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National Arts Centre Orchestra

Brahms’ Symphony No. 4 might well be the perfect expression of German Romanticism in a symphony— passionate, filled with fury, and aimed straight at the heart. Conducted by Alexander Shelley with Canadian baritone Joshua Hopkins making his Isabel debut, Songs for Murdered Sisters is an NAC co-comÑý¼§Ö±²¥ed song cycle for baritone solo and orchestra, based on original poetry by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. Music by Jake Heggie, best known for his contemporary operas It’s a Wonderful Life and Dead Man Walking, embraces and builds on the passion of Atwood’s powerful words.

 Barbara Assiginaak                                concerto grosso (NACO comÑý¼§Ö±²¥)

 Jake Heggie and Margaret Atwood       Songs for Murdered Sisters ( co-comÑý¼§Ö±²¥ed for Joshua Hopkins by the NAC Orchestra and the Houston Grand Opera)

 Brahms                                                  Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98