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Bach Festivals & Cantata Series
Pacific Baroque Festival |
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Name: |
Pacific Baroque Festival |
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Location: |
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
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Venues: |
Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music
Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria |
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Years: |
Since 2005 (Annual Festival) |
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Months: |
February-March |
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Artistic Director: |
Marc Destrubé |
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Ensembles: |
Pacific Baroque Orchestra
St Christopher Singers |
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Website: |
Pacific Baroque Festival (Official Website)
Pacific Baroque Festival, Victoria BC on Facebook |
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History: |
The Pacific Baroque Festival focuses on the period performance of baroque music. It is located in Victoria, BC, Canada, and is presented by the Victoria Conservatory of Music.
Inspired by the Festival’s Artistic Director, Marc Destrubé, the Festival has grown to five events in which the audience can appreciate a range of music based on the Festival’s theme (see the list of fevals below):
The Festival’s core ensemble is the Pacific Baroque Festival of Vancouver and features international as well as local musicians. It also provides a platform for young musicians studying in Victoria to perform with professional musicians. In the past three years, and again in 2011, the Victoria Children’s Choir, under the direction of Madeleine Humer, has performed at least one major work giving these young musicians exposure to the period performance of Bùroque music.
The Festival is not an exclusive Bach Festival, but some of its programmes were dedicated to J.S. Bach (2006, 2010, 2014) |
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Mission: |
The Festival is dedicated to:
- providing excellence in period performance
- to exposing expanding Victoria audiences to period performance of baroque music
- to attracting visitors to visit Victoria and the Pacific Baroque Festival in the month of February. |
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Recent Festivals: |
1st Festival: 2005 (An Evening of Pacific Baroque)
2nd Festival: 2006 (Bach, Boccherini & Beyond)
3rd Festival: 2007 (Masters of the English Baroque: Handel, Purcell, Avison, Geminiani, Corbett and others)
4th Festival: 2008 (Vivaldi’s Venice)
5th Festival: Feb 6-8, 2009 (Handel in London)
6th Festival: Feb 4-7, 2010 (Bach, Buxtehude & Telemann)
7th Festival: Feb 3-6, 2011 (Stylus Fantasticus: Music for Bishops & Emperors)
8th Festival Feb 9-12, 2012 (Music for the Sun King)
9th Festival: Feb 21-24, 2013 (Welcome to All the Pleasures: The Music of Henry Purcell)
10th Festival: Mar 6-9 2014 (J.S. Bach) |
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