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2021 | 22
Photo credit: Paul McNulty fortepianos
Alexander Weimann
inaugurates EMV ’s Graf fortepiano
Wednesday, October 20, 2021 | Christ Church Cathedral
Generously supported by Eric Wynesspartners
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2 early music vancouver 2021 | 2022 Alexander Weimann inaugurates EMV’s Graf fortepiano staff@earlymusic.bc.cathe artist programme
Alexander Weimann Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
FORTEPIANO Piano Sonata No. 17 in B flat major, K. 570 (Vienna, February 1789)
AFTER AN 1819 INSTRUMENT
BY CONRAD GRAF, BUILT BY Allegro
PAUL McNULTY, 2021 Adagio
Allegretto
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Sonata No.8 in C Minor, Op.13, “Pathétique” (publ. 1799)
Grave – Allegro di molto e con brio
Adagio cantabile
Rondo: Allegro
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
From the Emperor Quartet in C Major, Op. 76, No. 3
2nd mvt: “Poco Adagio Cantabile”
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Sonata in A major, D.664 (summer of 1819)
Allegro moderato
Andante
Allegro
SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL THOSE
WHO HAVE MADE THE ACQUISITION
OF THIS FORTEPIANO POSSIBLE EMV highlights Alexander Weimann, one of the most sought-after ensemble directors,
(SEE PAGE 5) soloists, keyboardists and chamber music partners of his generation, as he inaugurates
the newest acquisition of our instrument collection: a fortepiano modelled on an 1819
generously supported by instrument by Conrad Graf (1782-1851), by the world-famous builder Paul McNulty.
Eric Wyness Graf did much of his most important work during the short life of Franz Schubert, and
although he rose to prominence after Mozart and Haydn had died, he was continuing the
tradition of Viennese fortepianos with which they were familiar.
The pieces chosen by Weimann for this concert are dramatic and colourful, showcasing
THE UNAUTHORISED USE OF the wide spectrum of sounds and tones particular to this instrument. Weimann’s
ANY VIDEO OR AUDIO RECORDING indisputable mastery will shine in these works inaugurating this newest addition to
DEVICE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED EMV’s impressive instrument collection.
earlymusic.bc.ca Alexander Weimann inaugurates EMV’s Graf fortepiano early music vancouver 2021 | 2022 3about the instrument
To celebrate EMV’s 50th anniversary and to embark on presenting a whole new repertoire of period performance practices, EMV
commissioned Paul McNulty to build a copy of an instrument originally designed by the Viennese builder Conrad Graf in 1819. This is
the instrument that the late classical and early romantic composers would have known, and for which they were writing.
ABOUT THE INSTRUMENT AND THE MAKER:
During Beethoven’s time (and partly thanks to his influence
and his demands on contemporary builders), fortepiano
construction underwent a substantial development. One
of the most influential builders of the time was Conrad
Graf. He created an instrument for Beethoven in the last
years of his life, offering a 6-octave range rather than the
5-octave, designed especially to fulfil the demands for larger
instruments by Beethoven and contemporaries. Paul McNulty
is an American living in the Czech Republic and is considered
An instrument by Paul McNulty the most experienced living builder of copies of 19th-century
after Conrad Graf Op. 318, 1819. fortepianos. Since 1985, he has made more than 220 historical
pianos. His customers have included Kristian Bezuidenhout,
Range: CC-f4; moderator, double moderator, sustaining Malcolm Bilson, Nicolaus Harnoncourt, the Chopin Institute
and una corda pedals, with a case made of walnut. in Warsaw, the Glyndebourne Festival, the Amsterdam
Conservatory, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Royal
(The instrument measures about 240 x 122cm x 35 cm).
College of Music and many more.
Conrad Graf, (1782–1851), who from 1824 held the
title of "Imperial Royal Court Fortepiano Maker" ("k.k. WHY DO WE NEED THIS INSTRUMENT NOW?
