Art of Time Ensemble Presents TAKE THIS WALTZ 2/4-5, 2011

The acclaimed Art of Time Ensemble presents Take This Waltz, a program that explores the waltz throughout the last 150 years. CBC Radio Two will be recording the concert for future broadcast.

This concert evening features a stellar lineup including singer Steven Page - formerly of the Barenaked Ladies who recently released a solo album, Page One, and who previously released the album A Singer Must Die with the Art of Time Ensemble - along with some of the most outstanding classical and jazz musicians in the country:

Les Alt - Flute/Sax Rachel Mercer - Cello
Benjamin Bowman - Violin Doug Perry - Viola
Andrew Burashko - Piano Rob Piltch - Guitar
Jonathan Goldsmith - Piano Stephen Sitarski - Violin
George Koller - Bass Joaquin Valdepeñas - Clarinet
Peter Longworth - Piano
Beginning with an arrangement of Johann Strauss' Emperor Waltz and ending with Maurice Ravel's La Valse. the program explores waltzes by composers Shostakovich, Korngold, Schnittke and Liszt, as well as Waltz for Debby by jazz legend Bill Evans and songs by Tom Waits, Burt Bacharach, Leonard Cohen and Steven Page.
Now in its twelfth season, the Art of Time Ensemble is the creation of renowned classical pianist and Artistic Director Andrew Burashko. Not content to rehash basic classical repertoire, Burashko and Art of Time Ensemble have become known for their daring interaction with the Toronto cultural scene. Committed to finding new ways of blending classical music with other musical genres as well as other art forms, each Art of Time program is uniquely different in theme and content.

Friday February 4-Saturday February 5, 2011 at 8 PM
Enwave Theatre | 231 Queens Quay West
Tickets: $25-$59
Box Office: 416-973-4000
Information & online tickets: www.artoftimeensemble.com

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