Beaverbrook Community Concert Series

The Beaverbrook Community Concert Series is proud to present “Images of Italy:” a concert of Italian and French art song by pianist Josh Wu and soprano Neha Natarajan.
This concert will take place on 24 May, 2026 at 3:00pm, at Kanata United Church (33 Leacock Dr., Kanata ON).

No need for tickets: just show up! This concert is offered on a pay-what-you-can basis, with a $15 donation recommended. To download a printable poster for this concert, please click here.

About the Artists

Soprano Neha Natarajan is a recent graduate of the Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Science program from the University of Ottawa where she studied vocal performance under Christiane Riel. She has had the privilege to go on stage for many productions with uOttawa Opera, with some personal favourites being Damon in Handel’s Acis and Galatea (2022), Titania in Purcell’s The Fairy Queen and Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2023), and Gretel in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel (2024), and La fée marraine in Pauline Viardot’s Cendrillon (2025). Upcoming engagements include covering the role of Cleopatra in Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto with OperOttawa, and performing Le Feu in Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges with uOttawa Opera as a guest performer. When she’s not singing, Neha maintains a busy teaching schedule as a piano and voice teacher, and outside of music, she can be found on the couch sipping a cup of tea alongside her four cats: Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Clove, and Chai.

Josh Wu is an Ottawa-based pianist with a diverse performance background spanning solo concerts, collaborative work and choral accompaniment. Graduated from performance master’s degree at University of Ottawa, he is currently the accompanist for two choirs at Cantiamo Choirs of Ottawa. He also has performed as a collaborative pianist across a range of music festivals and competitions in Ottawa. Alongside his performing career, Josh also teaches at Ottawa Pianos where he guides students of all ages through their musical journey.

Program

“Images of Italy”

Reynaldo Hahn (1874 – 1947)
Venezia
Sopra l’aqua indormenzada, no. 1
La barcheta, no. 2
L’avertimento, no. 3
La primavera, no. 6

Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)
Pierrot, L 30 from Quatre Chansons de jeunesse
Fantoches, no. 2 from Fêtes galantes, 1re série, L 86
Pantomime, L 47 from Quatre Chansons de jeunesse

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 – 1787)
“O del mio dolce ardor” from Paride ed Elena

Intermission

Eva Dell’Acqua (1856 – 1930)
Villanelle from Feu de paille

Vincenzo Bellini (1801 – 1835)
15 Compositioni da camera
La farfaletta, no. 1
L’abbandono, no. 4
Vanne, o fortunata, no. 11
Almen se non poss’io, no. 13

Paolo Tosti (1846 – 1916)
L’ultima canzone
Mattinata

All of our concerts are held at Kanata United Church, 33 Leacock Drive Kanata ON. Our venue offers limited parking, with street parking
available in the surrounding neighborhood.
The venue is accessible, which includes automatic doors, a dedicated accessible washroom and no stairs required for entry.