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Calendar cover image: Melchior de Hondecoeter (1636-1693), “The Concert of Birds”

Notes from the Artistic Director

Though the music we present at Early Music Vancouver comes from many different historical periods and cultures, the common thread of human expression and creativity can make music written from even our most distant past seem like it was written yesterday. All of the music on our 2016-17 season is designed to disarm and inspire you; if you open your ears, intellect, and spirit, it can be as powerful now as when it was first written. While I am fascinated by facts and history, I believe that live performance is the best tool we have for demonstrating that, though modes of artistic expression change, human nature remains the same.

This season sees a number of exciting collaborations, including our first exploration of contemporary music for period instruments as part of the Vancouver Symphony’s New Music Festival, two collaborations with Coastal Jazz, and the continuation of our close relationship with the Pacific Baroque Orchestra and Alexander Weimann for a number of large-scale Baroque Masterworks programmes featuring many of our region’s best artists. We are thrilled to be returning to Christ Church Cathedral for our first summer Festival centred downtown, as well as for much of our Main Series. The warm acoustics and stunning architectural beauty of the space are a perfect fit for much of the repertoire we present.

Seeing our attendance grow so dramatically over the last year has been extremely encouraging. It suggests that there will always be an audience for great music of any era performed by gifted and committed artists.

Thanks to José Verstappen for his help in gathering the charming images included in this calendar, and warmest thanks to you, our audience, volunteers, and closest supporters, for transforming EMV into one of the jewels of our region’s performing arts scene.

I look forward to seeing you at a concert soon,

Matthew White Executive and Artistic Director

Artistic Director Matthew White speaking at EMV’s CultureDays event, September 2015 (photo credit Jan Gates)

J.S. Bach - Mass in B Minor Supported by the Drance Family Early Music Vancouver Fund

Friday August 5, 2016 at 7:30 pm

Alexander Weimann music directorArion Baroque Orchestra and Les Voix BaroquesYulia Van Doren, Shannon Mercer sopranos, Laura Pudwell, Krisztina Szabó mezzo-sopranos,Charles Daniels, Philippe Gagné tenors, Christian Immler, Sumner Thompson baritones

Festive Cantatas - J.S. Bach Magnificat Supported by Vic and Joan Baker

Sunday December 18, 2016 at 3:00 pmAlexander Weimann music directorPacific Baroque OrchestraMolly Quinn soprano, Danielle Sampson mezzo soprano, Meg Bragle alto,Aaron Sheehan tenor, Jesse Blumberg bass-baritone

The Choir of King’s College Cambridge

Stephen Cleobury Director of MusicSunday March 26, 2017 at 2:00 pm

MASTERWORKS SERIES AT THE CHAN CENTRE

Frans Snijders (1579-1657): “Concert of the Birds”, c. 1629/30

A CONCERT SERIES PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHAN CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS,

WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CHAN ENDOWMENT FUND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.

pacific baroque

orchestra

a northwest baroque masterworks project

Supported by the Alvin S. Nemetz Foundation

and by Birgit Westergaard and Norman Gladstone

and by Adèle Lafleur

Goldberg Variations / VariationsTuesday August 2 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral

Dan Tepfer piano

Schübler ChoralesWednesday August 3 at 1:00 pm | Christ Church Cathedral

Christina Hutten organ

The Art of the FugueWednesday August 3 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral

Davitt Moroney harpsichord

Solo Sonatas for Violin and HarpsichordThursday August 4 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral

Byron Schenkman harpsichord & Ingrid Matthews violin

J.S. Bach - Mass in B MinorFriday August 5 at 7:30 pm | Chan Centre at UBC

Arion Baroque Orchestra and Les Voix BaroquesAlexander Weimann music directorYulia Van Doren, Shannon Mercer, Krisztina Szabó, Laura Pudwell, Charles Daniels, Philippe Gagné, Christian Immler & Sumner Thompson, vocal soloists

Anna Magdalena Songbook with Ellen HargisSaturday August 6 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral

Ellen Hargis sopranoMarie-Nathalie Lacoursière baroque danceChristopher Bagan & Michael Jarvis harpsichordLucas Harris lute

The Musical OfferingTuesday August 9 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral

