• Monteverdi Madrigals: Pacific MusicWorks, Stephen Stubbs

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. Pacific MusicWorks (Seattle) Stephen Stubbs, lute and direction (Seattle) Monteverdi Madrigals: Songs of Love and War Many of America’s leading early music specialists, […]

  • Vivaldi and his Imitators: Accademia Hermans

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. Accademia Hermans (Italy) Vivaldi and his Imitators In the eighteenth century, Antonio’s Vivaldi’s works were consistently fresh, wildly popular—and widely […]

  • Bach Christmas Oratorio: Stephen Stubbs

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. The Northwest Baroque Masterworks Project An exciting new collaboration with the EMSI, Early Music Vancouver, Pacific Baroque Orchestra and Pacific MusicWorks Stephen […]

  • Mozart Piano Sonatas: Kristian Bezuidenhout

    Oak Bay United Church 1355 Mitchell Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano (South Africa/UK) Mozart Piano Sonatas Bezuidenhout’s interpretation of Mozart has caused a sensation at the world’s major […]

  • Henry Lawes: Jeffrey Thompson, La Rêveuse

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. Jeffrey Thompson, tenor La Rêveuse (France) Henry Lawes: Songs of an English Cavalier Henry Lawes lived through the troubled times […]

  • Hildegard of Bingen: VocaMe

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. VocaMe Germany Sigrid Hausen, mezzo-soprano Sarah M. Newman, soprano; Petra Noskaiová, mezzo-soprano Gerlinde Sämann, soprano Michael Popp, music direction and […]

  • Handel and Haydn: Byron Schenkman & Friends

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. Byron Schenkman & Friends (Seattle) Handel and Haydn: Harpsichord Concerti Byron Schenkman, one of EMSI’s favourite performers and known for […]

  • Chaconne: Ensemble Caprice

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. Ensemble Caprice (Montreal) Chaconne! Voices of Eternity In the baroque era, chaconnes, with their steady harmonic progressions, were associated with […]

  • Swithun: Dialogos

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Doors open at 6:45 pm. Please note: there is no pre-concert talk for this event. Dialogos (France) Swithun! Music from Winchester c.1000 Dialogos explores early polyphony from Winchester (10th–11th centuries) […]

  • Praetorius Christmas Vespers

    Chapel of the New Jerusalem, Christ Church Cathedral 911 Quadra Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    SPECIAL EVENT Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. Early Music Vancouver Vocal and Instrumental Ensemble, La Rose des Vents Cornetto and Sackbut Ensemble (Montreal), St. Christopher […]

  • Dramatic Baroque Suites: Victoria Baroque Players

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. Victoria Baroque Players Steven Devine, harpsichord and direction (UK) Dramatic Baroque Suites with Four Horns Spectacular large scale baroque suites […]

  • Back Before Bach: Piffaro

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. Piffaro, The Renaissance Band (Philadelphia) Back Before Bach Music familiar to Bach’s father, Johann Ambrosius Bach, a Stadtpfeifer in the […]

  • Tafelmusik: House of Dreams

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    SPECIAL EVENT Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Toronto) House of Dreams A magical journey to the meeting places of baroque art and […]

  • Tears of St. Peter: Collegium Vocale Gent

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    SPECIAL EVENT Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. Collegium Vocale Gent (Belgium) Philippe Herreweghe, director Tears of St. Peter: 21 Sacred Madrigals Founded in 1970, Collegium […]

  • J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor

    Chapel of the New Jerusalem, Christ Church Cathedral 911 Quadra Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    Northwest Baroque MASTERWORKS PROJECT Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. Arion Baroque Orchestra MONTREAL Alexander Weimann, music director Yulia Van Doren, Shannon Mercer, sopranos Krisztina Szabo, […]

  • Handel and his Rivals: Opera Arias from 18th century London

    Chapel of the New Jerusalem, Christ Church Cathedral 911 Quadra Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    Northwest Baroque MASTERWORKS PROJECT Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. Amanda Forsythe, soprano USA Pacific Baroque Orchestra Alexander Weimann, music director Possessed of astounding technique, deep […]

  • Love Makes Me Sing in the French Style

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. musica fantasia Julie Ryning, soprano and percussion Katelyn Clark, clavicimbalum VANCOUVER Courtly love in the 13th and 14th centuries is […]

  • Toque of the Town

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. Fuoco E Cenere FRANCE A unique staged performance combines music of the French Baroque by Charpentier, Rameau, Marais, and Lully […]

  • J.S. Bach: The Magnificat

    Chapel of the New Jerusalem, Christ Church Cathedral 911 Quadra Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    Northwest Baroque MASTERWORKS PROJECT Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. Alexander Weimann, music director Molly Quinn, Danielle Sampson, Meg Bragle, Aaron Sheehan, Jesse Blumberg VANCOUVER/USA Five […]

  • Locura & Tormenta: Spanish and Italian music of the XVIIth century

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. Raquel Andueza and La Galanía SPAIN One of Spain’s leading early music ensembles, Raquel Andueza and La Galanía have appeared […]

  • Mozart and Le Mozart Noir

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Northwest Baroque MASTERWORKS PROJECT NOTE: This is a matinée performance Monica Huggett, violin UK Pacific Baroque Orchestra Alexander Weimann, music director Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the son of a […]

  • In a Strange Land: Elizabethan Composers in Exile

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    SPECIAL EVENT Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. Stile Antico UK Torn between conscience and obedience, Philips, Dering, and Dowland, several of England’s greatest composers, chose […]

  • The Purcell Project

    Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. Karina Gauvin, soprano Francis Colpron, recorder and direction MONTREAL Les Boréades de Montréal Canada’s own superstar soprano joins forces with […]