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festive cantatas
Bach’s
Christmas
Oratorio
PACIFIC BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
ALEXANDER WEIMANN
MUSIC DIRECTOR
December 16, 2021 | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
Generously supported by the Drance Family,
Bryan & Gail Atkins, and Dr. Katherine E. Paton,
all in honour of Stephen & Betty Drance.
2 early music vancouver 2021 | 2022 Festive Cantatas: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio staff@earlymusic.bc.ca
the artists programme
Alexander Weimann THIS PROGRAMME WILL BE PERFORMED WITHOUT AN INTERVAL
director & harpsichord
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Myriam Leblanc Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen
soprano
Cantata bwv 248-v for the Sunday after New Year,
Suzie LeBlanc from the Weinachtsoratorium (1734)
soprano
1. Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen | chorus
Nicholas Burns 2. Da Jesus geboren war zu Bethlehem | recitative [t] (evangelist)
countertenor 3. Wo ist der neugeborne König der Jüden? | choir (sages) and recitative [a]
4. Dein Glanz all Finsternis verzehrt | chorale
Colin Balzer 5. Erleucht auch meine finstre Sinnen | aria [b]
tenor
6. Da das der König Herodes hörte | recitative [t] (evangelist)
Tyler Duncan 7. Warum wollt ihr erschrecken? | recitative [a]
baritone 8. Und ließ versammlen alle Hohepriester | recitative [t] (evangelist)
9. Ach, wenn wird die Zeit erscheinen? | aria (trio) [s,t,a]
10. Mein Liebster herrschet schon | recitative [a]
Pacific 11. Zwar ist solch Herzensstube | chorale
Baroque Orchestra
see listing on page 9
Johann Kuhnau (1660-1722)
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
1. Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern | chorale
2. Allein, heut wird der Große klein | recitative [t]
generously supported by 3. Uns ist ein Kind geboren | chorus
The Drance Family, 4. O Wundersohn, dein überirdisch Wesen | aria [s]
Bryan & Gail Atkins 5. Doch leuchtet in der Niedrigkeit | recitative [t]
and 6. Kommt, ihr Völker, kommt mit Haufen | aria [s]
Dr. Katherine E. Paton 7. Ich huld’ge dir, grossmächt’ger Prinz | accompagnato [t]
all in honour of 8. Zwingt die Saiten in Cythara | duo-chorale [s1 & s2]
Stephen & Betty Drance
Johann Sebastian Bach:
special thanks to our printers, Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben
Prism Printing and Digital Centre, Cantata bwv 248-iv for New Year’s Day,
New Westminster from the Weinachtsoratorium (1734)
who donated the printing
of the festive colour covers 1. Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben | chorus
for this programme. 2. Und da acht Tage um waren | recitative [t] (evangelist)
3. Immanuel, o süßes Wort! | recitative [b] and chorale [s]
4. Flößt, mein Heiland, flößt dein Namen | aria [s] (with echo)
5. Wohlan, dein Name soll allein | recitative [b] and chorale s
THE UNAUTHORISED USE OF 6. Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben | aria [t]
ANY VIDEO OR AUDIO RECORDING
7. Jesus richte mein Beginnen | choral
DEVICE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED
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Early Music Vancouver gratefully acknowledges the assistance and support of:
board of directors
government support
Johanna Shapira
president
Andrew Szeri
vice president Supported by the Province of British Columbia
Fran Watters
past president
Ron Kruschen
treasurer foundations
Colleen Dixon
secretary
Sherrill Grace, O.C. THE DRANCE FAMILY
Graeme Keirstead EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER FUND
Serena Ko 2021-22 production partners
Janet Lea
EMV’s performances at the Chan Centre are presented in partnership with the Chan Centre for the
Melody Mason Performing Arts, with the support of the Chan Endowment Fund at the University of British Columbia
Vincent Tan
pacific
÷ baroque
orchestra
alexander weimann
José Verstappen, C.M. director
artistic director emeritus
÷
staff
Suzie LeBlanc, C.M. production partners in victoria bc
artistic & executive director PACIFIC
BAROQUE
Jonathan Evans FESTIVAL
production manager
Michelle Herrewynen
corporate support
resource development manager
Nathan Lorch
business manager
Julia Halbert We also gratefully acknowledge the generosity of our many donors and volunteers.
executive assistant
thank you !
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to the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh
(Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are grateful for this privilege.
4 early music vancouver 2021 | 2022 Festive Cantatas: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio staff@earlymusic.bc.caremembering stephen and betty drance
by José Verstappen, Artistic Director Emeritus, EMV
A special donor event in honour of Stephen and Betty Drance was held in 2012 at Green College;
it included a surprise performance by Suzie LeBlanc (who made a special stopover during a trip to Japan!) and Alexander Weimann.
(Photo credit: Jan Gates)
Now that we are slowly able to return to in-person concert donors were invited to an wonderful luncheon which Stephen
visits to the Chan Centre in view of the Covid crisis, it and Betty hosted – initially at their home and later on at
is a delight to resume our annual Christmas tradition in Bishop's. Several of the participating musicians happily
this wonderful venue, with which we have had a special offered to contribute a musical performance to make these
relationship since the hall opened in 1997. Many of those lunches even more festive – and over the years we have seen,
who have attended our events here in the past will, out of among others, many of the artists that appear on stage tonight
habit, look over to the lower left balcony where Stephen and take part in these house concerts: Alexander Weimann was
Betty Drance had their regular seats, surrounded by family routinely the director and harpsichordist, together with Chloe
members and close friends. When the orchestra was tuning, Meyers and other instrumentalists, and many of the singers
it was quite common to see musicians wave their hands to that appeared at our summer festival productions. Both Suzie
welcome them – for they, and many of the audience members, LeBlanc and Matthew White were frequent participants at
knew and appreciated how much of a role the Drances played these joyful events, as were Colin Balzer and Tyler Duncan.
in making these “extravaganzas” possible, and had become It was also in those years that two government agencies,
personal friends as Stephen frequently attended rehearsals. Communications Canada and the BC Renaissance Fund,
Stephen was a great lover of early music, and especially of instigated significant efforts to move especially smaller arts
vocal repertoires. After major fundraising successes during organisations into setting up Endowment Funds, by offering
his outstanding career in the field of ophthalmology at matching grants for such donations. It also became more
UBC, he decided after is retirement to apply these skills for attractive to make large contributions in the form of securities,
the good of the arts community. He played a major role in with new regulations waiving capital gains taxes on such tax-
establishing Festival Vancouver in 2000, an organisation that deductible donations. Stephen and Betty have made major
regrettably did not survive the years of world-wide economic contributions to these new Endowment Funds at Early Music
downturn that followed the 9/11 attacks of 2001. But in these Vancouver, as have many of their friends. As a result, EMV's
years, Stephen's efforts did result in enormous new artistic Endowment Funds now total 2.3 million dollars, and contribute
growth for Early Music Vancouver, through his enthusiasm for over $80,000 annually in interest towards our activities.
and contributions to our festival productions of two staged The impact can be seen and enjoyed again this evening, in
Monteverdi operas and several other major projects like the another large-scale performance that would otherwise not
annual Festive Cantatas. Later on, he joined our Board of have been possible. In addition, we have received significant
Directors, which under his leadership developed a powerful sponsorship donations towards tonight's concert from the
fundraising arm that has led to enormous organisational and Drance Family, and from Bryan & Gail Atkins and Dr. Katherine
artistic growth over the years, for which we can all be grateful. Paton – both long-time friends of Stephen and Betty.
