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Past ARC Ensemble Events

2022

January 15
A Canadian premiere of Marc Neikrug's A Song by Mahler. A celebrated concert singer, famous for a particular Mahler love song, develops early onset Alzheimer’s. 

March 20
Livestream Concert: Music from Exiles to Isreal, which is available to stream via the Library of Congress website.

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2021

March 12
Beethoven 250 Festival
Recorded in Koerner Hall, Toronto on December 19, 2020

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March 14
Mazzoleni Concert Hall, Toronto
Ottoman Treasures. The ARC Ensemble will perform the remarkable music of two little-known Jewish composers: the Sephardic works of Alberto Hemsi and the elegant classical compositions of Vittorio Rieti. 

April 15
Ottoman Treasures, available to stream at RoyalConservatory.Live.

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2020

January 6 - 8
Toronto, ARC recording: Koerner Hall (Chandos Records)
The music of Walter Kaufmann (1907-1984)

January 23
Parco della Musica, Rome

January 26
Teatro dei Rinnovati, Siena


2019

February 27
Schoenberg Hall UCLA, Los Angeles
Works by Walter Kaufmann

May 3
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

Mieczyslaw Weinberg - Violin Sonata, op. 12
Paul Ben-Haim - Clarinet Quintet, op. 31a
Walter Kaufmann - String Quartet no. 11
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Piano Quintet no. 1, op. 69

May 6
FerraraVittorio Rieti String Quartet no. 1
Paul Ben-Haim - Clarinet Quintet, op. 31a
Walter Kaufmann - String Quartet no. 11
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Piano Quintet no. 1, op. 69

November 17
The Royal Conservatory of Music, Mazzoleni Concert Hall, Toronto
The Music of Dmitri Klebanov


2018

March 24
CBC Vancouver
JUNO Classical Showcase

April 6
Toronto, Koerner Hall
Bernstein @ 100 featuring Jamie Bernstein, Wallis Giunta, Sebastian Knauer, and the ARC Ensemble

Leonard Bernstein: Anniversaries
Walter Kaufmann: String Quartet No. 11
Leonard Bernstein: Songs

July 6
Rockport Chamber Music Festival, MA
Screening of EXIT: MUSIC, 11:00 am

July 8 
Rockport Chamber Music Festival, MA
ARC Ensemble with Davóne Tines, bass-baritone

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Piano Quintet No. 1, op. 69
Jacques Ibert: Chansons de Don Quichotte
Georges Enescu: Piano Quartet No. 1

October 27
Calgary Pro Musica

Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Violin Sonata No. 1
Jerzy Fitelberg: String Quartet No. 2
Walter Kaufmann: String Quartet No. 11
Szymon Laks: Piano Quintet on Popular Polish Themes

November 9-17
Royal Academy of Music, London
Members of the ARC Ensemble in residence with students from The Glenn Gould School and the Royal Academy of Music

November 13 
Recital Hall, Lunchtime concert
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Piano Quintet, op. 18

November 14
Recital Hall,
Screening of EXIT: MUSIC

November 15
Recital Hall, Lunchtime concert
Screening of EXIT: MUSIC

Adolf Busch: Divertimento, op. 30
Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Burleske Musik
Jerzy Fitelberg: Serenade für Rundfunk

November 25
The Royal Conservatory, Mazzoleni Concert Hall in historic Ihnatowycz Hall
The Music of Walter Kaufmann (1907 - 1984) with a pre-concert talk about composer by Simon Wynberg


2017

February
Air Canada in-flight entertainment presents EXIT: MUSIC 
All domestic flights during the month

March 26
Premiere of EXIT: MUSIC Documentary
Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival 
Boca Raton, Florida 

May 21
EXIT: MUSIC
Washington Jewish Film Festival, 2:00 pm
Bethesda Row Cinema
7235 Woodmont Avenue
Bethesda, MD

May 23
EXIT: MUSIC
Washington Jewish Film Festival, 8:45 pm
E Street Cinema
555 11th Street NW
Washington, DC