Claire Guimond flute, Chloe Meyers violin, Beiliang Zhu cello, and Alexander Weimann harpsichord

Sonatas and PartitasWednesday August 10 at 1:00 pm | Christ Church Cathedral

Tekla Cunningham violin, Soile Stratkauskas flute, andChristina Hutten harpsichord

Cello SuitesThursday August 11 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral

Beiliang Zhu cello

Orchestral Suites for a Young PrinceFriday August 12 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral

Pacific Baroque OrchestraMonica Huggett guest music directorGonzalo Ruiz oboe soloist

A collaboration with

Christ Church Cathedral: 690 Burrard Street at Georgia;Chan Centre at UBC: 6265 Crescent Road, UBC campus.

Tickets: earlymusic.bc.ca or 604.822.2697

FESTIVAL SPONSOR:

Frans Snijders (1579-1657): “Concert of the Birds”, c. 1635

VANCOUVER BACH FESTIVAL 2016

Frans Snijders (1579-1657): “Concert of the Birds”, c. 1640

SPECIAL COLLABORATIONSCommon GroundsThursday June 30, 2016 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral (690 Burrard Street)

Pacific Baroque Ensemble led by Alexander Weimannand Alan Matheson Septet

Supported by the Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation, the BC Arts Council, and the City of Vancouver

A collaboration with VIM House

and Coastal Jazz

A collaboration with the Vancouver Symphony’s

New Music Festival

pacific baroque

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New Music for Old Instruments I + IIWednesday January 25, 2017 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral& Saturday January 28, 2017 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church CathedralCurated by Rodney Sharman and Alexander Weimann

Early Music Vancouver offers two programmes of new music for early instruments.

The first features the original version of Peter Hannan’s “Trinkets of Little Value” (1986), a setting of native words found in Jacques Cartier’s account of his second voyage to Canada in 1535, alongside virtuoso works by György Ligeti and Louis Andriessen.

Highlight of the second concert is Jocelyn Morlock’s aptly named “Golden” – a Pacific Baroque Orchestra commission that radiates musical warmth and mystery. Jocelyn Morlock Rodney Sharman

pacific baroque

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Handel and his RivalsOpera Arias from 18th-Century LondonFriday September 16, 2016 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral

Amanda Forsythe sopranoAlexander Weimann music director Pacific Baroque Orchestra

Fretwork: The Cries of LondonFriday October 21, 2016 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral

Breathtaking Friday November 4, 2016 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral

Hana Blažíková soprano and Bruce Dickey cornetto.Monica Huggett and Tekla Cunningham violins,Joanna Blendulf viola da gamba, Stephen Stubbs theorbo,Michael Sponseller organ and harpsichord

Frans Snijders (1579-1657), in collaboration with Theodoor van Thulden (1606-1669): “Orpheus and the Animals” (detail)

A collaboration with the Vancouver Children’s Choir

Rupert Lang, Artistic Director

2016/17 MAIN SERIES

pacific baroque

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Supported by Bruce Wright

Supported by the Board of Directors of Early Music Vancouver

Supported by the American Musicological Society

A co-production with

Tibia ex Tempore – Medieval Flute MeditationsWednesday November 16, 2016 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral

Norbert Rodenkirchen medieval transverse flute

Fuoco e Cenere:

Toque of the TownA Theatrical Celebration of French GastronomyFriday November 25, 2016 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral

Jay Bernfeld viola da gamba and musical direction | Véronique Samakh staging

Locura & TormentiSpanish and Italian Music from Around the Time of CervantesFriday January 20, 2017 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral

Raquel Andueza soprano | Ensemble La Galanía

New Music for Old Instruments IWednesday January 25, 2017 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church CathedralCurated by Rodney Sharman and Alexander WeimannWorks by Peter Hannan, György Ligeti and Louis Andriessen

New Music for Old Instruments IISaturday January 28, 2017 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral

Curated by Rodney Sharman and Alexander WeimannPacific Baroque Orchestra, playing a commission by VSO composer in residence Jocelyn Morlock

