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Italian Bach focus of early-music concert

Victoria Baroque Players: Italian Bach When/where: Sunday, 7: 30 p.m., Church of St. John the Divine (1611 Quadra St.).

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Broaden your horizons - try something new

Over the next two weeks, adventurous listeners - those who actually enjoy hearing music, old or new, that they have never heard before - can look forward to several musical events offering unfamiliar ...

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Series culmination brings us to the Ninth

Victoria Symphony (Signature Series), with the Victoria Choral Society and vocal soloists, conducted by Tania Miller

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A Brazen symphony debut

Victoria Symphony (Legacy Series), conducted by Bernhard Gueller, with Julia Nolan, saxophone

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A B.C. première for oratorio

What: Vox Humana: Passion and Resurrection, conducted by Brian Wismath

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EMSI's repertoire spans a millennium

The Early Music Society of the Islands takes an admirably liberal view, chronologically and stylistically, of what constitutes "early music," and often champions repertoire under-represented even in early...

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Symphony's new season a tad leaner

Musicians and staff members of the Victoria Symphony unveiled details of its 2012-13 season last week at a reception in the showroom of Three Point Motors, one of its corporate sponsors.

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Ensemble from France performs early music

Early music is providing some of the most wide-ranging and reliable musical pleasures in town these days, in part because the current season of the Early Music Society of the Islands has been particularly...

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Shostakovich piece seen as flip-off to Russian regime

The superb Canadian pianist Janina Fialkowska will perform twice this weekend with the Victoria Symphony in a Signature Series program conducted by the orchestra's music director, Tania Miller (Saturday...

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Carr Quartet closes with Mozart

IN CONCERT -- What: Emily Carr String Quartet.

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Victoria vocal ensemble takes on two Tave(r)ners

For those of us who toil in the trenches of classical music, just keeping the names straight can be a chore.

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Anton, Julian Kuerti concert tickets going fast

Pianist Anton Kuerti is a familiar, beloved figure to Victoria Symphony audiences, having appeared with the orchestra more than two dozen times since 1970. His next such engagement on March 12 in Beethoven...

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Choral concerts herald the coming of spring

Two upcoming choral concerts offer a fascinating opportunity to sample music from both ends of the western tradition, separated by some 12 centuries.

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Two pianos, four hands

There have been piano duets for about as long as there have been pianos - since the mid-18th century - and they have always come in two varieties: those in which four hands play on one keyboard and those...

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UVic prof makes mark on guitar world

Last year, the guitarist Alexander Dunn (like the Lafayette String Quartet members) celebrated his 20th year teaching in the University of Victoria's School of Music.

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