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May 25 Concert at Michael Lipnicki Fine Pianos, Calgary
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Astralis Quartet is a new 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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May 25, 2025 • 3:00 PM
Astralis Quartet presents Falling Through Time
May 25, 2025 • 3:00 PM
Michael Lipnicki Fine Pianos
6033 Center Street South
PROGRAMME
Antonin Dvorak Two Waltzes, Op. 54
Alexina Louie Falling Through Time
Allan Gordan Bell Lumen
With Guest Artists:
Akiko Tominaga, piano
Jeremy Bauman, viola
Please join Astralis Quartet in our season finale at Michael Lipnicki Fine Pianos. Dvorak composed a group of eight waltzs in 1880, and shortly afterwards arranged these two gems for strings. Two of our greatest Canadian composers are Alexina Louie and Allan Gordon Bell. Alexina's Falling Through Time is a beautiful piano quintet from 2016. Allan's Lumen is a brilliant addition to the string quintet repertoire composed in 1990. This is one of four AGB works that Astralis Quartet will be recording soon thanks to a generous grant from Alberta Foundation for the Arts. Allan will be present to introduce his quintet.
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 angle island (premiere)
Allan Gordan Bell Arche II
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