Le Mozart Noir – Symphonies by Chevalier St. Georges, Mozart and HaydnSaturday February 4, 2017 at 8:00 pm | Vancouver Playhouse (note later start time and venue)(6:30 documentary screening on the life of Chevalier St. Georges featuring Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra)Pacific Baroque Orchestra | Alexander Weimann music director Monica Huggett violin soloist

Stile Antico: In a Strange Land Elizabethan Composers in ExileSunday March 5, 2017 at 2:00 pm | Christ Church Cathedral

Soprano Karina Gauvin with Les BoréadesWorks of Henry PurcellFriday April 21, 2017 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral


New Music Festival

Supported by Ingrid Söchting and by Elaine Adair


New Music Festival

Supported by


pacific baroque

orchestra


Supported by Elaine Adair

Supported by

pacific baroque orchestra

Supported by Stephen and Betty Drance and José Verstappen

Supported by David McMurtry and by Glen Patterson

Supported by Mark Vessey and Maya Yazigiand by

Tony Knox Barrister & Solicitor, Arbitrator

1291 West 40th Avenue,Vancouver, B.C. V6M 1V3 Canadawww.knoxlex.com

Knox & Co. denotes D.A.Knox Law Corporation

Tel: 604 263 5766Cell: 604 374 7916Fax: 604 261 1868Email: [email protected]

Common GroundsThursday June 30, 2016 at 7:30 pm Christ Church Cathedral (690 Burrard Street)


Orchestral Suites for a Young PrinceFriday August 12, 2016 at 7:30 pm Christ Church Cathedral (690 Burrard Street)


Handel and his Rivals Opera Arias from 18th-Century LondonFriday September 16, 2016 at 7:30 pm Christ Church Cathedral (690 Burrard Street)

Amanda Forsythe sopranoAlexander Weimann music director Pacific Baroque Orchestra

A collaboration with VIM House and Coastal Jazz

Amanda Forsythe

PACIFIC BAROQUE ORCHESTR A 2016/17

Frans Snijders (1579-1657): “Concert of the Birds”

— alexander weimann, music director —



Gonzalo Ruiz

Festive Cantatas – J.S. Bach Magnificat Sunday December 18, 2016 at 3:00 pm Chan Centre for the Performing Arts (6265 Crescent Road, UBC campus)

Pacific Baroque OrchestraAlexander Weimann music directorMolly Quinn, Danielle Sampson, Meg Bragle, Aaron Sheehan, Jesse Blumberg vocal soloists

New Music for Old InstrumentsSaturday January 28, 2017 at 7:30 pm Christ Church Cathedral (690 Burrard Street)

Curated by Rodney Sharman and Alexander Weimann

Pacific Baroque OrchestraAlexander Weimann music director

Highlight of this concert is Jocelyn Morlock’s aptly named “Golden”, a Pacific Baroque Orchestra commission that radiates musical warmth and mystery.

Le Mozart Noir – Symphonies by Chevalier St. Georges, Mozart and HaydnSaturday February 4, 2017 at 8:00 pm(6:30 documentary screening on the life of Chevalier St. Georges featuring Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra)Vancouver Playhouse (600 Hamilton Street at Dunsmuir)

Pacific Baroque OrchestraMonica Huggett violin soloistAlexander Weimann music director

pacific baroque orchestraAlexander Weimann

Artistic Director


New Music Festival



Photo credit Jan Gates

Monica Huggett

Alexander Weimann


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Common GroundsThursday June 30, 2016 at 7:30 pm Christ Church Cathedral (690 Burrard Street)


Two ensembles. Two starkly different genres. In this remarkable project, a baroque ensemble led by JUNO Award-winning harpsichordist/organist Alexander Weimann and a brilliant jazz septet led by trumpeter/composer Alan Matheson explore threads running from the 1600s through today’s creative jazz scene. Bringing together disparate musical communities, the two groups will perform works from their respective fields as well as pieces written for the “common ground” of both. In this timeless meeting place, the long melodic lines of Ellington and Strayhorn echo Handel and Bach, while the endlessly creative practice of “theme and variation” is a keystone of jazz improvisation, of the Baroque and, one could argue, of life. (Tickets for this concert only at coastaljazz.ticketfly.com or 888.732.1682)

Supported by the Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation, the BC Arts Council, and the City of Vancouver

