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BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY N0. 7
VICTORIA SYMPHONY
Saturday, November 4 @ 7:30 | BRENTWOOD COLLEGE
Conductor: Kalena Bovell | Soloist: Alan Liu, guitar
Cassandra Miller: Swim (premiere performance)
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major
Kalena Bovell has a distinctive voice as a maestra, speaker, and poet. She premieres a VS/VSO co-commission by the Metchosin-born composer Cassandra Miller and welcomes the award-winning B.C. guitarist Alan Liu for courtly dances in the Concierto de Aranjuez. Wagner proclaimed the praises of Beethoven’s Seventh, calling it the “apotheosis of the dance” for its endless and varied rhythmic drive.
Aisslinn Nosky plays Bach and Vivaldi
VICTORIA BAROQUE
Sunday, January 14 @ 2:00 PM | BRENTWOOD COLLEGE
Victoria Baroque presents dynamic, personal and engaging performances of music from the Baroque and Classical periods. The ensemble brings together early music specialists from Vancouver Island and beyond for explorations of chamber, orchestral, vocal, and choral works.A riot of fiery energy and splendor, as the celebrated violinist Aisslinn Nosky leads Victoria Baroque in concerti by Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, and Telemann, and a mesmerising contemporary piece, “Falling Still” by Canadian composer, Emily Doolittle.
LA NEF – SEA SONGS AND SHANTIES
VICTORIA SYMPHONY
Friday, March 22 @ 7:30 | COWICHAN PERFORMING ARTS CTR
Conductor: Giuseppe Pietraroia
With Seán Dagher, cittern & vocals
La Nef, folk ensemble
Members of the Pacific Opera Victoria Chorus
We’ll rant and we’ll roar across the salt seas! Fresh off their exhilarating performance at the 2022 Splash, La Nef returns to press the Victoria Symphony into service in a rousing new program of shanties and maritime music. Their infectious style will have you stomping your feet and singing along.