The Forest Reclaims the Land
Friday, April 24, 2026
8:00pm to 9:30pm
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Last season’s concert featuring Dinuk Wijeratne achieved instant legendary status. He cast a spell over the audience as well as the musicians, conjuring a communal musical experience of rare beauty. Don’t miss his return, conducting music that’s close to his heart, including a dramatic and emotionally wrought concerto written for concertmaster Robert Uchida, and a serene, impressionistic tone poem inspired by the majesty of a forest. Wijeratne describes the musical fabric of his own tone poem as “a multiplicity of voices, lines, and themes that decide – on a whim – when to coalesce and coexist”.
MATTHIAS MCINTIRE
The Forest Reclaims the Land
ESO Premiere
TIMOTHY BRADY
Requiem 21.5 Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra
ESO Premiere
DINUK WIJERATNE
Polyphonic Lively
Program subject to change.
Featured ArtistsDinuk Wijeratne, Conductor
Robert Uchida, ESO Violin
4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW
Edmonton, AB, T5J 4X8