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Christopher Bagan:
An Apprenticeship with Bach

JS Bach wasn't just a master of his art, but a teacher and mentor as well. University of British Columbia graduate Christopher Bagan performs his first solo recital for Early Music Vancouver, featuring music by Bach’s students, in particular his star pupil, Johann Krebs.

Christopher Bagan harpsichord

Concert Details

			Tuesday evening, 28 February 2012
			Concert at 8:00 pm (come for dinner at 6:30!)
			Cellar Restaurant & Jazz Club
			3611 West Broadway at Dunbar, Vancouver  | directions

What makes an Early Music Vancouver event in our series Harpsichordists at the Cellar so much fun? Top flight musicians, great music and a casual yet engaging atmosphere. Audience members order dinner & drinks before the concert or at intermission, then when the bar service stops for the performance, everyone listens with a renewed intensity. Full bar service and à la carte menu available before & after the concert and during intermission. (There will be no service during the performances).

Doors open at 6:30 pm - Come for a drink, or a meal! All ages welcome. Music starts around 8:00 pm.

to purchase your tickets on-line via our secure web page, or call Early Music Vancouver at 604 732-1610.

There is no food or beverage service during the performances; please order meals by 7:40 pm.
The Cellar is licensed as a restaurant and is therefore open to all ages. A minimum $10 food/beverage order is in effect.

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue BWV 903

Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780):
Partita in A minor
Fantasia
Fugue
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Bourée
Menuett
Gigue

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Johann Gottfried Müthel (1728-1788):
Arioso in G major with 12 Variations

Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720-1774):
Sonata in F major
Allegro assai
Larghetto
Allegro assai

– programme subject to changes

Programme Notes

Programme notes will be posted here in the near future.

The Artist

Christopher Bagan is a versatile young artist, equally at home on the modern piano, historical fortepiano and harpsichord. For most of the 2011-12 season he has been the collaborative pianist and harpsichordist in residence at the Banff Centre, performing nearly 60 concerts including repertoire from six different centuries. He has recently completed his Doctorate in Piano Performance at the University of British Columbia on full scholarship with Jane Coop. Increasingly in demand as an early keyboard specialist, he has performed in as soloist, collaborator and continuo player both in Canada and abroad. He is on faculty for the Early Music Vancouver summer programs and the collaborative harpsichordist at the American Bach Soloist summer program. As a continuo player, he has been heard on CBC Radio 2's Choral Concert and recorded with Calgary ensemble Voicescapes. He has been invited on three occasions to perform with the Britten-Pears Baroque Orchestra in Aldeburgh, UK in performances of Handel’s Saul with Richard Egarr, Bach’s St. John Passion with Mark Padmore and works for string orchestra with Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto. Along with early music, Christopher has a passionate interest in 20th century and contemporary music, particularly the Second Viennese school. In 2011 he performed Schoenberg’s complete piano music for Vancouver’s Music on Main series. Believing strongly that the performers’ voice is vital to music scholarship, he is active in presenting papers and lecture-recitals in the areas of historical performance practice and theoretical analysis. Christopher is the recipient of numerous study grants including major awards from the Johann Strauss Foundation of Edmonton, the Winspear Fund of Edmonton, the University Graduate Fellowship (UBC) and the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (UofT) as well as summer study awards from the Banff Centre for the Arts, Salzburg Mozarteum and the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute.