Composers Talk | Borealis String Quartet Daytime Concert | Park Opening
July 31 @ 9:30 am - 1:30 pm
PARK OPENING
MASTERS OF COUNTERPOINT CONCERT SERIES
The Borealis String Quartet Performing
9:30am | Park Open, guided tours depart at 10am
11:30 am | Composers Talk
12:00pm | Concert
Version 2 of ‘Galatea’
by Paul Alexander, JRSP 2025 Composer in Residence-
Maurice Ravel, String Quartet in F major
In honour of the 150 birthday of M. Ravel
1:30pm | Park Closed
About the Music
Paul Alexander, Galatea
Vancouver based composer Paul Alexander’s work, ‘A Mirror Full of Tears Held up to Heaven’ was featured in the 2024 Masters of Counterpoint series. This year the JRSP has commissioned a new work, Galatea, based on his experiences at the park and with the sculptures.
Maurice Ravel, String Quartet in F major
About the Sculpture
Jeffrey saw the purpose of his work and the park as: “extending the ancient narrative of art and consequently rekindle the historical spirit of modernism. In addition to viewing the work, which includes the Sculpture Park itself, the goal is to revive the interdisciplinary creative impetus of early modernism and to attain the understanding of art as a serious and credible source of special insight for the evolution of ideas.”
His vision for the park was of a place for the appreciation of art beyond socio-political instrumentalization or financial commodification. As such Rubinoff’s sculptures permanently exist within a fixed landscape. There is no charge for admittance, nor for any tours, concerts, or other events. They are not for sale and can never be shown in another museum or any other context.