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Early Music Society
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of music composed before 1800. All concerts
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SPECIAL EVENT
14 November 2015 Saturday 8pm Alix Goolden Hall
Swithun! Music from Winchester c.1000
Dialogos France
Dialogos explores early polyphony from Winchester
(10th–11th centuries) in a semi-staged performance
with English subtitles. Through the voice of Wulfstan
the Cantor, we follow the path of a penitent man
haunted by his visionary dreams, trying to escape from
three raging Furies, wild as wolves, and finally finding
salvation from Swithun, saint of all miracles.
EMSI 2015–2016
CONCERT SERIES
Handel and Haydn: Harpsichord Concerti
Byron Schenkman & Friends Seattle
Byron Schenkman, one of EMSI’s favourite
performers and known for his effervescent virtuosity,
returns to Victoria with a programme of keyboard
masterpieces by Handel (op. 4, no. 2 and no. 4) and
Haydn (H.XVIII:3).
“Byron Schenkman & Friends display dashing
musicianship” The Seattle Times
17 October 2015 Saturday 8pm Alix Goolden Hall
Chaconne! Voice of Eternity
Ensemble Caprice Montreal
In the baroque era, chaconnes, with their steady
harmonic progressions, were associated with the
concept of eternity. Composers from across Europe,
including Bach, Falconieri, Merula, Vitali, and Rebel
used the chaconne form to transcend the boundaries
of time.
“The artists’ physical involvement and infectious
enjoyment, conveyed through body rhythms
and expression, were what music should always
be about.” Washington Post
Katarina Livljani´c
Dialogos
19 December 2015
Saturday 8pm
Christ Church Cathedral
A Praetorius Christmas Vespers
Early Music Vancouver Vocal and
Instrumental Ensemble, La Rose des Vents
cornetto and sackbut ensemble Montreal,
St. Christopher Singers victoria, David Fallis,
music director Toronto
Soloists: Jolle Greenleaf, Catherine Webster, Laura
Pudwell, Jacques-Olivier Chartier, Sumner Thompson
Thirteen vocal soloists, a string band, cornetti and
sackbuts, three theorbos, multiple keyboards and
the St. Christopher Singers join together to recreate
the joyful celebration of Christmas Vespers as it
might have been heard under the direction of
Michael Praetorius in 17th-century Germany. In
the spirit of celebration, the audience will join the
assembled mass musical forces in singing favorite
early Christmas carols.
David Fallis
“The music was balanced and
period-perfect. The whole
effort felt authentic in a natural,
unforced way...David Fallis is
a magician.” Toronto Star
A Northwest Baroque Masterworks Project produced by
Early Music Vancouver in partnership with EMSI, the
Portland Baroque Orchestra and the Early Music Guild
of Seattle. Supported by the Canada Council for the Arts,
BC Arts Council and the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres
de Quebec. In cooperation with Christ Church Cathedral.
Piffaro
16 January 2016 Saturday 8pm Alix Goolden Hall
SPECIAL EVENT
26 September 2015 Saturday 8pm Alix Goolden Hall
SPECIAL EVENT
Byron Schenkman
Dramatic Baroque Suites with Four Horns
Victoria Baroque Players
Steven Devine, harpsichord and direction UK
Spectacular large scale baroque suites by Handel,
Telemann and Rameau are performed by one of the
largest baroque orchestras ever to appear on a Victoria
stage. Directed by Steven Devine, one of Britain’s most
distinguished harpsichordists and conductors.
“…oozing virtuosic exuberance.”
BBC Music Magazine
Victoria Baroque Players are
“Lively, sensitive, and stylish”
Steven Devine
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Toronto
A magical journey to the meeting places of baroque
art and music—five European homes where exquisite
works by Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and Marais were
played against a backdrop of paintings by Vermeer,
Canaletto, and Watteau. Includes stage direction,
narration, and stunning projected images.
Times Colonist
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16 April 2016 Saturday 8pm Alix Goolden Hall
Baroque Suites
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Tears of St. Peter:
21 Sacred Madrigals
Back Before Bach
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House of Dreams
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Tears of St. Peter
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Collegium Vocale Gent Belgium
Philippe Herreweghe, director
Founded in 1970, Collegium Vocale Gent is one of
the most venerable and celebrated ensembles in the
world of early music. They have traveled the world
to ecstatic acclaim and now, at long last, make their
Victoria debut, performing Orlande de Lassus’s
monumental Lagrime di San Pietro.
20 February 2016 Saturday 8pm Alix Goolden Hall
Back Before Bach
Piffaro: The Renaissance Band Philadelphia
Music familiar to Bach’s father, Johann Ambrosius
Bach, a Stadtpfeifer in the town band of Arnstadt,
performed on shawms, recorders, sackbuts and
bagpipes by one of today’s most respected Renaissance
wind ensembles. Works by Isaac, Luther, Praetorius,
Obrecht and Lassus, plus the popular dances of the
day that underlie and inform all Baroque music.
“Energetic but fastidious performers: the recorder playing has a gorgeous, woody
transparency; the reeds and sackbuts are raucous,
bright and precisely tuned” New York Times
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Praetorius
“a superb performance of Orlande de
Lassus’s powerful 16th century Lagrime
di San Pietro.” The Times (London)
Handel and Haydn
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Back Before Bach
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Michiel Hendrickx
THE Herald (SCOTLAND)
House of Dreams
“…much more than a concert … an experience
that transcends its many components to create
a special, all-encompassing experience that
makes one forget time and place for two
bliss-filled hours.” The Toronto Star
“As an aural and visual experience it was one of
the most moving events of this year’s Festival.” Ticket
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5 March 2016 Saturday 8pm Alix Goolden Hall
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