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

 

2013-2014 SEASON

THE PORTLAND BAROQUE SHINES BRIGHTLY

Monica Huggett, Harry van der Kamp, Steven Stubbs, Portland Baroque Orchestra

DOROTHEE MIELDS ILLUMINATES HANDEL

Dorothee Mields and PBO

INSPIRED MUSIC MAKING FROM THE LONDON HAYDN QUARTET

Eric Hoeprich, London Haydn Quartet