2008-2009 Season

Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.
St. Andrews Latvian Lutheran Church
383 Jarvis St., Toronto

Founded in 1975, The New York Latvian Concert Choir is a non-professional choral group based in Yonkers, New York drawing its members from the tri-state area. Now in its 30 th season the choir is devoted to the performance of Latvian choral, operatic and symphonic literature as well as the traditional folk music of Latvia. Under the leadership of its conductor Andrejs Jansons the NYLCC has commissioned many new works by Latvian composers, recorded five CD's and performed in some of the finest halls in the USA (Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall) Canada and Latvia. Each spring the choir organizes a workshop and concert in the Catskills, often with guest artists and conductors, and fosters and enjoys a vibrant and rich exchange relationship with the best musicians and musical organizations in Latvia.

Sunday, March 15, 2009 at 2:00pm
Glenn Gould Studio
250 Front St. West, Toronto

Born in 1978, Latvian baritone Armands Silins makes his Canadian solo recital debut with pianist Elizabete Sirante . Mr. Silins has been a contract soloist with the Latvian National Opera since 2006. He has performed with the LNO orchestra and The Latvian National Symphony as a soloist in Requiems by Gabriel Faure and Michael Haydn as well as large scale works by Joseph Haydn and Franz Schubert. Operatic roles include Figaro, ( Marriage of Figaro ) , Schaunard ( La Boheme ), Ping ( Turandot ), Sourin ( Queen of Spades ), and Morales ( Carmen ).

Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Glenn Gould Studio
250 Front St. West, Toronto

Piano Quintet:

Andrej Strelajev - piano, Peteris Seminovs, Una Tone - violins
Arturs Jansons - viola, George Juris Kenins – cello

This last concert of the TLCA's 50th season is dedicated to the works of this association's founder, Latvian-Canadian composer, Talivaldis Kenins. It is a celebration of the successful seed he planted back in 1959 as a young post war refugee and the contribution he made to the musical life of his adopted country. It is fitting that the program features some of Canada's finest musicians, among them Tali's colleagues (and some former students) performing works that represent his long and prolific career including the Cello Sonata which was his graduation piece for the Paris Conservatoire and won him the prestigious Premier Prix in 1950. Also on the program are works for unaccompanied violin and clarinet, the first Piano Sonata (1960), the Concertante (1966) for flute and piano and the Piano Quintet from 1994.

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