Vancouver Bach Festival: Armonico Tributo
$18-$75 CAD ($10 CAD student rush; indigenous free); see event description for details
Francesco Geminiani — A Treatise of Good Taste in the Art of Musick ("The Lass of Peaty's Mill" & "The Night her Silent Sable Wore (She Rose and Loot Me In)")
Robert "Red Rob" Mackintosh — Selected works
Henry Purcell — When first Amintas sued for a kiss, Z. 430
Henry Purcell — Amphitryon, Z. 572
Henry Purcell — "Fairest Isle" from King Arthur, Z. 628
Henry Purcell — "Hornpipe" from The Fairy Queen, Z. 629
Georg Muffat — Armonico Tributo No. 5: String Sonata in G major ("V. Passacaglia")
Scottish music found its way into European consciousness in the 17th and 18th Centuries. Georg Muffat's family left Scotland to escape religious persecution. They settled in Savoie in the French Alps, and Muffat grew to be one of the century's most cosmopolitan musicians – spending time with Lully in Paris and Corelli in Rome. His elegant and lush
Armonico Tributo sonatas bring together aspects of both French and Italian music and were given their first performances by Corelli's orchestra.
Francesco Geminiani's wonderfully elaborate arrangements of Scottish songs and tunes appeared in a book entitled A Treatise of Good Taste in the Art of Musick. He did know a thing or two about good taste, being an art dealer, as well as a violin virtuoso and
composer who had studied with Corelli in Rome several decades after Georg Muffat. We do not know if Geminiani ever set foot in Scotland. He made his arrangements of Scottish music from some tunes he found in the immensely popular songbook The Tea-Table Miscellany, by Allan Ramsay. Songs from Ramsey's Tea-Table Miscellany will be featured in a concert later in the Festival.
The Baroque Orchestra Mentorship Programme is a collaboration between Early Music Vancouver, the UBC School of Music and the Pacific Baroque Orchestra. This year-long programme gives student and community musicians the chance to play side by side with experts in historically-informed performance. This unique mentorship initiative is designed to foster and inspire the next generation of early music performers, and support the region's early music community.
Tickets (all prices in Canadian dollars):
Early bird (purchased before June 28): $28.80-$60
Individual tickets (purchased on/after June 28): $36-$75
Subscriber (with purchase of 3 or more events): $27-$56.25
Ages 34 & under: $18-$37.50
Student rush: $10
Indigenous patrons: Free (limit 1 per customer)