A collaboration with VIM House and Coastal Jazz

Alan Matheson Alexander Weimann

THE VANCOUVER BACH FESTIVAL 2016 RUNS FROM AUGUST 2 - 12

pacific baroque orchestra

Vancouver Bach Festival 2016August 2 - 12

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David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690): “The Cats’ Concert”

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Goldberg Variations / VariationsTuesday August 2 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral

Dan Tepfer piano

Schübler ChoralesWednesday August 3 at 1:00 pm | Christ Church Cathedral

Christina Hutten organ

The Art of the FugueWednesday August 3 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral

Davitt Moroney harpsichord

Solo Sonatas for Violin and HarpsichordThursday August 4 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral

Byron Schenkman harpsichord & Ingrid Matthews violin

J.S. Bach - Mass in B MinorFriday August 5 at 7:30 pm Chan Centre at UBC

Arion Baroque Orchestra and Les Voix BaroquesAlexander Weimann music directorYulia Van Doren, Shannon Mercer, Krisztina Szabó, Laura Pudwell, Charles Daniels, Philippe Gagné, Christian Immler & Sumner Thompson soloists

Anna Magdalena Songbook with Ellen HargisSaturday August 6 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral

Ellen Hargis sopranoMarie-Nathalie Lacoursière baroque danceChristopher Bagan & Michael Jarvis harpsichordLucas Harris lute

The Musical OfferingTuesday August 9 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral

Claire Guimond flute, Chloe Meyers violin, Beiliang Zhu cello, and Alexander Weimann harpsichord

Sonatas and PartitasWednesday August 10 at 1:00 pm | Christ Church Cathedral

Tekla Cunningham violin, Soile Stratkauskas flute, andChristina Hutten harpsichord

Cello SuitesThursday August 11 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church CathedralBeiliang Zhu cello

Orchestral Suites for a Young PrinceFriday August 12 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral



Goldberg Variations / Variations

Schübler Chorales

The Art of the FugueSolo Sonatas for

Violin and Harpsichord

J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor

at the Chan CentreAnna Magdalena

Songbook

The Musical Offering

Sonatas and Partitas

Cello Suites

Orchestral Suites for a Young Prince

Christ Church Cathedral: 690 Burrard Street at Georgia | Chan Centre at UBC: 6265 Crescent Road, UBC campus

FESTIVAL SPONSOR:

Vancouver Bach Festival 2016

Supported by The Drance Family Early Music Vancouver Fund (Mass in B Minor), Sharon E. Kahn (Goldberg Variations / Variations), Tony and Margie Knox (The Art of the Fugue), Zelie & Vincent Tan (Anna Magdalena Bach Songbook with Ellen Hargis),

and Adèle Lafleur (Mass in B Minor, and Sonatas and Partitas).

Handel and his Rivals

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Gabriel Metsu (1629–1667): “Portrait of a lady”

Handel and his Rivals Opera Arias from 18th-Century LondonFriday September 16, 2016 at 7:30 pm Christ Church Cathedral (690 Burrard Street)Amanda Forsythe sopranoAlexander Weimann music director Pacific Baroque Orchestra

Wildly virtuosic works by Handel and the rival composers from 18th century London’s “Opera of the Nobility” who briefly put him out of business: Porpora, Hasse, Veracini and others.

“Possessed of astounding technique, deep musicality and undeniable charm, the young American lyric soprano Amanda Forsythe has taken the world of early music by storm.” – Opera News

CultureDaysThe Path to PerformanceFriday September 30, 2016 from 5:30-6:30 pm Hodson Manor (1254 West 7th Avenue)

Artistic Director Matthew White explains the basis for EMV’s year-long collaboration with the Early Modern Conversions Project planned for the 2017-18 season and how it relates to Claudio Monteverdi, Buxtehude, Martin Luther and other important historical figures. EMV’s involvement will be closely connected to Green College at UBC as well as to a much larger-scale international initiative organized by the McGill Institute for the Public Life of Arts and Ideas (IPLAI) and funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the Canadian Foundation for Innovation.

pacific baroque

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Handel and his Rivals

CultureDays

Amanda Forsythe



Fretwork The Cries of London

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Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641): “Five children of King Charles I” (1637, detail)

FretworkThe Cries of LondonFriday October 21, 2016 at 7:30 pm Christ Church Cathedral (690 Burrard Street)Asako Morikawa, Richard Boothby, Reiko Ichise, Emily Ashton & Sam Stadlen viols

London’s famed viol consort are heard in a selection of the Cries of London, in which music for viol consort is overlaid – sometimes comically, sometimes poignantly – with the raucous voices of 16th-century London’s street-vendors, mendicants, tradesmen and river-taxis.