Hofpiano und Claviermacher"), was born in Riedlingen
(Württemberg) and came to Vienna in 1799 as a joiner. For years, EMV has maintained and made available to the
He became a piano builder and opened his own workshop broader community an outstanding historical instrument
in 1807. By 1820 his instruments were considered "the collection. Though we own a “stable” of keyboard instruments
greatest and most renowned in Vienna and throughout that trace almost the whole basic history of the keyboard
the empire". Graf not only supplied instruments to all from the late Renaissance to the present, we were sadly still
the apartments of the imperial court but also provided missing a vital piece of the puzzle. This early romantic piano
a pianoforte for Ludwig van Beethoven in 1825. Chopin, is that missing piece. Hearing the music of late Beethoven,
Robert and Clara Schumann, Liszt and Mendelssohn Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, and others, on the
held Graf pianos in the highest esteem. instrument for which it was written is utterly transformative
and at the heart of what we value as an organization.
The McNulty instrument is a copy of Graf opus 318 (ca.
1819) from Castle Kozel near Plzeň (Pilsen) in the Czech “The Graf possesses all of the advantages of a romantic
Republic. In this period the pianos of Graf still retained era piano; shallower key dip, lighter touch, lightness of
the thin soundboard and light hammers of the Viennese frame and variations of colour between registers. Playing
classical era, with somewhat thicker strings. The fuller late Beethoven and the early romantics on this instrument
tone is nonetheless clear and projecting, which, coupled fundamentally transforms the overall texture and contours
with the various expression tops, provides a convincing of the music. What might sound heavy and sentimental
Schubertian palette. on an industrial-era modern piano becomes vocal and
ethereal, and instead of labouring the hands, intricate
passagework reveals a colourful tapestry, achieved with
minimal strain.”
– Abigail Karr, historical violin performer who, with
www.fortepiano.eu fortepianist Yi-heng Yang were the first duo to record Mendelssohn's
complete works for violin and piano on period instruments.
4 early music vancouver 2021 | 2022 Alexander Weimann inaugurates EMV’s Graf fortepiano staff@earlymusic.bc.caThe fact that we now have such an instrument in our collection
will have a significant and long-term impact on the early music
scene in and around Vancouver, and on the musical community
in general.
POTENTIAL OTHER PARTNERS:
Although EMV is the sole owner of the instrument, it will be
available to the UBC School of Music for teaching purposes
and for performances. It will also be made available for
partnerships with valued arts organizations in and around the
city including the Vancouver Recital Society, the Vancouver
Chopin Society, the Friends of Chamber Music, the Vancouver
Symphony, the Vancouver Opera and others.
EXPENSES:
The cost for the McNulty 6 1/2-octave fortepiano after Conrad
Graf, including a padded cover, shipping crate, and shipping
costs & insurance was approximately Cdn $105,000.
Photo credit:
Paul McNulty fortepianos
Thank You !
As a special gift in honour of the late Dr. Ralph Spitzer, a long-time supporter of EMV, an anonymous donor matched
all donations up to $50,000 to help us with the purchase of this instrument. We were able to raise the full funds for this
acquisition in less than one year!
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this campaign, particularly also to those who donated after the unfortunate
Covid-related cancellation of EMV’s 50th Anniversary Fundraising Dinner.
We are thrilled, and grateful to the following individuals who made this acquisition possible:
$
50,000 $
500-$999 Jacqueline Day
A donation in memory of Ralph Spitzer Alan & Elizabeth Bell Margaret Duke
$
2,500-$5,000 Valerie Boser & Patrick Tivy Mary Finlay
Chris Guzy & Mari Csemi Colleen Dixon Peter Harrison
Sharon Kahn Sherrill Grace Delma Hemming
Tony & Margie Knox Beth & Robert Helsley Janet & Derwyn Lea
Ron Kruschen & Louise Akuzawa Jane Flick and Robert Heidbreder John C. Leighton
Johanna Shapira Dorothy Jantzen Ursula Litzcke
Zelie & Vincent Tan J. Evan & Janice Kreider Patrick May
Fran Watters & Paul Devine Peter Kwok Murray Paterson Marketing Group
Matthew White & Catherine Webster Susanne Lloyd Donna Ornstein
One anonymous donation Marta & Nicolas Maftei Hanno Pinder
Melody Mason Jocelyn Pritchard
$
1,000-$1,999
Dr. Katherine E Paton Tony Roper
Delma Hemming
Dr. Robert S. Rothwell Dr. Robert S. Rothwell
Anona Thorne & Takao Tanabe
Laurie Townsend & Don Harder Fumiko Suzuki
José Verstappen
A donation in memory of Peter Wood Up to $499 Dr. Mark Vessey
Bruce Munro Wright Jill Bain James Walsh
Pam Ratner & Joy Johnson Teresa Bobrowska Gwyneth Westwick
Iko Bylicki George Zukerman & Erika Bennedik
Vince Cardella One anonymous donation
A donation in memory of Daniel Craig
Considering making a tax-deductible donation towards EMV's important collection of historical instruments?
