Dale Barltrop, violin
with Jason Ho, violin; Reg Quiring, viola; & Olivia Blander, cello
Australian-born violinist Dale Barltrop’s down-to-earth but completely passionate style has quickly made him one of Vancouver’s favourite musicians. Join the Vancouver Symphony Concertmaster and his friends as they rock the Cellar with solos, duos, trios and a quartet.
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Programme
Patrick Zimmerli's The Light Guitar
Darius Milhaud's Sonatina for Two Violins, Op.221
John Mackey's Wrong Mountain Stomp
Erwin Schulhoff's Duo
Marcus Goddard's Allaqi, for String Quartet
Doors open at 6:30 pm
Come for a drink, or a meal! All ages welcome.
Music starts around 8:00 pm
Note: There is no food or beverage service during the performances; please order meals by 7:40 PM. The Cellar is licensed as a restaurant and is therefore open to all ages. A minimum $10 food/beverage order is in effect.
Mozart, Haydn & Beethoven Flute Quartets | Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Soile Stratkauskas, flute; Paul Luchkow, violin; TBD, viola; & Natalie Mackie, cello
Spend an intimate evening with four exceptional musicians. You’ll experience the unbridled joy of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven as it was meant to be heard: up close and personal, and on Classical-period instruments.
Programme
Mozart's Flute Quartet in C Major, KV 285b
Beethoven's Serenade in D Major, Op.25
Haydn's Divertimento in G Major, Hob IV:7
Mozart's Flute Quartet in D Major, KV 285
Doors open at 6:30 pm
Come for a drink, or a meal! All ages welcome.
Music starts around 8:00 pm
Order your tickets in advance and receive complimentary reserved seating!
Buy tickets online at Tickets Tonight.
For phone orders, call us at 604.879.9888 or download an order form here.
Note: There is no food or beverage service during the performances; please order meals by 7:40 PM. The Cellar is licensed as a restaurant and is therefore open to all ages. A minimum $10 food/beverage order is in effect.
Christopher Bagan, piano: The complete piano works of Arnold Schoenberg | Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Don’t miss this rare chance to hear music that shook the world. Arnold Schoenberg changed the face of classical music forever when he declared atonal music the “emancipation of dissonance.” Yet the heart of Schoenberg’s piano music always remained Romantic. Discover rising star Christopher Bagan as he performs Schoenberg’s complete solo piano works.
Programme
Arnold Schoenberg's
Three Pieces (1894) I. Andantino in C-sharp Major
Three Pieces, Op.11
Six Little Pieces, Op.19
Three Pieces (1894) II. Andantino grazioso in F Major
Five Pieces, Op.23
Three Pieces (1894) III. Presto in A Minor
Suite for Piano, Op.25
Piano Piece, Op.33a
Piano Piece, Op.33b
Doors open at 6:30 pm
Come for a drink, or a meal! All ages welcome.
Music starts around 8:00 pm
Order your tickets in advance and receive complimentary reserved seating!
Buy tickets online at Tickets Tonight.
For phone orders, call us at 604.879.9888 or download an order form here.
Note: There is no food or beverage service during the performances; please order meals by 7:40 PM. The Cellar is licensed as a restaurant and is therefore open to all ages. A minimum $10 food/beverage order is in effect.
Christie Reside, flute & Terence Dawson, piano | Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Principal flutist of the Vancouver Symphony, Christie Reside is heard at festivals around the world. Her ideal musical collaborator is pianist Terence Dawson, head of the University of British Columbia’s piano division. Together, they share a remarkable onstage rapport, and their performances are filled with colour and technical wizardry. Hear them live at the Cellar with a soaring program inspired by song.
Programme
Samuel Barber's Songs
Paul Taffanel's Fantasy on Themes from "Mignon"
Béla Bartók's Hungarian Peasant Suite
Jacques Hétu's Aria, Op.27
Aaron Copland's Vocalise
Albert Roussel's Joueurs de Flûte, Op.27
Toru Takemitsu's Voice
Doors open at 6:30 pm
Come for a drink, or a meal! All ages welcome.
Music starts around 8:00 pm
Order your tickets in advance and receive complimentary reserved seating!
Buy tickets online at Tickets Tonight.
For phone orders, call us at 604.879.9888 or download an order form here.
Note: There is no food or beverage service during the performances; please order meals by 7:40 PM. The Cellar is licensed as a restaurant and is therefore open to all ages. A minimum $10 food/beverage order is in effect.
New Orford String Quartet | Tuesday, November 29, 2011
New Orford String Quartet
with Jonathan Crow, violin; Andrew Nan, violin; Eric Nowlin, viola; Brian Manker, cello
Formed in 2009 to honour its famed predecessor, the New Orford String Quartet rose to immediate and astonishing success. With four current or former principal players of the Toronto and Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the foursome has been hailed for its “ravishingly beautiful tone” and “stupefying” performances.
Hear their Vancouver debut when they perform a blockbuster programme.
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Programme
Beethoven's String Quartet No.16 in F Major, Op.135
Ana Sokolovic's Blanc dominant
Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No.3 in E-flat Minor, Op.30
Doors open at 6:30 pm
Come for a drink, or a meal! All ages welcome.
Music starts around 8:00 pm
Note: There is no food or beverage service during the performances; please order meals by 7:30 PM. The Cellar is licensed as a restaurant and is therefore open to all ages. A minimum $10 food/beverage order is in effect.