“A fascinating, beautifully played programme … Fretwork addressed all this music with an easy-going virtuosity. In variation sets, the principal lines moved smoothly and easily from one instrument to the next, and in chordal music, the players produced a well-tuned, fully balanced sound with a delightfully tangy character.”– The New York Times

Fretwork: The Cries of London

Supported by the Board of Directors of Early Music Vancouver

A collaboration with the Vancouver Children’s Choir

Rupert Lang, Artistic Director

Toque of the Town A Theatrical Celebration of French Gastronomy

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Adriaen van Utrecht (1599–1652): “Banquet Still Life” (1644, detail)

Breathtaking A Voice and a Cornetto EntwinedFriday November 4, 2016 at 7:30 pm Christ Church Cathedral (690 Burrard Street)

Hana Blažíková soprano, Bruce Dickey cornetto, Monica Huggett & Tekla Cunningham violins,Joanna Blendulf viola da gamba, Stephen Stubbs theorbo, and Michael Sponseller organ & harpsichord

The young Czech soprano Hana Blažíková, described as “one of the most exciting voices in the baroque scene today” joins celebrated cornetto virtuoso Bruce Dickey and an all-star cast of instrumentalists.

Tibia ex Tempore – Medieval Flute MeditationsWednesday November 16, 2016 at 7:30 pm Christ Church Cathedral (690 Burrard Street)Norbert Rodenkirchen medieval transverse flute

Ensemble Fuoco e Cenere:Toque of the TownA Theatrical Celebration of French GastronomyFriday November 25, 2016 at 7:30 pm Christ Church Cathedral (690 Burrard Street)

Jay Bernfeld viola da gamba and directionVéronique Samakh stage direction

Toque of the Town is a theatrical celebration and tantalizing tribute to the history of French gastronomy. Boasting an on-stage chef, two singers, an instrumental ensemble, and a wonderfully convivial tasting menu at the end of the performance served up by the performers, this is a unique event to suit all lovers of food, wine, theatre and music.

Supported by the American Musicological Society

A co-production with

Toque of the Town

Breathtaking

Tibia ex Tempore


Supported by Ingrid Söchting

and by Elaine Adair

Supported by Mark Vessey and Maya Yazigiand by

Tony Knox Barrister & Solicitor, Arbitrator




Festive Cantatas - J.S. Bach Magnificat

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Gerard David (c.1460-1523): “The rest on the flight into Egypt” (c.1510)

Festive Cantatas – J.S. Bach MagnificatSunday December 18, 2016 at 3:00 pm Chan Centre for the Performing Arts (6265 Crescent Road, UBC campus)Alexander Weimann music directorMolly Quinn, Danielle Sampson, Meg Bragle, Aaron Sheehan, Jesse Blumberg soloistsPacific Baroque Orchestra

Alexander Weimann leads five internationally-renowned soloists, a full baroque orchestra, 3 trumpets, and timpani in a performance of the original version of J.S. Bach’s Magnificat in E flat major.Written for Christmas Vespers in 1723, this version includes four rarely-heard and delightful inserts that illuminate the Nativity story. Join us for a fascinating new slant on a familiar masterpiece.The programme also includes Telemann’s Concerto for Three Trumpets in D major (twv 54) and Bach’s beloved Cantata “Wachet auf” (bwv 140).

“… an engaging blend of scholarship with honest sentiment plus all the bells and whistles that the early Baroque could muster in service of religious music. The result was nothing less than splendid, one of the best musical treats of the holiday season.”

