Program Notes

The Elements

The Artists

Alexa Haynes-Pilon

conductor/cello
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This Concert Includes

Violin 1
Michael Swan, Concertmaster
Wagner Barbosa, Assistant Concertmaster
Lillian Jen-Payzant
Simon Fanner

Violin 2
Drusilla Waltz, Principal
Karen Bindle, Assistant Principal
Kevin MacMillan
Kimia Khavaninzadeh

Viola
Jim Legge, Principal
Jeremy Janzen

Cello
Joel MacDonald, Principal
John Payzant, Assistant Principal

Bass
Troy Morris, Principal

Flute
Félicia Lévesque, Principal
Brenda Moats

Oboe
Erin Brophey, Principal
Kevin Junk

Bassoon
Stephanie Unverricht, Principal

Keyboard
Christina Hutten

The Elements

Alexa Haynes-Pilon, cello/conductor
Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra

Les Élémens

1) Le Cahos
2) Les Élémens: La Terre et l’eau
3) Chaconne: Le Feu

4) Ramage: L’Air
5) Premier Tambourin, L’eau
6) Deuxieme Tambourin

Jean-Féry Rebel

Concerto da camera a violoncello

I. Allegro
II. Larghetto
III. Allegro Assai

Antonio Caldara

Water Music, HWV 350

16. [Sarabande]
17. Rigaudon
18. [Rigaudon II]

19. Minuet [1]
20. [Minuet 2]
21. [Gigue 1]
22. [Gigue 2]

George Frideric Handel

Intermission

Concerto No. 8 in A Major (“La Pazzia”)

I. Allegro, Affettuoso, Alternatim
II. Affettuoso
III. Allegro

Francesco Durante

Concerto for Cello and Bassoon in E Minor, RV 409

I. Adagio, Allegro, Alternatim
II. Allegro, Adagio, Allegro, Adagio
III. Allegro

Antonio Vivaldi

Water Music (Ouverture-Suite, TWV 55:C3, “Hamburger Ebb und Fluth”)

1) Ouverture
2) Sarabande ‘Die schlafende Thetis’
3) Bourrée ‘Die erwachende Thetis’

4) Loure ‘Der verliebte Neptunus’
5) Gavotte ‘Die gegen verliebte Amphidritte’
6) Harlequinade ‘Der scherzenden Tritonen’
7) Tempête ‘Der stürmende Aeolus’
8) Menuet ‘Der angenehme Zephir’
9) Gigue ‘Ebb und Fluth’
10) Canarie ‘Die lustigen Bootsleute’

Georg Philipp Telemann

Special Thanks To The Following

Gary Day, for the use of his harpsichord.

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