Winnipeg Early Music Society

EVENTS LISTING:

June 2010
July 2010
15-24 Starbach's - Bach's Coffee Cantata
24 Immaculate Conception Church- Medieval Festival
August 2010
September 2010
October 2010
23, 24 Musical Offering
November 2010
21 Musical Offering Baroque Beams
December 2010
11,12 Virtuosi Concerts The WSO Chamber Players
January 2011
22,23 Musical Offering
February 2011
March 2011
April 2011
30 Musical Offering
May 2011
1 Musical Offering

The Winnipeg Early Music Society (WEMS) maintains this page as a service to promote Early Music Concerts and Events in the city. Groups listed here are not neccesarily affiliated with WEMS.
To have your ensemble's early music concerts listed here, contact wems@mts.net


ALL THE KINGS MEN:
Director Charles Horton

All The King's Men is a male-voice liturgical choir, associated with the College Chapel of St. John the Evangelist at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. Much of their music draws from a rich tradition of Latin and English choral music for men's voices within the context of the Anglican services of Evensong and Compline. Much of the repertoire is early period. All the Kings Men sings evensong on the first Sunday of the month, for more information about the repertoire for a particular service, please check their web page at: All the King's Men and click on next service.


IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH OF COOKS CREEK:


Saturday, July 24, 2010: MEDIEVAL FESTIVAL

Daytime activities noon until 6PM. Feast at 6 PM. Along with the usual medieval entertainments of jousting and feasting, this festival also features a number of half hour sets of music by various Winnipeg ensembles in the lovely acoustics of the church sanctuary. Groups performing Early Music in the church include This Merrie Companie, The Amindra Consort, BB and the Avocado, ReSound!, and Lisa Marie Tucker. More information forthcoming. For more information, see Medieval Fest
THE MUSICAL OFFERING:
"Yours is always the best seat in the house at The Musical Offering. An intimate experience - hear the sweet sounds of instruments of another age, see the artists as they perform; taste the pleasure of music offered especially for you. Be a welcome guest in the home of The Musical Offering - 298 Yale Avenue"

Harpsichordist Sylvia Scott Wortley invites us into her beautiful Crescentwood home for a series of concerts. Each concert is followed by a complimentary reception of tea, coffee, fruit punch and pastries. Linger to meet the artists and to examine the instruments.

SEASON CONCERTS FOR 2010 - 11:
Saturday concerts are at 3:00 pm, Sunday at 8:00 pm.
Subscription Tickets $80 senior $70 student $40 (proof of id required)
Individual Series Tickets $30, $25 senior, $15 student
Baroque Beams Nov.25 $20
For ticket information please call 774-3601. For further information please call 284-7554 or visit www.themusicaloffering.mb.ca

October 23, 24, 2010: VIVA VALDI

In the spirit fo Vivaldi’s music for the ospedale, or schools for young women in 18th c. Italy, virtuoso violinist Oleg Pokhanovski will collaborate with emerging artists in a program which will highlight music by Vitali, Locatelli, and a concerto for four violins by the red priest himself, Antonio Vivaldi.

Oleg Pokhanovski, violin assisted by Natalia Zielinski, Peter Jo, Betty Dyck and Sylvia Scott Wortley, harpsichord

January 22, 23, 2011: SOME LIKE IT HOT!
Maria Luz Alvarez, Spanish baroque concert and recording artist, will present a passionate program that will include Spanish songs ranging from those of the florid renaissance to the flowing melodies of the high baroque period. The heart will beat to the heat of Spanish flamenco dancer Pedro Aurelio.
Maria Luz Alvarez, soprano: Pedro Aurelia, flamenco dancer; Sylvia Scott Wortley, harpsichord.

April 30, May 1, 2011: THE CHOICE OF HERCULES
This semi-staged opera, written in 1751, is filled with Handel’s well loved melodies. The opera will be sung in English by a costumed cast who will trace the dilemma of Hercules as he struggles between the Pleasure and Virtue.
Pleasure: Jessica Strong, soprano; Virtue: Jennifer Sproule, mezzo-soprano; Hercules: Aran Matsuda, baritone; Attendant on Pleasure: Conrad Siebert, tenor; accompanied by a chorus and a baroque orchestra under the direction of Kathleen Kajioka, concertmaster.

SPECIAL CONCERT

Sunday November 21, 2010: BAROQUE BEAMS
3:00 PM. The Musical Offering presents for the twelfth season a concert showcasing talented young Manitoba artists who are incorporating baroque music into their studies.
Performers to be announced.

VIRTUOSI CONCERTS:

University of Winnipeg’s 225-seat Eckhardt-Gramatte Hall (EGH)
For more information see: www.virtuosi.mb.ca/virtuosiconcerts.html


BAROQUE AND BEYOND I: featuring the WSO Chamber Players led by Gwen Hoebig
Saturday December 11, 2010, 8 PM
Sunday December 12, 2010 2 PM: THE ENGLISH TOUCH

 English music came alive with its greatest 17th century composer, Henry Purcell. Other English composers followed, leading to the London residencies of Handel and Johann Christian Bach - the 'London Bach' as he came to be known.

Single Ticket purchases by telephone order only 786-9000. Many concerts sell out well in advance of concert night. For subscription tickets please check Virtuosi website.


Single Tickets: $33 adults/ $15.00 students/ High school Students $5 ( as part of the “EyeGo To the Arts Program”, single tickets at door only )
For more information on the rest of Virtuosi's concert series and subscriptions see: www.virtuosi.mb.ca



WINNIPEG FRINGE FESTIVAL


July 15 - 24: STARBACH'S THE COFFEE CANTATA

What happens when you can't get your daily fix, coffee or otherwise?!
Music by J.S. Bach
Directed by Donna Fletcher
Featuring: Naomi Forman (Lieschen) David Klassen (Schlendrian) Darren Martens (Taylor the Latte Boy) Verna Wiebe, Piano (An Equity-Approved Co-op Production)

StarBachs: The Coffee Cantata is the caffeinated version of J.S. Bachs mini-masterpiece, revamped for the modern world.

Sung in English and set in everyones favourite coffee house, its Bach like you’ve never seen it before! The professional cast and crew is made up of faculty from Manitoba’s top music schools.
The Story: Schlendrian (David Klassen) is an old-fashioned sort of guy, who detests living todays fast-paced world characterized by coffee-to-go. Meanwhile, his sister Lieschen (Naomi Forman) is hopelessly addicted to coffee and has a huge crush on her barista, Taylor the Latte Boy (Darren Martens). The show contains all the music of Bachs so-called "Kaffee Kantate" (Its original title was "Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht" B.W.V 211) plus additional songs glorifying our favourite morning drink.

General Running time: 50 minutes.
Tickets: $10 General admission. To order and to view the performance schedule, please call the Fringe at (204) 942-6537 or 1-877-446-4500 or go to the Fringe Website
Venue 20: Exchange Community Church, 75 Albert St., 2nd floor, Winnipeg, MB
Website:www.formanproductions.ca

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Updated July 16, 2010