Saturday, August 5, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Christiane Mariane von Ziegler, Leipzig’s Poet Laureate (1733), vigorously defended women’s rights to improved education and literary enterprise. She was one of J.S. Bach’s esteemed librettists ( setting texts to nine cantatas) and a rare woman’s voice in the Lutheran liturgy. This programme celebrates the two Leipzig artists’ short but fruitful creative partnership. This is […]
Friday, August 4, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm – By the age of five, harpsichord prodigy Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre could enthrall the court of Louis XIV with her performances; she went on to become one of the greatest composers and music educators of the “Grand Siècle.” In this concert, EMV Next Generation artists and members of the Baroque Orchestra Mentorship Programme (BOMP) […]
Thursday, August 3, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Milton in Love paints a portrait of the English poet John Milton’s sojourn through Rome where he became enamored with the singing of soprano Leonora Baroni. The laments display the sensuality, ecstasy, and eroticism of early Baroque Rome, and the performances by Erin Headley and her ensemble are sure to surprise and delight audiences as […]
Thursday, August 3, 2023 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Atempor/elle is an intimate show at the heart of which contemporary and baroque music and dance coexist and merge to make way for a timeless work. Playing with baroque aesthetic, choreographer and dancer Stéphanie Brochard depicts the portrait of a woman.Through an unusual use of the costume, taking the choreography away from the pure baroque […]
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm – During the 17th century, women composers were most often either nuns educated in convents or the daughters of musical families. The works presented in this concert come from both the secular and sacred worlds of 17th-century Italy, written for celebration in the cloister and private devotion in the home. This music abounds with all the […]
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – While the concept of ‘parody’ is today associated with humor and satire, in the context of music composition, it refers to the creative process of recycling musical material. This program pays homage to Bach, showcasing an eclectic variety of Bach-inspired musical parodies. The concert includes works by J S Bach, Mozart, Gounod, and Korotkin.
Tuesday, August 1, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Our City of Ladies explores The City of Ladies, an allegorical city conceived by Christine de Pizan (1364-1430) to defend and protect women and their right to education. Servir Antico’s journey is to expand the walls of the City started five centuries ago and to invite everyone to take part in its existence.
Sunday, July 30, 2023 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm – This recital by EMV’s Artist-in-Residence Catalina Vicens features songs without words on medieval organetto, virginals, harpsichord and organ. In Medieval and Renaissance times, only courtesans or women living in exceptional circumstances, like Isabella d’Este, were permitted to sing in public. They found ways around this by playing the keyboard and letting their fingers do the […]
Saturday, July 29, 2023 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm – The “well” temperaments of Bach’s day were tuning systems carefully designed to let keyboardists play in every key without re-tuning their instruments. Inspired by Bach’s famous Well-Tempered Clavier, Alexander Weimann has assembled a new collection of pieces spanning the whole harmonic spectrum. This concert showcases the extraordinary range of Bach’s organ writing, seen through the […]
Friday, July 28, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – This concert will immerse you in the audacious, imaginative world of Leonardo da Vinci. In 1502 da Vinci drafted the plans for a bridge in Constantinople (now Istanbul) that was to span the Bosporus, but it was never built. A continuation of their journey tracing the footsteps of great visionaries, this concert celebrates the originality […]
Thursday, July 27, 2023 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Opening concert of Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival. World Premiere of new performance opera.A seamless blend of Baroque and contemporary song and dance, this interdisciplinary performance is a powerful reclamation of the story of Dido, The Queen of Carthage, and her legacy as a political leader, an empire builder and a woman of colour. This […]
Thursday, July 27, 2023 @ 6:00 pm – 10:30 pm – Special event fundraiser that includes a sumptuous Middle-Eastern dinner at Nuba Lebanese Restaurant with musical accompaniment, auction of exclusive items and experiences, followed by VIP seats at the world premiere of The Queen of Carthage and a post-concert chat with the artists.
Friday, May 6, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The Louvre was the chief residence of the King, the epicentre of power, where the important events in the life of the court naturally took place. A ceremonial tradition was developed within its walls, which was to reach its zenith under Louis XIV. In this theatre of power, music was an object of entertainment as […]
Friday, June 3, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – From dawn to dusk, music reigns among the stars of Persian civilization. The traditional music of Iran, unique to the Orient, is the fruit of a mystical heritage with a fascinating capacity for constant regeneration. For this unique concert, Kayhan Kalhor, an uncontested master of this tradition, joins Kiya Tabassian on a journey through an […]
Wednesday, April 27, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Thousands of vihuelas were built and played during the sixteenth century. Still, only five or six survived and to complicate matters; there are differing opinions about whether these surviving instruments should be called vihuelas or guitars. If so many people played the vihuela in sixteenth-century Spain, why are there so few surviving instruments? Were they […]
Friday, April 8, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 29 in Bb Major, Op. 106 is extreme in every way – tremendously long and a challenge to the limits of both piano and pianist with its wide dynamic and pitch range; virtuosic, constantly shifting musical textures; almost unbelievably fast metronome markings and tumultuous expressivity. Having become completely deaf by 1816, […]
