Victoria International Festival Programme
Deryk Barker
as it is in Canada) during the second half of July or August you may
be interested in a jaunt to Victoria to ctahc some music. I append the
programme (just out) of this year's festival.
This programme is also available by mailing me, with subject SEND
vif.txt or by ftp to turing.cs.camosun.bc.ca as vif.txt in directory
/pub/Music
Hope to see some of you here!
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Deryk.
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|Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept. | Across the pale parabola of Joy |
|Camosun College, Victoria, BC, Canada | |
|email: dba...@camosun.bc.ca | Ralston McTodd |
|phone: +1 604 370 4452 | (Songs of Squalor). |
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The Victoria International Festival takes place between July 11 and
August 20. It is made up of four series: "Recitals Extravaganza" (RE)
on Sundays, "Concerti Extravaganza" (CE) on Tuesdays, Contemporary
Music (CM) one of which is on a Monday the other on a Wednesday, and
"Go for Baroque" (no comment) (GB) on Thursdays. The series acronym
will appear next to the date of each concert.
The Festival is held in collaboration with the Johannesen
International School for the Arts (JISA) a summer school for music
students. All the perfomers in the festival are on the summer school
faculty.
in addition, on Fridays July 14 & 28, August 4, 11 and 18 and
Wednesday July 19 there will be 'impromptu' concerts given by the
students of the summer school and held at St. Michael's University
School, where JISA is held.
All programmes and artists listed are subject to change without
notice. (This does occasionally happen).
I have made every effort to be accurate, but neither I nor the VIF can
accept responsibility etc., etc. Comments in parentheses are mine.
July 11 (CE)
Official Gala Opening
Royal Theatre
Victoria Symphony
Conductor Milton Katims
"All Mozart"
Piano Concerto K.271 "Jeunehomme"
Jane Hayes, piano
Ch'io Scordi Di Te K.505 Gaelyne Gabora, soprano
Samuel Sanders, piano
Andante in C, Rondo in D Bonita Boyd, flute
Konzertantes Quartet Roger Cole, oboe
Robert Sheffield, clarinet
Heather Chesley, bassoon
Martin Hackleman, horn
July 13 (GB)
Christ Church Cathedral
Britten: Phantasy Quartet Roger Cole, oboe
Yuri Kharenko, violin
Borys Deviatov, viola
Vladmimir Panteyelev, cello
Beethoven: Violin Sonata Op.96 Robert Davidovici, violin
Samuel Sanders, piano
Brahms: Horn Trio Robert Davidovici, violin
Martin Hackleman, horn
Laurent Philippe, piano
July 16 (RE)
McPherson Playhouse
Leclair: Sonata for two violins
Klemmstein: Fantasia Duo Mazurkevich
Franck: Violin Sonata Yuri Mazurkevich, violin
Samuel Sanders, piano
Shostakovich: String Quartet No.3
Schubert: Quartettsatz Leontovych Quartet (The Ukrainian
Leontovych Quartet gave a cracking
Shostakovich Op.110 last year)
July 18 (CE)
University Centre Auditorium
Victoria Symphony
Conductor Glen Fast
Bottesini: Reverie Gary Karr, doublebass
Bottesini: Passioni Amorose Gary Karr, Ermanno Ferrari, doublebasses
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Robert Davidovici, violin
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 John Perry, piano
July 20 (GB)
Christ Church Cathedral
Brahms: Clarinet Trio Robert Sheffield, clarinet
Jane Hayes, piano
Andres Diaz, cello
Schubert: Octet Dana Mazurkevich, violin
Yuri Kharenko, violin
Borys Deviatov, viola
Vladimir Panteleyev, cello
Gary Karr, doublebass
Robert Sheffield, clarinet
Heather Chesley, bassoon
Martin Hackleman, horn
(How often do you get to hear Gary
Karr playing Schubert chamber music?)
