Scotia Festival of Music & Elizabeth Bishop

On 30 May 2011, Scotia Festival of Music, one of Nova Scotia’s premiere annual music events, opens in Halifax, N.S. It runs until 12 June.

EB100 is thrilled that as part of the festival’s impressive two-week-long programme, there are five special concerts in honour of and in tribute to Elizabeth Bishop, part of the Elizabeth Bishop Centenary celebrations.

To learn more about Scotia Festival of Music, go to its website: http://www.scotiafestival.ns.ca/

For tickets: call Scotia Festival of Music: 902-429-9467 or 1-800-528-9883 or online at the url above

Special Bishop concerts:

1 June 2011
Suzie LeBlanc recital – with harpischordist Alexander Weimann
7:00 p.m. St. George’s Round Church, 2222 Brunswick St.
http://www.scotiafestival.ns.ca/2011/programs-2011/recital-1?ee_id=280

3 June 2011
“At the Fishhouses” recital – with Tempest Baroque Ensemble and Suzie LeBlanc and RH Thomson
7:00 p.m., St. George’s Round Church, 2222 Brunswick St.
http://www.scotiafestival.ns.ca/2011/programs-2011/recital-1?ee_id=280

5 June 2011
Alexander Weimann recital
2:00 p.m., The Music Room, 6181 Lady Hammond Rd.
http://www.scotiafestival.ns.ca/2011/programs-2011/recital-3-elmar-oliveira-and-john-novacek?ee_id=284

7 June 2011
Highlight Concert – with Super Nova String Quartet and Blue Engine String Quartet
(includes performance of setting of Bishop’s “Sandpiper” by John Plant)
7:00 p.m., Sir James Dunn Theatre, Dalhousie Arts Centre
http://www.scotiafestival.ns.ca/2011/programs-2011/highlight-concert-4?ee_id=287

9 June 2011
Highlight Concert – with a WORLD PREMIERE performance of a setting of Bishop’s “Brazil, January 1st, 1502,” by Dinuk Wijeratne (setting for piano, oboe, bass, percussion, voice and Capoeira dancers!!)
7:00 p.m., Sir James Dunn Theatre, Dalhousie Arts Centre
http://www.scotiafestival.ns.ca/2011/programs-2011/highlight-concert-6?ee_id=289