– December 23, 2015, The Vancouver Sun

Molly Quinn Meg BragleDanielle Sampson Jesse BlumbergAaron Sheehan

Festive Cantatas - J.S. Bach Magnificat

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Supported by Vic and Joan Baker

New Music for Old Instruments

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Marc Chagall (1887-1985): “Le violoniste bleu” (1947)

Locura & TormentiSpanish and Italian Music from Around the Time of CervantesFriday January 20, 2017 at 7:30 pmChrist Church Cathedral (690 Burrard Street)Raquel Andueza sopranoEnsemble La Galanía

Locura & Tormenti (madness and torments) features intimate 17th century Spanish and Italian songs about love and heartbreak by composers including Monteverdi, Quevedo, Strozzi and Sanz.

Spanish soprano Raquel Andueza is one of Spain’s most respected early music vocalists, and works regularly with L’Arpeggiata, Al Ayre Español, Gli Incogniti, Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla. She is also a regular guest of conductors including William Christie, Fabio Biondi, Monica Huggett, Eduardo López-Banzo, Christina Pluhar, Richard Egarr, Ottavio Dantone and Sir Colin Davis.

New Music for Old Instruments I & IICurated by composer Rodney Sharman and by Alexander Weimann

Wednesday January 25, 2017 at 7:30 pm Christ Church Cathedral (690 Burrard Street)Saturday January 28, 2017 at 7:30 pm Christ Church Cathedral (690 Burrard Street)

EMV partners with the Pacific Baroque Orchestra and the Vancouver Symphony’s New Music Festival for two innovative concerts of contemporary music written for period instruments.

The first features the original version of Peter Hannan’s “Trinkets of Little Value” (1986), a setting of native words found in Jacques Cartier’s account of his second voyage to Canada in 1535, alongside virtuoso works by György Ligeti and Louis Andriessen. Highlight of the second concert is Jocelyn Morlock’s aptly named “Golden” – a Pacific Baroque Orchestra commission that radiates musical warmth and mystery.


New Music Festival

Raquel Andueza

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New Music for Old Instruments - I

New Music for Old Instruments - II

Locura & Tormenti

Supported by Stephen and Betty Drance and José Verstappen

Le Mozart NoirSaturday, February 4

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“Lion playing vieille”, illumination from the Breviary of Renaud Marguerite de Bar (Metz, c. 1302-1305)

Le Mozart Noir – Symphonies by Chevalier St. Georges, Mozart and HaydnSaturday February 4, 2017 at 8:00 pm (6:30 documentary screening on the life of Chevalier St. Georges featuring Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra)Vancouver Playhouse (600 Hamilton Street at Dunsmuir)Pacific Baroque Orchestra | Alexander Weimann music directorMonica Huggett violin soloist

One of the greatest composers of the early classical period was Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Known as ”Le Mozart Noir”, he was one of the earliest musicians of the European classical tradition to have African ancestry. Incredibly, this son of a slave overcame adversities of class, race and prejudice to become a major musical star all over Europe and inspired both Mozart and Haydn. Today, he is almost entirely forgotten. This programme includes several of his violin concertos, orchestral works by Mozart and one of Haydn’s Paris Symphonies.This concert will be preceded with a screening of a Canadian-made documentary on St. George’s life featuring Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.

pacific baroque

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Alexander Weimann Monica Huggett

Le Mozart Noir


The Choir of King’s College Cambridge

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Hieronymous Bosch (c.1450-1516): “The Concert in the Egg” (1480, detail)

Stile Antico: In a Strange LandElizabethan Composers in ExileSunday March 5, 2017 at 2:00 pm Christ Church Cathedral (690 Burrard Street)

Queen Elizabeth I may not have wanted “to make windows into men’s souls”, but faced with threats at home and abroad, her regime dealt increasingly harshly with supporters of the old Catholic religion. Torn between obedience and conscience, several of England’s most talented musicians (Philips, Dering and Dowland) chose a life of exile abroad. Those Catholic composers who remained in England – chief amongst them William Byrd and Robert White – expressed their spiritual exile in music of astonishing intensity and emotional impact.