Stephen and Betty were generous people, not only towards With tonight’s celebratory concert, we gratefully remember
the music community and EMV in particular, but also towards the impact that Stephen and Betty have had on the arts in
the many friends, colleagues and family members that he this city, and in particular for Early Music Vancouver. The
persuaded to get involved, and make significant contributions elegance, friendliness, warmth and joy with which they went
to our cause. In the summers, the twenty or so most significant about this will always have a special place in our memories.
If you want to get involved and contribute towards our Endowment Fund, or become a Concert Sponsor,
please contact Michelle Herreweynen, EMV’s Resource Development Manager, at michelle@earlymusic.bc.ca
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by connor page
In the early eighteenth century, writers of the sixteenth century.
Leipzig was the heart of Lutheran The Thomaskantor’s musical
church music. Members of the duties were closely tied to the
town’s two principal churches turnings of the liturgical year,
could expect to hear impressive, and the presence of a familiar
sophisticated compositions al- chorale-tune would have sig-
most every Sunday and feast nalled to the congregation
day. As a Leipzig pastor recorded the character of the day’s
in 1738, major celebrations celebration. In fact, Kuhnau
like Christmas attracted the seems to have introduced the
townspeople “in masses”; con- practice, common in Bach’s
gregants were “much more Leipzig cantatas, of closing
attentive than usual” on such cantatas with a chorale.
occasions.
Kuhnau’s opening chorus, a
Despite attempts in the Lutheran The St. Thomaskirche in Leizig (1749) gracious setting of the Christmas
world to curb the carnivalesque hymn’s first verse, draws added
revels inherited from the Catholic Middle Ages, Christmas in warmth from the innovative addition of two natural horns. The
Leipzig was a time of great festivity. Attentive churchgoers coming movements show the elder Thomaskantor’s mastery
no doubt noticed the brilliant sounds of trumpets, horns and of the forms and techniques later inherited by Bach. Kuhnau’s
timpani that marked occasions of special splendour. setting of Isaiah 9:6 begins as a carefree choral fugue before
mounting to a mighty homophonic shout of praise. The lovely
Central to Leipzig’s musical culture was the Thomasschule,
tenor aria that follows (sung by a soprano this evening) is
a boarding school attached to St. Thomas’s Church. For cen-
an intimate expression of wonder, with two obbligato violins
turies, the school’s Kantors had been renowned composers
weaving beautiful lines above the voice. A florid soprano duet
and scholars; by the time Johann Kuhnau (1660-1722) and
brings in the closing chorale verse, setting off this tuneful
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) served as Thomaskantor,
finale’s call to music: “Master the strings of Cythara, and let
the post was the most respectable of its kind. Its duties,
sweet music ring out in all friendship.”
however, were sometimes troublesome. Bach, keen to focus
on music, quickly arranged to pay another teacher to take Bach turned to the composition of oratorios for only a very
care of his Latin teaching obligations. (Kuhnau, a polymath short period of his life. The Christmas Oratorio was written
and skilled linguist, fulfilled all his teaching responsibilities as six separate cantatas to be heard as a sequence between
admirably.) Both composers had to wrestle with the town Christmas (1734) and Epiphany (1735). Unlike Bach’s usual
council to keep up musical standards in the school and church cantatas, the oratorio follows a coherent plot, whose
churches. events are punctuated and interpreted by arias and choruses.
(In this regard, and in the tell-tale setting of biblical narrative
Bach, notoriously, was the council’s third choice for
as tenor recitative, the oratorio may remind listeners of Bach’s
Thomaskantor in 1722. By contrast, Kuhnau was promptly
two surviving Passions.)
elected to the post when his own predecessor, Johann Schelle,
died in 1701. A promising student and musician from an early Bach’s Christmas Oratorio is full of outstanding music, not all
age, Kuhnau had studied in Dresden and later in nearby Zittau. of which was originally composed for it. In a virtuoso display
By the time he settled in Leipzig in 1682, he was an adept of parody technique – the repurposing of already composed
organist, an experienced composer, and a master of Italian and material – Bach mined his own previous work for many of the
French. Kuhnau went on to be highly successful as a lawyer, as oratorio’s movements, working closely with his (unknown)
a musician, and as a man of letters: he published well-loved librettist to make sure that music and text fit together
collections of keyboard music, penned a perceptive satirical perfectly. This was a practical strategy in Bach’s day because
novel, composed for the church, and explored branches of it allowed music written for unique occasions to be recast in
knowledge ranging from ancient languages to mathematics. a more durable form.
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern takes its name from a Parts IV and V of the oratorio are rich in music both old
chorale by Philipp Nicolai, one of the great Lutheran hymn- and new. Intended for New Year’s Day, Part IV borrows
earlymusic.bc.ca Festive Cantatas: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio early music vancouver 2021 | 2022 7several movements from a secular cantata, Hercules Part V is the most lightly scored section of the Christmas
at the Crossroads (bwv 213), written for the birthday of Oratorio. Presumably, Bach’s hard-working brass players were
Crown Prince Friedrich Christian of Saxony. Like Kuhnau’s ready for a break, especially since, in 1735, the first Sunday
Christmas cantata, Part IV adds to the regular string after New Year fell early on January 2nd. The strings provide
complement a pair of horns, which shine in the lilting ample energy with trumpet-like fanfare figures in the first
introductory chorus (modified from bwv 213). The soprano chorus, while two oboes d’amore, conventionally associated
aria “Flößt, mein Heiland” is an especially interesting with love, suggest the intimacy between God and the heart
example of compositional recycling. In the original of the believer. Instead of using the day’s gospel, Bach and
cantata, it presents a youthful Hercules asking “Echo” his librettist decided to base the cantata on the coming of the
for advice in his decision between Vice and Virtue. In the wise men and the central image of the Christmas star. This
Christmas Oratorio, this echo aria becomes a prayer, the part of the oratorio has a definite sense of drama, with the
repetitions of “Nein!” and “Ja!” helping the speaker move wise men’s questions set in quick-moving chorus and King
from uncertainty to affirmation (an oboe, meanwhile, is in Herod’s fright expressed in dissonant recitative. Throughout,
on the echoing game). The whole cantata dwells on the Bach orchestrates a dialogue between traditional texts,
comfort offered by the name of the new-born saviour – a collective meditation and personal feeling crafted to be both
name lovingly repeated in the closing chorale. illuminating and moving. n
the artists
Alexander Weimann director
Alexander Weimann is one of the most sought-after ensemble A multiple JUNO and GRAMMY
directors, soloists, and chamber music partners of his generation. nominee, Weimann can be heard on
After traveling the world with ensembles like Tragicomedia, some 100 CDs. Highlights include an
and as frequent guest with Cantus Cölln, the Freiburger Opus and JUNO award-winning CD
Barockorchester, Gesualdo Consort and Tafelmusik, he now of Handel oratorio arias with soprano
focuses on his activities as Music Director of the Pacific Baroque Karina Gauvin, a recording of Bach’s
Orchestra in Vancouver, Music Director of the Seattle Baroque St. John’s Passion with Les Voix
Orchestra, and regular guest conductor of ensembles including Baroques/Arion Baroque Orchestra,
the Victoria Symphony, Symphony Nova Scotia, Arion Baroque a JUNO nominated recording of
Orchestra in Montreal and the Portland Baroque Orchestra. Handel’s Orlando with the Pacific
Weimann was born in 1965 in Munich, where he studied the organ, Baroque Orchestra that was also
church music, musicology (with a summa con laude thesis on awarded a Gramophone Editor’s
Bach’s secco recitatives), theatre, mediæval Latin, and jazz piano, Choice award, and most recently, the
supported by a variety of federal scholarships. From 1990 to 1995, JUNO-nominated album Nuit Blanches with the Pacific Baroque
Weimann taught music theory, improvisation, and Jazz at the Orchestra and Karina Gauvin.