July 7 
CD Release: Szymon Laks Chamber Music

September 9 
Enescu Festival
Bucharest, Romania
Sir Edward Elgar - Piano Quintet in A minor op. 84
Jerzy Fitelberg - Quartet no. 2 (1931)
George Enescu - Piano Quartet no. 1 in D major op. 16

September 10
[email protected]
Augsburg, Germany
Sir Edward Elgar - Piano Quintet in A minor op. 84
Antonin Dvořák - Piano Quintet in A major op. 81


2016

March 17
deBijloke
Ghent, Belgium

November 6
Holocaust Education Week

November 10
IAMA Showcase 

November 29
Premiere of EXIT: MUSIC Documentary
followed by short performance by the 
ARC Ensemble
HotDocs Cinema, Toronto 


2015

March 27
Concertzaal
Ghent, Belgium
de Bijloke puur muziek

March 29
Aula der Universität
Göttingen, Germany
Göttinger Kammermusik-gesellschaft

May 7
Kennedy Centre, Terrace Theater
Washington, DC
Before The Night: Jewish Classical Masterpieces of Pre-1993 Europe 
Pro Musica Hebraica

May 21
Koerner Hall 
Toronto, Ontario 
21C Music Festival
"You are where you are" by Omar Daniel, text by Yann Martel, with Robert Pomakov, bass
String Quartet no. 2 by Jerzy Fitelberg

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September 26
Koerner Hall 
Toronto, Ontario 
Free Culture Days Performance


2014

January 5
CBC In concert broadcast of the September 29th, 2013 ARC performance at Koerner Hall

March 20 - 29
Tour of Western Canada 
Repertoire to include: Paganini Quartet no. 15, Crusell Clarinet Quartet, Clarke Prelude Allego and Pastorale for clarinet and viola

March 20
Thompson Rivers University
Kamloops Campus in the Alumni Theatre, Clocktower 900 McGill Rd, Kamloops, BC

March 21
Kelowna Community Concerts
Kelowna Community Theatre
Kelowna, BC 

March 22
Penticton Community Concerts
Cleland Theatre
325 Power St. Penticton, BC 

March 24
Creston Concert Society
Prince Charles Theatre
223 - 18th Avenue South, Creston, BC

March 25
Trail Society for the Performing Arts 
Charles Bailey Theatre
1501 Cedar Avenue, Trail, BC

March 27
ArtSpring
ArtSpring Theatre
100 Jackson Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC

March 28
White Rock Concerts
White Rock Baptist Church
1657 - 140th Street, Surrey, BC

March 29
Valley Concert Society
Matsqui Centennial Auditorium
32315 South Fraser Way, Abbotsford, BC

April 4
Ghent, Belgium 

April 6
Budapest Spring Festival

May 22
Koerner Hall 
R. Murray Schafer's Quintet for Piano and Strings

July 10, 12 & 13
Lincoln Center Festival
New York, New York

August 30, September 6 & 13
Stratford Festival
"The Hell Where Youth and Laughter Go" 
George Butterworth
Suite for String Quartet
Sir Edward Elgar 
Piano Quintet in A minor, op. 84

September 28
Royal Conservatory of Music
Koerner Hall 
"The Hell Where Youth and Laughter Go" 
George Butterworth
Suite for String Quartet
Sir Edward Elgar 
Piano Quintet in A minor, op. 84

November 4
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Toronto, Ontario
Holocaust Education Week
Performance and panel discussion featuring Simon Wynberg and Alexander Neef


2013

January 14 - 16
Toronto, ARC recording: Koerner Hall (Chandos Records)
Producer: David Frost, Engineer: Carl Talbot
Paul Ben-Haim: Clarinet Quintet, Piano Quartet, Works for violin / viola & piano

February 10
The ARC Ensemble performs Mozart's Clarinet Quintet K. 581, and a new commission by R. Murray Schafer for piano quintet.
Erika Raum & Benjamin Bowman - violins
Steven Dann - viola
Bryan Epperson - cello
Joaquin Valdenepeñas - clarinet
David Louie - piano

