ANGLICAN PARISH OF ANNAPOLIS
Congregations of St. Luke's, Christ Church, St. Mark's, St. John's, & All Saints
SAINT LUKE'S
340 St. George Street, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
Together we worship, we care, and we serve our communities.
World-class pianists playing classical music on the second Sunday of every month.
Pianist
PETER ALLEN
Sunday, May 12, 4:00 PM
MOTHER'S DAY
Doors open at 3:30 PM
ADMISSION BY DONATION
Proceeds go to the artist and other parish music projects.
PROGRAM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Sonata in D+, Hob. XVI: 24
1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Finale: Presto
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Barcarolle, Op. 60
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Prelude #7, Bk. 2
La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
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George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Prelude #2
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Peter Allen (b.1961)
Etude (2005)
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Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
La Valse
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BIOGRAPHY
As a concert pianist, Peter Allen is well known and loved by audiences in the Maritimes and throughout Canada for his captivating interpretations. He regularly performs solo recitals, concertos with orchestra, and chamber music. He has recorded two solo piano compact discs for CBC, one featuring some of his own very popular Bagatelles, another an all-Haydn disc, and numerous duo CD’s with flautist Patricia Creighton.
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For many years he has been a regular performer with local concert presenters such as “Music on the Hill” Concert Series at UNB Fredericton,the New Brunswick Summer Music Festival, the Scotia Festival of Music in Halifax, the Antigonish Performing Arts Series, the St. Cecilia Concert Series and the Kincardine Music Festival in Ontario.Peter has also performed multiple times with the PEI Symphonyand Symphony New Brunswick as well as performing over a dozen concerto appearances with Symphony Nova Scotia. Peter has performed as solo recitalist in most communities in the Maritimes, to rave reviews and standing ovations.
Peter is currently Associate Professor of Piano at Dalhousie University's Fountain School of Performing Arts, a post he has held since 2005. He teaches piano, chamber music, orchestration, and also conducts the Dalhousie Symphony Orchestra.
Before winning this position, Peter was Artist in Residence for four years at the University of New Brunswick’s Centre for the Performing Arts, at Fredericton. Before that, he taught piano at Acadia University and St. Xavier University.
As a chamber musician, he has performed with many illustrious musicians throughout Canada and around the world. He was the faculty pianist at the Banff Centre for the Performing Arts for five years prior to his return to Nova Scotia and performed there with an international roster of fabulous artists.
Peter is an Associate Professor of the Canadian Music Centre (CMC), a member of SOCAN and a member of The Living Composers Project.
Peter has a BMUS from Mount Allison University, and a Masters of Music in Performance from Yale University.
ABOUT CLASSICAL SECOND SUNDAYS
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Classical Second Sundays showcases world-class musicians playing classical repertoire in a series of recitals held on the second Sunday of every month at Saint Luke’s Anglican Church in Annapolis Royal. The inaugural 2024 season presents twelve concert pianists from Nova Scotia and Ontario, displaying the exceptional sonorities of the new Baldwin concert grand piano which has recently made its home at St. Luke’s, thanks to the Wall Family. The depths of the piano, the quality of the musicians, and the beauty of the church promise to offer a sublime concert experience.
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