Purcell & Nyman: Music After Awhile

Purcell & Nyman: Music After Awhile

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2019
CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL | 690 BURRARD STREET | Google map
Join us for a pre-concert talk at 6:45pm | Concert starts at 7:30PM

Tickets available through Early Music Vancouver. All ages welcome.

featuring:
Iestyn Davies
Fretwork
Emily Ashton
Richard Boothby
Joanna Levine
Asako Morikawa
Sam Stadlen

“The music hurtles through daring emotional shifts, with fiery outbursts one moment and achingly confused expressions the next. Mr. Davies sang it overwhelmingly.”–The New York Times

Recognized as one of today’s great singers, Iestyn Davies brings to life pieces by English minimalist Michael Nyman and baroque composer Henry Purcell.

Fretwork, “the finest viol consort on the planet” (Stephen Pettitt, The London Evening Standard), joins the award-winning countertenor in this stunning co-production with Early Music Vancouver. “Expect bold harmonies, wondrous inventions, and melodies that will haunt your dreams – whether from the 17^th century or the 21^st” (Early Music Vancouver).

This performance is presented in partnership with Early Music Vancouver.

This concert’s Presenting Corporate Sponsor is Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes) and has been generously supported by the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association.

programme

Michael Nyman
No Time in Eternity (2016)

Henry Purcell
Fantazy No. 7 in C minor (1680)
Fantazy No. 11 in G major (1680)
Music for a while

Nyman
Music after a While (2018)

Purcell
The Evening Hymn

Nyman
Balancing the books (1999)
If (1995)
Why (1995)

Purcell
Fantazy No. 6 in F major (1680)
Fantazy upon one note (1680)

Nyman
The Self-Laudatory Hymn of Innanna and her Omnipotence (1992)