Early Music Society of the Islands
Events
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Katelyn Clark
Masters of the 18th-Century Harpsichord
Saturday, 29 September, 2007 at 8PM
Alix Goolden Hall
Tickets: $15 (member $12; senior $12; student $8)
This Victoria native has become one of the most exciting young early music specialists in Canada. EMSI is proud to have supported this fine musician through its scholarship programme. Suites by Couperin and Forqueray, plus Soler's dazzling Fandango.
Ensemble Clément Janequin
The Art of the Chanson
Saturday, 27 October, 2007 at 8PM
Alix Goolden Hall
Tickets: $25 (member $20; senior $22; student $10)
This astonishing French ensemble, led by legendary countertenor Dominique Visse, brings to life the chansons of 16th-century France - an extraordinary and utterly compelling repertoire. Nothing like this has ever been heard in Victoria.
"...theatrical and colourful, often funny" - Gramophone
Emma Kirkby, soprano
Daniel Taylor, countertenor
Theatre of Early Music
Stabat Mater: Death and Consolation
Saturday, 17 November, 2007 at 8PM
Alix Goolden Hall
Tickets: $30 (member $25; senior $26; student $15)
Emma Kirkby, without a doubt one of the world's greatest performers of early music, makes her Victoria debut with the sought-after Canadian countertenor, Daniel Taylor. Some of the greatest works of the baroque repertoire are featured, including Pergolesi's Stabat Mater and arias by Bach and Schütz.
Kirkby is "... the Empress of early music." - Goldberg (Spain)
"... the beauty of [Daniel Taylor's] voice will stop you in your tracks." - Gramophone
Ciaramella
A Shepherd's Christmas
Saturday, 8 December, 2007 at 8PM
Concert Introduction 7:10 - 7:30PM
Alix Goolden Hall
Tickets: $25 (member $20; senior $22; student $10)
Ciaramella celebrates shepherds and the Christmas music they inspired. With voices and wind instruments (shawm, sackbut, recorder and organ), they'll pipe and sing songs of praise. Robust renaissance carols of England, France and the Low Countries plus the Italian hymn that Handel captured in his Messiah.
"A keen blend of historical authority and sheer panache... Everyone in this exceptional octet of early musicians exudes joy." - The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Contact information:
Web:
www.earlymusicsocietyoftheislands.ca
Email: info@earlymusicsocietyoftheislands.ca
Tel: (250) 882-5058
Phone orders: (250) 386-6121 (service charge per ticket)
Tickets are available at Munro's, Ivy's Books, Tanner's two weeks in advance of each concert date
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