Duo Pleiades often appears in recitals as part of chamber music series and festivals around Ottawa and National Capital Region and performs variety of styles of compositions written for violin and guitar and arranged by Andrew Mah and others. Pleiades performs regularly at Southminster United Church music series, Jewish Community Centre, Woodroffe United Church, as well as art galleries and House Concerts series. Anna and Andrew have played numerous private House Concerts regularly as well as performed over 500 retirement communities concerts since 2011.
Duo Pleiades in Concerts
Samples of Concert Programs
Program: Paris Connections
Albeniz Tango
Gardel Volver and Cumparisita ( Pur una cabeza)
Piazzolla Chiquilin de Bachin
Libertango
Tango etude #3
Argentina by Claude Torrent
Debussy – Clair de Lune
Reverie
Faure – Pavane
Satie – Gymnopedie #1
Trad. Dark Eyes arr. Mah
Wrembel – Bistro Fada
Monti – Csardas
Debussy “Reverie”
Faure “ Pavane”
Satie “Gymnopedie no. 1”
Ravel “Piece en form de Habanera
Encore: Under Paris skies
Program: Music of Love
Come Again by John Dowland (Sweet love doth now invite)
If my complaints could passions move
Now Oh Now I needs must part
Giacomo Puccini: 1858-1924
O mio babbino caro
Nessum dorma
Edward Elgar: 1857-1934
Salut d’amour
Jean-Paul-Égide Martini: 1741-1816
Plaisir d’amour
Jean Lenoir: 1891-1976
Parlez moi d’amour
Jerome Kern: 1885-1945
All the Things You Are
A Fine Romance
Autumn Leaves
Fritz Kreisler: 1875-1962
Liebeslied
Ancore
Haste to the wedding
Jewish wedding song
List of Concert Programs & Themes
- The following programs can be booked for Private House Concerts, Retirement Homes Concerts, Cocktails, Church Recitals, Festivals and Chamber Music Events.
- Concert programs can also be modified and customized to your specific theme, song list and occasion.
1. Christmas Carols and Classics (mixture of Christmas favourite carols and classical music from Handel Messiah, Vivaldi’s “Winter” and more)
2. Baroque Music favourites
3. Tango and Choro from Argentina and Brazil
4. Tangos of Astor Piazzolla: Libertango
5. Paganini and his contemporaries for violin and guitar
6. Schubert and Mozart in musical elegance
7. Jazz and Gypsy Jazz
8. Music of 60s: Beatles, Elvis
9. Popular and Contemporary Hits
10. The Way You Look Tonight: The Best Love songs of All Times played and sang by Duo Pleiades
11. Cole Porter, Frank Sinatra and Contemporaries
12. French music set: Classical, Oldies, Fiddle Tunes
13. Italian Music set: Classical, Opera and Oldies
14. Love is in the air: Love songs in Classical, Oldies, Folk Music
15. Canadian and North American Fiddle Tunes
16. Fiddle Tunes from around the World
17. Paris Connections: French songs, Tango, Gypsy Jazz
18. Movie themes and Disney favourites
19. Mix of Styles: Little bit of everything
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