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In Terra Pax

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In Terra Pax
May 9, 2026
7:30 pm
Jane Mallett Theatre

Featured Performers:
Tania Miller, conductor
Anna Pidgorna, vocals
Natalya Gennadi, soprano
Steven Dann, viola
Anna Sagalova, piano

Ensemble Soundstreams:
Stephen Sitarski, violin I
Noa Sarid, violin I (Dior Quartet)
Carol Fujino, violin II
Astrid Nakamura, violin II (Dior Quartet)
Barry Shiffman, viola
Ronen Shifron, viola (Dior Quartet)
David Hetherington, cello
Joanne Yesol Choi, cello (Dior Quartet)
Travis Harrison, double bass
Matti Palonen, kannel

Please arrive early to enjoy a pre-show conversation led by Soundstreams’ Founding Artistic Director, Lawrence Cherney, in discussion with composer, curator and vocalist, Anna Pidgorna. The talk will take place in the lobby of the Jane Mallett Theatre from 6:45 to 7:10 PM.

Press Release

In Terra Pax (On Earth, Peace), closes Soundstreams’ season with a powerful reflection on war, loss, and resilience – curated by Anna Pidgorna (winner of our New Voices Curator Mentorship Program). This concert features Pidgorna as composer and vocalist, soprano Natalya Gennadi, displaced Ukrainian pianist Anna Sagalova now based in Vancouver, violist Steven Dann, and Ensemble Soundstreams – this time featuring Toronto’s incredible Dior String Quartet . At the heart of this program is Black Crow, a new commission by Pidgorna for voice, piano, and string orchestra, inspired by the poetry of the late Victoria Amelina, rooted in the Ukrainian tradition of female lamentation. Benjamin Britten’s iconic Lachrymae for solo viola and string orchestra, along with works by Tõnu Kõrvits, Kelly-Marie Murphy, and Oleksiy Voytenko to round out the program. The concert features projections of haunting Ukrainian landscapes by acclaimed photographer Yevhen Samuchenko.

DIGITAL PROGRAM

Photo: Forgotten Heart by Yevhen Samuchenko

Funded (in part) by the Shevchenko Foundation Leon and Zena Kossar Music Fund