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| John Dyck is a lecturer in philosophy at Baruch College and a PhD candidate in philosophy at the City University of New York. A proud native of Edmonton, John grew up in the Beverly area—his only broken bone is from a sledding accident in Rundle Park. He has since studied philosophy of art in Winnipeg, Philadelphia, and New York City. He has published articles in The British Journal of Aesthetics, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, and the Journal of Value Inquiry. John lives in Brooklyn. He loves the music of Shostakovich, Bach, and Kanye West.
Canadian pianist Stéphan Sylvestre enjoys a very active and versatile career as a soloist, chamber musician, and pedagogue. Compared by critics to Artur Rubinstein for his natural talent and flawless technique (La Presse, Montreal), he has toured countries throughout North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Russia. Notable venues include the Concertgebouw (Holland), St. Martin-in-the-Fields (UK), the St. Petersburg Conservatory (Russia), Place des Arts, the National Arts Centre and the Four Seasons Centre (Canada). He has appeared with top Canadian orchestras, in Canada’s leading international festivals and can regularly be heard on radio stations throughout North America, on Radio Suisse Romande. One of Canada’s most sought-after chamber musician, Mr. Sylvestre has collaborated with musicians and ensembles such as James Campbell, James Sommerville, Ransom Wilson, Martin Beaver, Rivka Golani, Alain Trudel, Andrew Dawes, Corey Cerovsek, Susan Hoeppner, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Penderecki String Quartet, the New Zealand Quartet, the Alcan Quartet, Quatuor Arthur-Leblanc, the New Orford String Quartet and first chairs of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Montreal Symphony Orchestra. He has recorded under ATMA, CBC, Espace 21 Records, and Marquis Classics labels. His recordings of Brahms solo piano works were placed alongside Murray Perahia’s Brahms recordings by WholeNote magazine and nominated for Recording of the Year in Quebec, Prix Opus. The Strad Magazine in the U.K. recently gave a stunning review of his recording of the works of Szymanovski for violin and piano with member of the Penderecki String Quartet, Jerzy Kaplanek. Mr. Sylvestre has sat on juries for the Montreal International Piano Competition, the Montreal Symphony Competition and the Canadian Music Competition. He also regularly adjudicates for institutions including the Glenn Gould School, the Conservatoire de Montréal, and numerous national music festivals. Stéphan Sylvestre is Associate Professor and head of keyboard studies at Western University Canada. His teachers have included Leon Fleisher, John Perry, Marc Durand and Marek Jablonski. |
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| Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) |
Four Ballades Op. 10 (1854) 1. Andante in D minor after the Scottish ballad “Edward” 2. Andante in D major 3. Intermezzo: Allegro in B minor 4. Andante con moto in B major Stéphan Sylvestre, piano |
Tickets:
Adult $15 / Student $10. Tickets available in advance and at door, passes accepted.
“Edward” is an Scottish ballad that tells a chilling and grotesque story of a child who kills his family. The story inspired compositions by Brahms, Schubert, and Tchaikovsky. This raises a question: How can instrumental music ever tell stories, or even make us scared, if it doesn’t use words or explicit concepts? In this talk, John will explain some attempts to answer this problem — and he will show that the problem is spookier than it first appears.