Name: Resident Project: “Vignettes from Vienna”
Start: 2023-08-22T14:00:00-06:00
Location: Cedarwood Station, an Optima Living community

Resident Project: “Vignettes from Vienna”

The Windwood Music Festival presents a series of creative music performance projects by international artists gathering in Airdrie for a two-week residency. In this residency, musicians explore what it takes to create projects that celebrate sustainability, community, and arts in all its forms; whether that be in exploring local landscapes and drawing inspiration from Airdrie’s natural beauty, or working with produce grown by local farmers to create a meal that inspires a performance. These projects will be presented in public spaces around Airdrie including but not limited to parks, cafes, museums, and farms, and are designed by the participants in order to best present a collaboration between community members or aspects of a community and music.By involving the community in the process and culmination of innovative music presentations across diverse spaces and demographics that would not regularly see live music, we are giving people a chance to see the threads that connect a space and in turn build a community. We aim to showcase the beauty of connection—between land, between people, between all things—in an increasingly divisive and disjointed world. This festival is a space where artists have the opportunity to live that connection, to see the process unfold and understand what it takes to bring projects to life that can have an impact on the well-being of a community as a whole.

Windwood Music Festival

The theme of this program of short works for solo piano and string-piano duo is celebrating the positive aspects of life in difficult times.

Cedarwood Station, an Optima Living community

Windwood Music Festival 2023

The Windwood Music Festival is back! From 13-27 August acclaimed classical musicians will perform in a series of themed outdoor events with pop-up concerts at your favourite breweries and cafés. Join us for what is sure to be “A Fair to Remember”!

The theme of this program of short works for solo piano and string-piano duo is celebrating the positive aspects of life in these difficult times. Related subjects are the desire for exploration and learning new experiences. Music is a powerful healing force that can transform lives, encourage unity, and inspire love and understanding. Entitled “Vignettes from Vienna”, the program of European classical works includes music primarily associated with Vienna, such as through composers who lived there or works inspired by Viennese culture. Vignettes are a type of picture, and in Austria, vignettes also refer to toll tags used on the motorways. Each work on the concert program is paired with a small card representing a musical “toll tag” with newly created artwork related to the subject of the musical work. These will be distributed to the audience as each piece is performed, which can be kept as keepsakes. Related to the theme of travel, audience members will be invited to share any past travel experiences they had related to the cities or countries associated with the musical work. Utilizing conversation and artwork, this concert will be a musical trip through various locations in Vienna and across Europe. With this project, I hope that music can serve as a reminder that there is always much to experience and find joy in even through the difficulties of our time. Additionally, all the emotions we feel and the memories we remember throughout our lives should not be suppressed, and hopefully through this concert and our own life experiences and travels around the world, we can not only find joy in these little musical vignettes but perhaps also reflect on the events of our own lives. Repertoire: Brahms: 5 Waltzes from Op. 39Schumann/Liszt: “Widmung”Schubert/Liszt: “Erlkonig”, “Fruhlingsglaube” Beethoven: Piano Sonata #32 in C Minor, Op. 111 I. Maestoso-Allegro con brio ed appassionatoElgar: “Salut D’Amour” for Violin and Piano, Op. 12 (with Teresa Wang)Bach: Viola da Gamba Sonata #2 in D Major, BWV 1028 (with Nao Kubota) I. Adagio II. AllegroRachmaninoff: “Vocalise”, Op. 34 (arr. for viola and piano) (with Nao Kubota) Dvorak: Romantic Piece, Op. 75, #1 for Violin and Piano (with Teresa Wang) Kreisler: “Liebesfreud”, “Liebesleid” (with Teresa Wang)

Our {communityGuidelinesLink} describe the sort of content we prohibit on Eventbrite. If you suspect an event may be in violation, you can report it to us so we can investigate.

To report other categories of prohibited or illegal content, submit {link}

Resident Project: “Vignettes from Vienna”

More events from Windwood Music Festival

Discover more events from Windwood Music Festival, from Arts to other experiences you might love.

Resident Project: “Vignettes from Vienna”

More events from Windwood Music Festival

Discover more events from Windwood Music Festival, from Arts to other experiences you might love.

You might also like...

Browse more events with different dates, prices, and formats to find your next great experience.