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Diabolus in Musica earlymusicsocietyoftheislands.ca Before Bach: Johann Schein’s Bach to the Future: The Legacy of War and Peace EMSI Order Form “Fountains of Israel” The Art of the Fugue 22 April 2018 Sunday 3pm Extra forms available at www.earlymusicsocietyoftheislands.ca Alix Goolden Hall 12 August 2017 Saturday 8pm Diderot String Quartet 13 January 2018 Saturday 8pm 2017-18 Membership for member pricing discounts Regular Family Senior Student

Chapel of the New Jerusalem, Alix Goolden Hall SPECIAL EVENT Christ Church Cathedral UK 2 adults 65+ full time with Student Card Diderot String Quartet NEW YORK Peter Phillips, music director To commemorate the centenary of the end of World War I, Gli Angeli Genève SWITZERLAND When Leipzig composer Felix Mendelssohn revived Bach’s $30 x ____ $50 x ____ $20 x ____ $10 x ____ = $ _____ “My Heart Remains With You”: Peter Phillips has put together a stirring program with A century before Bach, northern Germany succumbed to the music, it finally received universal admiration. The Diderot masses on the theme of the Armed Man (L’homme armé), lush charms of a bold, new music from Italy: the Baroque. Medieval Love Songs Inspired String Quartet performs excerpts from The Art of Fugue alongside Mendelssohn’s No.4 Fugue for String Quartet, Op. 81 chansons describing a battle (La Batalla), movements from Support EMSI with your donation Johann Schein, in his position at the Thomas Kirche that would by Arthurian Romance and his much-loved String Quartet No. 2, Op. 13, in a beautiful Victoria’s Mass, and deeply moving funeral motets: be Bach’s a hundred years later, was one of the great composers Operating Fund Donation (#118890367RR0001) = $ _____ 18 November 2017 Saturday 8pm nod to Bach, the Baroque master. Tavener from the funeral of Princess Diana, Mouton from who would successfully adapt this powerful style to the German the funeral of Anne of Brittany, and Lobo from the funeral EMSI Endowment Fund Donation = $ _____ tradition. Alix Goolden Hall “Early music and its future.” New York Times of Philip II of Spain. (Tax receipt for donations of $10 or more) “Gli Angeli [has] a unique level in the world, and I’m not exaggerat- “One of the UK’s greatest cultural exports.” Asteria NEW YORK n Keep my donation anonymous ing.” Tribune de Genève BBC Radio 3 n Sylvia Rhyne, soprano Bach and Sons EMSI may list my/our name(s) as follows: Eric Redlinger, tenor and lute 10 February 2018 Saturday 8pm ______Duets of Love and Passion: Through the tale of Sir Yvain, one of the most beloved of Alix Goolden Hall Subscription 2017/18 Regular Student ‡ Stefani and Handel Arthurian stories, Asteria explores how the ideal of courtly Tickets Member* or Senior love was very much alive and well in the art songs of the Elinor Frey, viola da gamba Create your own subscription by selecting 4 or more concerts 30 September 2017 Saturday 8pm 15th century. Compositions include those by Binchois, SPECIAL EVENT Luc Beauséjour, harpsichord MONTREAL Alix Goolden Hall Busnoys, and Dufay. BEMF : Love and Passion $27 x ___ $33 x ___ $30 x ___ = $ _____ Two of Canada’s leading exponents of historically-informed 30 September 2017 Saturday 8pm “...intimate and deeply communicative...meltingly beautiful...” New performance bring to life masterpieces of high Baroque Boston Early Music Festival Ensemble BOSTON York Times Cantores: 14th C Music $20 x ___ $26 x ___ $22 x ___ = $ _____ chamber music by and his sons Johann 14 October 2017 Saturday 8pm Amanda Forsythe, soprano Colin Balzer, tenor Christoph Friedrich and Carl Philipp Emanuel. Medieval Love Songs $20 x ___ $26 x ___ $22 x ___ = $ _____ Handel openly praised his mentor Stefani and modeled “Beauséjour plays with impeccable technique, tasteful embellish- 18 November 2017 Saturday 8pm virtuosic Italian chamber duets on the composer’s exquisite Vivaldi: Gloria and Magnificat ments, a wide range of emotion and a deep sensitivity.” BBC Music work. leads an all-star ensemble of singers and Bach to the Future $20 x ___ $26 x ___ $22 x ___ = $ _____ 22 December 2017 Friday 8pm Magazine 13 January 2018 Saturday 8pm instrumentalists featuring Forsythe and Balzer in a programme of sensual Baroque duets of love and passion. Alix Goolden Hall Bach and Sons $20 x ___ $26 x ___ $22 x ___ = $ _____ 10 February 2018 Saturday 8pm “The Boston Early Music Festival…magnificent.” NBMP CONCERT Monica Huggett, A Telemann Celebration A Telemann Celebration $20 x ___ $26 x ___ $22 x ___ = $ _____ BBC Music Magazine violin and music direction UK 24 March 2018 Saturday 8pm 24 March 2018 Saturday 8pm EXTEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION Pacific Baroque Orchestra Alix Goolden Hall The Tallis Scholars th Cantores: 14 C Music from Celebrate the holidays with a fresh take on some old favourites. Schein : Fountains of Israel $20 x ___ $26 x ___ $22 x ___ = $ _____ 12 August 2017 Saturday 8pm the Pope’s Chapel in Avignon Vivaldi’s Gloria and Magnificat were originally composed for an La Rêveuse FRANCE all-female ensemble. Join beloved violinist Monica Huggett as A master of instrumental music, Telemann enjoyed more Vivaldi: Gloria and Magnificat $27 x ___ $33 x ___ $30 x ___ = $ _____ 22 December 2017 Friday 8pm 14 October 2017 Saturday 8pm she leads these joyful works the way they were originally heard fame and adoration in his time than even the Alix Goolden Hall – performed entirely by women. lauded J.S. Bach. Open to French and Italian Tallis Scholars : War and Peace $27 x ___ $33 x ___ $30 x ___ = $ _____ 22 April 2018 Sunday 3pm “…was nothing less than splendid, one of the best influences as well as the newgalant style that Your subscription ticket price includes an RMTS Box Office fee of $1.50 Diabolus in Musica FRANCE musical treats of the holiday season.” flourished in Germany, he excelled in chamber Vancouver Sun music, creating a charming synthesis of European There was a time when the Christian world bowed to Avignon. styles at the crossroads between Baroque and Turn over to purchase single tickets and complete order The wealth, splendour, and power of the French popes attracted Classicism. Elinor Frey kings, princes, and the greatest Medieval artists. This pilgrimage Page 1 Subtotal = $ _____ through beautiful music born in Papal opulence includes many The Northwest Baroque Masterworks Project, an initiative of “Flawless playing…the perfect balance and neat interplay works sung for the first time since the 14th century. EMSI and Early Music Vancouver, is a series of major works between the voices, and the keen sense of drama they performed at various venues in the Pacific Northwest. bring to Telemann’s outstanding chamber music.” Early Music * One member ticket (subscription or single) per member per concert. ‡ Student rush tickets at the door ($8/10) with student card. “The ensemble’s sensuous expression of…polyphony can only be Review described as a religious experience.” Classics Today