We have now confirmed all the artists and below is a list of works being considered for the programme. Generally, a typical concert contains a short piece or two from a variety of artists in the company, in a variety of collaborations, both jazz and classical. If you’d like to see more, view our previous programmes here.

Jazz selections are announced from the stage. We have been doing this long enough now that audiences are buying tickets before they know the programme or the artists— because they are confident that every concert will have a large, thoughtfully chosen, selection of the company and different genres.

That being said, there is enough information available now  (see below)  that many will be confident to buy their tickets now.  (sales are already very brisk,  more than in any previous season)  Below is the list of Artists and selections.  A programme giving a date for each of these will be published soon.  All programming is always subject to change

(NB: Renee Rosnes appears July 5 to the end of the festival.Oliver Gannon appears July 2 to July 6 ( with possible extension).  All others remain throughout the Festival.  Fellowship Artists appear on July 2 and 3rd only.)

Here is the programme:

Concert 1

Sat eve, July 2nd, 8:15 pm

pre-concert Fanfares

Three Fanfares, for horn in a 
distant rowboat and tuned ships horns (2015) 
C. Donison (b. 1952)

1. Call and response between distant
rowboat and boats (with cannon start)
2. Call and response between less distant
rowboat and boats (with siren start)

III. Call and response between close
rowboat and boats 
(with yelping siren start)

Bryn Badel, posthorn (in a rowboat) C. Donison: MIDI controller (on the Rix Centre balcony)
CANADIAN COAST GUARD, cannon & sirens, Bamfleld Volunteer Boat Flotilla, John Masse Commodore

8:30 pm

Opening remarks

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Enrique Granados (1867-1916)

Danza Española no.5

Jacob Cordover, guitar

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TBA Solo Jazz selection,

John Stetch, piano

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American Songbook selections

Music of Irving Berlin (1888-1989)

Nan Hughes

Christopher Donison piano and MBTS artists TBA

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Jazz and Strings

Selections from Bird with Strings (arr. Jimmy Carroll)

PJ Perry, saxophone

Rudy Petschauer, drums

John Stetch, piano

Neil Swainson, bass

Laura Karney, oboe

Robert Uchida, violin

Aaron Schwebel, violin

Elizabeth Skinner, violin

Madlen Breakball, violin

Jennifer Murphy, violin

Keith Hamm, viola

Florian Peelman, viola

Laila Zakzook, viola

Brian Yoon, cello

Leana Rutt, cello

Drew Comstock, cello

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Intermission

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Vallée d’Oberman

Walter Prossnitz, piano

Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)

Chanson Perpétuelle, op. 37

Robert Uchida, violin

Elizabeth Skinner, violin

Keith Hamm, viola

Brian Yoon, cello

Walter Prossnitz, piano

Christina Daletska, soprano

 
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Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979)

Dumka

Robert Uchida, violin

Steven Dann, viola

Marc Ryser, piano

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Jazz Selections TBA

John Stetch, piano

Neil Swainson, bass

PJ Perry, saxophone

Rudy Petschauer, drums

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Concert 2

Sunday Matinée, July 3rd, noon

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

String Quartet in A minor, op.13

Adagio – Allegro vivace

Adagio non lento

Intermezzo: Allegretto con moto – Allegro di molto

Presto – Adagio non lento

Madlen Breckbill, violin

Jennifer Murphy, violin

Laila Zakzook, viola

Drew Comstock, cello

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W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)

String Quintet in E-flat major, K.614

Allegro di molto

Andante

Menuetto: Allegretto

Allegro

Madlen Breckbill, violin

Jennifer Murphy, violin

Laila Zakzook, viola

Steven Dann, viola

Drew Comstock, cello
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Intermission

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Piano Quintet in D minor, op. 89

Molto moderato

Adagio

Allegretto moderato

Jennifer Murphy, violin

Madlen Breckbill, violin

Laila Zak, viola

Drew Comstock, cello

Marc Ryser, piano

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Concert 3

Sunday eve, July 3rd, 8:30 pm 

Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)

Excerpts from Suite española op. 47

Asturias

Granada

Sevilla

Jacob Cordover, guitar

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Luigi Boccherini (1703-1805)

Guitar Quintet in D major, G.448

Pastorale

Allegro maestoso

Grave assai

Fandango

Elizabeth Skinner, violin

Robert Uchida, violin

Florian Peelman, viola

Leana Rutt, cello

Jacob Cordover, guitar

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Intermission

American Songbook selections

Music of Jerome Kern (1885-1945)

Nan Hughes

Christopher Donison, piano and MBTS artists TBA

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Jazz Selections TBA

John Stetch, piano

Neil Swainson, bass

PJ Perry, saxophone

Rudy Petschauer, drums

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Concert 4

Monday , July 4^th, 8:30 pm

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)

Les Soirées de Petrograd, Op.55

I: L’ancien régime

L’orgueilleuse

La révolté

La martiale

L’infidèle

La perverse

L’irrésolue

II: La révolution

La grand mère de la révolution

Les journées d’août

Monsieur Protopopoff

Le convive

La limousine

Le colonel Romanoff

Charles Ives (1874-1954)

Six  Songs

Majority

Evening

Charlie Rutlage

Indians

At the River

In Flanders Fields

Christina Daletska, soprano

Walter Prossnitz, piano

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Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)

Six  Songs

Hebrew Song

King Saul

Sleep softly

In the mushroom fields

Vision

Oh, you Drunkard!

