February 3, 2016 at The Chan Centre Early Music Vancouver board of directors Tony Knox president Spencer Corrigal cpa,ca treasurer Sharon Kahn past president Stuart Bowyer Chris Guzy Tim Rendell cpa,ca Ingrid Söchting Vincent Tan Mark Vessey Fran Watters CultureCulture is the expression is the expression of Canada’s soul; of itCanada’s defines soul;La culture it defines est l’expression us andde l’âme helps du Canada. bring ÷ us and helps bring us together. The Government of Elle contibue à nous définir et à nous unir. Le Canadaus together.places great valueThe onGovernment culture and is of Canadagouvernement places great du Canada value accorde on culture beaucoup committedand is to committed supporting the artsto supportingand our artists. Thisthe artsd’importance and our artists. à la culture, This et il isa à whycœur de we soutenir José Verstappen cm is why we are proud to support these performances les arts et les artistes canadiens. C’est pour cette artistic director emeritus by Earlyare proudMusic Vancouver. to support Through these its ecclectic performances raison by queEarly nous Musicsommes fiersVancouver. d’appuyer la performances and other artistic activities, this présentation de ces concerts par l’organisme Early organizationThrough gives its Canadian ecclectic musicians performances the chance to andMusic other Vancouver. artistic Grâce activities, a ses spectacles this et autres ÷ demonstrateorganization their talent gives and bring Canadian our culture musicians to life. activités the chance artistiques, to cetdemonstrate organisme donne la chance It lets music lovers discover melodies and harmonies aux musiciens canadiens de faire valoir leur talent et thattheir may come talent from and a distant bring time, our but stillculture have the to life.d’animer It lets notre music culture. lovers Il permet discover aux mélomanes de staff powermelodies to delight and inspire harmonies us today. that may comedécouvrir from ades distant mélodies time, et des harmoniesbut still qui, bien que d’une autre époque, arrivent encore à nous have the power to delight and inspire usséduire today. et a nous inspirer. Matthew White executive & artistic director As Minister of Canadian Heritage, I would like to À titre de ministre du Patrimoine canadien, je thankA thes MinisterVancouver Society of Canadian for Early Music Heritage, and all I wouldremercie like la Vancouver to thank Society the forVancouver Early Music, ainsi Nathan Lorch the Societyartists, organizers for Early and volunteers Music who and made all these the artists,que les organizers artistes, les organisateurs and volunteers et les bénévoles qui business manager performances possible. I applaud your efforts to assurent la présentation de ces concerts. Vos efforts promotewho understanding made these and performancesappreciation of early possible.en I vue applaud de mieux yourfaire connaître efforts et toapprécier la Alicia Hansen music.promote understanding and appreciationmusique of early ancienne music. méritent d’être applaudis. production & programme coordinator Diana Magallon marketing & fundraising coordinator Ron Costanzo volunteer coordinator Jan Gates The Honourable / L’honorable Mélanie Joly event photographer Laura Murray Public Relations marketing & media relations Trevor Mangion and The Chan Centre Box Office Staff emv ticket office: 604.822.2697 Our concerts are made possible through the generous assistance of our many volunteers who offer their time. For today's concert, we would like to thank in particular: 1254 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver BC, V6H 1B6 tel: 604.732.1610 fax: 604.732.1602 [email protected] earlymusic.bc.ca Interested in joining our volunteer corps? Phone 604.732.1610 for details. 2 | Early Music Vancouver Main Concert Series 2015-16 [email protected] the artists programme Dorothee Mields Johann Rosenmüller Sonata Settima à 4 soprano (1619-1684) from Sonatae à 2,3,4 e 5 stromenti da arco et altri (1682) – 2 violins, 2 violas da gamba & basso continuo Sumner Thompson Largo - Adagio - Prestissimo - Adagio - Allegro - Adagio tenor / baritone Johann Philipp Krieger Einsamkeit, du Qual der Hertzen and an instrumental ensemble (1649-1725) – soprano & basso continuo directed by Marc Destrubé violin Johann Ahle Herr Gott, mein Heiland (1658) (1625-1673) – baritone, 2 violins & basso continuo Linda Melsted violin Misericordias Domini Joanna Blendulf – soprano, tenor, 2 violins & basso continuo viola da gamba Jubilus-Jesu dulcis Elisabeth Reed viola da gamba – baritone, 3 violas da gamba, violone & basso continuo Natalie Mackie viola da gamba & violone Nathan Whittaker Dietrich Buxtehude Ich suchte des Nachts, BuxWV 50 violoncello (c.1637-1707) – soprano, baritone, 2 violins & basso continuo John Lenti theorbo Michael Jarvis chamber organ INTERVAL Katrina Russell bassoon Dietrich