Please contact Michelle Herrewynen, Resource Development Manager, at michelle@earlymusic.bc.ca
earlymusic.bc.ca Alexander Weimann inaugurates EMV’s Graf fortepiano early music vancouver 2021 | 2022 5programme notes
BY CONNOR PAGE AND CHRISTINA HUTTEN
In 1790, Joseph Haydn wrote to Maria Anna
von Genzinger, his close friend and the
dedicatee of his latest keyboard sonata,
“Your Grace will no doubt have received the
new Clavier Sonata by now … It’s only a pity
that Your Grace doesn’t own a fortepiano…
since everything is better expressed on it …
I know I ought to have composed this Sonata
for your kind of Clavier [the harpsichord],
but I found this impossible because I am
no longer accustomed to it.” Although
Bartolomeo Cristofori constructed the first
known pianos by 1700, the instruments
did not become widely popular until the
latter decades of the century. Cristofori’s
piano was quiet, lightly built, and very
delicate, its hammer heads only strips of
Moritz von Schwind's “Schubertiade”, showing Schubert playing the fortepiano
rolled paper. A century of technological
innovation transformed the piano into a much more robust Keyboards have a reputation as the indispensable companion
and powerfully expressive instrument. The preference of of composers, who often work out their ideas on the keyboard
esteemed musicians like Johann Christian Bach for the piano much as a poet does with pen and paper. Mozart, for one,
over the harpsichord transformed the piano into a fashionable found it necessary to have one in his room wherever he was
status symbol for the upper and middle classes. Later in his living. All the composers represented in this programme wrote
correspondence with Maria Anna von Genzinger, Haydn for the instruments available to them at the time, but they also
encouraged her to give away her old-fashioned harpsichord composed with those instruments, using them as their tools of
and replace it with the newest keyboard technology. musical exploration. This is part of the reason why historical
instruments have so much to tell us about the music of the
Today’s programme inaugurates EMV’s new fortepiano past. Instruments evolved according to popular tastes and the
modelled on an 1819 instrument by Conrad Graf (1782-1851). needs of musicians; meanwhile, composers responded to the
In the last few years of the eighteenth century, the young qualities and capabilities of the instruments.
cabinetmaker Graf moved to the outskirts of Vienna, one of
the main centres of piano building, and became apprenticed Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 17 in B flat Major, K. 570 is one of
to a piano maker. By 1824 he had made such a name for his last five piano sonatas, a highly contrasting group of pieces
himself that he was granted the honorary title of “Imperial that explore the piano’s wide range of expressive possibilities.
Royal Court Fortepiano Maker”. Graf did much of his most K. 570 has been described as the “purest” and most well-
important work during the lives of Ludwig von Beethoven and rounded of all his sonatas and showcases the crystalline
Franz Schubert, and although he rose to prominence after delicacy for which Viennese pianos were famous.
