2024 Program

Rix Centre at Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre

Opening Night  Concert 1

Friday eve, July 19th , 8:15 pm

Pre-concert Fanfares

Three Fanfares, for horn in a distant rowboatC. Donison (b. 1952)

I Call and response between distant rowboat and boats (with cannon start)
II 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: chimes (on the Rix Centre balcony) CANADIAN COAST GUARD, cannon & sirens,

8:30 pm

Opening remarks

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English Suite No.3 in G minor, BWV 808                 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Allemande
Courante
Prelude

Ibison Guitar duo     Chad Ibison & Janet Grohovac,  classical guitar

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Quintet no. 15 in C minor ‘Bullet’, opus 38               George Onslow  (1784-1853)

I Allegro Moderato e espressivo
II Minuetto non tanto presto  – delore
III  Andante Sostenuto – convalescenza
IV Allegro

Mona Tian, violin
Jennifer Armor, violin
Carson Rick, viola
David Liam Roberts, cello
Sam Nadurak, cello

– Intermission –

Lonely House                                                                          Kurt Weill and Langston Hughes
Speak Low                                                                               Kurt Weill and Ogden Nash
Nice Work If You Can Get It                                                   George and Ira Gershwin

Nan Hughes-Poole, mezzo soprano
Christopher Donison, piano

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Jazz Selections   traditional jazz standards and original compositions.

Selections TBA

Dave Restivo, piano
P.J. Perry, alto saxophone
Brad Turner, trumpet & flügelhorn
Neil Swainson, bass
Morgan Childs, drums

 Concert 2

 Saturday eve, July 20th, 8:30 pm

 Sonatina for violin and Piano Op. 137, #1   D384 (1816)     Franz Schubert  (1787-1828)

Mona Tian, violin
Kenneth Slowik, piano

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Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 70. No. 1  “Ghost”   (1809)     L. Beethoven (1770 – 1827)

Kenneth Slowick, piano
Jennifer Armor, viola
Sam Nadural, cello

I  Allegro vivace con brio
II Largo assai ed espressivo
III Presto

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Tango Suite (1984)                                                                    Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

Tango I
Tango II
Tango III

Ibison Guitar duo      Chad Ibison & Janet Grohovac,  classical guitar

– Intermission –

You Go to My Head                                     Dizzie Gillespie and J. Fred Coots
One Life to Live                                             Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin
Try to Remember                                         Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones

Nan Hughes-Poole, mezzo soprano
Christopher Donison, piano

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Jazz Selections   traditional jazz standards and original compositions.

Selections TBA

Dave Restivo, piano
P.J. Perry, alto saxophone
Brad Turner, trumpet & flügelhorn
Neil Swainson, bass
Morgan Childs, drums 

Concert 3

Community Day Concert   (Free or by donation for Bamfielders)

Sunday Matinée, July 21st , 1:00pm

String sextet (Capriccio) Op. 85                                          Richard Strauss  (1864 – 1949)

Jennifer Armor, violin
Mona Tian, violin
Carson Rick, viola
Steven Dann, viola
David Liam Roberts, cello
Sam Nadurak, cello

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Tango Suite (1984)                                                              Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

Tango I
Tango II
Tango III

Ibison Guitar duo            Chad Ibison & Janet Grohovac,  classical guitar

– Intermission –

Jazz Selections   traditional jazz standards and original compositions.

Selections TBA

Dave Restivo, piano
P.J. Perry, alto saxophone
Brad Turner, trumpet & flügelhorn
Neil Swainson, bass
Morgan Childs, drums

Concert 4

Sunday eve, July 21st, 8:30 pm

Nocturna                                      Julian Plaza (arr. A. Karttunen)
El Choclo                                         Angel Gregorio Villoldo Arroyo  (arr. A. Karttunen)
El Marne                                          Eduardo Arolas  (arr. A. Karttunen)

Mona Tian, violin
Steven Dann, viola
David Liam Roberts, cello

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Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478  (1785)                  W.A. Mozart  (1756 – 1791)

Kenneth Slowik, piano
Jennifer Armor, violin
Carson Rick, viola
David Liam Roberts, cello

I Allegro
II Andante
III Rondo

– Intermission –

Caro Mio Ben                              Giuseppe Giordani (1751– 1798)
Amarilli mia bella                      Giulio Caccini (1551 – 1618)
Il Mio Ben                                    Giovanni Paisiello (1740 –1816)
Vittoria mio core                        Giacomo Carissimi (1605 – 1674)
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen’    Gustav Mahler (1860 – 1911)

Nan Hughes-Poole, mezzo soprano
Kenneth Slowik, piano

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Grand duo égales et concertantes                                 Napoléon Coste (1805-1883)
Jobiniana no.1 (1986)                                                          Sérgio Assad (1952-)

Ibison Guitar duo                     Chad Ibison & Janet Grohovac,  classical guitar 

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Jazz Selections   traditional jazz standards and original compositions.

Selections TBA

Dave Restivo, piano
P.J. Perry, alto saxophone
Brad Turner, trumpet & flügelhorn
Neil Swainson, bass
Morgan Childs, drums 

Closing Night Concert 5

Monday, July 22nd, 8:30 pm

String sextet (Capriccio) Op. 85                                  Richard Strauss  (1864 – 1949)

Jennifer Armor, violin
Mona Tian, violin
Carson Rick, viola
Steven Dann, viola
David Liam Roberts, cello
Sam Nadurak, cello

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Losing My Mind                                            Stephen Sondheim
Both Sides Now                                            Joni Mitchell
Aint Misbehavin’                                           Fats Waller and Harry Brooks

Nan Hughes-Poole, mezzo soprano
Christopher Donison, piano

– Intermission –

Jazz Selections   traditional jazz standards and original compositions.

Selections TBA

Dave Restivo, piano
P.J. Perry, alto saxophone
Neil Swainson, bass
Morgan Childs, drums

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Les Guitares Bien Tempérées op. 199 (1962)    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)

Prelude and Fugue in E major

Ibison Guitar duo                Chad Ibison & Janet Grohovac, classical guitar