Ode to a Joyous Season!
This weekend, June 15 & 16, the CPO wraps up a brilliantly successful Season with its Classical finale, the appropriately named Ode to Joy. For Calgarians, this means not only Thank you for a [...]
The Birds Hijack the CPO!
Soaring orchestral melodies and thousands of birds circling overhead? It could only be the creation of Maestro Rune Bergmann and the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) June 1st and 2nd in Alberta. This past weekend [...]
Sharon Kam on pursuing a solo career and finding her voice with the clarinet
For many professional musicians, the instrument they play today is all they’ve ever known. However, for Sharon Kam, acclaimed Israeli clarinetist and this week’s guest soloist with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO), her path [...]
CPO Principal bassist on revisiting early music and making the orchestra accessible to everyone
What do you envision when someone mentions a symphony orchestra? Big concert hall, formal attire, musicians as far as the eye can see? While this certainly describes many of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO)’s [...]
Spotlight on Music Director Rune Bergmann
Rune BergmannPhoto by Trudie Lee Q Describe your role as Music Director. A Music Director can mean so many things, and has involvement in all aspects of the organization. There are many [...]
Viking Raids Classical Europe!
Fierce, energetic and passionate, Maestro Rune Bergmann, a self-proclaimed ‘Viking’, continues his ceaseless quest of exploring, raiding, and trading all over the world. Maestro Bergmann’s powerful baton strikes awe (but hopefully no fear!) into [...]
Playing the Hits
No orchestra season would be complete without revisiting some of the great chestnuts of the repertoire. This week the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) will be playing just such a concert, and while the repertoire is [...]
Brahms & Mahler
This week at the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO), we perform two epic works from one of the greatest moments in Western Music. Brahms Piano Concerto Number 1, and Mahler’s 1st Symphony, both [...]
Holst’s The Planets: Astrology at the Symphony
If you're out enjoying the city this weekend (like for instance, at one of the CPO performances of The Planets this Friday and Saturday night!), make sure to check out the full moon. [...]
It’s Beethoven Week “dun-dun-dun-DAH!”
Although immortalized for the searing opening of his Fifth Symphony (“dun-dun-dun-DAH!”) and legendary brusque personality, Beethoven, this giant among composers, had a softer side, which the Calgary Philharmonic unearths this week at its Rush [...]