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Main Concert Series

September 2011 - April 2012: A series of 9 concerts

Most of our Main Series concerts this season will take place at

Christ Church Cathedral, 980 Burrard at West Georgia in downtown Vancouver
Please note: the Tuesday 17 April performance by Quatuor Mosaïques will be held at the Vancouver Playhouse.

Christ Church Cathedral < click on this logo for Chirst Church Cathedral's listing of Early Music Vancouver concerts.


1
Friday evening, September 30 at 8:00 pm (pre-concert introduction at 7:15), Christ Church Cathedral
  Mozart & Beethoven: Quintets for Fortepiano & Winds
  Mozart’s Quintet KV. 452, Beethoven’s Quintet op. 16 and his youthful Horn Sonata op. 17.
  Michael Jarvis fortepiano, Washington McClain classical oboe, Colin Savage classical clarinet,
Katrina Russell classical bassoon, and Andrew Clark natural horn.
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2
Friday evening, October 28 at 8:00 pm (pre-concert introduction at 7:15), Christ Church Cathedral
  “Canticum Canticorum”: Sensual & Sacred Love
  An evening of seventeenth-century settings of texts from the Song of Songs.
  Les Voix Baroques (Montreal) instrumental & vocal ensemble, directed by Matthew White and Stephen Stubbs.
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3
Friday evening, 25 November at 8:00 pm (pre-concert introduction at 7:15), Christ Church Cathedral
  The Glories of Venice and Vienna
  The rich sonorities of large-scale vocal works, featuring early brass & string instruments,
are contrasted with instrumental & vocal solos: 17th-century music from Venice & Vienna.
  ¡Sacabuche! vocal and instrumental ensemble (USA), directed by Linda Pearse.
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4
Saturday evening, January 7 at 8:00 pm (pre-concert introduction at 7:15), Christ Church Cathedral
  Mozart: Late String Quintets
  Marc Destrubé & Friends continue their exploration of these sublime mature works by Mozart.
  Marc Destrubé & Farran James violins, Joanna Hood & Steve Creswell violas, Joanna Blendulf cello.
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5
Friday evening, January 27 at 8:00 pm (pre-concert introduction at 7:15), Christ Church Cathedral
  Haydn and his World
  Chamber music by Haydn and his followers, including Mozart, Beethoven & Boccherini
  Soile Stratkauskas flute, Marc Destrubé violin, Steve Creswell violas, Joanna Blendulf cello.
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6
Saturday evening, February 11 at 8:00 pm (pre-concert introduction at 7:15), Christ Church Cathedral
  Paolo Pandolfo, solo viola da gamba
  A programme of renaissance & baroque music and improvisations
  Paolo Pandolfo viola da gamba.
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7
Friday evening, March 2 at 8:00 pm (pre-concert introduction at 7:15), Christ Church Cathedral
  Kassia: the first female composer of the Occident
  Byzantine hymns by 9th-century abbess and composer Kassia of Constantinople
  Germany’s womens vocal ensemble VocaMe (Germany); Michael Popp director.
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8
Tuesday evening, April 17 at 8:00 pm, Vancouver Playhouse 601 Hamilton at Dunsmuir (PLEASE NOTE VENUE)
  Quatuor Mosaïques: Schubert’s “Rosamunde”
  Schubert as he’s meant to be heard, and music by Haydn and Mendelssohn.
  Quatuor Mosaïques: Erich Höbarth & Andrea Bischof violins, Anita Mitterer viola, Christophe Coin cello.
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9
Friday, April 20 at 8:00 pm (pre-concert introduction at 7:15), Christ Church Cathedral
  Alexander the Great, Hero, Warrior, Lover
  The renowned Boston Camerata joins forces with the Turkish American ensemble Dünya
for a programme that offers illustrations from the fabled history of Alexander the Great.
  Anne Azéma music director & voice, Shira Kammen vielle & harp, Tom Zajac winds,
Robert Larabee voice, ceng & percussion, Cem Mutlu voice & percussion, Mehmet Sanlikol voice, ud, ney & saz.

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Series Tickets for this 9-Concert Main Series

Series Tickets for all 9 concerts at $315 $256 (students & seniors $288 $217)
are available on-line, or also by phone: 604 732-1610, from our office.


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