Anne Lindsay performs 'Soloworks 2'
7:00 PM on Monday Sep. 29th
Carleton-Dominion Chalmers Centre, 290 Lisgar Street
Price: Free Admission
7:00 PM on Monday Sep. 29th
Carleton-Dominion Chalmers Centre, 290 Lisgar Street
Price: Free Admission
Toronto’s beautiful, historic St. Anne’s Church burned down in June 2024. But thanks to a Toronto musician and an Ottawa building, its story continues. In this concert on Monday, September 29 at 7:30 pm, Toronto-based musician Anne Lindsay will perform 'Soloworks 2' at Ottawa's Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre (CDCC), with short introductory presentations on architecture, art and acoustics by Carleton professors Peter Coffman, Brian Foss and James Wright.
St. Anne’s was the queen of Toronto architecture, renowned for its elegant Byzantine style, majestic dome, decoration by some of Canada’s most important artists (including members of the Group of Seven), and superb acoustics. When the Covid lockdown was at its darkest, violinist/composer Anne Lindsay sought solace in St. Anne’s. Since she couldn’t perform with others, she isolated herself beneath its dome and recorded a suite of pieces that became an album called 'Soloworks 2'. By the time the album was ready to release, St. Anne’s was gone.
The music of 'Soloworks 2' was, literally, made for St. Anne’s. But no audience ever heard it performed there, and none ever will. That’s where the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre (CDCC) comes in. Built in 1914, the CDCC is in many ways an Ottawa doppelgänger of St. Anne’s – a transcendent space beneath a Byzantine dome, renowned for its beauty and outstanding acoustics. This concert will place the music where it belongs, in a beautiful and resonant heritage building. It will be the performance that no one got to hear at St. Anne’s.
Links
Anne Lindsay's 'Soloworks 2' album on Bandcamp:
https://annelindsay.bandcamp.com/album/soloworks-2-2
Podcast: Anne Lindsay and Peter Coffman discuss 'Soloworks 2' and the loss of St. Anne’s:
https://carleton.ca/aah/2025/hta-podcast-requiem-for-a-lost-building
St. Anne’s Church: A Eulogy by Peter Coffman:
https://carleton.ca/aah/2024/st-annes-church-a-eulogy
Contact: Peter Coffman, peter.coffman@carleton.ca
St. Anne’s was the queen of Toronto architecture, renowned for its elegant Byzantine style, majestic dome, decoration by some of Canada’s most important artists (including members of the Group of Seven), and superb acoustics. When the Covid lockdown was at its darkest, violinist/composer Anne Lindsay sought solace in St. Anne’s. Since she couldn’t perform with others, she isolated herself beneath its dome and recorded a suite of pieces that became an album called 'Soloworks 2'. By the time the album was ready to release, St. Anne’s was gone.
The music of 'Soloworks 2' was, literally, made for St. Anne’s. But no audience ever heard it performed there, and none ever will. That’s where the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre (CDCC) comes in. Built in 1914, the CDCC is in many ways an Ottawa doppelgänger of St. Anne’s – a transcendent space beneath a Byzantine dome, renowned for its beauty and outstanding acoustics. This concert will place the music where it belongs, in a beautiful and resonant heritage building. It will be the performance that no one got to hear at St. Anne’s.
Links
Anne Lindsay's 'Soloworks 2' album on Bandcamp:
https://annelindsay.bandcamp.com/album/soloworks-2-2
Podcast: Anne Lindsay and Peter Coffman discuss 'Soloworks 2' and the loss of St. Anne’s:
https://carleton.ca/aah/2025/hta-podcast-requiem-for-a-lost-building
St. Anne’s Church: A Eulogy by Peter Coffman:
https://carleton.ca/aah/2024/st-annes-church-a-eulogy
Contact: Peter Coffman, peter.coffman@carleton.ca