2019 MBTS Programme:
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.
Here below is this year’s programme. Scroll all the way down for the full programme. Please remember that all programming is subject to change.
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Concert 1
Sat eve, July 20th , 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)
- 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
J.S. Bach 1686-1750
Brandenburg Concerto No.3
Ernst Kovacic, violin
Robert Uchida, violin
Aaron Schwebel, violin
Laura Veeze, violin
Roberts Balanas, violin
Daniel Fuchs, violin
Keith Hamm, viola
Lucas Blekeberg, viola
Emmanuelle Beaulieu Bergeron, cello
Julie Hereish, cello
Carmen Bruno, cello
David Louie, piano
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Leoš Janáček 1854-1928
Suite from “On the Overgrown Path”
Our evenings
A blown-away leaf
They chattered like swallows
Good night
David Louie, piano
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Smetana 1824-1884
Quartet No. 2
Allegro
Allegro moderato
Allegro non piu moderato, ma agitato con fuoco
Finale: presto
Ernst Kovacic, violin
Roberts Balanas, violin
Clara Nguyen-Tran, viola
Maya Enstad, cello
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Intermission
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Jerzy Fitelberg 1903-1951
String Quartet No. 1
Presto
Andante
Allegro
Motto allegro
Presto
Rosa Hartley, violin
Daniel Fuchs, violin
Steven Dann, viola
Kimberly Jeong, cello
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American songbook selections
Jazimina MacNeil, mezzo-soprano
Christopher Donison, piano
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Solo Piano Selections TBA
John Stetch, piano
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Jazz Selections TBA
Neil Swainson, bass
PJ Perry, saxophones
Oliver Gannon, electric guitar
Concert 2
Sunday Matinée, July 21st , noon
Beethoven 1770-1827
Beethoven String Trio in G major Op.9 No. I
Adagio-allegro con brio
Adagio, ma non tanto, e cantabile
Scherzo
Presto
Daniel Fuchs, violin,
Steven Dann, viola,
Maya Enstad, cello
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Intermission
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W. Mozart 1756-1791
String Quartet No. 23 in F major KV590
Allegro moderato
Andante
Minuetto-allegretto
Allegro
Roberts Balanas, violin
Rosa Hartley, violin
Clara Nguyen-Tran, viola
Kimberly Jeong, cello
Concert 3
Sunday eve, July 21st , 8:30 pm
J.S.Bach 1686-1750
Chaconne from Partita in D minor for solo violin (BWV 1004)
Aaron Schwebel, violin
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Joseph Haydn 1732-1809
Piano Trio in C major, Hob XV:27.
Allegro
Andante
Presto
David Louie, piano
Robert Uchida, violin
Emmanuelle Beaulieu Bergeron, cello
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Szymon Laks 1901-1983
String Quartet No. 4. (1962)
Allegro non troppo
Andante sostenuto
Quasi presto, con fuoco
Rosa Hartley, violin
Daniel Fuchs, violin
Steven Dann, viola
Kimberly Jeong, cello
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Intermission
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Solo Piano Selections TBA
John Stetch, piano
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Jazz Selections TBA
Neil Swainson, bass
PJ Perry, saxophones
Oliver Gannon, electric guitar
Concert 4
Monday , July 22nd , 8:30 pm
Luigi Boccherini 1743-1805
Sonata in A Major, G. 4
Adagio
Allegro
Affettuoso
Julie Hereish, cello
Carmen Bruno, cello
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J.Brahms 1833-1897
String Sextet in G major, Op. 36
Allegro non troppo
Scherzo-allegro non troppo
Adagio
Poco allegro
Aaron Schwebel, violin
Laura Veeze, violin
Keith Hamm, viola
Lucas Blekeberg, viola
Emmanuelle Beaulieu Bergeron, cello
Carmen Bruno, cello
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Intermission
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Pavel Haas 1899-1944 arr. Mike Kelley
Four Songs after words of Chinese Poetry
Jazimina MacNeil, mezzo-soprano
Laura Veeze, violin
Robert Uchida, violin
Lucas Blekeberg, viola
Carmen Bruno, cello
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Jazz Selections TBA
Neil Swainson, bass
PJ Perry, saxophones
Oliver Gannon, electric guitar
Concert 5
Tuesday, July 23rd , 8:30 pm
A reading from Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels”
Christopher Donison, narrator
Telemann 1681-1767
Gulliver Suite in D Major for 2 violins, TWV40:108
I Intrada
II Chaconne of the Lilliputians
III Gigue of the Brobdingnagians
IV Daydreams of the Laputians and their Attendant Flappers
Loure of the Well-Mannered Houyhnhnms and Wild Dance of the Untamed Yahoo
Roberts Balanas, violin
Rosa Hartley, violin
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Caroline Shaw b. 1982
Cant Voi l’Aube
Jazimina MacNeil, mezzo-soprano
Robert Uchida, violin
Laura Veeze, violin
Lucas Blekeberg, viola
Emmanuelle Beaulieu Bergeron, cello
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Mozart 1756-1791
Sonata for violin and keyboard KV376 in F major
Ernst Kovacic, violin
David Louie, piano
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Intermission
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J.Brahms 1833-1897
Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano, Op. 91.