“Anything but antique… their sound has the urgency and freshness you get from young voices, and an amazing rhythmic vitality.” - The Daily Telegraph

The Choir of King’s College Cambridge Stephen Cleobury Director of MusicSunday March 26, 2017 at 2:00 pm Chan Centre for the Performing Arts (6265 Crescent Road, UBC campus)

The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge is undoubtedly one of the world’s best known choral groups; every Christmas Eve millions of people worldwide tune into A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, a service that has been broadcast by the BBC since 1928. While the Choir exists primarily to sing the daily services in King’s College Chapel, its international fame and reputation, enhanced by an extensive recording catalogue, has led to invitations to perform around the world.

“Moments of iridescence… creating vividness in restraint through the unadorned splendour of this superbly polished vocal sound.” – Sydney Morning Herald

Supported by Elaine Adair

The Choir of King’s

College Cambridge

Stile Antico: In a Strange Land

Supported by the Alvin S. Nemetz Foundation

and by Birgit Westergaard and Norman Gladstone

Karina Gauvin with Les Boréades

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Karina Gauvin with Les BoréadesWorks of Henry PurcellFriday April 21, 2017 at 7:30 pm Christ Church Cathedral (690 Burrard Street)

Canada’s very own superstar soprano Karina Gauvin has impressed audiences and critics the world over with her luscious timbre, profound musicality and wide vocal range. The Globe and Mail calls her “one of the dream sopranos of our time.” A regular collaborator with conductors as diverse as Dutoit, Nagano, Nézet-Séguin, Bichkov, Norrington, Hogwood, Rilling, Labadie, Rousset, Curtis and Haim, Karina is one of the most respected sopranos of her generation and a national treasure.

“At the very heart of Alcina, Karina Gauvin opens an abyss, transcending a hallucinating vibration and signs with this interpretation of the title role, the most deeply moving without any doubt, since Arleen Auger...” – Diapason

Vancouver Summer Early Music Programme & Festival 2017The Summer Courses and Concert Series of the Vancouver Early Music Programme and Festival 2017

start in the month of July and continue in August.

CONVERSIONS | TRANSFORMATIONS | METAMORPHOSISThe summer of 2017 will see the beginning of a one-year association between EMV and the “Early Modern Conversions Project”. This theme of conversions | transformations | metamorphosis will inform all of the programming choices on our 2017-18 Season. Our involvement will be closely connected to Green College at UBC as well as to a much larger-scale international initiative organized by the McGill Institute for the Public Life of Arts and Ideas (IPLAI), and funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the Canadian Foundation for Innovation.

Visit earlymusic.bc.ca for more information or contact us at 604.732.1610 / [email protected]

Karina Gauvin

Karina Gauvin with Les Boréades

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Early Music Vancouver PARTNERS

We also gratefully acknowledge the generosity of our many donors and volunteers.

THANK YOU!

board of directors

Tony Knox president

Stuart Bowyer vice-president

Spencer Corrigal cpa,catreasurer

Sharon Kahnpast president

Chris GuzyMelody Mason

Tim Rendell cpa,caIngrid Söchting

Vincent TanMark VesseyFran Watters

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José Verstappen cmartistic director emeritus

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staff

Matthew Whiteexecutive & artistic director

Nathan Lorchbusiness manager

Alicia Hansenproduction & programme coordinator

Diana Magallonmarketing & fundraising coordinator

Ron Costanzovolunteer coordinator

Jan Gatesevent photographer

Laura Murray Public Relations

marketing & media relations

Trevor Mangionand the

Chan Centre Box Office Staff

emv ticket office: 604.822.2697

Rosedale on RobsonSuite Hotel

VANCOUVER, BC Tony Knox Barrister & Solicitor, Arbitrator




We acknowledge the support of the Province of British Columbia

THE DRANCE FAMILY EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER FUND

Early Music Vancouver gratefully acknowledges the assistance and support of:

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

FOUNDATIONS

2016-17 PRODUCTION PARTNERS

CORPORATE SUPPORT

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EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY 2016-17

The opportunities EMV provides through our various education and outreach activities are at the heart of what we value as an organization. It is vital work for guaranteeing the continued presence of high quality music in our lives and for contextualizing and informing the music and artists we promote. For more details go to “Education and Community” on our website.

Baroque Orchestra Mentorship ProgrammeA partnership between the UBC School of Music, the Pacific Baroque Orchestra and EMV is open to UBC students as well as to selected members of the professional and amateur community wishing to learn about historical performance practice.

