Date: 7/18/2013 6:14 pm
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Location of event Ryerson United Church, 2205 West 45th Ave., Vancouver, BC
Vancouver Chamber Choir
Heiko Ossig, guitar
Jon Washburn, conductor
Join the Vancouver Chamber Choir for the opening concert of our 43rd concert series. The feature work is Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s fiery Romancero gitano, based on Spanish poems of Frederico García Lorca for which we are joined by our special guest artist – German guitarist Heiko Ossig. We celebrate the 70th birthday of BC composer Imant Raminsh with Latvian Folk Songs and explore other European colours through great choral music and poetry of Debussy and Charles d’Orléans, Hindemith and Rainer Maria Rilke, Rautavaara and even more García Lorca.
Paul Hindemith – Six chansons
Einojuhani Rautavaara – Lorca Suite
Imant Raminsh – Five Latvian Folk Songs
Isaac Albéniz – Asturias (guitar solo)
Francisco Tárrega – Capricho árabe (guitar solo)
Claude Debussy – Trois chansons de Charles d’Orléans
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco – Romancero gitano (with guitar)
Adults $30, Sr/St $25.50, Student Rush (at door) $10
For more information or to subscribe contact Vancouver Chamber Choir at 604-738-6822.
Tickets available August 7th through Ticketmaster.ca (1-855-985-2787)