They will not only feature orchestral strings, but all manner of stringed instruments from around the world – "from cellos to ouds, koras to harps, burus to hurdy gurdys to pipa, quanun to double bass."
"Come explore the dramatically different aural soundscapes created by stringed instruments from across the world, played by virtuosi from home and abroad. Be prepared to open your ears, drop your preconceptions and discover new and ancient heartwarming resonances."
Classical IV: Strings begins today and continues to Sunday July 29 at Harbourfront.
http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/summer/classicaliv/
Classical IV Strings Schedule
Friday, July 27, 2012
International Marketplace
6:00pm –11:00pm
Shop the world this weekend! Our International Marketplace features fab finds from all corners of the globe.
World Café
6:00pm –11:00pm
What are you in the mood for today? Our newly renovated World Café, in the former location of the Lakeside Terrace Tent, features a host of the best cuisine from around the world at affordable prices.
The Listening Trees
6:00pm – 9:30pm
Catch a relaxing time under the Zone 5 trees listening to the way that music can tell stories!
Maryem Hassan Tollar
7:00pm
Maryem Hassan Tollar's favourite classic pop tunes, with ancient string accompaniment. Kate Bush on qanun, Joni Mitchell on tambura and Prince on violin - as if it t'were ever so.
Aesthetec Studio: Sing & Paint
7:00pm – 9:30pm
Sing & Paint is an interactive installation where audiences paint their own vocal chords!
Tio Chorinho
8:00pm – 9:00pm
Old world mandolins transposed to the new world, played brazilian style - with all the verve, colour and sexiness that that conjours up.
iNSiDEaMiND
9:00pm – 9:30pm
Having shared the stage or collaborated with artists such as Kid Koala, RJD2 and DJ Food among others, iNSiDEaMiND's sound is often described as "listening to a movie."
Masters of Mali Featuring Sidi Touré
9:30pm –10:30pm
Masters of Mali deliver ancient African string airs as if they were written today, speaking to generations of tomorrow. Featuring Sidi Touré.
iNSiDEaMiND
10:30pm –11:00pm
Having shared the stage or collaborated with artists such as Kid Koala, RJD2 and DJ Food among others, iNSiDEaMiND's sound is often described as "listening to a movie."
Saturday, July 28, 2012
International Marketplace
12:00pm –11:00pm
Shop the world this weekend! Our International Marketplace features fab finds from all corners of the globe.
World Café
12:00pm –11:00pm
What are you in the mood for today? Our newly renovated World Café, in the former location of the Lakeside Terrace Tent, features a host of the best cuisine from around the world at affordable prices.
Royal Conservatory of Music presents Young Artists Performance Academy
1:00pm – 6:00pm
Don't miss an afternoon of outstanding virtuosic performances by brilliant young musicians, ages 9-18, of the Royal Conservatory’s Young Artists Performance Academy.
Flames Across the Border Featuring Mike Ford
1:00pm
An interactive breakneck tour through the history of the 1812 war and its historical implications told with brilliant guitar playing and song by Mike Ford. Suitable for families and children, eight and up.
Dare to Create: Strings and Things
1:00pm – 7:00pm
Make an instrument and decorate it to the hilt. There will be specially announced times when the creators of the instruments can join together on the Redpath Stage and play along to a classic rock or violin track! Play loud, play proud!
The Listening Trees
1:00pm – 9:30pm
Catch a relaxing time under the Zone 5 trees listening to the way that music can tell stories!
Wandering Musicians
1:00pm – 6:00pm
Keep an eye (and an ear) out for wandering musicians, playing a variety of stringed instruments sometimes enticingly, sometimes amusingly, always surprisingly.
Aesthetec Studio: Sing & Paint
1:00pm – 7:30pm
Sing & Paint is an interactive installation where audiences paint their own vocal chords!
The Traditional Arabic Music Ensemble Featuring George Sawa and Nada El Masriya
1:30pm – 2:30pm
Qanun airs from across the centuries to entrance the ears, the heart and the soul.
Ethiopia: Classical Variations
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Brand new arrangements of traditional Ethiopian music, by a master of the Krar, Fantahun Shewankochew Mekonnen.
Musideum
3:00pm – 4:00pm
A music emporium full of wondrous instruments comes to Harbourfront Centre!
Lute Legends Ensemble
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Flowing from the same source, what happened to the pipa, the lute and the oud at intersections along the silk road? Can they speak to each other today?
