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A little piano, cello music for October

Fourth year for the Bergmanns, a first for the Power Classics at the Evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam.
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Duo Turgeon

 

Piano pair Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann launch their fourth annual Musical Mornings series next week with another Canadian piano husband-and-wife team.

Anne Louise-Turgeon and Edward Turgeon — better known in classical music circles as Duo Turgeon — appear with the Bergmanns in a salon-style concert titled Pianopoly Oct. 2, 10:30 a.m., at Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre.

Speaking from Nova Scotia last week, where the Bergmann Duo and Duo Turgeon were touring, Elizabeth Bergmann said their east coast set will be the same as their upcoming west coast run, which begins in Coquitlam and continues with morning recitals in Surrey, Chilliwack, Duncan, Nanaimo and Maple Ridge.

Elizabeth Bergmann said the couples met during a Florida competition 25 years ago and have often crossed paths since. Last year, they decided to go on the road together.

But the Bergmanns, who took over Musical Mornings from founder Sarah Hagen four years ago, have also lined up other prolific guest musicians to round out their new series.

Tenor Benjamin Butterfield appears Nov. 27 in a concert called Wintersong; Jasper Wood dazzles with his violin Feb. 5; and fellow UBC faculty member Jose Franch-Ballester showcases his clarinet skills in Clarinetastik! April 8.

“Each season we try to come up with different instruments from the last season,” Elizabeth Bergmann said. “We want to make it a varied program.”

As for the series, “It’s going great. We love the fact that we’re becoming friends with various audiences. You get to know people and build relationships.”

 

VANCOUVER CELLO

Meanwhile, the Vancouver Chamber Music Society launches its Power Classic Sundays at Evergreen, starting with the Vancouver Cello Quartet Oct. 6; it’s followed by the Manhattan Chamber Players March 15 and soloists show May 3.

David Mann, Evergreen’s program manager, told The Tri-City News he met with Kevin Park, the society’s artistic director, who wants to expand to the suburbs.

“Coincidentally, I was hoping to increase our daytime programming as many members of our audience — particularly seniors — had requested it,” Mann said.

For tickets to the Musical Morning and Power Classic Sundays shows, call the box office at 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca