A two concert collaboration with the Vancouver Symphony’s New Music Festival. Contemporary compositions written for baroque instruments
Date/Time: Jan 25 2017, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Vancouver, Christ Church CathedralCost: $51.00
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Pre-concert talk 6:45pm
For performances at Christ Church Cathedral, chairs are reserved seating, and pews are general admission.
Alexander Weimann; Rodney Sharman
Co-Curated by Composer Rodney Sharman and PBO Music Director Alexander Weimann. Performers include: Camille Hesketh soprano, Vicki Boekman recorder, Soile Stratkauskas flute, Chloe Meyers violin, Beiliang Zhu gamba/cello
Alexander Weimann Harpsichord
Programme
Christopher Reiche (b. 1983) – An Overture for Joy (2014) - fl, violin, cello, harpsichord – 8’
Markus Zahnhausen (b. 1965) – 2 movements from Winterbilder (1989-91) – recorder – 4′
Nissim Schaul (b. 1978) Four Preludes for Harpsichord for Baroque Trio (2008) - violin, gamba, harpsichord – 8′
Louis Andriessen b. 1939 – Ende (1981) – recorder – 2’
György Ligeti (1923-2006) TBA - harpsichord solo – 5′
Moritz Eggert (b. 1965) – Ausser Atem (Breathless) (1995) – recorder – 7’
*Linda Catlin Smith (b. 1957) – Grey Broken (1982) – soprano, flute, harpsichord – 11′
INTERMISSION
Anonymous (Music from New France, early 18th century) - Motet a voix seule au St Sacrement - 5′ (soprano alone)
Peter Hannan (b. 1953) – Trinkets of Little Value (1986, rev. 2016) – soprano, flute, recorder, violin, gamba, harpsichord – 20′
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