Munich Musikhochschule. Since 1998, he has been giving master
classes in harpsichord and historical performance practice at Pacific Baroque Orchestra
institutions such as Lunds University in Malmö and the Bremen
Musikhochschule, and at North American universities such as The Pacific Baroque Orchestra (PBO) is recognized as one of
The University of California in Berkeley, Dartmouth College in Canada’s most exciting and innovative ensembles performing
New Hampshire, McGill University, Université de Montréal, and “early music for modern ears”. PBO brings the music of the past
Mount Allison in New Brunswick. Since 2007, he has conducted up to date by performing with cutting-edge style and enthusiasm.
several acclaimed opera productions at the Amherst Early Music Formed in 1990, the orchestra quickly established itself as a force
Festival. He now teaches at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver’s burgeoning music scene with the ongoing support
and directs the Baroque Orchestra Mentorship Programme there. of Early Music Vancouver.
8 early music vancouver 2021 | 2022 Festive Cantatas: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio staff@earlymusic.bc.caIn 2009, PBO welcomed Alexander Weimann as Artistic Director. Myriam Leblanc soprano
His imaginative programming and expert leadership have drawn
Myriam Leblanc (who is not related
in many new concertgoers, and his creativity and engaging
to soprano Suzie LeBlanc, EMV's
musicianship have carved out a unique and vital place in the
Artistic & Executive Director who
cultural landscape of Vancouver.
also performs in tonigth's concert),
PBO regularly joins forces with internationally celebrated is a graduate of McGill University.
Canadian guest artists, providing performance opportunities She obtained a master’s degree
for Canadian musicians while exposing West Coast audiences in choral conducting & direction
to a spectacular variety of talent. The Orchestra has also toured from the University of Sherbrooke.
BC, the northern United States and across Canada. Their 2019 She was a First Prize winner and
East Coast Canadian tour with Canadian soprano Karina Gauvin People’s choice Award winner at
showcased the rarely-heard opera arias of 18th century Russia, the Orchestre symphonique de
culminating in a critically acclaimed album Nuit Blanches, Trois-Rivières Competition, a Jeune Ambassadrice Lyrique in
released by Atma Classique. The musicians of the Pacific 2014 (Prix Québec-Bavière), Audience Choice Award winner at
Baroque Orchestra have been at the core of many large-scale the Canadian Opera Company Centre Stage Competition, Third
productions by Early Music Vancouver for many years, including Prize winner at the Ottawa Choral Society New Discoveries
many summer festival performances led by Alexander Weimann. contest, holder of the Excellence grant given annually by
l’Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal, First Prize winner in the
Mathieu-Duguay Early Music Competition at the 2017 Lamèque
International Baroque Music Festival. She has been working in
PACIFIC BAROQUE ORCHESTRA the world of music for few years. Leblanc is recognized for the
purity of her tone, a flexible and warm voice and her mastery of
Alexander Weimann both technique and musical expressiveness.
director & harpsichord
In 2016, she made her debut with the Opéra de Montréal in the
violin i role of the High Priestess in Verdi’s Aida. La Presse music critic
Caroline Rodgers described her voice as one of “rare beauty”.
Chloe Meyers
concertmaster Her more recent performances (2017-2018) include Milica in
Sokolovic’s Svadba with Opéra de Montréal, Micaela in Bizet’s
Kathryn Wiebe
Carmen with Opéra de Québec and concerts with conductors
Paul Luchkow such as Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Kent Nagano, Matthias Maute
violin ii and Jonathan Cohen. In 2018-2019, she sang a Gilda in Verdi’s
Rigoletto, the soprano solos on Handel’s Messiah with Ensemble
Christine Wilkinson Beckman
Caprice, the Mendelssohn’s Symphony No.2 “Lobgesang”
Christi Meyers with l’Orchestre Metropolitain under Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s
Elyssa Lefurgey-Smith direction. Recently, she was a soloist with Les Violons du Roy
under Jonathan Cohen’s direction.
viola
Mieka Michaux
Joanna Hood
Suzie LeBlanc soprano
Suzie LeBlanc (who is not related to
cello soprano Myriam Leblanc, who also
Elinor Frey appears in tonight's concert) has an
extensive international performing
violone career that includes recitals and
Natalie Mackie performances with orchestras, opera
companies, and early, traditional, and
organ
new music ensembles. She also received
Christina Hutten great acclaim as the protagonist in
oboe, oboe d’amore & oboe da caccia Rodrique Jean’s 2008 film Lost Song at
the Toronto International Film Festival.
Matthew Jennejohn
Curtis Foster She began her career as a performer of early repertoire and lived
in Europe between 1987 and 1999 where she performed with
bassoon leading ensembles in main stages and festivals. She returned to
Katrina Russell Canada in the year 2000 and recorded Mozart songs with Yannick
Nézet-Seguin, as well as early works by Messiaen and Acadian
horn songs for the ATMA label. In 2011, she commissioned Canadian
Alexis Basque compositions set to the poetry of Pulitzer-Prize recipient
Guillaume Roy Elizabeth Bishop for the album I am in need of music which won an
ECMA for Best Classical Recording.
earlymusic.bc.ca Festive Cantatas: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio early music vancouver 2021 | 2022 9Inspired by the migrations of her Acadian ancestors, she co- Colin Balzer tenor
created mouvance, a multimedia performance with composer
Canadian lyric tenor Colin Balzer’s North American engagements
Jerôme Blais which sets the words of 13 contemporary Acadian
include recitals at New York’s Frick Collection and on the
poets to Blais’s original music.
