2023 - 2024
Canzona Chamber Players presents Rachel Krehm and Janelle Fung in recital
Saturday, September 16, 3:00 PM
27 Sherbourne St North, Toronto Reservations required
Program Information:
Rachel and Janelle team up to share some fabulous and mostly Canadian art song which all deserve a place alongside the most beloved in the repertoire. Selections from Ryan Trew’s Song cycle Come Closer with poetry by Rachel’s late sister Elizabeth share insights from the beautiful imagination of a child, to the hope of what life beyond death may bring. English composer Ethel Smyth depicts the many moods of the sea in her dramatic song cycle The Three Moods of the Sea. Dorothy Chang creates miniatures to depict the contrasting moments found in nature in Songs of Woods and Water. Anna Pidgorna brings us to the world of Irish Keening Songs, and the funeral lament of a dearly departed husband taken too soon. Cecilia Livingston’s new song cycle luna premit portrays the many faces of the moon in wildly visceral settings.We can’t wait to share these amazing works with you
The Enticing Sky
Threepenny Submarine
Opera 5 and Gazelle Automations
Winner of Opera America’s 2024 Digital Excellence Awards in Opera - Noteworthy Project
Threepenny Submarine
Threepenny Submarine follows junior officers in the Trifecta Fleet, Iona the cockatiel and Lydian the vixen, as they explore the deep sea in Threepenny Submarine near the mysterious Salieri sector. After a scare, they accidentally come across a strange sea creature who sounds like a flute and their adventure begins. Threepenny Submarine Theme Music by Ryan Trew This episode features the music of Ryan Trew composed for this episode.
Watch the whole series at www.threepennysubmarine.com
A Night to Remember
Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra
November 10, 2023
Program
MASTERWORKS
Memory is one of life’s strongest and most powerful forces. Join us for an emotional evening of truly fine music inspired by the act of keeping memories close.
Skoryk – Melody
Trew – Come Closer: Songs on Texts by Elizabeth Krehm
Farrenc – Symphony 3
Featuring
Evan Mitchell, conductor
Rachel Krehm, soprano
Myroslav Skoryk’s haunting “Melody” marks a defining moment in Ukraine’s artistic history, standing against oppression. Canadian composer Ryan Trew’s “Come Closer” is a stunning, heart-rending song cycle, created for soprano Rachel Krehm to cherish the memory of her late sister Elizabeth by setting Elizabeth’s personal and striking poetry to music. And we finish with an unquestionable masterwork, Louise Farrenc’s magnificent Third Symphony, a reminder of an until-recently forgotten Maestra who rightfully belongs in the same league as the celebrated symphonic titans.
Musicians of KWSymphony Return to Cambridge
January 24, 2024 - 7:30pm
A concert featuring the music of Elgar, Mozart, Dvorak and Trew. Conducted by Mark Vuorinen and featuring Rachel Krehm, musicians of the KWS and the Grand Philharmonic Choir.
Come Closer Workshop
Opera 5
August 2024
Evan Mitchell, conductor
Ryan Trew Composer
Rachel Krehm, librettist and Big Sister
Jacqueline Woodley, Little Sister
Trevor Chartrand, piano
Allene Chomyn, violin
Rebecca Morton, cello
Thank you Jessica Derventzis, Daniela Agostino and Amanda Smith for their help!
Thank you to the Canadian Opera Company for donating Jackman Studio
Thank you to The Canada Council for the Arts for Supporting this Workshop