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Main Concert Series at Unity Church

September 2010 - April 2011: A series of 7 concerts

A concert series at the attractive & comfortable venue that has proven so successful and popular with our audiences past years:

Unity Church, 5840 Oak Street at West 42nd Avenue | directions

1	Friday evening, September 24 at 8:00 pm (pre-concert introduction at 7:15), Unity Church
	Mozart String Quintets and the Horn Quintet
	String Quintets K.406 and K.515, and the seldom-performed Horn Quintet K.407
	MARC DESTRUBÉ & FRIENDS [1]: Marc Destrubé & Farran James violins, Steve Creswell & Krishna Nagaraja violas, Joanna Blendulf cello, and Andrew Clark natural horn
2	Friday, October 15 at 8:00 pm (pre-concert introduction at 7:15), Unity Church
	Orpheus and the Domestication of the Animal World
	Music for “broken consort” from the English Renaissance – with film animations
	BRISK RECORDER QUARTET (THE NETHERLANDS): Marjan Banis, Saskia Coolen, Bert Honig & Alide Verheij recorders, with Rainer Zipperling & Susanne Braumann violas da gamba
3	Saturday, October 30 at 8:00 pm (pre-concert introduction at 7:15), Unity Church
	“The World Encompassed”:
	Sir Francis Drake’s Circumnavigation of the Globe, 1577-80
	A programme of consort music from the 16th century.
	FRETWORK (UNITED KINGDOM): Susanna Pell, Asako Morikawa, Liam Byrne, Reiko Ichise, Richard Tunnicliffe & Richard Boothby viols
4	Sunday matinée, November 28 at 3:00 pm (pre-concert introduction at 2:15), Unity Church
	“La Rose Tres Bele”:
	Women’s Voices: Monody & Polyphony of the Trouvères
	An exploration of the feminine presence in the magnificent repertoire of women trouvères
	DIABOLUS IN MUSICA (FRANCE) - Antoine Guerber director
	Estelle Nadau & Aino Lund Lavoipierre voice, Estelle Boisnard voice & mediæval flute,
	Evelyne Moser mediæval fiddles, and Antoine Guerber roman harp & percussion.
5	Friday, January 14 at 8:00 pm (pre-concert introduction at 7:15), Unity Church
	“Stylus Phantasticus”:
	Mystery & Exoticism in 17th-Century Trio Sonatas
	Virtuoso Trio Sonatas from the early Baroque
	MARC DESTRUBÉ & FRIENDS [2]: Marc Destrubé & Chantal Rémillard violins, Byron Schenkman harpsichord & chamber organ, Natalie Mackie viola da gamba
6	Sunday matinée, March 6 at 3:00 pm (pre-concert introduction at 2:15), Unity Church
	“¡Fandango!” - Variations on a Spanish Theme
	Music inspired by Spanish themes: works by Ortiz, Cabezon, Cabanilles, Vivaldi and Telemann
	MASQUES (QUEBEC): Sophie Gent & Tuono Suni violins, Margaret Little viola and viola da gamba, Mélisande Corriveau viola da gamba & cello, Pierre-Yves Martel violone, David Jacques baroque guitar, Olivier Fortin harpsichord & leader
7	Friday, April 1 at 8:00 pm (pre-concert introduction at 7:15), Unity Church
	Bach Sonatas for Violin & Obbligato Harpsichord
	Four Bach Sonatas for Violin and Obblibato Harpsichord: BWV 1014, 1015, 1016 & 1018
	MARC DESTRUBÉ & FRIENDS [3]: Marc Destrubé violin, and Alexander Weimann harpsichord
Special Offer for Dinner at Shaughnessy Restaurant at VanDusen Garden on Unity Church concert days:
For a special evening out, combine your concerts with dinner at a wonderful restaurant in the neighbourhood!
for details.

Series Tickets for this 7-Concert Main Series, and for the 3-Concert Series “Marc Destrubé & Friends” Series Tickets for all 7 concerts at $245 $210 (students & seniors $224 $190), and Series Tickets for the 3 concerts “Marc Destrubé & Friends” at at $105 $90 (students & seniors $96 $80) available on-line, or also by phone, from our office.

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