An instrument that is all too rarely heard today, but well-recognized by J.S. Bach, is the viola da gamba. It comes from a lineage of stringed instruments that precedes the violin/violoncello family. American violist da gamba, Joanna Blendulf, plays a program drawing from Bach’s sonatas written expressly for the instrument, with further examples from his …
An instrument that is all too rarely heard today, but well-recognized by J.S. Bach, is the viola da gamba. It comes from a lineage of stringed instruments that precedes the violin/violoncello family. American violist da gamba, Joanna Blendulf, plays a program drawing from Bach’s sonatas written expressly for the instrument, with further examples from his Baroque …
Presented by Early Music Vancouver. Featured artist: Consone Quartet (London) London’s Consone Quartet is the first period instrument quartet to be selected as ‘BBC New Generation Artists.’ Praised for their honest and expressive playing; they are fast making a name for themselves in classical and early romantic repertoire. The program includes work by Mozart, Haydn, Chevalier de …
Although today Handel’s Messiah brings to mind the Christmas season, audiences at the first London performances heard it during Lent, which is when the Washington Bach Consort will perform this most popular of oratorios. Messiah has never lost its charm, and the Consort breathes life into this work in a way that proves its enduring …
Beginning with Johann Hermann Schein (1586–1630), who served as Kantor at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig for fifteen years, we include on our vocal polyphony series German motets by the foremost composers to hold the position before J.S. Bach. Schein’s motet series Fontana d’Israel is among the most important of the 17th century, with music exquisitely crafted to …
Presented by Early Music Vancouver. Featured artists: : La Rêveuse directed by Florence Bolton, viola da gamba; Benjamin Perrot, direction and theorbo; Clément Geoffroy, 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 …
We close the season with our signature work, Bach’s great Mass in B Minor. Among the greatest musical compositions in any tradition, Bach’s masterwork has been for countless audiences a limitless reservoir of comfort and a balm for the soul. Margot Rood, soprano; Crossley Danielle Hawn, soprano; Roger O. Isaacs, countertenor; Andrew Bearden Brown, tenor; Dashon Burton, bass “Talking Bach,” …
Presented by Early Music Vancouver. Featured artists: The Leonids & Chor Leoni directed by Erick Lichte, Alexander Weimann, fortepiano Chor Leoni, the Leonids and Alexander Weimann on EMV’s Graf fortepiano, present 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 …
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