Philadelphia Chamber Music series; concerts with the Portland,
An enthusiastic educator, Suzie LeBlanc was an early vocal New Jersey, Utah, Victoria, Ann Arbor, Québec, Atlanta, and
music coach and Artistic Director of Cappella Antica at McGill Indianapolis Symphonies; Early
University from 2017 to 2020. She is now the Artistic and Music Vancouver; Tafelmusik and
Executive Director of Early Music Vancouver. the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir; Les
Violons du Roy; the National and
Nicholas Burns countertenor Calgary Philharmonics; Ottawa’s
National Arts Centre Orchestra;
Countertenor Nicholas Burns, born
Musica Sacra and the Oratorio
in Vancouver, has, as an artist at
Society of New York at New
the Britten-Pears Young Artist Pro-
York’s Carnegie Hall. In addition,
gramme, performed Bach cantatas
he is regularly featured in opera
under Philippe Herreweghe. He has
productions at the Boston Early
appeared with Early Music Van-
Music Festival.
couver for several iterations of the
Christmas Vespers and summer Guest soloist appearances abroad
Bach Festivals. include work with Collegium Vocale Gent led by Philippe
Herreweghe, Fundacao OSESP Orchestra and Louis Langrée,
Nicholas has also appeared with
Les Musiciens du Louvre under Marc Minkowski, Rotterdam
the American Bach Soloists, Arion
Philharmonic led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Akademie für alte
Baroque Orchestra, Tafelmusik, The Theatre of Early Music,
Musik under Marcus Creed, and the RIAS Kammerchor, Scottish
le Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, the Thunder Bay
Chamber Orchestra, Radio Kamer Filharmonie, Estonian
Symphony Orchestra, L’Harmonie des saisons, and l’Orchestre
Chamber Choir, and Musik Podium Stuttgart.
symphonique de Longueuil. On the opera stage, Nicholas has
performed in numerous Handel operas including the title role Operatic forays include the role of Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don
in Giulio Cesare, Bertarido in Rodelinda, and the world premiere Giovanni at the Bolshoi and in Aix-en-Provence and Mozart’s La
of a new opera, L’Orangeraie. Upcoming engagements include finta giardiniera in Aix and Luxembourg.
performances of Bach cantatas at the BachFest Leipzig, and a Particularly esteemed as a recitalist, he has been welcomed at
programme of Monteverdi with the American Bach Soloists. London’s Wigmore Hall, the Britten Festival in Aldeburgh, the
Aside from singing, Nicholas is an accomplished bagpiper, having Vancouver Chamber Music Festival, the Wratislavia Cantans in
won the World Pipe Band Championships in 2012. Poland, and at the Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden. Recordings to
Les Plaisirs du Louvre / The Pleasures of the Louvre
The Louvre was the chief residence of the King, the epicentre of
power, where the important events in the life of the court naturally
took place. A ceremonial tradition was developed within its walls,
which was to reach its zenith under Louis XIV. In this theatre of
power, music was an object of entertainment as well as an instru-
ment of magnificence. While laying the foundations of the future
splendours of the Grand Siècle, the reign of Louis XIII represents the
golden age of a galant culture, whose musical emblem, the air de
cour, pervaded the whole of society and was heard in all the salons,
galleries and ruelles of the capital’s aristocratic residences, and es-
pecially the most symbolic of them: the Louvre. Another key centre
of sociability was the Queen’s apartment, located on the ground
floor beneath the King’s apartment. It was in these different spaces
Ensemble Correspondances that the Musique de la Reine could be heard. The echoes of these
‘pleasures’, inhabited by strange and whimsical divinities, allegori-
Sébastien Daucé, director cal characters or characters from the realm of galanterie, are bound
to delight every listener.
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10 early music vancouver 2021 | 2022 Festive Cantatas: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio staff@earlymusic.bc.cadate include Wolf’s Italienisches Liederbuch and Eisler and Henze premiere of Jonathan Berger’s
song anthologies. Mr. Balzer holds the rare distinction of earning Leonardo at New York’s 92nd Street Y.
the Gold Medal at the Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau
He also performs as a duo with
with the highest score in 25 years.
pianist Erika Switzer, celebrating
Born in British Columbia, he received his formal musical training songs from the Romantic period as
at the University of British Columbia with David Meek and with well as the work of living composers.
Edith Wiens at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg, Augsburg. Together the pair have premiered
dozens of new compositions.
Tyler Duncan baritone Tyler’s recordings include the newly
Sought-after baritone Tyler Duncan appears regularly on major released album English Songs à la
concert stages around the world. Recent critics have called his française with Erika Switzer, the Juno
performances “eloquent,” “charismatic,” and “stunning,” and Award winning Vaughan-Williams Serenade to Music with Peter
praised his “refined, burnished voice” and “impeccable phrasing.” Ounjian and the Toronto Symphony, Earthquakes and Islands:
Tyler has recently appeared in concerts with the Minnesota an album of songs by Andrew Staniland with texts by Robin
Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony, the Kansas City Symphony, Richardson, the title role in John Blow’s Venus and Adonis with
the New York Philharmonic, and at the Wigmore Hall. Boston Early Music Festival, J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion with the
Portland Baroque Orchestra, Purcell works and Carissimi’s Jephte
Also accomplished on the opera stage, Tyler has appeared at
with Les Voix Baroque, and a DVD of Handel’s Messiah with Kent
the Metropolitan Opera as Prince Yamadori in Puccini’s Madama
Nagano and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. His singing has
Butterfly under Karel Chichon, among many other Met Opera
been recognised internationally with numerous awards, including
roles. Other recent roles include Morales in Bizet’s Carmen
Grammy and Juno nominations and prizes from the Naumburg,
under Seiji Ozawa, and appearances in the Spoleto Festival as
London’s Wigmore Hall, and Munich’s ARD competitions.
the Speaker in Mozart’s The Magic Flute. He is also passionate
about new opera; recent roles include Raymond in Nic Gotham’s Originally from British Columbia, Canada, Tyler Duncan resides
Nigredo Hotel with City Opera Vancouver, and in the world in New York’s beautiful Hudson Valley.
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Cantata bwv 248-v for the Sunday after New Year,
from the Weinachtsoratorium (1734)
soli & coro: soprano, alto, tenor, bass
oboe d ’ amore i/ii, violins i & ii, violas & continuo
Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen
1. Chor 1. Chorus
Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen, Let honour be sung to You, o God,
Dir sei Lob und Dank bereit‘. praise and thanks be prepared for You.
Dich erhebet alle Welt, All the world exalts You,
Weil dir unser Wohl gefällt, since our well-being was Your pleasure,
Weil anheut since today
Unser aller Wunsch gelungen, all our wishes have come to pass,
Weil uns dein Segen so herrlich erfreut. since Your blessing so gloriously delights us.
