Salt Spring Island music lovers are in for a special treat on Monday, Oct. 7 when the Gibson Trio presents a Brahms and Friends in the Afternoon concert at All Saints by-the-Sea.
Paula Kiffner (cello), Keith MacLeod (clarinet) and Robert Holliston (piano) have been playing together in different combinations for decades but not as an actual trio until this very year. MacLeod and Kiffner played together in the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in the 1970s and ‘80s. They performed chamber music together, namely Mozart and Brahms quintets, in Victoria in the 1990s. Holliston and Kiffner have a history spanning decades together at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, and MacLeod and Holliston have performed numerous times as a recital duo and in chamber music of various forms over the last 20 years.
“The Gibson Trio name is taken from a beautiful recital hall at Camosun College campus that remains a hidden gem in Greater Victoria,” the group states in materials to promote their concerts.
All three musicians have had long and accomplished professional music careers.
For their Oct. 7 concert the group will perform the Johannes Brahms Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op.114 — composed in 1891; the Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in E-flat Major, Op.44, composed in 1854 by Louise Farrenc, one of the few female composers of the era; and a piece by contemporary Canadian composer Elizabeth Raum, the Fantasy for Clarinet, Cello and Piano.
Music at All Saints begins at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets are available through ArtSpring’s box office or online, or at the door.