Buxtehude Ciacona in e minor, BuxWV 160 – transcribed by Marc Destrubé for 2 violins, viola da gamba & cello Quemadmodum desiderat cervus, BuxWV 92 (ca. 1690) – soprano, 2 violins & basso continuo a collaboration with pacific baroque & Johann Adam Reincken Sonata in d minor orchestra (1643-1722) from Hortus musicus, 6 Sonatas and Suites, No. 4 - for 2 violins, bass viol & basso continuo Pre-concert chat i. Sonata. Grave (Adagio) - Allegro - Solo. Adagio with host Matthew White at 6:45: ii. Allemand. Allegro iii. Courant Dorothee Mields & Marc Destrubé iv. Saraband v. Gigue. Presto THE UNAUTHORISED USE OF ANY VIDEO OR AUDIO RECORDING Matthias Weckmann Wie liegt die Stadt so wüste DEVICE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED (1616-1674) – soprano, baritone, 2 violins, 3 violas da gamba & basso continuo earlymusic.bc.ca Early Music Vancouver Main Concert Series 2015-16 | 3 pacific baroque orchestra PACIFIC BAROQUE ORCHESTRA board of trustees DONORS Richard L. Beecher Anonymous Elaine J. Makortoff president Roman & Sigrid Babicki Lena & Olof Malmberg Yolanda Zeng Vic & Joan Baker John Mancini treasurer Colleen Barlow Monica Marantz Tracy Tai Kenneth A. Beecher Emil Marek secretary Richard Beecher Melody Mason Gabrielle Komorowska, Jennifer West Alan & Elizabeth Bell Peggy Anne Mathisen Paul G. Bradley Christina Meyers pacificbaroque.com Heather Briggs Colin L. Miles Brown Strachan Associates Michael J. & Jane Millard Norma Chatwin Jane Millen PACIFIC BAROQUE ORCHESTRA is supported by Allen Challmie Irene Miller Marylin Clark Mission Software Systems Roger A Cole Barbara Moon Ronald A. Costanzo Donelda J Parker Judith Davis Stephen B. Partridge Elisabeth Dehalmy Randall M Peterman Elizabeth Demner Hans-Karl Piltz Dr. Stephen Drance Merril Preston Helen Elfert Gerry Prins Virginia Evans Peter Reis Adam Farson Elizabeth Roach Alexander Fisher Peter Rohloff Robert & Marthena Fitzpatrick Robert Rothwell Charles and Lucile Flavelle John Sawyer Family Fund, held at the Erna Schaefer Vancouver Foundation Waltraud Schneider Sylvia K. F. Fockler Geraldine Jill Schroder Missy Follwell Lydia Semotuk Maureen Girvan Verna Semotuk John Goheen Juliet Simon Ursula Graf Lisa Slouffman Patricia Grindlay Ingrid Söchting Elizabeth Guilbride Deborah E. Sommerfeld Ian Hampton Cheryl Steinhauer ACD2 2678 Martha Hazevoet Sam Sullivan ACD2 2678 Jane Flick & Robert Heidbreder David A. Swan Annie Hess GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Thomas & Margaret Taylor Allyson M Hunter Howard Teasley GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Christina Hutten Morgan Inglis Jo Anne Tharalson ORLANDO Ursula Jaekel Sheryl Thurston ORLANDO Jadwiga Jankowska Orlando ! Owen Willetts|COUNTERTENOR Craig Tomlinson & Carol Tsuyuki & Jerzy Jankowski Angelica ! Karina Gauvin|SOPRANO José Verstappen Medoro ! Allyson McHardyOrlando|MEZZO! Owen-SOPRANO Willetts|COUNTERTENOR Gabrielle Komorowska Dr. Bevan Voth and Barbara Nickel Dorinda ! Amanda ForsytheAngelica|!SOPRANOKarina Gauvin|SOPRANO Myrna Kostash Zoroastro ! Nathan Berg |BASS Barbara M. Walker Medoro ! Allyson McHardy|MEZZO-SOPRANO J. Evan & Janice Kreider Pacific Baroque Orchestra ! AlexanderDorinda ! WeimannAmanda|CONDUCTOR Forsythe|SOPRANO Barrie Webster Danette T. Kugler Zoroastro ! Nathan Berg |BASS Andrea Westcott Adele Lafleur Pacific Baroque Orchestra ! Alexander Weimann|CONDUCTOR Gwyneth Westwick Recorded following Orlando’s performances at the 2012 Vancouver Early Music Festival. Joanna Lehmann James Whittaker To be released on September 24, 2013 Maureen Lewton Recorded following the Orlando performance Martha Wintemute Audrey Lieberman at the 2012 Vancouver Early Music Festival Richard Wong Leona Luchkow Dr. Michael A. Woolnough Barbara Maass For sale in the lobby William Worrall AVAILABLE IN HD AT David W. McMurtry ATMACLASSIQUE.COM Yolanda Zeng at tonight's concert Nicolas Maftei Louise Zizka 4 | Early Music Vancouver Main Concert Series 2015-16 [email protected] the musicians Dorothee Mields Sumner Thompson Marc Destrubé Dorothee Mields soprano Recent engagements included his first St. Matthew Passion as a tenor Dorothee Mields is one of the leading interpreters of 17th- and 18th- at St. Thomas’ in New York City, a repeat performance of Handel’s century music and is beloved by audiences and critics alike for her Messiah with Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society, Handel’s Saul unique timbre and moving interpretations. Her flawless technique with Boston’s Back Bay Chorale, Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers with and the ethereal clarity of her voice also make her ideally suited for the critically acclaimed Green Mountain Project, Britten’s War works by contemporary composers. Requiem with the Boston Philharmonic, Bach’s St. John Passion at the National Cathedral, and the title role in Britten’s