Christina Daletska, soprano

Walter Prossnitz, piano

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Intermission

Jazz Selections TBA

John Stetch, piano

Neil Swainson, bass

PJ Perry, saxophone

Rudy Petschauer, drums

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Concert 5

Tuesday, July 5th, 8:30 pm

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Sonata in F major, op.24 (“Spring”)

Allegro

Adagio molto espressivo

Scherzo – Allegro molto

Allegro ma non troppo

Aaron Schwebel, violin

Marc Ryser, piano

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American Songbook selections

Music of Cole Porter (1891-1964)

Nan Hughes

Christopher Donison, piano and MBTS artists TBA
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Intermission

Eduardo Garrido (b. 1975)

Seascapes

Archipelagos and Reefs

Midnight Breeze

Death Bay

Jacob Cordover, guitar

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Federico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982)

Sonatina

Allegretto

Andante

Allegro

Jacob Cordover, guitar

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Jazz Selections TBA

Renee Rosnes, piano

John Stetch, piano

Neil Swainson, bass

PJ Perry, saxophone

Rudy Petschauer, drums

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Concert 6

Thursday, July 7th, 8:30 pm

Agustin Barrios (1885-1944)

Vals, op.8 no.4

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

Adios Nonino

Roland Dyens (b.1955)

Tango en Skai

Jacob Cordover, guitar

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Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Quintet in G major, op.111

Allegro non troppo, ma con brio

Adagio

Un poco allegretto

Vivace, ma non troppo presto

Aaron Schwebel, violin

Elizabeth Skinner, violin

Keith Hamm, viola

Florian Peelman, viola

Brian Yoon, cello

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Intermission

American Songbook selections

Music of Richard Rodgers (b.1933)

Nan Hughes

Christopher Donison, piano and MBTS artists TBA

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Jazz Selections TBA

Renee Rosnes, piano

Neil Swainson, bass

PJ Perry, saxophone

Rudy Petschauer, drums

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Concert 7

Friday, July 8th, 8:30 pm

Jazz selections TBA

Renee Rosnes, piano

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Sextet in G major, op. 36

Allegro non troppo

Scherzo – Allegro non troppo – Presto giocoso

Adagio

Poco allegro

Elizabeth Skinner, violin

Aaron Schwebel, violin

Keith Hamm, viola

Florian Peelman, viola

Leana Rutt, cello

Brian Yoon, cello

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Intermission

American Songbook selections

Music of George Gershwin (1898-1937)

Nan Hughes

Christopher Donison, piano and MBTS artists TBA

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Jazz Selections TBA

Renee Rosnes, piano

Neil Swainson, bass

PJ Perry, saxophone

Rudy Petschauer, drums

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Concert 8

Saturday, July 9th, 8:30 pm

Jazz and Strings

Selections by Renee Rosnes (b.1962)

Rudy Petschauer, drums

Renee Rosnes, piano

Neil Swainson bass

Robert Uchida, violin

Aaron Schwebel, violin

Elizabeth Skinner, violin

Keith Hamm, viola

Florian Peelman, viola

Leana Rutt, cello

Brian Yoon, cello

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Piano Quintet in A minor, op. 84

Moderato – Allegro

Adagio

Andante – Allegro

Aaron Schwebel, violin

Elizabeth Skinner, violin

Keith Hamm, viola

Leana Rutt, cello

Marc Ryser, piano

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Intermission

American Songbook selections — Harold Arlen (1937-1970)

Nan Hughes

Christopher Donison, piano and MBTS artists TBA

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Jazz Selections TBA

Renee Rosnes, piano

Neil Swainson, bass

PJ Perry, saxophone

Rudy Petschauer, drums

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Concert 9

Sunday Matinée, July 10^th, noon

Everything TBA

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Concert 10

Sun eve, July 10th, 8:15 pm

pre-concert Fanfares

Three Fanfares, for horn in a 
distant rowboat and tuned ships horns (2015) 
C. Donison (b. 1952)

1. Call and response between distant
rowboat and boats (with cannon start)
2. Call and response between less distant
rowboat and boats (with siren start)

III. Call and response between close
rowboat and boats 
(with yelping siren start)

Bryn Badel, posthorn (in a rowboat) C. Donison: MIDI controller (on the Rix Centre balcony)
CANADIAN COAST GUARD, cannon & sirens, Bamfleld Volunteer Boat Flotilla, John Masse Commodore

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8:30 pm

Concert start

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Ma mère l’Oye

I.  Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant

II. Petit Poucet

III. Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes

IV. Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête

V. Le jardin féerique

Marc Ryser, piano

Walter Prossnitz, piano

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American Songbook selections

Nan Hughes

Christopher Donison, piano and MBTS artists TBA

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P.I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Souvenir de Florence, op. 70

Allegro con spirito

Adagio cantabile e con moto

Allegretto moderato

Allegro con brio e vivace

Robert Uchida, violin

Aaron Schwebel, violin

Florian Peelman, viola

Keith Hamm, viola

Brian Yoon, cello

Leana Rutt, cello

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Intermission

Manuel de Falla (1896-1946)

7 Canciones Poulares Españolas

El Paño moruno

Seguidilla murciana

Asturiana

Jota

Nana

Canción

Polo

Christina Daletska, soprano

Jacob Cordover, guitar

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Jazz Selections TBA

Renee Rosnes, piano

Neil Swainson, bass

PJ Perry, saxophone

Rudy Petschauer, drums

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John Lennon (1940-1980) & Paul McCartney (b.1942) (arr. Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996)

Here, There and Everywhere

Yesterday

Jacob Cordover, guitar