July 7th Weekly Update: Classical Pair Duo Concertante

You can purchase tickets by visiting our website, phoning our box office at 902-836-3733, or by visiting our box office in person! Our box office at Historic St. Mary’s is open from 12-5:30 Tuesday to Sunday, and can be found at 1374 Hamilton Rd, Kensington, PE!

Duo Concertante Performs at St. Mary’s

On Sunday, July 7th at 3PM, acclaimed classical pair Duo Concertante will perform their program Spirited Away. Sunday’s violin and piano program will include a variety of works, ranging from Beethoven to Maier. A PDF of Sunday’s program can be accessed here.

For twenty-three years through live performances and acclaimed recordings, violinist Nancy Dahn and pianist Timothy Steeves have built an international career as artist and life partners in the Canadian chamber ensemble Duo Concertante. Outstanding musicians, champions of new music, and visionary artistic directors, Nancy and Tim forge a musical legacy through live performances, recordings and a determination to provoke thought about our world through music. Known for the passion and brilliance of their performances, critics have praised Nancy Dahn and Timothy Steeves’ “artistry, poetry, and impeccable technique” (La Scena Musicale) and “deeply integrated performances that flow naturally as if the music were being created on the spot” (Gramophone).

Their busy touring schedule across North America, Europe, and China has led to performances at Wigmore Hall, Weill Recital Hall, Roy Thomson Hall, the National Arts Centre, Shanghai City Theatre and the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing. Nancy and Tim’s thirteen commercial CDs include a 2011 JUNO award winner and the ECMA Classical Recording of the Year for 2017, 2018 and 2019. Their newest release of new Canadian works inspired by the climate emergency, Ecology of Being (Marquis Classics, March 2022), has been praised as “world-class…a powerful and deeply moving album” (WholeNote), and “wonderful music, superbly recorded… a balm for the soul” (Audiophilia). Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, they hold John Lewis Paton Distinguished Professorships at Memorial University and are also Artistic Directors of the Tuckamore Festival.

Tickets for this event are still available. Purchase yours today through our website, by phoning our box office, or by visiting our box office in person.