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More Rivers, the seven-movement solo piano suite composed by Frank Horvat and performed by its commissioner Christina Petrowska Quilico, is many things. It’s a work, first of all, its creator dedicated to the spirit of Canadian composer Ann Southam and her seminal Rivers; by his own admission, the work she did in the field of minimalist … Read more
Veda Hingert-McDonald (violin) and Marlena Pellegrino (viola) performed at Arraymusic in Toronto on November 30th, 2024, where they featured world premieres by Michael Dudley, Margin Zheng, Marlena Pellegrino, Veda Hingert-McDonald and David Jaeger. David composed his Rilke Duo no. 1 especially for this recital, based on poetry by Rainer Maria Rilke (from his Sonnets to Orpheus)
On Wednesday, November 6th, 2024, The Don Wright Faculty of Music at Western University presented an evening of music performed by guest artist pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico from her new album Games of the Night Wind. The performance included works by David Jaeger, Tōru Takemitsu, Alexandre Tansman, and Henryk Górecki. Games of the Night Wind … Read more
The celebrated Canadian pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico has collaborated with composer and producer David Jaeger on a number of recordings over many decades. Games of the Night Wind is their third on the Navona Records imprint alone. The devotion of the pianist to the composer’s music is, predictably, personal. It speaks of long acquaintance with … Read more
Two titans of the Canadian music scene, composer David Jaeger and pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico, come together on Games of the Night Wind. Enhancing the appeal of their collaboration, the album intersperses twentieth-century solo piano works by Toru Takemitsu, Alexandre Tansman, and Henryk Górecki in amongst the dozen nocturnes by Jaeger. Arriving after last year’s Chamber Music … Read more
On May 26, 2024, pianist Jialiang Zhu performed in a solo piano recital Dialogues featuring piano music written by an array of fantastic contemporary composers – David Jaeger, Kathryn Knowles, Anita Pari, Qiuyue Jin, Edward Enman – along with “Benediction de Dieu dans la Solitude” by Franz Liszt. Each piece of the program is a … Read more
May 15, 2024 – 7:30PM EDT Chalmers Performance Space20 St. Joseph StreetToronto, ON M4Y 1J9 Canada Described by the Oskar Morawetz Award jurors as a “legend” of Canadian musicians, Christina Petrowska Quilico joins lauded composer and champion of new music David Jaeger on GAMES OF THE NIGHT WIND, a dreamy musical landscape premiering 12 of Jaeger’s original nocturnes … Read more
On Tuesday, November 28th, three pianists join forces to celebrate the work of Górecki, Takemitsu and Ontario composers Ann Southam and David Jaeger. Ann Southam David Jaeger Henryk Górecki Tōru Takemitsu Jaeger joins in person to discuss a new project with veteran pianist Christina Petrowksa Quilico. Amelia Grace Yates and Adam Sherkin brings solo sets … Read more
Navona’s enterprising collection of mostly miniatures for viola by Canadian composers focuses on the instrument’s more dour qualities, relieved only occasionally by bursts of energy and light. It also provides a showcase for Carol Gimbel, not only in her ability to inhabit Jaeger’s music but to restlessly pursue her own poetic nature. David Jaeger: Chamber … Read more
The violist Elizabeth Reid and the pianist Alison Bruce Cerutti come together for this passionate and meticulous interpretation of the work of the Canadian legend David Jaeger. The album begins with the stirring and warm “Sonata, Tristan And Isolde”, which unfolds across 3 graceful chapters of beauty and reflection, as Reid and Cerutti blend their … Read more