2. Rezitativ [T] (Evangelist) 2. Recitative [T] (Evangelist)
Da Jesus geboren war zu Bethlehem im jüdischen Lande When Jesus was born in Bethlehem in the Jewish lands at
zur Zeit des Königes Herodis, siehe, da kamen die Weisen the time of King Herod, behold, there came sages from the
vom Morgenlande gen Jerusalem und sprachen: east towards Jerusalem and said:
3. Chor (Die Weisen) und Rezitativ [A] 3. Chorus (Sages) and Recitative [A]
Wo ist der neugeborne König der Jüden? Where is the new-born King of the Jews?
Sucht ihn in meiner Brust, Seek Him within my breast,
Hier wohnt er, mir und ihm zur Lust! He lives here, to His and my delight!
Wir haben seinen Stern gesehen im Morgenlande We have seen His star in the east and have come to make
und sind kommen, ihn anzubeten. our devotions to Him.
Wohl euch, die ihr dies Licht gesehen, Happy are you, who have seen this light,
Es ist zu eurem Heil geschehen! it has appeared for your salvation!
Mein Heiland, du, du bist das Licht, My Saviour, You, You are the light,
Das auch den Heiden scheinen sollen, that shall shine also for the heathens,
Und sie, sie kennen dich noch nicht, and they, they do not yet know You,
Als sie dich schon verehren wollen. yet they already wish to honour You.
Wie hell, wie klar muß nicht dein Schein, How bright, how clear must your radiance be,
Geliebter Jesu, sein! beloved Jesus!
4. Choral 4. Chorale
Dein Glanz all Finsternis verzehrt, Your radiance destroys all darkness,
Die trübe Nacht in Licht verkehrt. the troubled night is transfigured with light.
Leit uns auf deinen Wegen, Lead us on Your paths,
Daß dein Gesicht so that Your face
Und herrlichs Licht and glorious light
Wir ewig schauen mögen! might always be visible to us!
12 early music vancouver 2021 | 2022 Festive Cantatas: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio staff@earlymusic.bc.ca5. Arie [B] 5. Aria [B] Erleucht auch meine finstre Sinnen, Illumine my dark thoughts as well, Erleuchte mein Herze illumine my heart Durch der Strahlen klaren Schein! through the rays of your clear brilliance! Dein Wort soll mir die hellste Kerze Your word shall be the brightest candle for me In allen meinen Werken sein; in all my doings; Dies lässet die Seele nichts Böses beginnen. this will never let my soul initiate evil. 6. Rezitativ [T] (Evangelist) 6. Recitative [T] (Evangelist) Da das der König Herodes hörte, erschrak er When King Herod heard this, he was frightened, und mit ihm das ganze Jerusalem. and with him all of Jerusalem. 7. Rezitativ [A] 7. Recitative [A] Warum wollt ihr erschrecken? Why are you afraid? Kann meines Jesu Gegenwart euch solch Furcht erwecken? Can the presence of my Jesus awaken such fear in you? O! Solltet ihr euch nicht O! Should you not rather Vielmehr darüber freuen, much more rejoice over this, Weil er dadurch verspricht, since He has promised through this Der Menschen Wohlfahrt zu verneuen. to renew the happy destiny of humanity. 8. Rezitativ [T] (Evangelist) 8. Recitative [T] (Evangelist) Und ließ versammlen alle Hohepriester und Schriftgelehrten And he had all the high priests and interpreters of Scripture unter dem Volk und erforschete von ihnen, wo Christus among the people gathered together, and inquired of them sollte geboren werden. Und sie sagten ihm: Zu Bethlehem where Christ was supposed to be born. And they answered im jüdischen Lande: denn also stehet geschrieben durch him: In Bethlehem in the Jewish lands: for thus it is written den Propheten: Und du Bethlehem im jüdischen Lande through the Prophets: and you, Bethlehem, in the Jewish bist mitnichten die leinest unter den Fürsten Juda; lands, are by no means the least among the princes of denn aus dir soll mir kommen der Herzog, Judah; for out of you shall come the leader to me, who der über mein Volk Israel ein Herr sei. shall be a Lord over my people Israel. 9. Arie (Terzett) [S,T,A] 9. Aria (Trio) [S,T,A] Ach, wenn wird die Zeit erscheinen? Ah, when will the time appear? Ach, wenn kömmt der Trost der Seinen? Ah, when will the comfort of the faithful come? —Schweigt, er ist schon würklich hier!— —Hush, He is truly already here!— Jesu, ach so komm zu mir! Jesus, ah, then come to me! 10. Rezitativ [A] 10. Recitative [A] Mein Liebster herrschet schon. My beloved already reigns. Ein Herz, das seine Herrschaft liebet A heart that loves His governance Und sich ihm ganz zu eigen gibet, and gives itself utterly to Him as His own, Ist meines Jesu Thron. is my Jesus’ throne. 11. Choral 11. Chorale Zwar ist solch Herzensstube Indeed such a heart’s closet Wohl kein schöner Fürstensaal, may be no ornate princely chamber, Sondern eine finstre Grube; rather a dark pit; Doch, sobald dein Gnadenstrahl yet, as soon as Your beams of grace In denselben nur wird blinken, only peep within it, Wird es voller Sonnen dünken. it seems to be full of sunshine. Translation of the two Bach cantata texts ©Pamela Dellal, courtesy of Emmanuel Music Inc. | www.emmanuelmusic.org earlymusic.bc.ca Festive Cantatas: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio early music vancouver 2021 | 2022 13
Johann Kuhnau (1660-1722):
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
coro: soprano i & ii, alto, tenor, bass
violins i & ii, violas, horns i/ii & continuo
1. Choral 1. Chorale
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, How lovely shines the morning star
Voll Gnad und Wahrheit von dem Herrn, Full of grace and truth from the Lord,
Die süße Wurzel Jesse. The sweet root of Jesse.
Du Sohn David aus Jakobs Stamm, You, son of David from Jacob’s stem,
Mein König und mein Bräutigam, My king and my bridegroom,
Du hast mein Herz umfangen, You have enveloped my heart,
Lieblich, freundlich, Sweetly, lovingly,
Schön und herrlich, groß und ehrlich, Beautiful and splendid, great and honourable,
Reich von Gaben, Rich with gifts,
Hoch und sehr prächtig erhaben. High and marvellously sublime.
2. Rezitativ [T] 2. Recitative [T]
Allein, heut wird der Große klein, Alone, today the great becomes small,
Der Sohn, aus Gott geboren, The Son, born as God,
Wird heut ein Menschensohn, Today becomes the Son of Man,
Als hätt’ der Himmelsherr As though the Lord of heaven
Sein Himmelreich verloren. Had lost his heavenly realm.
Er wird ein rechtes Opferlamm, He becomes a true sacrificial lamb,
Weil er als Davids höchster Stamm. Since he, from David’s most high lineage,
In Davids eigner Stadt, In David’s own town
Nur einen Stall zur Wohnung hat. Has but a stall as his dwelling.
3. Chor 3. Chorus
Uns ist ein Kind geboren, For a child is born to us,
Ein Sohn ist uns gegeben, A son is given to us,
Welches Herrschaft ist auf seiner Schulter, And the government shall be on his shoulder,
Und er heißet Wunderbar, And he shall be called wonderful, counsellor, power,
Rat, Kraft, Held, Ewig Vater, Friedefürst. Hero, everlasting father, the prince of peace.
