Silver Birch & Joseph Petric
This Saturday November 26 (St Peter’s United Church), the SBSQ is joined by internationally renowned accordionist Joseph Petric. Listeners are in for a treat, as we feature some unique and beautiful works for string quartet and accordion. Alongside Haydn, Mozart and Scarlatti, we are offering a special performance of a Canadian work: Winds of Thera, by Andrew Paul Macdonald.
Winds of Thera is inspired by the island Santorini. The myth is that Triton once gave the Argonauts a clump of earth, which when dropped into the ocean grew into the island of Thera. Evoking the music of the wind on the island, each movement is based on exotic wind instruments and the myths associated with them.
Though Joseph Petric does not physically use his own breath to produce sound, the accordion is in essence a wind instrument as well – drawing air through reeds. Petric is a virtuoso, and this programme shows both his skill and also the versatility of this beautiful instrument.
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