Ariel Barnes, cello: Benjamin Britten’s three Cello Suites | Tuesday, March 6, 2012
The Vancouver Sun writes that cellist Ariel Barnes’ “luscious tone and technical prowess marks him as a musician of real stature.”
With his ability to reach deep into his listeners’ souls, he’s a perfect match for Benjamin Britten’s Cello Suites. At once darkly passionate and emotionally restrained, Britten’s three suites for solo cello are cornerstones of 20th-Century music.
One of this season’s “must-hear” events.
This concert is sponsored by Lynda & Richard Spratley.
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Programme
Benjamin Britten's
Cello Suite No.1, Op.72
Cello Suite No.2, Op.80
Cello Suite No.3, Op.87
Doors open at 6:30 pm
Come for a drink, or a meal! All ages welcome.
Music starts around 8:00 pm
Order your tickets in advance and receive complimentary reserved seating!
$25. Buy tickets online at Tickets Tonight.
For phone orders, call us at 604.879.9888 or download an order form here.
Note: There is no food or beverage service during the performances; please order meals by 7:30 PM. The Cellar is licensed as a restaurant and is therefore open to all ages. A minimum $10 food/beverage order is in effect.
Ensemble Made in Canada, piano quartet | Tuesday, March 13, 2012
with Elissa Lee, violin; Tawnya Popoff, viola; Rachel Mercer, cello & Angela Park, piano
Winners of the CBC Galaxie Rising Stars Award, and featured in Chatelaine Magazine’s list of “80 amazing Canadian women to watch,” Ensemble Made in Canada has firmly established itself as Canada’s premier piano quartet.
As part of their first tour in British Columbia, they stop at the Cellar for an evening of superlative chamber music: Mahler's rarely heard Piano Quartet, a world premiere from John Burge, and Schumann's thrilling Piano Quartet.
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Programme
Gustav Mahler's Piano Quartet in A Minor
John Burge's New Work (world premiere)
Robert Schumann's Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op.47
Doors open at 6:30 pm
Come for a drink, or a meal! All ages welcome.
Music starts around 8:00 pm
Order your tickets in advance and receive complimentary reserved seating!
$25. Buy tickets online at Tickets Tonight.
For phone orders, call us at 604.879.9888 or download an order form here.
Note: There is no food or beverage service during the performances; please order meals by 7:30 PM. The Cellar is licensed as a restaurant and is therefore open to all ages. A minimum $10 food/beverage order is in effect.
Mark McGregor, flute & Christopher Bagan, harpsichord | Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Mark McGregor is “well on his way to becoming one of the world’s leading flutists” (The Georgia Straight). Christopher Bagan is a keyboardist quickly establishing himself as one of Canada’s rising stars.
Performing baroque music and fresh pieces written especially for them, these two outstanding musicians promise a concert that speaks to your heart, and to your mind.
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Programme
Jocelyn Morlock's Handelmobile (world premiere)
George Frederic Handel's Sonata in G major, HWV 363b
François Couperin's Concert Royal No. 4 in E Minor
Alfredo Santa Ana's F.C. (world premiere)
Cassandra Miller's For Mark and Chris (world premiere)
J.S. Bach's Sonata in A Major, BWV 1032 and Sonata in B Minor, BWV 1030
Edward Top's Bound by Bach (world premiere)
Doors open at 6:30 pm
Come for a drink, or a meal! All ages welcome.
Music starts around 8:00 pm
Note: There is no food or beverage service during the performances; please order meals by 7:30 PM. The Cellar is licensed as a restaurant and is therefore open to all ages. A minimum $10 food/beverage order is in effect.
Piano Now! | Tuesday, March 27, 2012
What's new with the piano? Check out Music on Main's Piano Now! and discover mind-expanding, emotionally resonant new work for yourself.
The concert features two of Vancouver's most thrilling musicians, pianists Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa and Chris Morano.
Chris performs the Canadian premiere of Michel van der Aa's Transit for piano and video and Michael Park's Stories Men Tell for speaking pianist.
Then Rachel takes the stage to perform Cosmophony, a cycle of nine works for piano and video that is inspired by the beauty and majesty of the cosmos.
The concert also features the world premiere viewing of John Bolton's new music video featuring Rachel Iwaasa performing Jocelyn Morlock's Phobos and Deimos, Circling.
One night only.
Chris Morano, piano
Michael Park's Stories Men Tell
Michel van der Aa's Transit
Film by John Bolton
Phobos and Deimos, Circling, featuring Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa
Produced & Directed by John Bolton for Opus 59 Films
Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, piano
Cosmophony
Denis Gougeon's Piano-Soleil
Rodney Sharman's Mercurio dal ciel in terra
Marci Rabe's Venus
Alexander Pechenyuk's Clouds from North
Jocelyn Morlock's Phobos and Deimos, Circling
Jordan Nobles' Fragments
Christopher Kovarik's Jupiter
Jeffrey Ryan's Saturn: Study in White
Stefan Udell's Uranus
Jennifer Butler's Neptune
Emily Doolittle's Gliese 581C
Doors open at 6:30 pm
Come for a drink, or a meal! All ages welcome.
Music starts around 8:00 pm
Order your tickets in advance and receive complimentary reserved seating!
$25. Buy tickets online at Tickets Tonight.
For phone orders, call us at 604.879.9888 or download an order form here.
Note: There is no food or beverage service during the performances; please order meals by 7:30 PM. The Cellar is licensed as a restaurant and is therefore open to all ages. A minimum $10 food/beverage order is in effect.
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