Early Music Society of the Islands
The Early Moderns – Quicksilver Baroque Ensemble
First Church of Christ, Scientist (1205 Pandora Ave) 1205 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, CanadaThe Early Moderns – Vienna’s Rise The brilliant American ensemble Quicksilver — “Revered like rock stars within the early music scene” (New York Times) — performs music reflecting the music in Austria in the early Baroque period, the first great period of Viennese music. The program features the instrumental sonatas of composers including Schmeltzer, Kerll, […]
Eh bien, dansez maintenant ! – Doulce Mémoire
Denford Hall, Glenlyon Norfolk School 781 Richmond Avenue, Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaImagine yourself in the elegant royal court of the French Renaissance, attending a ball with the elite of courtly society. That colourful world will be captured by the French ensemble Doulce Mémoire and dancer Hubert Hazebroucq. Very far from the image we have of ancient dance – hierarchical, starched, solemn – dance in the 15th […]