Early Music Vancouver: Film in Concert: The Passion of Joan of Arc feat. The Orlando Consort
Orlando Consort; Angus Smith; Donald Greig; Robert Macdonald; Mark Dobell; Matthew Venner
Date/Time: Jan 31 2020, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Vancouver, Christ Church Cathedral690 Burrard St
P: (604) 682-3848
Pre-concert talk at 6:45PM
An intense experience awaits us as we journey to medieval France to witness the trial of Joan of Arc: a silent movie classic, accompanied by intricately beautiful live choral music from The Orlando Consort. Condemned unseen in France on its release, vilified by the Catholic authorities and even banned outright in England, Carl Theodor Dreyer’s film, La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (1928), is widely recognised as a masterpiece. The award-winning Orlando Consort have crafted a stunning soundtrack to transport us back to the 15th century.
Formed in 1988, the Orlando Consort rapidly achieved a reputation as one of Europe’s most expert and consistently challenging groups performing repertoire from the years 1050 to 1550. Their work successfully combines captivating entertainment and fresh scholarly insight; the unique imagination and originality of their programming together with their superb vocal skills has marked the Consort as the outstanding leaders of their field.
“Simultaneously ravishing and reverential.” – Los Angeles Times
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