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Escher String Quartet Vancouver Premiere

Escher String Quartet – Season 67

August 2, 2016

Tuesday November 18th, 2014 At the Vancouver Playhouse at 8.00 pm. Adam Barnett-Hart, Violin Aaron Boyd, Violin Pierre Lapointe, Viola Dane Johansen, Cello The Escher String Quartet, formed in 2005, takes its name from Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher, inspired by Escher’s method of interplay amongst individual components working together to form a whole. The … Continue reading Escher String Quartet – Season 67 »

Quatuor Mosaïques - Friends of Chamber Music
Photo by Wolfgang Krautzer

Quatuor Mosaïques – Season 67

July 26, 2016

Sunday November 2, 2014 Vancouver Playhouse 3:00 pm Co-presented by Friends of Chamber Music and Early Music Vancouver Erich Höbarth, violin Andrea Bischof, violin Anita Mitterer, viola Christophe Coin, cello Quatuor Mosaïques is the most prominent period-instrument quartet performing today. The ensemble has garnered praise for its atypical decision to use gut-stringed instruments which, in … Continue reading Quatuor Mosaïques – Season 67 »

1852: Queen Victoria of Great Britain (1819 - 1901). Original Artist: By T H Maquire. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

For the Love of Music: Queen Victoria

May 24, 2016

Queen Victoria’s reign over Britain was a prolific era of cultural, industrial, and political change. As the second longest reigning monarch, her nearly-64 years as Queen saw great expansion of the British Empire. It seems only fitting that as Canadians, we honour our British roots for one day every May, aptly dubbed Victoria Day. Celebrated … Continue reading For the Love of Music: Queen Victoria »