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In a Strange Land: Elizabethan Composers in Exile

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

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 a life of exile while others, Byrd and Robert White, remained at home in spiritual exile. The result was music of astonishing intensity and emotional […]

Mozart and Le Mozart Noir

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

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 slave, overcame obstacles of class, race and prejudice to become one of the greatest composers of his time, inspiring Mozart and Haydn. The concert includes […]

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

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

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 to great acclaim across Europe. The folk-inspired songs of Spain are contrasted with the emerging Baroque Italian music of Merula, Monteverdi, Barbara Strozzi and others. […]