• 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 […]

  • Gli Angeli Genève: Johann Schein’s "Fountains of Israel"

    St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church 924 Douglas St, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    Gli Angeli Genève SWITZERLAND   Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. A century before Bach, northern Germany succumbed to the lush charms of a bold, new music […]

  • Boston Early Music Festival Ensemble: Duets of Love and Passion

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

    Boston Early Music Festival Ensemble BOSTON Amanda Forsythe, soprano  Colin Balzer, tenor   Christian Immler, baritone   Emőke Baráth, soprano   Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. Handel […]

  • Cantores: 14th C Music from the Papal Chapel in Avignon

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

    Diabolus in Musica FRANCE   Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. There was a time when the Christian world bowed to Avignon. The wealth, splendour, and […]

  • Asteria: "My Heart Remains With You"

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

    Asteria NEW YORK Sylvia Rhyne, soprano Eric Redlinger, tenor and lute   Doors open at 6:45 pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:10 pm. Through the tale of Sir Yvain, one of […]