Mozart and Haydn had died, he was continuing the tradition By contrast, Beethoven’s Sonata in C Minor, Op. 13, No. 8
of Viennese fortepianos with which they were familiar – the treats the piano as if it were a whole orchestra. Beethoven
work of master builders such as Johann Schantz, Johann commences with a grand, slow introduction, a formal feature
Andreas Stein, and Anton Walter. Some of the hallmarks of normally used only in symphonies, and creates textures
the Viennese fortepianos were a light, precise, and sensitive imitating the string tremolos and pulsating bass lines
touch; a mainly wooden construction which made them characteristic of orchestral music. Recognizing its grandeur
wonderfully resonant; a colourful, singing tone; a keyboard and emotional impact, the publisher Joseph Eder gave this
compass of about five octaves (although this was expanded sonata its nickname “Grande Sonate Pathétique”. Musicologist
over time); and distinctly different timbral profiles in the bass, Elaine Sisman has pointed out the connection between the
the mid-range, and the treble of the piano. Until about 1840, music of this sonata, the designation “pathétique”, and a 1793
Graf continued to design and build instruments esteemed by essay titled “On the Pathetic” by one of Beethoven’s favourite
leading musicians such as Robert and Clara Schumann, Felix writers, Friedrich Schiller. Schiller argues that the purpose of
Mendelssohn, Frédéric Chopin, and Franz Liszt. depicting suffering in art is not merely to “open the tear ducts”
6 early music vancouver 2021 | 2022 Alexander Weimann inaugurates EMV’s Graf fortepiano staff@earlymusic.bc.cabut to represent moral resistance to suffering. After the dark, Schubert’s Sonata in A Major, D. 664 brings the programme to
troubled slow introduction of the first movement, the piano a festive close. Schubert wrote this youthful sonata while on
seems to erupt with just such resistance with a theme that holiday in the beautiful environs of Steyr in Upper Austria at
rockets upwards over a determined bass tremolo. The struggle the request of a teen girl he met there. Writing to his brother,
with suffering continues throughout the movement as the he reported, “She is very pretty, plays the piano decently and
material of the slow introduction intrudes again and again. is going to sing several of my songs. Her name is Josefine (but
The second movement offers a different sort of resistance she is called ‘Pepi’ by all those close to her); she is eighteen
in the form of a lovely, consoling, and justly famous melody, years old, truly lovely and very talented. Moreover, it would
and third movement brings the whole sonata together by seem that she (like all the others here in Steyr) has taken a
incorporating quotes from both previous movements in a great fancy to my music; a few days ago, she asked me if I
lively, even positive rondo. would not compose a sonata for her – raising her brow so
attractively that I immediately sat down as soon as I was back
Transcribing and playing chamber and orchestral music on the in my room… and noted down a few ideas. Two movements are
piano was a popular pastime in the nineteenth century. In an already finished, and I have promised to bring the last one… to
era before recording, it was a way to keep in touch with the young Miss Josefine today, Sunday evening.” During the same
latest musical fashions and to remember and savour music vacation, he wrote his Trout Quintet which shares the blissful
heard in concert in the privacy of one’s living room. The second mood and the key of A Major, a key Schubert associated with
movement of Haydn’s Emperor Quartet is a set of variations heartfelt satisfaction, warm, mild sunlight, exhilaration, and
on “Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser” (God Save Emperor peace. It seems to me that Schubert’s description is as suited
Francis), an anthem Haydn wrote in praise of Francis II, the to the key of A Major as it is to the joy of playing and listening
same monarch whom Graf served as Royal Fortepiano Maker. to Early Music Vancouver’s new fortepiano. n
alexander weimann
Alexander Weimann is one of the most sought-after ensemble directors, keyboard players,
soloists and chamber music partners of his generation. After travelling the world with ensembles
like Tragicomedia, and as frequent guest with Cantus Cölln, the Freiburger Barockorchester,
Gesualdo Consort and Tafelmusik, he now focuses on his activities as Music Director of the
Pacific Baroque Orchestra in Vancouver, Music Director of the Seattle Baroque Orchestra, and
regular guest conductor of ensembles including the Victoria Symphony, Symphony Nova Scotia,
Arion Baroque Orchestra in Montreal and the Portland Baroque Orchestra.
Weimann was born in 1965 in Munich, where he studied the organ, church music, musicology
(with a summa con laude thesis on Bach’s secco recitatives), theatre, mediæval Latin, and
jazz piano, supported by a variety of federal scholarships. From 1990 to 1995, Weimann taught
music theory, improvisation, and Jazz at the Munich Musikhochschule. Since 1998, he has
been giving master classes in harpsichord and historical performance practice at institutions
such as Lunds University in Malmö and the Bremen Musikhochschule, and at North American
universities such as The University of California in Berkeley, Dartmouth College in New
Hampshire, McGill University, Université de Montréal, and Mount Allison in New Brunswick.