March 5
Toronto, Mazzoleni Hall
Mieczysław Weinberg Clarinet Sonata, Szymon Laks Piano Quintet, Mendelssohn / Louie Sonata movt. in D minor, Paul Ben-Haim Piano Quartet

March 10
London, Wigmore Hall 
Mieczysław Weinberg Clarinet Sonata, Szymon Laks Piano Quintet*, Mendelssohn / Louie Sonata movt. in D minor*, Paul Ben-Haim Piano Quartet* (*UK Premiere)

May 23
Amsterdam, Concertgebouw 
Robert de Roos, String Quartet, Leo Smit Trio for viola, clarinet & piano 
Nico Richter, String Quartet, Milhaud "La Creation du Monde," Songs by Stephan, Korngold Dick Kattenburg with Lenneke Ruiten (soprano)

September 21
Stratford Festival, 5:30pm
A rare performance of Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco's Piano Quintet

September 29
Toronto, Koerner Hall
Suite Italienne, Igor Stravinsky 
I Crisantemi, Giacomo Puccini 
Tramonto (The Sunset), Ottorino Respighi 
with Peter Barrett, baritone
Italian Serenade, Hugo Wolf 
Piano Quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 69, 
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedeso

November 17
Los Angeles, Zipper Hall, Colburn School 
Mieczsylaw Weinberg Piano Quintet, op. 18, Szymon Laks Piano Quintet, Jerzy Fitelberg Sonatina for Two Violins

November 18
Arizona State University, Phoenix 
Mieczsylaw Weinberg Piano Quintet, op. 18, Szymon Laks Piano Quintet, Jerzy Fitelberg Sonatina for Two Violins


2012

September 8
Hannover, Villa Seligmann in cooperation with Europäisches Zentrum für Jüdische Musik
Mendelssohn / Louie Violin Sonata in D minor, Paul Ben-Haim Clarinet Quintet, 
Samuel Gardner Hebreische Fantasie for Clarinet Quintet arr. Simeon Bellison, Mieczysław Weinberg Piano Quintet

September 10
Stuttgart, Musikfest
Paul Ben-Haim Clarinet Quintet, Mieczysław Weinberg Piano Quintet

November 8
Toronto, Holocaust Education Week, Beth-Tzedek Synagogue "Reclaiming Memory"
Mieczysław Weinberg Jewish songs op 18. , Szymon Laks Piano Quintet, Samuel Gardner Hebreische Fantasie for Clarinet Quintet arr. Simeon Bellison, Paul Ben-Haim Piano Quartet
Special guest: Kyra Folk-Farber (soprano)

December 12 - 14
Vancouver, Music in the Morning
Mozart Clarinet Quintet, Murray Schafer Piano Quintet (World Premiere)

December 13 
Vancouver, CBC broadcast


2011

March 1-30 
Music in Exile-Émigré composers of the 1930s

November 8 
Israel
Music, Conscience and Accountability during the Third Reich. A Holocaust Education Week programme


2008

April 12-13 
Cadogan Hall, London, UK
Music in Exile-Émigré composers of the 1930s.
Music in Exile, is a series of concerts, lectures and films that explore the works and the context of Jewish composers who fled Germany during the 1930s, and the non-Jews who stayed behind, resisted the regime and became "internal exiles".

November 9-13 
Edmond J. Safra Hall, New York City
Music in Exile-Émigré composers of the 1930s.
Music in Exile, is a series of concerts, lectures and films that explore the works and the context of Jewish composers who fled Germany during the 1930s, and the non-Jews who stayed behind, resisted the regime and became "internal exiles".


2006

October 14-15 
Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto
Music in Exile.
Following the critical success of ARC's 2003 Music Reborn series, Music in Exile explored the music of composers who fled Nazi Europe, as well as those who remained, removed themselves from a regular musical life and entered an "internal exile". The concerts and lectures were presented by Albrecht Dumling and Bret Werb.


2003

December 5-7 
The Royal Conservatory of Music and The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Music Reborn.
Music Reborn, explored the music of composers affected by the Holocaust. A Green and Pleasant Land, celebrated England's musical renaissance in the early 20th century.