July 23 (RE)
McPherson Playhouse
Schumann: Waldszenen
Ravel: Ondine (Gaspard de la Nuit)
Liszt: Petrach Sonnet
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz John Perry, piano
Barber: String Quartet Op.11
Beethoven: String Quartet Op.95 Leontovych Quartet
July 25 (CE)
University Centre Auditorium
Victoria Symphony
Conductor Glen Fast
Vivaldi: Viola d'Amore Concerto
Pierre-Henri Xuereb, viola
Atterberg: Horn Concerto Martin Hackleman, horn
Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto Roger Cole, oboe
Haydn: Cello Concerto in C Andres Diaz, cello
July 27 (GB)
Christ Church Cathedral
Ravel: Violin Sonata Taras Gabora, violin
Samuel Sanders, piano
Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben Gaelyne Gabora, soprano
Samuel Sanders, piano
Schubert: "Trout" Quintet Jane Hayes, piano
Taras Gabora, violin
Milton Katims, viola
Andres Diaz, cello
Gary Karr, doublebass
(Ditto)
July 30 (RE)
McPherson Playhouse
Honegger: Viola Sonata Pierre-Henri Xuereb, viola
Harmon Lewis, piano
Poulenc: Sextet Bonita Boyd, flute
Roger Cole, oboe
Robert Sheffield, clarinet
Heather Chesley, bassoon
Martin Hackleman, horn
Jane Hayes, piano
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel Dana Mazurkevich, violin
Gary Karr, doublebass
Robert Sheffield, clarinet
Heather Chesley, bassoon
Martin Hacklemann, horn
(I believe this is the, very rare,
composer's own arrangement)
Schumann: Piano Quintet Samuel Sanders, piano
Robert Davidovici, violin
Yuri Kharenko, violin
Pierre-Henri Xuereb, viola
Andres Diaz, cello
August 1 (CE)
University Centre Auditorium
Victoria Symphony
Conductor Glen Fast
Bottesini: Grand Duo Concertante
Dana Mazurkevich, violin
Gary Karr, doublebass
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No.1 Yuri Mazurkevich, violin
Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 Robert Silverman, piano
August 3 (GB)
Christ Church Cathedral
Corelli: Trio Sonata Pierre-Henri Xuereb, viola
Gary Karr, doublebass
Harmon Lewis, keyboards
Britten: Lachrymae Pierre-Henri Xuereb, viola
Robert Silverman, piano
Gliere: Intermezzo No.1
Tarantella No.2 Duo Karr/Lewis
Kodaly: Sonata for Solo Cello Ronald Leonard, cello
Spohr: Sechs deustche lieder Henriette Schellenberg, soprano
Robert Sheffield, clarinet
Laurent Philippe, piano
Martin: Sonata da Chiesa Bonita Boyd, flute
Harmon Lewis, organ
Widor: Adagio & Toccata from
Organ Symphony No.5 Harmon Lewis, organ
August 8 (CE)
University Centre Auditorium
Victoria Symphony
Conductor Glen Fast
Murray Adaskin: Viola Concerto (world premiere)
Paganini: Grand Sonata Rivka Golani, viola
Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 Andre Laplante, piano
Brahms: Concerto for violin and cello
Robert Davidovici, violin
Ronald Leonard, cello
August 9 (CM)
University Recital Hall
Festival Contemporary Ensemble
Conductor George Corwin
Dmitri Smirnov: Quintet Op.72 (1992)
Christopher Butterfield: New Work (untitled) (1995) Premiere
Robert Coburn: Time's Shadows (1995) Premiere
Jonathan Lloyd: Dancing in the Ruins (1990)
August 10 (GB)
Christ Church Cathedral
Joan Tower: Snow Dreams (1983) Bonita Boyd, flute
Nicholas Goluses, guitar
Brahms: Viola Sonata Op.120 No.2
Rivka Golani, viola
Robert Silverman, piano
Michael Parker: Five Newfoundland Folk Songs
` Henriette Schellenberg, soprano
Robert Sheffield, clarinet
Faure: Piano Quartet Syoko Aki, violin
Pierre-Henri Xuereb, viola
Ronald Leonard, cello
Rachelle McCabe, piano
August 13 (RE)
McPherson Playhouse
Falla: Siete Canciones Espanolas (1915)
Henriette Schellenberg, soprano
Nicholas Goluses, guitar
Brahms: Cello Sonata No.2 Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, cello
Andre laplante, piano
Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire Susan Young, soprano
Festival Contemporary Ensemble
Conductor George Corwin
(These artists gave this work a
couple of years ago - an astonishing
performance)
August 14 (CM)
University Recital Hall
Hornby Festival Ensemble
Conductor Christopher Butterfield
Boulez: Le Marteau sans Maitre Patricia Green, alto
Stockhausen: Zyklus Richard Sacks, percussion
Stockhausen: Gesang der Juenglinge
(!!!!What a programme!!!)
August 15 (CE)
University Centre Auditorium
Victoria Symphony
Conductor Glen Fast
Reinecke: Flute Concerto Bonita Boyd, flute
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.1
Tsuyishi Tsutsumi, cello
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2
Robin McCabe, piano
August 17 (GB)
Christ Church Cathedral
Bach: Suite in C minor Bonita Boyd, flute
Rachelle McCabe, harpsichord
Vitali: Chaconne Bonita Boyd, flute
Harmon Lewis, organ
Bach: Cello Suite No.2 Ronald Leonard, cello
Bach: TBA Harmon Lewis, harpsichord
Scarlatti: Cantata Su le Sponde del Tebro
Henriette Schellenberg, soprano
John Selkirk, trumpet
Taras gabora, violin
Denitza Kostova, violin
Harmon Lewis, continuo
August 20 (RE)
McPherson Playhouse
Grand Finale with Robin & Rachelle McCabe, Gary Karr and others.
Programme to include Mussourgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
Ticket prices: (all prices in $Cdn, students and seniors get a $2 per
ticket reduction, group rates, for 10 or more poersons at the CE and
RE series are avilable at a 50% saving)
CE: $25, $20, $15
RE: $18, $15, $12
GB: $12 (open seating)
CM: $8 (open seating)
Student concerts: $6 (open seating)
For more details call the Victoria International Festival.
(604) 736-2119, fax (604) 736-8018 (until June 30)
(604) 595-4522, fax (604) 595-6574 (July and August)