As part of our 32nd season, we welcomed Symphony Nova Scotia violinist Mark Lee and local prize-winning pianist Cindy Thong to the Lilian Piercey Concert Hall in Halifax for the third evening of our 32nd season. For this dynamic program, this distinctive duo performed Ludwig van Beethoven's beautifully lyrical Sonata No. 5 in F major, Opus 24 Spring, the haunting Vocalise, Opus 34, No. 13 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, which was originally written for high voice and piano but here is performed on violin and piano, and Claude Debussy's waltz La plus que lente, L. 121. The artists performed the six mov ..read more

As part of our 32nd season, we welcomed cellist David Liam Roberts and pianist LaLa Lee to our stage in Halifax's Lilian Piercey Concert Hall for a socially-distanced but riveting program of works that included Luigi Boccherini’s challenging Cello Sonata in A major, G. 4, Robert Schumann’s simple but boldly expressive Five Pieces in Folk Style, and Frédéric Chopin's dazzling Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C major, Op. 3. The pair also performed Christos Hatzis’ coaxing and dramatic Atonement, which impressively fuses tango, jazz elements, and a Jewish theme, as well as Swiss-born comp ..read more

As part of our 32nd season, we welcomed cellist David Liam Roberts and pianist LaLa Lee to our stage in Halifax's Lilian Piercey Concert Hall for a socially-distanced but riveting program of works that included Luigi Boccherini’s challenging Cello Sonata in A major, G. 4, Robert Schumann’s simple but boldly expressive Five Pieces in Folk Style, and Frédéric Chopin's dazzling Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C major, Op. 3. The pair also performed Christos Hatzis’ coaxing and dramatic Atonement, which impressively fuses tango, jazz elements, and a Jewish theme, as well as Swiss-born comp ..read more

As part of our 32nd season, we welcomed cellist David Liam Roberts and pianist LaLa Lee to our stage in Halifax's Lilian Piercey Concert Hall for a socially-distanced but riveting program of works that included Luigi Boccherini’s challenging Cello Sonata in A major, G. 4, Robert Schumann’s simple but boldly expressive Five Pieces in Folk Style, and Frédéric Chopin's dazzling Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C major, Op. 3. The pair also performed Christos Hatzis’ coaxing and dramatic Atonement, which impressively fuses tango, jazz elements, and a Jewish theme, as well as Swiss-born comp ..read more