Penderecki String Quartet

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**Nov 2:** Mississauga, ON, Chamber Music Society of Mississauga, more info
**Nov 7:** Waterloo, ON, KWCMS, Brahms Clarinet Quintet with James Campbell, clarinet, more info
**Nov 19:** Milano, Italy, Museo del’900, with Luisa Sello, flute, more info
**Nov 20:** Crotone, Italy, Auditorium Pertini Santoni, with Luisa Sello, flute, more info
**Nov 21:** Bari, Italy, Teatro Petruzzelli, Sala delle muse, with Luisa Sello, flute
**Nov 22:** Rome, Italy, Ambasciata della Repubblica di Bulgaria Via Pietro Paolo Rubens, with Luisa Sello, flute, more info
**Nov 24:** Tolmezzo, Italy, Palazzo Linussio, with Luisa Sello, flute, more info
**Nov 25:** Abano Terme, Italy, Ritz Hotel, Sala degli specchi, with Luisa Sello, flute, more info
**Nov 26:** Venezia, Palazzo Albrizzi Capello with Luisa Sello, flute, more info
**Nov 27:** Udine, Italy, Teatro Palamostre, more info

Stewart Goodyear, "Homage" Piano Quintet (2020)

Hello fellow creators,

Just wanted to thank you all again for your unique contributions to the blue album. The album was recently awarded the Silver Disc Award in Japan's Jazz Critique Magazine (as selected among international releases by the top jazz critics in Japan), as well as a nomination at the 2023 JUNOs. I share these honours with you and your musical excellence.

The album has received many favourable reviews as well, including this one today in Pop Culture Classics by Paul Freeman.

With sincere gratitude, thank you for making this album with me.

Musically,

Diana

Krzysztof Penderecki (1933 -2020)

We are deeply saddened by the loss of Maestro Penderecki. We will always be grateful for his music, humanity and mentorship. His warmth, curiosity, sense of humor and singular voice will continue to inspire us throughout our musical lives. In celebration of Maestro Penderecki’s life, we invite you to listen to his works for string quartet:

CD Review by Andrew Scott, Wholenote Magazine, January 2023

Blue Diana Panton

“…Adding to the musical wonderment is the sweetening that Don Thompson’s beautiful arrangements for the great Penderecki String Quartet bring to the entire affair. How nice it is to hear this world-class chamber group, Wilfrid Laurier University’s Quartet-in-Residence, perform in such an intimate jazz setting. … the strings add just enough newness and musical freshness to uncork new possibilities for band and listener alike. Perhaps best of all, this new recording adds another important artifact into the canon of great Canadian jazz that documents the ongoing, and still developing, music partnership of Panton and Thompson.”

Most Memorable Concert Of 2019

“My favourite concert of 2019 was baritone Daniel Lichti's performance of Schubert's Winterreise with the Penderecki String Quartet at St. George's Lutheran Church on College St. on November 1. (Not only was it a very satisfying performance by all concerned, I am pleased to note that I had a little bit to do with instigating the event. A couple of years ago I received a recording by the Copenhagen String Quartet of their cellist Richard Krug's arrangement of Winterreise with bass-baritone Johan Reuter. I wanted Daniel Lichti to know about this new transcription and sent him my review. I was pleasantly surprised earlier this fall to receive an invitation to his performance with the PSQ.) A truly memorable evening.”

~ DAVID OLDS, REVIEWS EDITOR

Read a review of our 2018 performance at Vancouver New Music:

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Penderecki String Quartet celebrates 25 years at Laurier with performance by acclaimed pianist Janina Fialkowska.

Christine Vlajk

Jeremy Bell

Jerzy Kapłanek

Katie Schlaikjer

CD Review by Andrew Scott, Wholenote Magazine, January 2023

Most Memorable Concert Of 2019