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Digital Concert: Raise, raise the voice

Mar 24, 2023 | 7:30 p.m. | This concert was originally performed live Friday, February 3, 2023 at Christ Church Cathedral in VancouverOnline

Artists: Reginald Mobley, countertenor; the Pacific Baroque Orchestra directed by Alexander Weimann 

2023 Grammy Awards and 2023 Classical Music Awards Nominee Reginald Mobley returns to Vancouver to share his incomparable artistry with Alexander Weimann and the Pacific Baroque Orchestra in a unique recital. Reggie’s strong devotion to social and political activism has helped him focus on a desire to make a difference within the arts, particularly with the massive inequality regarding race, gender, and sexuality within the classical music industry.

‘Raise, raise the voice’, one of Henry Purcell’s most attractive smaller-scale works, praises Apollo on ‘sacred Music’s holy day.’ This title also serves to remind us of the importance of raising all the artistic voices of our rich and diverse world. 

Read the recent interview with Mr. Mobley in Stir Vancouver here.

This concert is generously supported by Janette McMillan in memory of Douglas Graves.

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The Birds Concert

Friday, April 21, 2023 | 7:30 p.m. Christ Church Cathedral

Artists: La Rêveuse – Florence Bolton, direction and viola da gamba; Benjamin Perrot, direction and theorbo; Jean-Miguel Aristizabal, harpsichord; Sébastien Marq, recorder

Bird song is very different from the sound of instruments, but no other animal has given such inspiration to musicians and composers, from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. Through fascination for birdsong this programme brings to life a certain vision of the music of the 17th and 18th centuries focusing on science, nature and culture, illustrated with arrangements for early instruments of some essential pieces of the twentieth century inspired by Couperin, Rameau and Corrette. 

La Rêveuse is an ensemble of solo musicians that works on the heritage of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, a period rich in artistic experiments and inventions of all kinds.

This concert is generously supported by Anthony Morgan

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Schubertiade with The Leonids and Chor Leoni

Friday, May 5, 2023 | 7:30 p.m. St. Andrew’s Wesley United Church

Artists: Chor Leoni and the Leonids under the direction of Erick Lichte; Alexander Weimann, fortepiano

Chor Leoni is one of Vancouver’s most beloved ensembles. They recently created an offshoot of the ensemble – a nine-voiced professional ensemble with the best tenor, baritone, and bass voices from Canada and the US – called the Leonids. Chor Leoni, the Leonids and Alexander Weimann on EMV’s newly acquired Graf fortepiano, propose a memorable and unique Schubertiad with solos, quartets and part-songs sprinkled with piano solos from Schubert’s Moment Musicaux. Jocelyn Morlock’s stunning version of An Die Musik, one of Schubert’s most popular lied, will be part of this wonderful celebration.

This concert is generously supported by Dr. Katherine Paton.

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Crossing The Andes

Friday, May 26, 2023 | 7:30 p.m. Christ Church Cathedral

CONCERT CANCELLATION

Sadly, due to artist scheduling conflicts beyond our control, we have had to cancel the May 26th performance of Crossing the Andes. Ticket holders will be refunded. We apologise for the inconvenience. Thank you for your understanding.

Artists: Constantinople directed by Kiya Tabassian; Federico Tarazona, charango; Jonatan Alvarado, voice and guitar

This concert explores the juxtaposition of indigenous South American musical traditions with the ‘new’ repertoire introduced by the European colonizers in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. The two main sources used to explore this repertoire are The Trujillo Codex from Peru and the Codice Luz y Norte published in Madrid but written in Mexico. The charango and pan flutes featured in this concert are played by virtuoso Federico Tarazona from Peru. The charango is a small guitar with five double strings that looks like a Spanish bandurria and is one of the most popular Andean musical instruments. Its resonator, which is rounded, is made from the shell of an armadillo. It has many names and is also known as tatú, atatou, quirquincho, querú, cabasu, piche, mulita, toche, mataca. The Argentinian singer Jonatan Alvarado, specialist of South American repertoire whose passion is to revive the tradition of self-accompanied singing, will join the ensemble to recreate this colourful journey.

This concert is generously supported by Fran Watters & Paul Devine.

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