EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER

2019-2020 SEASON (SHORTENED)

•BRUCE DICKEY AND HIS SOLOISTS FIND A RICH VENETIAN SPLENDOUR

Arwen Myers, Danielle Sampson, Vicki St. Pierre, Nicholas Burns, Ross Hauck, Colin Balzer, Sumner Thompson, Martin Auclair, Instrumental Ensemble, Bruce Dickey

•TON KOOPMAN: FULL OF ENERGY AND SPIRIT AT 75

Ton Koopman

•SUPERB PURCELL AND HANDEL CLOSE OUT THE 2019 BACH FESTIVAL

Amanda Forsythe, Suzie LeBlanc, Dorothee Mields, Alex Potter, Nicolas Burns, Samuel Boden, Jonathan Quick, Sumner Thompson, Matthew Brook, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann, Pacific MusicWorks, Stephen Stubbs

•THE VANCOUVER BACH CHOIR ADDS NEW LUSTER TO THE 2019 EMV FESTIVAL

Danielle Sampson, Sumner Thompson, Christina Hutten, Vancouver Bach Choir, Leslie Dala, Vancouver Bach Festival Chamber Choir, Kathleen Allan

•RADIANT SINGING IN THE CANTATAS TAKES THE FIRST WEEK OF THE 2019 VANCOUVER BACH FESTIVAL TO ITS HEIGHTS

Dorothee Mields, Alex Potter, Samuel Boden, Matthew Brook, Les Boréades de Montréal, Francis Colpron

2018-2019 SEASON

•KRISTIAN BEZUIDENHOUT AND THE CHIAROSCURO QUARTET COMBINE FOR LOVELY MOZART AND LESS THAN SATISFYING SCHUBERT

Kristian Bezuidenhout, Chiaroscuro Quartet

•THE KING’S SINGERS DELIGHT WITH VIRTUOSITY AND VARIETY

The King’s Singers

•VISUALS OUTDO THE MUSIC IN TAFELMUSIK’S ‘CIRCLE OF CREATION’ (KM)

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

•MASAAKI SUZUKI AND BACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN TAKE US INTO THEIR PRIVATE WORLD

Joanne Lunn, Ryo Terakado, Liliko Maeda, Masamitsu San’nomiya, Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki

•ENRICO ONOFRI AND PACIFIC BAROQUE BRING WONDERFUL STRENGTH AND FEELING TO VIVALDI

Enrico Onofri, Pacific Baroque Orchestra

•PACIFIC BAROQUE AND GLI ANGELI GENEVE CLOSE OUT THE BACH FESTIVAL IN STYLE (NK)

Gli Angeli Genève, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann

•GLI ANGELI GENEVE BRINGS A RICH RED WINE TO INFORM BACH’S CANTATAS

Gli Angeli Genève and Instrumental Ensemble

•ANGELA HEWITT FURTHER DISTILLS THE GREATNESS OF BACH’S WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER

Angela Hewitt

2017-2018 SEASON

•RUSSIAN WHITE NIGHTS: OPERA ARIAS FROM 18TH CENTURY ST. PETERSBURG

Karina Gauvin, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann

•MORE EXALTED SINGING FROM THE TALLIS SCHOLARS IN ‘WAR AND PEACE’

The Tallis Scholars

•CELEBRATING BACH’S GOLDBERG VARIATIONS: ANGELA HEWITT AND SCHAGHAJEGH NOSRATI

Angela Hewitt

•JANUSZ OLEJNICZAK’S BROADWOOD CONQUERS THE STEINWAY IN A RARE CHOPIN RECITAL WITH MULTIPLE PIANOS

Janusz Olejniczak (Cosponsor: Vancouver Chopin Society)

•MONICA HUGGETT’S ALL-FEMALE TROUPE BRINGS RAVISHING VIVALDI FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON

Jane Long, Arwen Myers, Danielle Sampson, Laura Pudwell, Vicki St. Pierre, Debi Wong, Debra Nagy, Kris Kwapis, Monica Huggett

•THE SPLENDOURS OF ‘AUTHENTIC’ AND TRADITIONAL PERFORMANCES OF THE MESSIAH

Yulia Van Doren Krisztina Szabó, Charles Daniels, Tyler Duncan, Vancouver Cantata Singers, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann

•STEPHEN STUBBS AND COLIN BALZER BRING MONTEVERDI’S ORFEO TO LIFE

Colin Balzer, Danielle Sampson, Mary Feminear, Tess Altiveros, John Taylor Ward, Doug Dodson, Eric Neuville, Ross Hauck, Matthew Treviño, Dark Horse Consort, Pacific MusicWorks, Stephen Stubbs

•THE BOSTON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL SENDS OFF THE SEASON WITH THE RICHES OF STEFFANI

BEMF Vocal Ensemble. Amanda Forsythe, Emőke Barath, Colin Balzer, Christian Immler; BEMF Chamber Ensemble, Stephen Stubbs

•THOMAS HOBBS AND FRIENDS BRING VOCAL WONDER TO THE FESTIVAL’S CLOSING ST. JOHN PASSION

Gli Angeli Genève, Jenny Högström, Aleksandra Lewondoska , Thomas Hobbs, Robert Getchell, Stephan MacLeod, Alex Potter, Sumner Thompson, Vancouver Cantata Singers, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann

