of the Netherlands, Hallgrimur Benediktsson and the Consulate of Iceland, and the Mountain View Festival.. Event Details. Location: 506 – 4 Street SW