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Part of the Wednesdays at Noon series, Musique Royale welcomes Duo Concertante to perform on Wednesday August 5 at 12 pm at St John’s Anglican Church in Lunenburg. The ensemble features violinist Nancy Dahn and pianist Timothy Steeves, who will play some of their favorite romantic works in a program that includes Brahms Sonata No. 2 in A Major and Smetana’s “From My Homeland” alongside a medley arrangement of the beloved Newfoundland tune, Cape St. Mary’s.

Wednesdays at Noon is a series of music presentations at St. John’s Anglican Church in Lunenburg. Concerts are roughly 45 minutes in length and are held every Wednesday at 12 pm through July and August. Performances feature artists from the local and national scene in an eclectic mix of presentations. These performances will draw residents and tourists to enjoy music within beautiful and historic setting of St John’s, the second-oldest Anglican church in Canada, and first church established in Lunenburg. Admission is $10 at the door, youth free. Programming supports the St John’s Music Program.

About Duo Concertante

For almost three decades, Duo Concertante have forged a musical legacy and strive to provoke thought and engagement as performers, mentors, champions of new music, and visionary artistic directors. Violinist Nancy Dahn and pianist Timothy Steeves have performed more than 750 concerts across North America, Europe, Central America and China, receiving accolades at home and abroad for “deeply integrated performances that flow naturally as if the music were being created on the spot” (Gramophone) filled with “grace and fire… fury and repose…a triumphant mass of non-stop energy “(WholeNote). The Duo have commissioned over 72 works from Canada’s leading composers and regularly champion new pieces alongside standard repertoire in such prestigious venues as Wigmore Hall, Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall), Roy Thomson Hall, Koerner Hall, Spandau Citadel (Berlin), and the Forbidden City Concert Hall (Beijing). Their discography of 15 award-winning albums includes the 2026 ECMA winner Maier/Franck/Schumann (Delphian), described as “a powerful, heart on your sleeve performance” (The Strad) and “sublime” (Yorkshire Times). Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, they are also the founding Artistic Directors of the Tuckamore Festival—which, since 2001, has mentored more than 500 young musicians and brought 180 world renowned guest artists to Newfoundland and Labrador.