Haydn & Händel
Spring is in the air! Soprano Aemelia Moser returns to St. Olave's to sing two of Händel's most sublime arias, and rising star cellist, Mira Kardan, joins the Lavinia Ensemble in Haydn's exuberant and joyous cello concerto in C. Don't miss this hour of first class music making in your neighborhood!
Program
Händel Concerto Grosso in
 A minor
Händel: 
lascia ch'io pianga
Händel: 
I know that my redeemer Liveth
Haydn: Cello Concerto in
 C major
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Eighteen-year old 
Mira Kardan
 attends the Glenn Gould School as a recipient of the Temerty Foundation Scholarship, where she studies with Hans Jorgen Jensen and Andres Diaz. She was a member of the Colburn Music Academy, where she studied with cellist Clive Greensmith. An avid chamber musician, Mira performed as a member of the Olive Piano Trio, winning the Gold Medal at the 2022 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. The Olive Piano Trio went abroad to Finland in 2023, participating in an exchange program with the Sibelius Academy. Mira was the 2022 first prize winner of the Bellflower[CA] Symphony Competition, and has won numerous other prizes including second place in the 2025 International Young Artist Concerto Competition. She has been featured twice on the NPR nationally syndicated radio program From the Top. Mira performed in masterclasses for cellists Gautier Capuçon and Steven Isserlis, and attended the Heifetz International Music Institute and the Meadowmount School of Music. Mira performs on a Grubaugh & Seifert cello, and a Sylvan Bigot bow.
Aemilia Moser
 is a Canadian and Austrian soprano originally from Edmonton, Alberta.
She completed her undergraduate degree in violin and voice under Elizabeth Turnbull and Robert Uchida. She recently completed an Artistic Diploma at the University of Manitoba under the tutelage of Tracy Dahl and Mel Braun.
Aemilia made her symphonic debut with the Chamber Orchestra of Edmonton, performing Mozart’s 
Exsultate Jubilate
. In 2021, she joined members of the Edmonton Symphony onstage once again to perform “Rejoice Greatly” from Handel's Messiah with the Alberta Baroque Ensemble. Recently, Aemilia debuted with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, performing Canadian composer Abigail Richardson-Schulte’s 
Alligator Pie
. As a winner of the University of Manitoba's concerto competition, Aemilia performed Michael Daugherty's 
Labyrinth of Love
 with the University Wind Ensemble in March.
Her roles of note include 
La Fée 
in Massenet's 
Cendrillon
, Virtu in Monteverdi’s
 
L'incoronazione di Poppea
, Pierrot in Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire, Adina in Donizetti’s 
L’elisir D’amore
, Nymph in Purcell’s 
The Fairy Queen
, Mab in Jonathan Dove’s 
The Enchanted Pig
, Papagena in Mozart’s 
Die Zauberflöte
, and Maureen in Johnathan Larson’s 
RENT
 for which she won two Greater Edmonton Cappie Awards.
Recent success for Aemilia includes an Encouragement Award at the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition (North Dakota district), first place at the CFMTA National Voice Competition and Doris Mills and Red Hugo Memorial Trophies at the Winnipeg Music Festival.
Aemilia is currently working towards her master's in opera at the University of Toronto, studying with Elizabeth McDonald. She is privileged to be supported by the Ann Burrows Foundation and the Edmonton Community Foundation.
The Lavinia Ensemble
 was founded by musical director, Mark Whale, in December 2023, performing its first concert, 
Baroque Brilliance – in the Spirit of Christmas
, in Bloor West Village/Swansea at Morningside Presbyterian Church. Taking its name from Lavinia Avenue, the heart of Swansea (and Mark's home street), the ensemble's "mission" is to bring quality musical performance to the neighborhood. 
The Lavinia Ensemble
 comprises professional and semi-professional musicians. Many are members of the 
Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra 
where Mark is concertmaster.
Mark Whale
, PhD, is a violinist and fulltime Professor of Liberal Studies at Humber College, Toronto. He teaches courses in music, philosophy and general education and is currently involved in developing Humber's climate educational program. Mark studied the violin in London, England, at the Royal Academy of Music, and in Freiburg, Germany at the 
Musikhochschule
. After a career in Europe as a violinist, teacher, conductor and concert organizer, Mark completed his PhD in music education at the University of Toronto in 2009. A published researcher, he has presented at conferences around the world on the question of musical meaning. In 2014 he gave a TED Talk at Guelph University entitled "Music: Is it just a matter of personal taste?" In 2018 he conducted a research project, funded by Humber College, which included a series of podcasts called 
"The Music Listening Project
." In the series, which is regularly updated, Mark explores what is going on in music from a practical (rather than theoretical) listening perspective. Mark continues to play the violin professionally. He is currently concertmaster of Toronto’s Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra. Other musical engagements are varied, ranging from solo Bach in Humber's Arboretum, Quartets in Cafes, Piazzola on YouTube, to improvisation and the folk music of Bosnia.
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