The Art and Craft of the Sonata – Saturday September 9, 2017
Three-part writing cultivated to its highest level: ingenious and sensuous Trio Sonatas by Bach and Handel.
Soile Stratkauskas – flute
Christi Meyers – violin
Katrina Russell – bassoon
Michael Jarvis – harpsichord & chamber organ
Programme
Bach: Trio Sonata in G major BWV 525 (transcription)
Handel: Trio Sonata in E minor Op.5 No.3
Bach: Sonata in D major BWV 528 (transcription)
Bach: Two-part Inventions No.4 & 8 (transcription)
Trio in F major BWV 1040
Handel: Trio Sonata in F Major Op.5 No.6
Bach: Trio Sonata in E Minor BWV 526 (transcription)
Handel: Passacaille from Trio Sonata in G major Op.5 No.4
Death and Transcendence – Sunday November 12, 2017
with the St John’s Chamber Singers
Sublime cantatas by J.S. Bach for the times of remembrance, and the upcoming season of Advent.
Programme
J.S. Bach: Cantata “Aus der Tiefen” BWV 131
G. P. Telemann: Aria “Wandelt in der Liebe” from Cantata TWV1:1498
Bach: Andante BWV 528/2, transcription
Bach: Choral “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” from BWV 147
D. Buxtehude: Magnificat
Bach: Cantata for first Sunday of Advent “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland” BWV 61
Bach: Motet “O Jesu Christ, mein’s Lebens Licht” BWV 118
Victoria Baroque with St John’s Chamber Singers
David Stratkauskas, director
Soloists:
Anne van der Sloot, soprano
Alana Hayes, mezzo soprano
Kieran Foss, tenor
Nolan Kehler, tenor
Nathan McDonald, baritone
Co-presented with the Church of St John the Divine
Applausi Festivi 
with Kati Debretzeni leader/violin
Victoria – Friday, January 12, 2018
Nanaimo – Saturday, January 13, 2018
Saltspring Island – Sunday, January 14, 2018
A riot of fiery and virtuosic works by Italian Baroque masters, full of energy, drama, passion and drive! One of the leading baroque violinists of our time, Kati Debretzeni (UK), leads the Victoria Baroque in a varied programme of Baroque Concerti.
Applause Festivi concert rehersal video.
Programme
Vivaldi: Sinfonia for strings in G major RV 149
Locatelli: Concerto Grosso in E flat Op.7 No.6 Il Pianto d’Arianna
Vivaldi: Concerto for violin and double orchestra in D major RV 582
Vivaldi: Chamber Concerto in C major RV 88
Dall’Abacco: Concerto for two flutes and strings in E minor Op.5 No.3
Geminiani: Concerto Grosso after Corelli’s violin sonata in A major H.140
Brescianello: Chaconne in A Major
Performers
| Kati Debretzeni leader / violin |
Christi Meyers violin |
Paul Luchkow violin |
| Elyssa Lefurgey-Smith violin |
Chloe Kim violin |
Kathryn Wiebe violin |
| Mieka Michaux viola |
Kirsty Money viola |
Martin Bonham cello |
| Natalie Mackie violone |
Soile Stratkauskas flute |
Lana Betts flute |
| Katrina Russell bassoon |
Michael Jarvis harpsichord |
Guzman Ramos lute |
Victoria Baroque in Rehersal with Kati Debretzeni – January 2013
Music For Passion Tide
March 28, 2018
Programme
J. S. Bach: Cantata for Palm Sunday: Himmelskönig sei willkommen BWV 182
Soloists: Zachary Windus, countertenotr; Nolan Kehler, tenor; Louis Dillon, baritone
G. B. Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Soloists: Adriána Kalafszky soprano; Jardena Gertler-Jaffe, mezzo-soprano
J. Handl: Motet for Good Friday Ecce quomod moritur
Trumpets Shall Sound
Simon Munday, trumpet (UK)
May 18, 2018 – Victoria
May 19, 2018 – Duncan (presented by Cowichan Symphony Society)
A grand orchestral program for trumpets, horns, winds, and strings Handel, Telemann, Purcell, Biber
Programme
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767): Trumpet Concerto in D TWV51:D7
Heinrich Biber (1644-1704): Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes:
Sonatas No. 4 & 6
Henry Purcell (1659-1695): Instrumental Suite from Fairy Queen
Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758): Concerto in D FaWV L:D14
Fasch: Trumpet Concerto in D FaWV:LD1
Johann David Heinichen (1683-1729): Concerto for flute and oboe in G minor S238
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759): Water Music Suites in G and D HWV 349/350
Performers
| Violin Linda Melsted – Leader Christi Meyers Elyssa Lefurgey-Smith Paul Luchkow Kathryn Wiebe Kirsty Money |
Viola Mieka Michaux Joanna Hood |
Cello Martin Bonham |
| Violone Natalie Mackie |
Flute Soile Stratkauskas |
Oboe Curtis Foster Marea Chernoff |
| Bassoon Katrina Russell |
Trumpet Simon Munday David Michaux |
Horn Andrew Clark Steven Denroche |
| Harpsichord Michael Jarvis |
Simon Munday playing Giovanni Porta’s Sinfonia for Trumpet, Strings and B.C. in D major, La Serenissima