4. Arie [S] 4. Aria [S]
O Wundersohn, dein überirdisch Wesen O son of wonder, your heavenly being
Hatt sich zum Thron den ird’schen Leib erlesen, Chose an earthly body for its throne,
Damit der Mensch die Erde, So that mankind should make the earth
Zu deinem Himmel werde. To become your heaven.
5. Rezitativ [T] 5. Recitative [T]
Doch leuchtet in der Niedrigkeit But there shines in the depths
Ein Strahl von seiner Göttlichkeit, A beam of his godliness,
Ein Kaiser schreibt die Schätzung aus, An emperor writes out the appraisal,
So zieht zugleich der Prinz der Prinzen So now the prince of princes
In eines ird’schen Leibes Haus, die Engel sagen Makes his home in an earthly body,
Ihn der Welt in Lüften an, While the angels proclaim him to the world in airs,
Weil es kein Mensch verrichten kann. Since no man can do the task.
Denn alle Himmel sind sein eigen, For all the heavens are his,
Wie sollt’ sich nicht vor ihm die ganze Erde neigen. And how could the whole earth not bend before him.
14 early music vancouver 2021 | 2022 Festive Cantatas: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio staff@earlymusic.bc.ca6. Aria [S] 6. Aria [S]
Kommt, ihr Völker, kommt mit Haufen Come, you peoples, come in hordes,
Kommt und huldigt diesem Kind. Come and worship this child.
Himmel, Erde, zu den Heiden Heaven, earth, the heathen
Soll sein Scepter ewig weiden, Should all be under his sceptre’s sway
Weil sie dessen eigen sind. For they are his own.
7. Accompagnato [T] 7. Accompagnato [T]
Ich huld’ge dir, grossmächt’ger Prinz, I worship you, almighty prince,
Weil deine Gotteskraft Since by your godly strength
Die Macht der Sünden, durch die uns Satan tracht’, The power of sin, by which Satan tempts us,
Mit sich als Sklaven zu verbinden, And binds us to him as slaves,
Ganz aus dem Wege schafft, Is quite removed;
Ich ehre die verborg’ne Macht, I honour the hidden might,
Und meine untertän’gen Lippen And my submissive lips
Lobsingen dir auch Sing your praises also
In der schlechten Krippen. In the poor cribs.
8. Duo-Choral [S1 & S2] 8. Duo-Chorale [S1 & S2]
Zwingt die Saiten in Cythara Master the strings of Cythara,
Und läßt die süße Musica And let sweet music
Ganz freundenreich erschallen. Ring out in all friendship.
Zwingt die Saiten in Cythara Master the strings of Cythara,
Und lässt die süße Musica And let sweet music
Ganz freundenreich erschallen. Ring out in all friendship.
Daß ich möge mit Jesulein, That I may with Jesus,
Dem wunderschönen Bräut‘gam mein, My wondrous lovely bridegroom,
In steter Liebe wallen. Rest in lasting love.
Singet, springet, jubilieret, triumphieret, Sing, dance, rejoice, triumph,
Dankt dem Herren, Groß ist der König der Ehren. Thank the Lord, great is the king of glory.
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earlymusic.bc.ca Festive Cantatas: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio early music vancouver 2021 | 2022 15Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Cantata bwv 248-iv for New Year’s Day,
from the Weinachtsoratorium (1734)
soli: soprano, tenor, bass
coro: soprano, alto, tenor, bass
orno da caccia i/ii, oboe i/ii, violins i & ii, violas & continuo
Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben
1. Chor 1. Chorus
Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben With gratitude, with praise,
Vor des Höchsten Gnadenthron! fall before the Almighty’s throne of grace!
Gottes Sohn God’s Son
Will der Erden desires to become
Heiland und Erlöser werden, the Saviour and Redeemer of the world,
Gottes Sohn God’s Son
Dämpft der Feinde Wut und Toben. suppresses the rage and fury of the enemy.
2. Rezitativ [T] (Evangelist) 2. Recitative [T] (Evangelist)
Und da acht Tage um waren, daß das Kind beschnitten And when eight days had passed, when the child would be
würde, da ward sein Name genennet Jesus, welcher circumcised, He was given the name of Jesus, which was
genennet war von dem Engel, ehe denn er im Mutterleibe proposed for Him by the angel, while He was still confined
empfangen ward. in His mother’s womb.
3. Rezitativ [B] und Choral [S] 3. Recitative [B] and Chorale [S]
Immanuel, o süßes Wort! Emmanuel, o sweet word!
Mein Jesus heißt mein Hort, My Jesus is named my treasure,
Mein Jesus heißt mein Leben. my Jesus is named my life.
Mein Jesus hat sich mir ergeben, My Jesus has given Himself to me,
Mein Jesus soll mir immerfort my Jesus shall, from now on,
Vor meinen Augen schweben. hover before my eyes.
Mein Jesus heißet meine Lust, My Jesus is named my joy,
Mein Jesus labet Herz und Brust. my Jesus refreshes heart and breast.
Jesus, du mein liebstes Leben, Jesus, o my dearest life,
Meiner Seelen Bräutigam, bridegroom of my soul,
Komm! Ich will dich mit Lust umfassen, Come! I will embrace You with joy,
Mein Herze soll dich nimmer lassen, my heart shall never leave You,
Der du dich vor mich gegeben You who have given Yourself for me
An des bittern Kreuzes Stamm! on the bitter staff of the cross!
Ach! So nimm mich zu dir! Ah! Then take me to You!
Auch in dem Sterben sollst du mir Even in death you shall be to me
Das Allerliebste sein; my most beloved;
In Not, Gefahr und Ungemach in suffering, danger, and hardship
Seh ich dir sehnlichst nach. I look to You longingly.
Was jagte mir zuletzt der Tod für Grauen ein? How, then, can death pursue me with fear?
Mein Jesus! Wenn ich sterbe, My Jesus! When I die,
So weiß ich, daß ich nicht verderbe. I know that I will not perish.
Dein Name steht in mir geschrieben, Your name stands written within me,
Der hat des Todes Furcht vertrieben. which has driven out the fear of death.
16 early music vancouver 2021 | 2022 Festive Cantatas: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio staff@earlymusic.bc.ca4. Arie [S] (mit Echo) 4. Aria [S] (with Echo)
Flößt, mein Heiland, flößt dein Namen O my Saviour, does your name
Auch den allerkleinsten Samen instil even the very tiniest seed
Jenes strengen Schreckens ein? of that powerful terror?
Nein, du sagst ja selber nein. (Nein!). No, You Yourself say no. (No!)
Sollt ich nun das Sterben scheuen? Shall I shun death now?
Nein dein süßes Wort ist da! No, Your sweet word is there!
Oder sollt ich mich erfreuen? Or shall I rejoice?
