2016 MBTS Programme:
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If you haven’t been to MBTS before it is worth taking the time to read about how we programme. We are not a normal festival, in the sense that people normally buy tickets for a particular artist on a particular night. Instead, we create a “company” of individual artists from across the country and the globe, both jazz and classical, who then collaborate to create the programme.
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)
- Call and response between distant rowboat and boats (with cannon start)
- 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 4th, 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 10th, noon
Everything TBA
Peter Sculthorpe (1929-2014)
From Kakadu
Grave
Comodo
Misterioso
Cantando
Jacob Cordover, guitar
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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)
- Call and response between distant rowboat and boats (with cannon start)
- 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