Since 2007, he has conducted several acclaimed opera productions at the Amherst Early Music Photo credit: Alex Waterhouse-Hayward
Festival. He now teaches at the University of British Columbia and directs the Baroque Orchestra Mentorship Programme there.
A multiple JUNO and GRAMMY nominee, Weimann can be heard on some 100 CDs. Highlights include an Opus and JUNO award-
winning CD of Handel oratorio arias with soprano Karina Gauvin, a recording of Bach’s St. John’s Passion with Les Voix Baroques/
Arion Baroque Orchestra, a JUNO nominated recording of Handel’s Orlando with the Pacific Baroque Orchestra that was also
awarded a Gramophone Editor’s Choice award, and most recently, the JUNO-nominated album Nuit Blanches with the Pacific
Baroque Orchestra and Karina Gauvin. n
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Early Music Vancouver gratefully acknowledges our many contributors & donors, who play a vital role in supporting the well-being of our organisation, and ensuring our continuing success. Thank you!
n Benefactors $50,000+: The Drance Family* | The Estate of Barbara Krozier
A donation in memory of Ralph Spitzer
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8 early music vancouver 2021 | 2022 Alexander Weimann inaugurates EMV’s Graf fortepiano staff@earlymusic.bc.caHannelore 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* | 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 September 15, 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
earlymusic.bc.ca Alexander Weimann inaugurates EMV’s Graf fortepiano early music vancouver 2021 | 2022 9UPCOMING EVENTS
LIVE, IN-PERSON CONCERTS
PACIFIC
PACIFIC
BAROQUE
In-person concerts are also available to watch online.
BAROQUE
Please check each event page at earlymusic.bc.ca for further details, and/or EMV’s COVID-19 Safety Protocols.
ORCHESTRA
ORCHESTRA
Clair-Obscur: Corsican Polyphony
Friday, December 3, 7:30 pm
Pacific Spirit United Church (formerly Ryerson Church)
Kiya Tabassian, music director;
Ensemble Constantinople; A Filetta
Ensemble Constantinople partners with the seminal Corsican polyphonic
singing group A Filetta, to create an enchanting sonic tableau where light and
shadow meet, through sacred and secular songs from the rich Corsican musical
tradition. Polyphony by the prodigious vocalists of A Filetta, as well as songs
and music orchestrated by Kiya Tabassian, will come together in a deeply
moving concert.
This concert is generously supported by
Fran Watters & Paul Devine and Anona Thorne & Takao Tanabe
Festive Cantatas: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio
Thursday, December 16, 7:30 pm
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
Myriam Leblanc soprano, Suzie LeBlanc soprano,
Nicholas Burns countertenor, Colin Balzer tenor, Tyler Duncan baritone
Alexander Weimann music director, Pacific Baroque Orchestra
This year, EMV’s Festive Cantatas programme features some of the most
popular Christmas music of Germany in the 18th century by Johann Kuhnau
and J.S. Bach. Kuhnau’s cantata “Wie Schön leuchtet der Morgenstern” (How
brightly shines the morning star) contains some of the earliest orchestral
writing for natural horns, and this may have inspired Bach to do the same in his
cantata by the same name, as well as in Cantata V of the Christmas Oratorio.
This concert is generously supported by the Drance Family,
Bryan & Gail Atkins, and Dr. Katherine E. Paton,
all in honour of Stephen & Betty Drance
ONLINE CONCERTS: EMV DIGITAL CONCERT
Photos
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credit: Jan Gates
Gates
Photos credit: Jan Gates
THE BEST
BEST SEATS
The following programmes are available to stream for two weeks from their premiere date. Access is free,
THE SEATS
donations are greatly appreciated. For complete details check our website: earlymusic.bc.ca
Lab'rinths: Purcell & his Contemporaries | Wednesday, November 10, 7:30 pm
IN THE HOUSE
Bach's Sons: Elinor Frey, cello & Pacific Baroque Orchestra | Wednesday, November 24, 7:30 pm
IN THE HOUSE .
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