2016 Summer Programmes Every summer, EMV continues to offer advanced students and young professionals unique opportunities to study and perform with some of the world’s most respected international artists in early music. Held during the summer at the UBC School of Music, these courses have become internationally renowned and acceptance is now highly competitive.

Baroque Vocal Programme led by soprano Ellen HargisHistorical Dance Workshop led by Marie-Nathalie LacoursièreHarpsichord Maintenance & Regulation Workshop led by Vancouver builder Craig Tomlinson

Public (Free) Programmes in 2016-17Green College Series: Four free concerts at Green College at UBCDouglas College Series: Three free concerts at Douglas College in New WestminsterPre-concert discussions before all concerts mediated by Artistic Director Matthew WhiteEarly Music in Context Lectures Culture Days – The Path to Performance

Our Instrument CollectionOver the years, EMV has assembled a valuable collection of unique historical instruments. This collection is available to the community and benefits many musicians and established cultural institutions in our region that produce concerts of repertoire requiring specialized instruments.

For more information, go to Education and Community at earlymusic.bc.ca

Conductor Nicholas McGegan directs a joint workshop session with students of New York’s Juilliard415 period-instrument orchestra and of the Early Music Vancouver / UBC Baroque Orchestra Mentorship Programme (November 18, 2015 – photo credit: Jan Gates)

SINGLE TICKET PRICING

WHEELCHAIR ACCESSAll venues are wheelchair accessible. Please contact us before the event for details about parking, entrances, elevators, etc.

604.732.1610 or [email protected]

Single tickets for the Festival and Main Season regular: $6700 / $5100 / $3600

35 and under: $3350 / $2550 / $1700

Exceptions:

Wednesday 1 pm concerts during the Festival (August 3 & August 10):$2000, general admission seating.

Common Grounds concert (June 30):Single Tickets for this event can only be purchased through the Coastal Jazz website (coastaljazz.ticketfly.com or 888.732.1682).

If our tickets are too expensive, even with our existing discount programmes, please contact the EMV office at 604.732.1610. We will do our best to find you a seat depending on availability.

We encourage our buyers to purchase online.Single ticket purchases by phone include a surcharge of $250 per order.

Jacob Savery II (1592-1651): “Orpheus among the Animals”

SUBSCRIPTION PACKAGES

Create your personalized Subscription Series and enjoy any four concerts on our Summer Festival or during our regular Season for the price of three.

Purchases of more than four concert packages also enjoy a 25% discount.

EMV Subscriber Benefits ÷ Guaranteed lowest prices for any concert; subscription prices reflect a 25% savings. ÷ First choice on available reserved seat selection. ÷ Easy ticket exchange, if you can’t make a concert in your subscription series. * ÷ A 10% discount on any additional single ticket purchases.

* Subscription tickets may be exchanged for tickets for another concert of the same or lower price, subject to availability.

How to SubscribeTo place your order, you can download and print a subscription order form from our website at earlymusic.bc.ca/tickets/subscriptions

MAIL: Complete the order form and mail it to: EMV Ticket Office Chan Centre for the Performing Arts 6265 Crescent Road, Vancouver BC, V6T 1Z1

PHONE: Phone our ticket office at the Chan Centre: 604.822.2697

Any Questions?Call our Subscription Ticket Office at 604.822.2697

DISCOUNT PROGRAMMES

Are you 35 or younger? Get your tickets at half price!Early Music Vancouver offers half-price tickets and series tickets for those 35 & younger! Tickets at this special rate may be ordered in advance, and will also be available at the door on the day of the concert. Some restrictions apply.

Rush Seating for StudentsWe offer rush tickets for students for only $10 to all our concerts! These tickets are available only at the venue box office, from one hour before the start of each performance, with valid student ID. Subject to availability.

Bring a Youth for FreeEarly Music Vancouver offers free admission to all our concerts for youth aged 7 to 17 who bring a paying adult. Book these tickets in advance online at earlymusic.bc.ca or call our Box Office at 604.822.2697. These tickets are also available at the door. Some restrictions apply.

“Neptune”, illumination from the “Livre des échecs amoureux” by Evrart de Conty, ca 1400.

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