Ja, du Heiland sprichst selbst ja. (Ja!) Yes, o Saviour, You Yourself say yes. (Yes!)
5. Rezitativ [B] und Choral [S] 5. Recitative [B] and Chorale [S]
Wohlan, dein Name soll allein Well then, Your name alone
In meinem Herzen sein! shall be in my heart!
Jesu, meine Freud und Wonne, Jesus, my joy and delight,
Meine Hoffnung, Schatz und Teil, my hope, treasure and portion,
So will ich dich entzücket nennen, Thus I shall call you enchanting,
Wenn Brust und Herz zu dir vor Liebe brennen. since breast and heart are enflamed with love for You.
Mein Erlösung, Schmuck und Heil, My redemption, adornment, and salvation,
Doch, Liebster, sage mir: Yet, beloved, tell me:
Wie rühm ich dich, wie dank ich dir? how shall I praise You, how thank You?
Hirt und König, Licht und Sonne, Shepherd and King, light and sun,
Ach! Wie soll ich würdiglich, ah! How shall I worthily
Mein Herr Jesu, preisen dich? praise You, my Jesus?
6. Arie [T] 6. Aria [T]
Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben, I will live only for Your honour,
Mein Heiland, gib mir Kraft und Mut, my Saviour, give me strength and courage,
Daß es mein Herz recht eifrig tut! so that my heart can do it eagerly!
Stärke mich, Strengthen me
Deine Gnade würdiglich to exalt Your mercy worthily
Und mit Danken zu erheben! and with gratitude!
7. Choral 7. Chorale
Jesus richte mein Beginnen, May Jesus order my beginning,
Jesus bleibe stets bei mir, may Jesus remain always with me,
Jesus zäume mir die Sinnen, may Jesus restrain my thoughts,
Jesus sei nur mein Begier, may Jesus only be my delight,
Jesus sei mir in Gedanken, may Jesus be with me in my thoughts,
Jesu, lasse mich nicht wanken! Jesus, do not let me waver!
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18 early music vancouver 2021 | 2022 Festive Cantatas: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio staff@earlymusic.bc.caJaime Peschiera | Donald Pezzot | Betty Lou Phillips | David Phillips | Hannelore Pinder | Amelia Pitt-Brooke | Jill Plumbley | Anne-Marie Prendiville & John Gillies | David
Preston | Jennifer Price | François Proulx | Pierre Proulx | Thomas Querner* | Bob Quicke | Karl Raab | Margaret Rankin | Elizabeth Rathbun | Marilyn Redivo | Lorraine
Reinhardt | Bill Richardson | Joan & Kaye Riecken | Arthur & Ann Robson | Carles Roch-Cunill | Anita Romaniuk | Rhona Rosen* | Martha Roth | Helen Royall | Lucy
Ruthven | David Ryeburn* | Bill & Carol Sagert | Nabil Saheb in memory of Dr. Drance | Chris Sallis | Sonja Sanguinetti | Wanda Saunby | Selma Savage* | Erna Schaefer* |
Betty Schellenberg | Iris Schindel | Traudi Schneider* | Peter Scholefield | Stuart & Wendy Scholefield* | James Schram | Isabel Schulthess | Verna Semotuk* | Shirley
Sexsmith* | Yvonne Sharpe | John Shayler | Karen Shuster* | Charles & Cheryl Siegel | Cecil Sigal | Jean Simpson | Kent Simpson | Sheilagh Simpson | Gareth Sirotnik |
Leah Skretkowicz | Anke Smeele | Ingrid Söchting & Douglas Todd* | Audrey Sojonky | Linda Stender | Richard Stern | Frances Stetson | Moira Steven | Gail & Robert Paul
Stevens | M L Stewart* | Nicki Stieda | Ron Stuart | Fumiko Suzuki* | Eric Swanick | Margaret Lynne Swanick | Krisztina Szabo | Andrew Szeri | Beverley Taylor* | Tom &
Margaret Taylor* | Tim Temple | Jean Teron | Joanne Thiel | Hope Todd | Grant Tomlinson* | David and Dorothy Torontow | Barry Truax | Leslie Uyeda | Ina Van der Veen |
Evert van Leeuwen | Crista Vannierop | Debra Verwey | Barbara M. Walker* | Heddi & Tony Walter* | Orest Wasarab | Norma Wasty* | Mary Jane Watson | Donna
Waye | Jim Wearing | Joan Wearing | Hildegard Westerkamp | Dr. Ellen Wiebe & Allan Oas | John & Hilda Wiebe* | Ed Wiens & Lee Ann Martin | John & Kate Willems
Taylor | D. Llewelyn Williams | Penny Williams | Judith Williamson | Elizabeth Wilson & Lauri Burgess | Eva Wilson | Jean Wilson | Florence Wilton | Audrey Winch* |
Martha Wintemute | Jean Wiseman | Anne Wittman | Deborah Woewoda | Clinton Wong | Kit Wong | TC Wong | Elizabeth & Henry Wood | Marjorie Wood | Dale & Ted
Wormeli* | Rosemary & Owen Wright | Reece Wrightman* | Carol Yaple | Lorna Yeates | Elizabeth H. Yip | Ken Young | Suzann Zimmering | Fifty Anonymous donations
Donations in honour Mary J. Auerbach, Tom Barnes, Elizabeth Campbell, Roger Fox, Suzie LeBlanc's Aunt, and Dr. Annette J. Stark
Donations in memory of Doris Myra Blakely, Dr. Stephen Drance, Michael Jarvis, Jeanne Lamon, Marg's Father, Patrick & Christopher McCrum, Judith Mogan, John
Sawyer, and Sally Sexsmith
n Donors $30–$99: John Adams | Frances Aknai | Jan Alexander | Shahnaz Amanat | Nancy Madeleine Anderson | Wendy Atkinson | Dr. M. Baharloo | Libbie Bake | Glenda
Bartosh | Linda Bates | Alison Beale | Margaret Behenna | Mary Ellen Belfiore | Edward & Patricia Belvedere | Dorothy Beyer | G. Pat Blunden* | Wendy Bond | Manuela
Boscenco | Gary & Natalie Boychuk | Uke Breuker | Susan Bridgman | Gordon Briggs | Mary Brown* | David Brown | Marilyn Brown | Shannon & Peter Browne | Ross
Brownlee | Janet Brynjolfsson & Ray Grothe | Barbara Buchanan | Joan Bunn | William and Kaoru Cambridge | Richard Cameron | Ali & Victor Carlson | Pat Carney |
Douglas & Marie-Elle Carrothers | Dorothy Chuhran | Tom Cirillo | Larry Colero | Ruth Comisarow | C Peter Constabel | Tami Copland | Wanda Crawford | Sandra
Crompton | Greg Cross* | Ben D'Andrea | Dennis Davison | Jacqueline Day | Linda Devine | Clare Devlin | Patricia Dewhirst | Marie V & Rod Dobell | Gilian Dusting |
Don Eadie | Richard Earls | Freddy Echeverri | Ruth Enns* | Phyllis Fafard | Robin Farquharson | Anita Fellman | Eckhardt Ferdinandi | Elizabeth Ferguson | Elisabeth Finch |
