Piano virtuoso Jane Coop joins Vancouver Chamber Choir for SPRINGTIME, April 2
Three world premieres are on the program that celebrates the season
Vancouver Chamber Choir presents SPRINGTIME on April 2 at 2:30 pm at The Orpheum
JANE COOP WILL share in a celebration of sunlight, blossoms, and renewal when the esteemed pianist performs alongside Vancouver Chamber Choir in its upcoming SPRINGTIME concert—marking a collaborative first.
Coop, a member of the Order of Canada and the Order of B.C., travels the globe to perform. She served as professor of piano and chamber music and head of piano at the University of British Columbia for more than three decades.
In keeping with SPRINGTIME’s theme of rejuvenation, much of the music on the program is completely new. The performance features three world premieres: Ay li lu (somewhere in infinity) by Swedish composer Jacob Mühlrad, commissioned by the Vancouver Chamber Choir; Snow-Veiled Flower by Iranian-Canadian composer and pianist Iman Habibi, which was jointly commissioned by Coop and the choir; and Blake’s “Seasons”, a four-movement suite based on the author’s pastoral poems by Toronto composer Colin Eatock.
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