Bach Festival 2022: Resounding Hildegard: Echoes of the Abbess in the Present Day

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Cost: $36.00
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The electric chamber consort Arkora, conceived in Vancouver, continues its exploration of connections between past and present with a project of new works by Canadian composers and ancient masterworks highlighting the oeuvre of Hildegard von Bingen. The program offers a combination of historically-informed performance and contemporary re-envisioning of early work performed by Arkora’s ensemble of early and new music specialists. At the heart of the program lie Arkora-commissioned works by Dorothy Chang, Tova Kardonne, and Jonathan Wild, as well as world premieres by Curtis Andrews and Benton Roark, composer-performers that have each forged distinct voices in the world of contemporary music through the fusion of different styles. Alongside medieval and Renaissance chants and motets, these works find a meeting place in a concert of voices and instruments from different centuries and traditions, including mridangam, electric guitar, strings, and microtonal keyboard and percussion. For this project Arkora is also joined by special guests EMV’s 2021 Artist-in-Residence Jonathan Adams, baritone and master erhu improviser, Lan Tung. The early works will include the chants Nunc Gaudeant and O Virtus Sapientiae and more by Hildegard von Bingen as well as motets by Pérotin, Vicentino and Lassus.

Pre-concert talk: Join us at 6:45 p.m. for a pre-concert interview with Bill Richardson and the co-Artistic Directors of Arkora, Kathleen Allan and Benton Roark. This talk is included in the live concert ticket price.

PROGRAMME

Orlande de Lassus
Carmina Chromatico

Hildegard von Bingen
Nunc Gaudeant

Benton Roark
The Range of Light

Curtis Andrews
Shantaleela Namostute

Pérotin
Viderunt Omnes

Jonathan Wild
Within a Tender Garden

Nicola Vicentino
Dolce Mio Ben

Tova Kardonne
Temper Temper

Hildegard von Bingen, arr. Allan
Caritas abundat in omnia

Orlande de Lassus
In pace in idipsum

Dorothy Chang
Blue

Pérotin
Viderunt Omnes II

Hildegard von Bingen, arr. Allan
O Virtus Sapientiae

Benton Roark
Where Endless Ages Roll
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