Theatre Lac Brome presents Dances for four hands Sunday May 15

Theatre Lac Brome presents Dances for four hands Sunday May 15 at 2:00pm
Philip Chiu, piano / Janelle Fung, piano
Fresh from an 08-09 concert tour in which they played in about twenty venues in eastern Quebec and the Maritimes,
the Chiu-Fung duo returns playing better than ever. Known for the sensitivity of their playing and for their impressive
technique, these two artists now follow the trail through Ontario and western Quebec performing, among other works,
their own transcription of Stravinsky’s famous ballet score, The Firebird. Four hands on one keyboard: guaranteed
delight!
In his short career, pianist Philip Chiu has had great success as an accompanist, chamber musician, and soloist. He
has been widely acclaimed for the brilliance and sensitivity of his playing, as well as for his ability to communicate
with audiences. Second prize winner of the 2007 Bösendorfer National Piano Competition, Philip Chiu has appeared
recently in the Glenn Gould Studio, the Stratford Summer Music Festival, and the Orford Arts Centre Festival. Last
year, he also performed about twenty concerts with pianist Janelle Fung on a JMC tour.
Philip Chiu holds an ARCT Diploma in Piano Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music and a Performance
Diploma from the Glenn Gould School of Music. He has studied with Jenny Regehr and is currently working with Marc
Durand and Jimmy Brière at the Université de Montréal.
Janelle Fung made her professional debut at the age of 14 with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Since then,
she has appeared with orchestras throughout the world. An avid chamber musician, Ms. Fung has appeared in
concert with the Ying Quartet, New York Woodwind Quintet, soprano Teresa Stratas, and baritone William Warfield.
Ms. Fung has been a prize winner in numerous national and international competitions, including the Marguerite
Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition, the Joanna Hodges International Piano Competition, the Montreal Symphony
Competition, and the Canadian Music Competition. She has also been heard on the CBC, NPR, and Radio France.
Born in Vancouver, Canada, Janelle Fung began her piano studies at the age of four. Her principal teachers have
included Nelita True, Julian Martin, Seymour Lipkin and Jacques Rouvier. Ms. Fung received her Bachelor of Music
degree from the Eastman School of Music and her Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School of Music. She is
currently a doctoral candidate at the Université de Montréal, where she studies with Marc Durand.
Program
- FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809 – 1847)
Le Songe d’une nuit d’été
Ouverture, Scherzo, Nocturne, Marche nuptiale
- EMILY DOOLITTLE (1976 – )
Sorex (première mondiale)
- LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918 – 1990)
Extraits de West Side Story
(arr. John Musto, adapté pour piano quatre mains par J. Fung & P. Chiu)
Prologue, Cha-Cha, Cool, Mambo, Somewhere
Entracte
- SERGUEÏ PROKOFIEV (1891 – 1953)
Extraits de Roméo et Juliette
(arr. J. Fung & P. Chiu)
Les Montaigu et les Capulet, Roméo, Juliette, Scène du balcon, Tybalt et Mercutio,
Mort de Tybalt, Roméo venge Mercutio, Roméo sur la tombe de Juliette
- IGOR STRAVINSKI (1882 – 1971)
L’Oiseau de feu
(arr. J. Fung & P. Chiu)
Danse infernale de Kachtcheï et de ses sujets, Berceuse, Finale