Wolf Performance Hall, 251 Dundas St
The Jeffery Concerts Presented by the Gordon Jeffery Music Foundation
THE JEFFERY CONCERTS - 2022/23 Season
Arthur Rowe, Artistic Director
Presented by the Gordon Jeffery Music Foundation
The Jeffery Concerts is a series of exceptional chamber music concerts presented by the Gordon Jeffery Music Foundation. Featuring Canadian and internationally renowned artists, concerts are held in the intimate Wolf Performance Hall and St John the Evangelist Church.
Purchase Options
- Full season subscription (all 8 concerts for the price of 7): $280
- 4-Concert package (choose any 4 concerts): $140
- Single tickets: $40
- Student tickets: FREE with valid student ID (available at the door or by emailing jefferyconcerts [at] gmail [dot] com)
For more information, visit jefferyconcerts.com
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Dear Friends of the Jeffery Concerts,
We are delighted to once again be presenting a full season of exciting musical events here in London in the 2022/23 season! As Wolf Hall is in great demand next season, we are excited to present four of our concerts in the lovely acoustic of St John’s Church.
The series begins and ends with past winners of the Banff International String Quartet Competition. We welcome back the Dover Quartet to open the series, and our final concert features the most recent winners - the Viano String Quartet. I look forward to joining the Vianos in Dvorak’s gorgeous piano quintet.
Between those events, Jonathan Crow and I will complete the cycle of Beethoven Violin Sonatas, and new London residents - organist Yulia Draginsky and cellist Susan Millar Boldissar - present a joint concert. We also have an increased focus on music of our time in several concerts this season. The fabulous percussion ensemble TORQ returns, as does award-winning cellist Cameron Crozman in an exciting program of very old and very new music, all for solo cello. Finally, we welcome back the New Orford String Quartet together with pianist Philip Chiu and mezzo-soprano Marion Newman.
Arthur Rowe
Artistic Director
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Dover Quartet
Fri. September 30, 2022 | 7:30PM
Wolf Performance Hall
251 Dundas St
Joseph Haydn: Quartet in C major, Hob.III:77, Op. 76, No. 3 (“Emperor”)
Amy Beach: Quartet for Strings (In One Movement), Op. 89
Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 44, No. 3
The Dover Quartet appears by arrangement with the Curtis Institute of Music, where it serves as the Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence.
The Beethoven Project Concert no. 3 - Jonathan Crow & Arthur Rowe
Sat. October 29, 2022 | 7:30PM
St John the Evangelist Church
280 St James St
The third concert in the Beethoven Project series. Program includes:
Sonata Op. 12 no. 3 in E flat major
Sonata Op. 23 in A minor
Sonata Op. 30, no. 1 in A major
The Beethoven Project Concert no. 4 - Jonathan Crow & Arthur Rowe
Sun. October 30, 2022 | 3:00PM
St John the Evangelist Church
280 St James St
The fourth concert in the Beethoven Project series. Program includes:
Sonata Op. 30 no. 2 in C minor
Sonata Op. 96 in G major
Yulia Draginda, organ and Susan Millar Boldissar, cello
Fri. November 25, 2022 | 7:30PM
St John the Evangelist Church
280 St James St
Program TBA
New Orford String Quartet, Marion Newman, mezzo-soprano, and Philip Chiu, piano
Fri. January 13, 2023 | 7:30PM
Wolf Performance Hall
251 Dundas St
Edward Elgar: Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84
Ian Cusson: "Five songs on Poems of Marilyn Dumont" for mezzo-soprano, piano, and string quartet
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F major
Cameron Crozman, cello
Fri. March 3, 2023 | 7:30PM
St John the Evangelist Church
280 St James St
The first half of this concert will feature recently commissioned Canadian works by Alexina Louie, Kelly-Marie Murphy, and Jordan Pal each paired with a Gabrielli Ricercari. The second half will be a wonderful piece by Kaija Saariaho called "Sept Papillons" and end with the J.S. Bach Suite no. 3 in C major.
"The whole idea of these commissions is to "search out" (the word ricercari means "to search for") the expression of the voices of our time through the medium of the cello, and put into perspective with the "search" that was happening at the very beginning of the history of the cello as a solo instrument."
TorQ Percussion Quartet
Sat. April 1, 2023 | 7:30PM
Wolf Performance Hall
251 Dundas St
Program TBA
Viano String Quartet and Arthur Rowe, piano
Sat. April 29, 2023 | 7:30PM
Wolf Performance Hall
251 Dundas St
Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major Op. 81
String Quartets: TBA