Early Music Vancouver announces 2022-23 concert season
Artists from across Canada, Argentina, the Czech Republic, Greece, Peru, and beyond perform as part of EMV’s 53rd season
Ensemble Constantinople.
IN THE LEAD-UP TO its annual Bach Festival (July 27 to August 5), Early Music Vancouver has announced its 2022-23 concert season.
The organization’s 53rd season features 15 concerts in 16 performances from September 2022 to May 2023.
“Through these diverse musical explorations, the richness of our shared human experience will be revealed and celebrated,” EMV artistic and executive director Suzie LeBlanc, soprano, said in a release.
The Cathedral Series starts September 30 with The Other Seasons, featuring Austria’s Ensemble Castor directed by Petra Samhaber-Eckhardt as well as Mireille Lebel mezzo-soprano and Rodolfo Richter violin in a program of Antonio Vivaldi.
Boccheriniana on October 14 offers works by Boccherini, J.C. Bach, Sirmen, and Mozart by Accademia de’ Dissonanti (Canada/Europe), directed by Elinor Frey, cello.
A New Springtime of the World, on October 28, features France’s Diabolus in Musica performing a program of medieval polyphony, directed by Nicolas Sansarlat.
On November 25, it’s The Art of the Lute with Thomas Dunford, with music for lute by Bach, Dowland, Dalza, and Kapsberger.
Raise, Raise, the Voice, on February 3, 2023, features countertenor Reginald Mobley and Pacific Baroque Orchestra, directed by Alexander Weimann, performing works by Bach, Handel, Purcell, and Duke Ellington.
On February 17, 2023, catch Consone Quartet: BBC New Generation Artists. The London-based quartet will offer works by Mozart, Haydn, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, and Fanny Mendelssohn.
On the Breath of Angels takes place March 3, 2023. The Breathtaking Collective with soprano Hana Blazikova and cornetto player Bruce Dickey perform works by F. Cavalli, G. Carissimi, E. Satie, and I. Moody.
The Birds Concert, on April 21, 2023, consists of La Rêveuse, directed by Florence Bolton and Benjamin Perrot, in a program of works by F. Couperin, J. P. Rameau, H. Purcell, M. Ravel, C. Saint Saens, and B. Britten.
EMV’s Masterworks Series launches November 5 with From War to Peace: Heinrich Schütz and His Time. Sopranos Arwen Myers and Danielle Sampson, alto Nicholas Burns alto, tenor Lawrence Williford, and baritone Sumner Thompson join Musica Intima, Cappella Borealis, Baroque Orchestra Mentorship Programme, and Pacific Baroque Orchestra, directed by Alexander Weimann. The concert features works by Schütz, Gabrieli, Widmann, and Sophie-Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel.
Festive Cantatas: J.S. Bach Magnificat takes place December 17 and 18, with Pacific Baroque Orchestra, directed by Alexander Weimann, and featuring sopranos Hélène Brunet and Arwen Myers, alto Krisztina Szabó alto, tenor Jacques-Olivier Chartier, and bass Sumner Thompson.
On March 12, 2023, it’s Angela Hewitt: Bach, Brahms & Scarlatti, with Hewitt on piano.
The May 5, 2023 concert is Schubertiad with The Leonids. The Leonids and Chor Leoni, directed by Erick Lichte, join fortepiano Alexander Weimann in a program of works by Schubert.
EMV’s Passport Series starts September 24 with Treasures from Byzantine Manuscripts. Artists En Chordais (Greece) and Ensemble Constantinople, directed by Kiya Tabassian, perform works from recently discovered Byzantine manuscripts.
The Odyssey of Kryštof Harant takes place December 1 and features Ensemble Cappella Mariana (Czech Republic) and Ensemble Constantinople. Bill Richardson narrates the program of works by Harant, Murad, Misri, Seyfullah, Mo’men, de l’Estocart, and Giray Han.
Treasures Crossing the Andes, on May 26, 2023, features Ensemble Constantinople, Federico Tarrazona (charango), and Jonatan Alvarado (voice and guitar) performing works from The Trujillo Codex and the Codice Luz y Norte.
EMV’s Pacific Baroque Orchestra Series offers From War to Peace: Heinrich Schütz and His Time (also included in the Masterworks Series); Festive Cantatas: J.S. Bach Magnificat (also included in the Masterworks Series); and Raise, Raise, the Voice: Reginald Mobley (also included in the Cathedral Series).
Concerts take place at various venues in Vancouver, North Vancouver, and West Vancouver. More information is at https://www.earlymusic.bc.ca.
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