David Fissel | Judith Forst* | Leah Fowler | Cathy Francescutto | Patricia French | Robin Friedlander | Kenneth Friedman* | Yvonne Fung | Zoe Garred | Robyn Grant | Sneja
Gunew | Jacob & Irit Guttman | Orlee Guttman | Kathryn Hall | Gerald Hamer | Gordon Handford | Lisa Hansen | Imbi Harding | Dr & Mrs Phillip Harding | Joanne Harnish |
Julie Harris | Maria & David Harris | Paul Hayes | Susan Hobkirk | Allan & Karin Hoegg | Patricia Hofstrand | Shirley Howdle | Richard Hunt | Gretchen & Robert Ingram |
Linda Janzen | Maryel Jenvey | Royden Josephson | Reet Kana | Jill Kelly | Janet Kidnie | Sharron King | Bela Kiss | Louise Klaassen | Ben Kohn | Ilia Korkh | Jaro Kotalik |
Vivian Kriik | David Lake | LS Lamienne | Lynn Ledgerwood | Karen Lewis | Gary Ley | Oscar Lind | Robert Logan | Leona & Marshall Luchkow | Lionello Lunesu | Corinne
MacDonald | Diana & Robert MacDonald | Janeane MacGillivray | Kenneth MacLeod | Susan MacRae | Anne Maki | Laurel March | Noreen Marshall | Antoinette Massey |
Betty McBurney | Elise McClay | Juliana McCorison | Martha McGinnis-Archibald | Catherine McGrath | Ian McKay | Mary McKinney | John McLaren | Holly McMillan |
Elspeth Mcveigh | Coleen Metcalfe | Maureen Milburn | Colin Miles | Charlotte Miller | Joshua Mostow | Stefan Mulder | Lee Napier | Katarina Nemcek | Michelle
Ochitwa | Marilyn Palmer | Jeanette Panagapka | Scott Paterson* | Gerry Pelletier | Maria & Antonio Pena | Caroline Penn | Ian Perry | Therese Pope | Alaric Posey |
Cheryl Prophet | Kate Ramsay | Andrea Ratuski | Michael Redding | Patricia Redman | Tim & Janet Rendell* | Philip Resnick | Margot Richards | Eve Richardson | Stephen
Robertson | Thomas Ross | Melanie Ross | Ian Hampton & Susan Round | Sonja Ruffell | Sharon Russell | Deborah Rutman | Ayako Sakaino | Jill Schroder | Christof Senger |
KT Shum | Juliet Simon* | Penny Sinclair | Sylvia Skene | David Smith | Colleen Smith and Peter Juk | Sarah Spratley | Marne St Claire | Linda Stephen | Victoria Stevens |
Glenn Sutherland | Marvin Svingen | Timothy Swain | Sarah Sykes | Barbara & Howard Teasley | Cynthia Thom | Vanessa Timmer | David Trasoff | Trevor & Rebecca
Tunnacliffe* | Angelina Van Dyke | Mariken Van Nimwegen | Robert Vandersanden | Teresa Vandertuin | Saskia & Werner Volkmann | Annemieke & Paulus Vrijmoed |
Christopher & Wendy Walker | Hugh Waller | Monica Wamsteeker | Lynn Warburton | Peter Ward | Charlotte Weiss | Ann West | Reg Whitaker | Jane Whiteley | Norma
Wieland | Christine Williams | C & H Williams* | Robert Wilson | Jennifer Wilson-Roberts | Christine & Jonathan Wisenthal | Wolfgang Wittenburg | Lilly Wong | Glenn
Woodsworth | John Yearsley | Beryl Young | Lynne Young | Beth Young | Kevin Yue | Gordon Yusko | Carol Zumpano | 131 Anonymous Donors
Donations in honour of Chinese Canadians, Henry From, Sally & Chris Hermansen, Michael Jarvis & Paul Luchkow, Lillian Kadota, and Sandra Mary
Donations in memory of Dr. John Digby, Michael Jarvis, Jeanne Lamon, Edgar Latimer, Robin Penker, Valerie Soon, Margaret White, and John Wilkins
These listings include donations received prior to December 12, 2021
* A Special Thank-You to our Loyal Long-Time Donors
The names in these listings which are marked with an asterisk [*] indicate donors who have supported Early Music Vancouver annually for five years or more. Their loyal and on-
going generosity has been especially valued, and has helped ensure that we can plan our annual projects & seasons with confidence and with a solid sense of security. Thank you!
early music vancouver | endowment fund donors
We also gratefully acknowledge the select group of donors who, in addition to their annual donations, have generously contributed to Early Music Vancouver’s
Endowment Fund – which is administered by the Vancouver Foundation, and which currently stands at over 1.8 million dollars. Interest from this Fund will continue
to support our performances & activities in perpetuity.
n ($100,000+): The Drance Family Early Music Vancouver Fund
n ($20,000+): Vic & Joan Baker | Ralph Spitzer & Hisako Kurotaki | José Verstappen | Two Anonymous Donors
n ($10,000+): The RPC Family Foundation | The Nemetz Foundation
n ($5,000+): A donation in memory of Tom Blom | Frank & Helen Elfert | Marianne Gibson | Dr Katherine E Paton | Marcia Sipes | A donation in memory of Peter Wood
n ($2,500+): Maurice & Tama Copithorne | Heather Franklyn | Tony & Margie Knox | James C. & Wendy Russell | Anona Thorne & Takao Tanabe
n ($1,000+): A donation in memory of Mrs Betty Drance | Patrick Gilligan-Hackett | Dorothy Jantzen | Ottie Lockey & Eve Zaremba | Susanne Lloyd | Greg Louis |
Glenys McDonald | Dr Robert S Rothwell | Karen Shuster | Zelie & Vincent Tan | Lorna Weir | Four Anonymous Donors
n (up to $1,000): Evelyn Anderson | Alan & Elizabeth Bell | Meo Beo | Jeffrey Black & Mary Chapman | L & C Bosman | A donation in memory of C Y Chiu |
Mary Christopher | Gillian & Mike Collins | A donation in memory of Basil Stuart-Stubbs | Judith Davis | Jane Flick & Robert Heidbreder | Dr Val Geddes |
Margot Guthrie | Linda Johnston | Peter Kwok | Elizabeth Lamberton | Rob Mayhew | Janette McMillan & Douglas Graves | Benjamin Milne | Alberto Mondani |
A donation in memory of Nikolai Korndorf | Alfred & Jennifer Muma | Barbara Murray | Judith & Greg Phanidis | Connie Piper | Pam Ratner & Joy Johnson |
Joan Rike | Elfriede & Peter Rohloff | David Ryeburn | Jo & Bob Tharalson | John Tulip | James Walsh | Fran Watters | Glenys Webster & Paul Luchkow |
Donations in honour of Spencer & Pam Corrigal | Five Anonymous Donors
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