•DELIGHTFUL VOCAL CONCERTS ENSHRINE THE EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL’S FIRST WEEK

Jenny Högström, Terry Wey Cinquecento, Alexander Weimann, Byron Schenkman,Lucas Harris, Beiliang Zhu, Michael Unterman

•MATT HAIMOVITZ BRINGS ILLUMINATION TO BACH AND THE MODERNS IN THE FESTIVAL OPENER

Matt Haimovitz

2016-2017 SEASON

•THE CHOIR OF KING’S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE PUSHES FORTH INTO THE 21ST CENTURY

The Choir of King’s College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

•STILE ANTICO ACHIEVES THE SUPREME IN AN ELIZABETHAN OUTING

Stile Antico

•MONICA HUGGETT AND THE PACIFIC BAROQUE BRING JOSEPH BOLOGNE DE SAINT-GEORGES TO LIFE

Monica Huggett, Chloe Myers, Linda Melsted, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann

•BRUCE DICKEY AND HANA BLAZIKOVA REALLY ARE ‘BREATHTAKING’

Hana Blažíková, Bruce Dickey, Monica Huggett and Tekla Cunningham, Joanna Blendulf, Michael Sponseller, Stephen Stubbs

•‘LONG LIVE THE VIOL’: FRETWORK’S 30TH BIRTHDAY TOUR

Fretwork (Viola da Gamba Consort), Vancouver Children’s Choir, Rupert Lang

•AMANDA FORSYTHE ENCHANTS AND BEGUILES AT THE EARLY MUSIC OPENER

Amanda Forsythe, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann

•MONICA HUGGETT’S INSPIRED RE-WORKING OF THE BACH ORCHESTRAL SUITES

Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Monica Huggett, Gonzalo Ruiz

•A SMALL-SCALE B MINOR MASS PROPELLED BY THE ENERGY OF ITS CHORUSES

Soloists, Les Voix Baroques, Arion Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann

•DAVITT MORONEY RETURNS TO BACH’S ‘ART OF THE FUGUE’

Davitt Moroney

2015-2016 SEASON

•HERREWEGHE AND COLLEGIUM VOCALE GENT FIND A CONSUMING RADIANCE IN LAGRIME DI SAINT PIETRO

Collegium Vocale Gent, Phillipe Herreweghe

•ENGROSSING HANDEL AND BACH FROM PACIFIC BAROQUE

Yulia Van Doren, Douglas Williams, Pacific Baroque Orchestra/ Alexander Weimann

•TAFELMUSIK’S ‘HOUSE OF DREAMS’

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon, Music Director

•SUPREME ARTISTRY FROM DOROTHEE MIELDS IN ‘DEATH AND DEVOTION’

Dorothee Mields, Sumner Thompson, Pacific Baroque Orchestra Instrumental Ensemble (leader: Marc Destrubé)

•VICTORIA BAROQUE STARTS SLOWLY BUT FINISHES BRILLIANTLY

Victoria Baroque Players, plus instrumentalists, Steven Devine

•THE CHRISTMAS VESPERS OF MICHAEL PRAETORIUS OFFERS A MUSICAL FEAST

EMV Vocal and Instrumental Ensemble, La Rose des Vents, Laudate Singers, David Fallis

•THE DIALOGOS ENSEMBLE GIVE A UNIQUE MUSICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MEDIEVAL

Dialogos Ensemble, Katarina Livljanić

•A FEAST OF YOUTHFUL DELIGHT FROM JUILLIARD415

Juilliard415/ Nicolas McGegan

•A ‘VESPERS’ FULL OF COMMITMENT AND LOVE FROM STEPHEN STUBBS

Soloists, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Pacific MusicWorks, Stephen Stubbs

•A TANTALIZING TASTE OF ‘SALSA BAROQUE’

Ensemble Caprice: ‘Salsa Baroque’, Playhouse, October 15, 2015

•DELIGHTFUL BACH AND TELEMANN FROM THE PACIFIC BAROQUE

Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann

•MORE DELIGHTS FROM THE EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL

Michael Taylor (countertenor), Nigel North (lute), Les Voix Humaines, Sequentia with students from EMV Summer Programme

•A DIDO AND AENEAS THAT FINISHED WELL

Monica Whicher, Jacqueline Woodley, Danielle Reutter-Harrah, Pascal Beaudin, Reginald L. Mobley, Charles Daniels, Sumner Thompson; EMV Festival Baroque Orchestra and Chorus, Alexander Weimann

2014-2015 SEASON

•A VIVID 'FOUR SEASONS' FROM MONICA HUGGETT AND THE PORTLAND BAROQUE

Monica Huggett, Portland Baroque Orchestra

•‘LOVE AND FIREWORKS’ FROM JEFFREY THOMPSON AND LA REVEUSE

Jeffrey Thompson, La Reveuse

•THE GLORY OF CHARLES DANIELS AT THE FOX CABARET

Charles Daniels, Alexander Weimann

•THE DEBUT OF HANDEL’S ‘THEODORA’

Nathalie Paulin, Krisztina Szabo, Laurence ZazzoZachary Wilder, Matthew Brook, Vancouver Cantata Singers, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann

•SEATTLE'S PACIFIC MUSICWORKS PRESENT THE GLORY OF MONTEVERDI (KM)

Soloists, Pacific MusicWorks, Stephen Stubbs

•A TRIUMPH FOR ‘IL TRIONFO DEL TEMPO'

Amanda Forsythe, Krisztina Szabó, Reginald L. Mobley, Colin Balzer, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann