2020/21
![]() | Saturday October 17, 2020 3 pm and 6 pm Récréation de Musique Chamber music by Marais, Leclair, and Telemann featuring Soile Stratkauskas (flute), Jeanne Lamon (violin), Christina Mahler (cello) and Christina Hutten (harpsichord). |
![]() | Friday November 6, 2020 - 7:30 pm Saturday November 7th - 3 pm Give Peace in our Time A soulful selection of profound sacred motets in tune with the shadows of the troubling times, but still reflecting the radiance of optimism. |
![]() | Thursday December 17, 2020 - 7:30 pm A Live Stream Performance Messiah Part 1 “Christmas" A Baroque Christmas Celebration featuring the first part of Handel’s Messiah and the Hallelujah chorus. |
2019/20
![]() | Friday, September 27 - 7:30 pm Grand Orchestral Suites The legendary Jeanne Lamon leads a selection of ravishing Orchestral Suites and Concerti Grossi celebrating the first-ever public concert series, Le Concert Spirituel, in Paris. Music by Telemann, Rebel, Geminiani, and Lalande |
![]() | Sunday, November 24 - 7:30 pm Glory in the Highest Magnificent sacred works for soloists, choir, and orchestra with trumpet, winds, and strings. Bach’s Cantata BWV 147 including “Jesu, joy of man’s desiring”, and an exquisite gem from Bach’s library, Lotti’s Missa Sapientiae. |
![]() | Friday, January 10 - 7:30 pm Victoria Saturday, January 11 - 7:30 pm Nanaimo Sunday, Janury 12 - 2 pm Mill Bay Forces of Nature A Tour-de-Force through the transformations of Nature, led by the dynamic Kati Debretzeni. Vivaldi’s celebrated Four Seasons paired with Rebel’s eccentric orchestral suite about the creation of the Earth, Les élémens. |
2018/19
![]() | Friday, September 14 - 7:30 pm Bach and Beyond The outstanding violinist sisters Chloe and Christi Meyers. Playing on 18th-century instruments, the Victoria Baroque brings audiences closer to the vibrant sound world of the Baroque period. |
![]() | Friday, November 2 - 7:30 pm Bach in Recital Soile Stratkauskas, flute; Christopher Bagan, harpsichord An intimate recital of sonatas by Bach and his contemporaries, with one of Toronto’s most sought-after harpsichordists. |
![]() | Friday, January 11 - 7:30 pm Victoria Saturday, January 12 - 7:30 pm Nanaimo Joy, Passion, Metamorphosis Steven Devine, director and harpsichord (UK) The highly acclaimed Steven Devine returns to direct Victoria Baroque in Handel’s dramatic cantata ‘Apollo e Daphne’ and Concerti Grossi. |
![]() | Sunday, April 7 - 7:30 pm Music of the Heart and Soul with St John's Chamber Singers Transcendent sacred music from Lubeck and Leipzig by Schelle, Kuhnau, Bach and Buxtehude. |
![]() | Friday, May 17 - 7:30 pm Mozart for May Andrew Clark, horn A celebration of chamber works of the Classical Era, including Mozart’s Legendary Horn Quintet |
A Special Event | |
![]() | Saturday, December 22, 2018 - 8 pm Victoria Baroque Players: A Festive Baroque Christmas St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church 680 Courtney Street, Victoria Ticket info: www.earlymusicsocietyoftheislands.ca/ |
2017/18
September 9, 2017 | The Art and Craft of the Sonata |
November 12, 2017 | Death and Transcendence |
January 12, 2018 - Victoria January 13, 2018 - Duncan January 14, 2018 - Salt Spring Island | Applausi Festivi with Kati Debretzeni leader/violin |
March 28, 2018 | Music For Passion Tide |
May 18, 2018 - Victoria May 19, 2018 - Duncan | Trumpets Shall Sound with Simon Munday, trumpet (UK) |