Flames Across the Border Featuring Mike Ford
5:00pm
An interactive breakneck tour through the history of the 1812 war and its historical implications told with brilliant guitar playing and song by Mike Ford. Suitable for families and children, eight and up.
East Meet West Mash-Up Concert featuring Radha Academy of Carnatic Violin
5:30pm – 6:30pm
Indian violin and Ontario folk converge to create brand new musical offerings.
Minor Empire
7:30pm
Classic turkish melodies energized with contemporary vigour!
Irshad Khan
8:15pm – 9:15pm
Irshad Khan creates ancient melodies in a new context.
Minor Empire
9:15pm
Classic turkish melodies energized with contemporary vigour!
Deborah Henson-Conant
10:00pm –11:00pm
Step into the mind of Deborah Henson-Conant. A mind where watermelons can swing their hips like Elvis, dogs go back to school to get their pedigrees and Jimi Hendrix turns up the distortion on his solid-body electric harp in Heaven.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
International Marketplace
12:00pm – 8:00pm
Shop the world this weekend! Our International Marketplace features fab finds from all corners of the globe.
World Café
12:00pm – 8:00pm
What are you in the mood for today? Our newly renovated World Café, in the former location of the Lakeside Terrace Tent, features a host of the best cuisine from around the world at affordable prices.
Regent Park School of Music
1:00pm – 1:30pm
Regent Park School of Music (RPSM) is thrilled to be participating in Classical IV: Strings as violin students of all ages and levels share their talent with you!
The Canadian Opera Company presents Hansel and Gretel
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Join in and let your vocal chords soar as Hansel and Gretel follow the breadcrumb trail to the gingerbread house.
Dare to Create: Strings and Things
1:00pm – 6:00pm
Make an instrument and decorate it to the hilt. There will be specially announced times when the creators of the instruments can join together on the Redpath Stage and play along to a classic rock or violin track! Play loud, play proud!
The Listening Trees
1:00pm – 6:00pm
Catch a relaxing time under the Zone 5 trees listening to the way that music can tell stories!
Wandering Musicians
1:00pm – 5:00pm
Keep an eye (and an ear) out for wandering musicians, playing a variety of stringed instruments sometimes enticingly, sometimes amusingly, always surprisingly.
Aesthetec Studio: Sing & Paint
1:00pm – 6:00pm
Sing & Paint is an interactive installation where audiences paint their own vocal chords!
Regent Park School of Music
1:45pm – 2:15pm
Regent Park School of Music (RPSM) is thrilled to be participating in Classical IV: Strings as violin students of all ages and levels share their talent with you!
Jayme Stone: Bach on the Banjo
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Can you imagine hearing Bach played on the five-string banjo? Well two-time Juno-winning banjoist Jayme Stone sure can. Join Stone, and his stellar ensemble, for a genre-blurring musical journey that includes works by the German master-composer as well as a Trinidadian Calypso, Malian melodies and Stone's own tiny symphonies.
Ukulele Workshop with Judy Marshak
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Be a part of the Ukulele Project! Bring your own ukuleles to this workshop and learn the chorus of the "1812 Overture," led by instructor Judy Marshak.
Toronto Mandolin Orchestra
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Exuberant classics played on massed mandolins meet Ukrainian traditions of longing.
The Hammer Band - From Violence to Violins featuring Yosvani the Violinist
3:30pm – 4:00pm
You're in for a treat as The Hammer Band and Yosvani Castañeda team up for a not-to-miss concert!
Ukelele Project
4:00pm – 5:00pm
The simplicity of the ukulele re-creating the pomp of the "1812 Overture" - an intersection of classic proportions.
The Hammer Band - From Violence to Violins featuring Yosvani the Violinist
4:30pm – 5:00pm
You're in for a treat as The Hammer Band and Yosvani Castañeda team up for a not-to-miss concert!
Rosbilt Tin Can Banjo and Ukulele Maker
4:30pm – 5:30pm
Ross Stuart, banjo and ukulele maker, will show you the intricacies that go into making a (fairly sophisticated) ukulele and banjo from scratch.
The Afiara String Quartet
5:00pm – 6:00pm
The repertoire for this concert counterpoints music by Mozart and Haydn with Dan Becker's "Lockdown," Severiano Briseno's "El Sinaloense" (arr. by Osvaldo Golijov) and new arrangements of you favourite Elvis songs. Hold onto your hats - you are in for a surprising ride of extraordinary chamber music!
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