Shelley, Strauss & Goosby's Debut

with the NAC Orchestra

2025-01-15 20:00 2025-01-16 22:00 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: Shelley, Strauss & Goosby's Debut

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/36129

In-person event

Three things to know ...  Best known for his operas and symphonic poems, Richard Strauss's music conveys the breadth of human experience with cinematic clarity. New works from Canadian composers Alexina Louie and John Estacio will offer 21st-century responses to Strauss's masterpieces. For violinist Randall Goosby, who makes his NACO debut this week, "music has always been a way to inspire others."  Tales of rebellion and forgiveness take center stage in a pair of...

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Southam Hall,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
January 15 - 16, 2025
January 15 - 16, 2025
8:00 pm EST

January 2025

  1. Jan 15 2025
    Wednesday

    8:00pm

  2. Jan 16 2025
    Thursday

    8:00pm

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Alexander Shelley and the NAC Orchestra
  • RICHARD STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  • John Estacio Avé (NACO Commission)
  • Florence B. Price Violin Concerto No. 2
  • RICHARD STRAUSS Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
  • Alexina Louie Mon seul désir: Hommage à Strauss (NACO Commission)
  • In-person event
  • Bilingual
  • ≈ 2 hours · With intermission

Three things to know ... 

  1. Best known for his operas and symphonic poems, Richard Strauss's music conveys the breadth of human experience with cinematic clarity.
  2. New works from Canadian composers Alexina Louie and John Estacio will offer 21st-century responses to Strauss's masterpieces.
  3. For violinist Randall Goosby, who makes his NACO debut this week, "music has always been a way to inspire others." 

Tales of rebellion and forgiveness take center stage in a pair of cinematic works by Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel follows the hilarious hijinks of Germany's beloved folk hero, while the Rosenkavalier Suite evokes an operatic saga of love and renewal set in 18th-century Vienna. And as part of the NAC Orchestra's Strauss Reimagined series, these works are paired with freshly inked compositions from JUNO Award–winning Canadian composers Alexina Louie and John Estacio, each one resonating with the spirit and sounds of Strauss's lushly Romantic orchestral showpieces.  

With a soulful performance style that elicits a "catharsis of joy" (New York Times) wherever he performs, American violinist Randall Goosby makes his NAC Orchestra debut with Florence Price's rhapsodic Second Violin Concerto. Discovered more than 50 years after the composer's death, Price's work for solo violin and orchestra overflows with memorable melodies that merge the hallmarks of European Romanticism with jazz, spirituals, and Chicago blues. 

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Artists

  • Conductor Alexander Shelley
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    violin Randall Goosby
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    composer Alexina Louie
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    composer John Estacio