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Paton, Canzon 8 duodecimi toni a 10 (1597) and an Anonymous Donor Hodie Christus natus est a 8 In association with Gloria in altissimus Deo a 7 (Gio. Battista Fergusio) Chan Endowment Fund at the University of British Columbia interval Canzon 9 duodecimi toni a 10 (1597) Special thanks to Hodie Christus natus est a 10 (1597) Prism Printing and Digital Centre for contributing the printing of the full- Angelus ad pastores a 8 (Bassano) colour covers for tonight’s Christmas concert programme. Natività di Christo, per canto solo da cantarsi nel Chitarone (Biagio Marini) Pre-concert chat with host Matthew White at 6:45: Jesu dulcissime a 6 (Ms. Kassel) Bruce Dickey Salvator noster a 15 Canzon VI a 7 THE UNAUTHORISED USE OF ANY VIDEO OR AUDIO RECORDING DEVICE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED In ecclesiis a 14 earlymusic.bc.ca Festive Cantatas: Christmas in Gabrieli’s Venice Early Music Vancouver 2019 | 2020 3 partners Early Music Vancouver gratefully acknowledges the assistance and support of: GOVERNMENT SUPPORT board of directors Chris Guzy president We acknowledge the support of the Province of British Columbia Fran Watters vice president Ron Kruschen treasurer FOUNDATIONS Tony Knox past president THE BRENNAN SPANO Ilia Korkh FAMILY FOUNDATION secretary THE DRANCE FAMILY Spencer Corrigal cpa,ca EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER FUND Sherrill Grace 2019-20 PRODUCTION PARTNERS Melody Mason Tim Rendell cpa,ca EMV’s performances at the Chan Centre are presented in partnership with the Chan Centre for the Johanna Shapira Performing Arts, with the support of the Chan Endowment Fund at the University of British Columbia. 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A range of sponsorship advantages is available, including logo recognition, complimentary tickets for [email protected] your clients, employee discounts, and many other benefits tailored to your specific needs. earlymusic.bc.ca Call Michelle Herrewynen to discuss how our audience profile may fit with your company’s objectives: 604 732 1610. 4 Early Music Vancouver 2019 | 2020 Festive Cantatas: Christmas in Gabrieli’s Venice [email protected] the artists Bruce Dickey Bruce Dickey director and cornetto director & cornetto Bruce Dickey is one of a handful of musicians 0 worldwide who have dedicated themselves to Arwen Myers reviving the cornetto – once an instrument of great soprano virtuosi, but which lamentably fell into disuse in the Danielle Sampson 19th century. The revival began in the 1950s, but it soprano was largely Bruce Dickey, who, from the late 1970s, Vicki St. Pierre created a new renaissance of the instrument, alto allowing the agility and expressive power of the cornetto to be heard once again. Nicholas Burns alto His many students, over more than 30 years of Ross Hauck teaching at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, have tenor helped to consolidate and elevate the status of this once forgotten instrument. For his achievements Colin Balzer the Historic Brass Society awarded him in 2000 tenor the prestigious Christopher Monk Award for Sumner Thompson “his monumental work in cornetto performance, baritone historical performance practice and musicological scholarship.” In 2007 he was honoured Martin Auclair by British conductor and musicologist Andrew Parrott with a “Taverner Award” as one of 14 bass musicians whose “significant contributions to musical understanding have been motivated 0 by neither commerce nor ego.” Bruce Dickey In the course of his long career as a performer and recording artist he has worked with most of cornetto the leading figures in the field of early music, including the legendary pioneers of historically Matthew Jennejohn informed performance, Gustav Leonhardt, Frans Brüggen and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. He was cornetto a member for over ten years of Jordi Savall’s Hespèrion XX , and has frequently and repeatedly Etienne Asselin collaborated with Ton Koopman, Monica Huggett, Philippe Herreweghe and many others. Of cornetto special importance has been his long-time friendship and collaboration with Andrew Parrott, and in more recent years with Konrad Junghänel. Tekla Cunningham violin Bruce Dickey can be heard on countless recordings. His solo CD (“Quel lascivissimo Marc Destrubé cornetto…”) on Accent with the ensemble Tragicomedia was awarded the Diapason d’or. His violin second solo CD, entitled “La Bella Minuta”, has just been released on the Passacaille label. Sample tracks can be heard, and the CD purchased, on the website of the record label at Catherine Motuz passacaille.be. alto sackbut In addition to performing, Bruce Dickey is much in demand as a teacher, both of the cornetto Maximilien Brisson tenor sackbut and of seventeenth-century performance practice. In addition to his regular class at the Schola Cantorum he has taught at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, the Accademia Chigiana Jeremy Berkman in Siena, and the Early Music Institute at Indiana University, as well as master classes in tenor sackbut the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan. He is also active in research on performance Linda Pears practice, and has published, together with Michael Collver, a catalogue of the surviving bass sackbut cornetto repertoire, and, together with trumpeter Edward Tarr, a book on historical wind Christina Hutten articulation. In 1997, together with his wife Candace Smith, he founded Artemisia Editions, a organ small publishing house which produces editions of music from 17th-century Italian convents. Natalie Mackie In 1981, Bruce Dickey moved to Italy, partly to be closer to the origins and source materials violone for his instrument and its music. He currently lives with his wife and daughter in a country John Lenti house, surrounded by vineyards, outside of Bologna, home of the original Concerto Palatino. lute brucedickey.com earlymusic.bc.ca Festive Cantatas: Christmas in Gabrieli’s Venice Early Music Vancouver 2019 | 2020 5 Arwen Myers Danielle Sampson Vicki St. Pierre Nicholas Burns Arwen Myers soprano piece “Concepción Picciotto” for the Earshot Jazz Festival. She performed in Boston Early Music Festival’s Monteverdi Trilogy A versatile artist known for her flexibility and mastery of a wide in 2015 as Melanto in Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria and as Virtù range of vocal colours & styles, Arwen Myers has performed and Pallade in l’incoronazione di Poppea. Her upcoming season major works with Portland Baroque Orchestra, Early Music includes the Messaggera in Monteverdi’s Orfeo with Baroque Vancouver, Pacific MusicWorks, and Indianapolis Symphony Chamber Orchestra of Colorado, Handel’s Samson with Pacific Orchestra, among