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March 8 Concert at cSpace Marda Loop, Calgary
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Astralis Quartet is a string quartet based in Calgary comprised of three colleagues from the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, plus the Co-Artistic Director of the Kensington Sinfonia.
The quartet shares a passion for performing chamber music by living composers, and is excited to present both classical and modern works to Alberta audiences.
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Postponed: March 8, 2026 • 3:00 PM
The following concert has been postponed due to illness. We are looking for a replacement date, and will let you know as soon as we can.
Apologies,
John Lowry
Artistic Director
Astralis Chamber Music Society
Astralis Quartet presents
The Wind in High Places
March 8, 2026 - 3:00 PM
cSpace Marda Loop - Studio Theatre
1721 - 29 Avenue SW
Tickets: $35 adults / $10 students
PROGRAMME
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Quartet in F Major, KV 168
John Luther Adams - The Wind in High Places
Allan Gordon Bell Plenum (Premiere)
Please join Astralis Quartet on the 8th of March at cSpace Marda Loop. Mozart's Quartet in F Major, KV 168, was the first of the so-called Viennese Quartets composed in 1773, when he was 17. John Luther Adams added a beautiful and etheral work to the string quartet repertoire in 2011, called The Wind in High Places. A premiere of Allan Gordon Bell is always an important occasion and the concert will end with the first performance of his remarkable new work, Plenum
Also this season:
Crisantemo
Sunday, June 7, 2026 - 3:00 PM
St. Stephen's Anglican Church
Franz Schubert Quartet No. 10 in Eb major, D. 87
Giacomo Puccini Crisantemo
Allan Gordon Bell 2nd New Work, Premiere
Meet the Musicians
Past Seasons
2022/23 SEASON
Concert I at the home of Ann Calvert - 6 November 2022
Joseph Haydn String Quartet in D major, Op. 20, No. 4, Hob. III:34
Allan Gordon Bell Arche II
Dinuk Wijeratne Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems
John Lowry, violin / Edmund Chung, violin / Marcin Swoboda, viola / Arnold Choi, cello
Concert II at the home of Viviana D’Ambrosio - 23 April 2023
Joseph Haydn String Quartet in Bb major, Op. 76, No. 4, Hob. III:78 “Sunrise”
John Reid String Quartet No. 1 “The Wisdom to Know the Difference"
Kelly-Marie Murphy Oblique Light
John Lowry, violin / Edmund Chung, violin / Marcin Swoboda, viola / Clare Bradford, cello
Concert III at Peter Lougheed House, “Legacy Tea” for CPO donors - 20 June 2023
Joseph Haydn String Quartet in Bb major, Op. 76, No. 4, Hob. III:78 “Sunrise”
Alexander Borodin String Quartet No. 2 Notturno: Andante
John Lowry, violin / Edmund Chung, violin / Marcin Swoboda, viola / Daniel Poceta, cello
Concert IV at the home of Roger Pilkington and Joanne Steinmann - 25 June 2023
Joseph Haydn String Quartet in Bb major, Op. 76, No. 4, Hob. III:78 “Sunrise”
John Reid String Quartet No. 1 “The Wisdom to Know the Difference”
Kelly-Marie Murphy Oblique Light
John Lowry, violin / Edmund Chung, violin / Marcin Swoboda, viola / Daniel Poceta, cello
2023/24 SEASON
Concert I at cSPACE Marda Loop Studio Theatre - 5 November 2023
Astralis presents: of heaven; of earth. Works for string quartet by Mozart, Marcin Swoboda and Jeffrey Ryan.
Mozart String Quartet in C major, "Dissonant," KV 465
Marcin Swoboda of heaven, of earth
Danish String Quartet Danish Folk Dances
Jeffrey Ryan String Quartet No. 3 "Sonata distorta"
John Lowry, violin / Edmund Chung, violin / Marcin Swoboda, viola / With guest, Andrea Case, cello
Concert II at cSPACE Marda Loop Studio Theatre - 10 March 2023
Astralis Quartet presents works for string quartet.
Joseph Haydn Quartet in C, Op. 33, No. 3
Arthur Bachmann Boundary Layers
Derek Charke Sepia Fragments
Brian Garbet Being
John Lowry, violin / Edmund Chung, violin / Marcin Swoboda, viola / With guest, Andrea Case, cello
Concert III at cSPACE Marda Loop Studio Theatre - 26 May 2024
Astralis Quartet presents Old Strathcona
Felix Mendelssohn Quartet in Eb major, Op. 12
Kristin Flores Old Strathcona* (World Premiere)
Roydon Tse Breathe
John Lowry, violin / Edmund Chung, violin / Marcin Swoboda, viola / Daniel Poceta, cello
2024/25 SEASON
Concert I at cSpace Marda Loop Studio Theater - 10 November 2024
Joseph Haydn String Quartet in C Major, OP. 20, No. 2 (Hob.III:32)
Brian Black From the Diary of Anne Frank
R. Murray Schafer String Qartet No. 5 "Rosalind"
John Lowry, violin / Edmund Chung, violin / Marcin Swoboda, viola / Andrea Case, cello
Concert II at cSpace Marda Loop Studio Theater - 23 February 2025
W.A Mozart String Quartet in d minor, KV 173
Robert Humber some chords for angel island (premiere)
Allan Gordan Bell Arche II
Concert III at Michael Lipnicki Fine Pianos - May 25, 2025
Antonin Dvorak Two Waltzes, Op.54
Alexina Louie Falling Through Time
Allan Gordan Bell Lumen
2025/26 SEASON
Concert I at cSpace Marda Loop Studio Theater - 30 November 2025
Joseph Haydn String Quartet in F Major, OP. 77 No. 22
John Dowland Lachrimae Antiquae
Caroline Shaw Entr'acte
Roydon Tse Black Canvas
John Lowry, violin / Eric Auerbach violin / Jeremy Bauman, viola / Andrea Case, cello
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