The Beaverbrook Community Concert Series is proud to present “Child’s Play” a concert of music for one piano, four hands by Judy Ginsberg and Robert Hall.
This concert will take place on 21 February, 2027 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. Check back closer to the date for more information!
Here is a bit of an introduction to the theme of this month’s program from the artists, Judy Ginsberg and Robert Hall:
Child’s Play is a delightful collection of four sets of piano duets by four of the greatest classical French composers: Debussy, Ravel, Fauré, and Bizet. The program will be accompanied by projections of a specially created visual for each selection as well as each movement being preceded by a descriptive poem written for the show. While the original compositions were all written for piano four hands, they have all attained later fame as orchestral arrangements.
About the Artists
Judith Ginsburg
“Pianist Judith Ginsburg, possibly the best of Ottawa’s regular accompanists, had a fine rapport with the soloist and was deft and musical, as always.” (Ottawa Citizen) Judith was the longtime Principal Repetiteur, Opera Studio Manager and Music Director of the Opera for Young Audiences program with Opera Lyra Ottawa. She has been a frequent performer in the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival, Music and Beyond Festival, and has been heard in the National Arts Centre’s Music for a Sunday Afternoon, Almonte in Concert Series and on CBC Radio. Judith has collaborated with many of Canada’s leading artists and has performed extensively in Canada, the United States, and Europe. Her teachers have included Jean Paul Sevilla, Paul Hamburger, Martin Isepp and Seymour Bernstein. Judith is in great demand as a collaborative pianist. For several years, she was a faculty member of the National Arts Centre’s Young Artists Program as Collaborative Pianist. Judith is Pianist and School Director with the Ottawa Suzuki Strings music school, Vocal Coach/Music Director with the University of Ottawa Opera Program, and works as a therapeutic musician for Perley Health.
Robert Hall
Robert Hall has degrees in piano, voice and choral music performance and is a Professor Emeritus at Laurentian University in Sudbury, where he taught in the Department of Music for over twenty-five years. Hall was formerly a partner in the Biggs-Hall piano duet, which performed across Ontario, including university concerts at York, McMaster, Laurier and Laurentian Universities. He also performed as a duet partner with Jon Gonder at the conference of the International Association of the Fantastic in the Arts in Fort Lauderdale. He has been active as a collaborative pianist throughout his career and also holds a Fellowship in Organ from the American Guild of Organists and has been active as a Director of Music, including an appointment at Christ’s Church Cathedral in Hamilton, Ontario. His training in improvisation has led him to another interest in accompanying silent movies, particularly the comedies of Buster Keaton.
Program
Ma mère l’oye …………………………………………………. Maurice Ravel
I. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant
II. Petit Poucet
III. Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes
IV. Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête
V. Le jardin féerique
Dolly Suite ……………………………………………………….. Gabriel Fauré
I. Berceuse
II. Mi-a-ou
III. Le jardin de Dolly
IV. Kitty valse
V. Tendresse
VI. Le pas espagnol
Jeux d’enfants ………………………………………………….. Georges Bizet
I. La toupie
II. La poupée
III. Les chevaux de bois
IV. Trompette et tambour
V. Les quatre coins
VI. Colin-Maillard
VII. Saute-mouton
VIII. Petit mari, petite femme
IX. Le bal
Petite Suite ……………………………………………………. Claude Debussy
I. En bateau
II. Cortège
III. Menuet
IV. Ballet
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.
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