The New Brunswick Summer Music Festival presents classical
chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...
, performed by some of Canada's finest performers. Concerts are held at Memorial Hall on the campus of the
University of New Brunswick
The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a public university with two primary campuses in Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick. It is the oldest English-language university in Canada, and among the oldest public universities in North Americ ...
.
Founded in 1994, the festival focuses on the music of two composers, one well-known, and one less well-known; for example, the inaugural festival featured
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...
and
Ernő Dohnányi
Ernő or Erno is a Finnish and Hungarian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Ernő Balogh (1897-1989), Hungarian pianist, composer, editor, and educator
*Ernő Bánk (1883-1962), Hungarian painter and teacher
* Ernő Bér ...
; the 2006 composers are
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...
and
Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (25 December 1745 – 10 June 1799), was a French Creole (people), Creole virtuoso violinist and composer, who was conductor of the leading symphony orchestra in Paris.
Saint-Georges was born in the ...
.
External links
* http://extend.unb.ca/music/summerfestival.php
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Classical music festivals in Canada
Music festivals in Fredericton
Music festivals established in 1994