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  1. Music for the Little Ice Age

    19:30-21:30Early Music Vancouver (Christ Church Cathedral)Pacific Baroque Orchestra; Vancouver Chamber Choir; Soressa Gardner

    The Little Ice Age was a period of temperature instability that brought storms, war, and famine, but also shaped art, culture, and political reform. This programme features the premiere of Snow Skills, a newly commissio…

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    Pacific Baroque Orchestra artist Vancouver Chamber Choir artist Soressa Gardner artist Alexander Weimann artist Peter Hannan: Snow Skills search
    Pacific Baroque Orchestra artist Vancouver Chamber Choir artist Soressa Gardner artist Alexander Weimann artist Peter Hannan artist
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    Vancouver Chamber Choir artist Alexander Weimann artist

  2. October 2026

  3. Blind Man’s Bluff – Concerto di Margherita

    19:30-20:30Early Music Vancouver (Christ Church Cathedral)Francesca Benetti; Concerto di Margherita; Rui Staehelin

    Inspired by the vocal and instrumental works of late 16th and early 17th century Italy, the ensemble Concerto di Margherita presents a programme in the form of a fable: an archetypal Lover is caught in a cruel game of B…

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    Francesca Benetti artist Concerto di Margherita artist Charlotte Nachtsheim artist Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger: Veri diletti, Libro secondo d’arie search Francesca Caccini: La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina search
    Francesca Benetti artist Concerto di Margherita artist Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger: Veri diletti, Libro secondo d’arie search Francesca Caccini: La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina search Sigismondo d’India: Occhi belli, occhi sereni, Primo libro di Villanelle a 3, 4 e 5 voci search
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    La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina work Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger composer Francesca Caccini composer Sigismondo d’India composer Giulio Caccini composer

  4. A Little Night Music with Mozart

    19:30-21:30Early Music Vancouver (Christ Church Cathedral)Pacific Baroque Orchestra; Alexander Weimann

    W.A. Mozart’s KV 525, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, is arguably one of the most recognizable pieces in the history of classical music. But it is only one of countless “Serenatas” or serenades – pieces written for entertainmen…

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    Pacific Baroque Orchestra artist Alexander Weimann artist Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: KV 525 Eine kleine Nachtmusik KV 525 »Tuba Serenade« search John Dowland: F I/40 The First Booke of Songs or Ayres, No. 20: “Come, Heavy Sleep” search Anthony Holborne: The Night Watch search
    Pacific Baroque Orchestra artist Alexander Weimann artist Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: KV 525 Eine kleine Nachtmusik KV 525 »Tuba Serenade« search John Dowland: F I/40 The First Booke of Songs or Ayres, No. 20: “Come, Heavy Sleep” search Anthony Holborne: The Night Watch search
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    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composer John Dowland composer Anthony Holborne composer Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber composer Luigi Boccherini composer

  5. November 2026

  6. The Magic of Monteverdi with Les Arts Florissants

    19:30-21:30Early Music Vancouver (Chan Centre for the Performing Arts)Paul Agnew; William Christie; Les Arts Florissants

    Join Baroque masters William Christie and Paul Agnew for a revelatory program of Monteverdi’s finest madrigals for mixed voices, including a performance of the iconic Il Combattimento (The Combat of Tancred and Clorinda…

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    Paul Agnew artist William Christie artist Les Arts Florissants artist Ana Viera Leite artist Rebecca Leggett artist
    Paul Agnew artist Les Arts Florissants artist Melodie Ruvio artist Bastien Rimondi artist Edward Grint artist
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    Ballo, SV A1 work Claudio Monteverdi composer Paul Agnew artist William Christie artist Les Arts Florissants artist

  7. December 2026

  8. A French Baroque Christmas with Ensemble Correspondances

    19:30-21:30Early Music Vancouver (Chan Centre for the Performing Arts)Caroline Weynants; Lucile Richardot; Richard Pittsinger

    Written for the holy night of Christmas, Charpentier’s Midnight Mass has travelled the world. Based on traditional French Noëls, this music offers pleasure to everyone: be it through the joy of hearing a familiar tune,…

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    Caroline Weynants artist Lucile Richardot artist Ensemble Correspondances artist Sébastien Daucé artist Marc-Antoine Charpentier: H.28 Sub tuum praesidium, H. 28 search
    Caroline Weynants artist Lucile Richardot artist Ensemble Correspondances artist Sébastien Daucé artist Marc-Antoine Charpentier: H.28 Sub tuum praesidium, H. 28 search
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    Marc-Antoine Charpentier composer Sébastien de Brossard composer Sébastien Daucé artist

  9. Festive Cantatas: Gloria with Vivaldi & Bach

    15:00-17:00Early Music Vancouver (Chan Centre for the Performing Arts)Len Torrie; Georgia Burashko; Pacific Baroque Orchestra

    For much of his adult life, Antonio Vivaldi worked as a teacher at the Ospedale della Pietà, a charitable convent, orphanage and music school established by Venetian nuns in the 14th century. It was for those children t…

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    Len Torrie artist Georgia Burashko artist Pacific Baroque Orchestra artist Alexander Weimann artist Johann Sebastian Bach: BWV 51 Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen search
    Pacific Baroque Orchestra artist Vancouver Youth Choir artist Alexander Weimann artist Johann Sebastian Bach: BWV 51 Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen search Johann Sebastian Bach: BWV 82a “Ich habe genug” search
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    Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen work Johann Sebastian Bach composer Alexander Weimann artist

  10. January 2027

  11. Tormento Seicento – Amanda Forsythe & Opera Prima

    19:30-21:30Early Music Vancouver (Christ Church Cathedral)Amanda Forsythe; Opera Prima Ensemble; Cristiano Contadin

    “In many ways, the music of the early Baroque period bears a stronger relationship to jazz improvisation than to the late Baroque composers,” writes soprano Amanda Forsythe in her program notes. “Musicians of the early…

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    Amanda Forsythe artist Opera Prima Ensemble artist Cristiano Contadin artist Claudio Monteverdi: Ottavo Libro de’ Madrigali, SV 146–167 search Luigi Rossi: Mio ben Aria per S e bc. search
    Amanda Forsythe artist Opera Prima Ensemble artist Cristiano Contadin artist Claudio Monteverdi: Ottavo Libro de’ Madrigali, SV 146–167 search Luigi Rossi: Mio ben Aria per S e bc. search
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    Claudio Monteverdi composer Luigi Rossi composer Tarquinio Merula composer Domenico Mazzocchi composer Barbara Strozzi composer

  12. March 2027

  13. The Rise of European Music

    19:30-21:30Early Music Vancouver (Christ Church Cathedral)La Fonte Musica; Michele Pasotti

    More than 600 years ago, a young musician named Johannes Ciconia left his native Liège to travel south. The first major Franco-Flemish composer to make his fortune in Italy, he helped establish a long tradition of cultu…

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    La Fonte Musica artist Michele Pasotti artist Johannes Ciconia: Ut te per omnes search Solage: Calextone search Johannes Ciconia: Motet "O virum omnimoda/ O lux et decus / O beate Nicholae" search
    La Fonte Musica artist Michele Pasotti artist Johannes Ciconia: Ut te per omnes search Solage: Calextone search Johannes Ciconia: Motet "O virum omnimoda/ O lux et decus / O beate Nicholae" search
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    Johannes Ciconia composer Solage composer Anonymous composer Antonio Zacara da Teramo composer John Dunstaple composer

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