Victoria Symphony 11-12 Calendar of Events

In February 2012 the Victoria Symphony presents music from renowned British composer Gavin Bryars, including his iconic work, The Sinking of the Titanic.

Wednesday, February 1, 8 pm
Pre-concert talk 7:15pm
Phillip T. Young Recital Hall
(UVic School of Music)
Admission $15/10
Sixtrum – ensemble à percussion

Claude Vivier, Aikea
John Cage, Third Construction
Claude Vivier, Pulau Dewata
Iannis Xenakis, Peaux 

Thursday, February 2, 8 pm
Pre-concert talk 7:15pm
Phillip T. Young Recital Hall
(UVic School of Music)
Free admission
Sonic Lab and Guests
(University of Victoria New Music Ensemble)
Ajtony Csaba, conductor
Christopher Butterfield, conductor

Gavin Bryars, At Portage and Main
Gavin Bryars, Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Soundpainting

Friday, February 3, 8 pm
Pre-concert talk 7:15pm
Alix Goolden Performance Hall
Admission $15/10
Living Toys – Aventa Ensemble
Bill Linwood, conductor
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor
Anne Grimm, soprano

Anthony Genge, The Human Condition
Gavin Bryars, Eight Irish Madrigals
Thomas Adès, Living Toys

Saturday, February 4, 8 pm
Pre-concert talk 7:15pm
Victoria Symphony
Tania Miller, conductor
Louis Ranger, trumpet
Alix Goolden Performance Hall
Admission $15/10

Arvo Pärt, If Bach Had Been a Beekeeper
Gavin Bryars, The Porazzi Fragment
Michael Oesterle, Territio Verbalis
Gavin Bryars, The Sinking of the Titanic

See three shows for the price of two!
Call the VS box office to purchase a Festival Pass, valid for concerts on
February 1, 3, and 4. Passes are $30 for adults and $20 for seniors/students.
250.385.6515

Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2

Haydn Symphony No. 91

The Barra MacNeils are widely regarded as one of the greatest live concert acts in the Celtic world. Beautiful sibling harmonies, and top drawer instrumental prowess on a wide variety of acoustic, stringed, percussion and wind instruments blend with dancing, storytelling and Gaelic songs to create family entertainment at its highest level.

The Barra MacNeils are widely regarded as one of the greatest live concert acts in the Celtic world. Beautiful sibling harmonies, and top drawer instrumental prowess on a wide variety of acoustic, stringed, percussion and wind instruments blend with dancing, storytelling and Gaelic songs to create family entertainment at its highest level.

The Barra MacNeils are widely regarded as one of the greatest live concert acts in the Celtic world. Beautiful sibling harmonies, and top drawer instrumental prowess on a wide variety of acoustic, stringed, percussion and wind instruments blend with dancing, storytelling and Gaelic songs to create family entertainment at its highest level.

The percussion players bring out all their big instruments for Strike Force 4! The VS own Principle Timpanist William Linwood, along with percussionist Masako Hockey, Cory Rae and Robert Pearce, take audiences through an exciting program  of music from Beethoven to African drumming, demonstrating all the noises people make and the rhythms people dance to around the world.

Anton Kuerti plays Beethoven’s exquisite Fourth Piano Concerto- under his son Julian’s baton! Enjoy Mozart’s brilliant “Linz” symphony, one of his amazing final six masterpieces.

Schubert Overture to Der Hausliche Krieg

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4

Schubert Overture to Die Freunde von Salamanka

Mozart Symphony No. 36 “Linz”

Slip under the spell of Sunny Shams as he serenades you during a beautiful afternoon of music from the most romantic moments in opera and beyond. Bring someone you love or someone who loves to swoon, to enjoy music from La Boheme, Sleeping Beauty, La Traviata, and more.

J.C. Bach Symphony in G minor

J.S. Bach Cantata No. 147

C.P.E. Bach Symphony in D

W.F. Bach Sinfonia in F

J.S. Bach Cantata No. 172

Janina Fialkowska will delight you in Ravel’s Concerto in G, and the unheard Schubert 10th will fascinate you- especially since Schubert was the first after Beethoven to die after nine symphonies. Shosakovich told Stalin’s regime that he would write another work on the scale of Beethoven’s 9th but created quite a shock with his witty and ironic 9th.

Schubert-Berio “Rendering” from Schubert Symphony No. 10

Ravel Piano Concerto in G

Shostakovich Symphony No. 9