David Greenberg, Director - Violin Tempest is Halifax's innovative Baroque music ensemble on period instruments led by internationally acclaimed violinist David Greenberg. Other members of the group include Symphony Nova Scotia musicians Kirsty Money (vln/vla), Karen Langille (vln), Celeste Jankowski (vln/vla), Hilary Brown (cello), and Max Kasper (double bass), as well as harpsichordist John Overton. Since its creation in January 2001, Tempest has presented numerous concerts and has recorded for CBC radio and television. Tempest has collaborated with artists such as Chris Norman (flute, director of The Chris Norman Ensemble, and the Boxwood Festival, Lunenburg), Francis Colpron (recorder, director of Les Boréades, Montreal), David McGuinness (keyboards, director of Concerto Caledonia, Glasgow), Matthew Wadworth (lute, Montreal), as well as Nova Scotia's own Scott Macmillan (guitar). Tempest has been the orchestra-in-residence at the Boxwood Festival since 2006. "Who else but a group called Tempest could find a good omen for their inaugural concert in a raging blizzard? ... "Tempest is small ... but makes up for it in energy and musical vivacity. Greenberg himself is a charismatic leader. The players stand to play ... and Greenberg, at the head of the line, gives physical expression to the bounce and thrust of the playing as he bends and dips and corkscrews his lanky frame into the phrases. "He is also a virtuoso violinist, inspiring everybody with his dizzying melodic contours and exciting our wonder at the way he juggles lyrical poise with explosive rhythmic energy." - Stephen Pedersen, The Chronicle-Herald

Sunday September 6th, 2009, 4 pm

Saint Bernard church, Weymouth NS Musique Saint-Bernard