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)

  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)
  3. 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)

  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)
  3. 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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