Jazimina MacNeil, mezzo-soprano
Lucas Blekeberg, viola
David Louie, piano
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Jazz Selections TBA
Neil Swainson, bass
PJ Perry, saxophones
Oliver Gannon, electric guitar
Concert 6
Thursday, July 25th , 8:30 pm
Luigi Boccherini 1743-1805
Sonata in G Major, G. 5
Largo
Allegro alla Militaire
Menuetto
Carmen Bruno, cello
Julie Hereish, cello
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Solo Piano Selections TBA
John Stetch, piano
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Antonín Leopold Dvorák 1841–1904
String Quintet in G major, Op. 77
Allegro con fuoco
Scherzo Allegro vivace
Poco andante
Finale. Allegro assai
Roberts Balanas, violin
Rosa Hartley, violin
Steven Dann, viola
Julie Hereish, cello
David Brown, bass
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Intermission
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American Songbook Selections
Jazimina MacNeil, mezzo-soprano
Christopher Donison, piano
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Jazz Selections TBA
Neil Swainson, bass
PJ Perry, saxophones
Oliver Gannon, electric guitar
Concert 7
Friday, July 26th , 8:30 pm
Gabriel Fauré 1845-1924
Piano Quintet in C minor, Op. 115
Allegro moderato
Allegro vivo
Andante moderato
Allegro molto
Rosa Hartley, violin
Aaron Schwebel, violin
Keith Hamm, viola
Emmanuelle Beaulieu Bergeron, cello
David Louie, piano
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Jean Francaix 1912-1997
Sei Preludi
I Apertura
II Elegia
III Scherzo
IV Intermezzo alla Tedesca
V Sogno
VI Finale
Ernst Kovacic, violin
Robert Uchida, violin
Laura Veeze, violin
Aaron Schwebel, violin
Rosa Hartley, violin
Roberts Balanas, violin
Keith Hamm, viola
Lucas Blekeberg, viola
Julie Hereish, cello
Carmen Bruno, cello
David Brown, bass
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Intermission
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Pablo de Sarasate 1844-1908
Navarra, Op. 33,
Robert Uchida, violin
Laura Veeze, violin
David Louie, piano
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Jazz Selections TBA
Neil Swainson, bass
PJ Perry, saxophones
Oliver Gannon, electric guitar
Concert 8
Saturday, July 27th , 8:30 pm
George Frederick Handel 1685-1759
Laschia Ch’io Pianga Mia Cruda Sorte from Rinaldo
Aaron Schwebel, violin
Rosa Hartley, violin
Laura Veeze, violin
Roberts Balanas, violin
Lucas Blekeberg, viola
Carmen Bruno, cello
David Brown, bass
Jazimina MacNeil, mezzo-soprano
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George Enescu 1881–1955
String Octet op. 7
Tres modéré
Tres fougueux
Lentement
Mouvement de Valse rythmée
Ernst Kovacic, violin
Aaron Schwebel, violin
Robert Uchida, violin
Roberts Balanas, violin
Steven Dann, viola
Keith Hamm, viola
Emmanuelle Beaulieu Bergeron, cello
Julie Hereish, cello
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Intermission
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Nikos Skalkottas 1904-1949
Five Greek Dances for String Orchestra
Epirotikos
Kretikos
Allegro moderato
Arkadikos
Kleftikos
Ernst Kovacic, violin
Aaron Schwebel, violin
Roberts Balanas, violin
Robert Uchida, violin
Laura Veeze, violin
Rosa Hartley, violin
Keith Hamm, viola
Lucas Blekeberg, viola
Steven Dann, viola
Emmanuelle Beaulieu Bergeron, cello
Carmen Bruno, cello
David Brown, bass
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Solo Piano Selections TBA
John Stetch, piano
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Jazz Selections TBA
Neil Swainson, bass
PJ Perry, saxophones
Oliver Gannon, electric guitar
Concert 9
Sunday Matinée, July 28th, noon
Alan Rideout 1934 – 1996
Ferdinand the Bull for Violin and Narrator
Ernst Kovacic, violin
Steven Dann, narrator
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Anssi Karttunen b.1960
Three Tangos Arranged for String Trio
El Choclo
El Marne
Nocturna
Ernst Kovacic, violin
Steven Dann, viola
Carmen Bruno, cello
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Solo Piano Selections TBA
John Stetch, piano
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Intermission
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TBA!
Concert 10
Sun eve, July 28th , 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)
- 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
Josef Haydn 1732-1809
String Quartet Op. 20 No. 2 in C
Moderato
Capriccio. Adagio
Menuet. Allegretto
Fuga a 4 soggetti
Roberts Balanas, violin
Rosa Hartley, violin
Lucas Bekeberg, viola
Carmen Bruno, cello
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Amédée-Ernest 1855 – 1899
Piano Quartet in A Major, Op.30. Chausson
Animé
Tres calme
Simple et sans hâte
Animé
David Louie, piano
Ernst Kovacic, violin
Steven Dann, viola,
Julie Hereish, cello
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Intermission
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American Songbook Selections TBA
Jazimina McNeil, mezzo soprano
John Stetch, piano / Christopher Donison, piano
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Jazz Selections TBA
Neil Swainson, bass
PJ Perry, saxophones
Oliver Gannon, electric guitar
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Frederick Chopin 1810–1849
Selected Preludes
David Louie, piano
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