Name: If Love's a Sweet Passion: Victoria Baroque @ St. John The Divine - Sep 10, 2016
Start: 2016-09-10T19:30:00-07:00
End: 2016-09-10T21:30:00-07:00
Location: St. John The Divine

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If Love's a Sweet Passion: Victoria Baroque

Victoria Baroque Players with one of the most distinguished Canadian sopranos, N...

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Music Classical / Baroque / Orchestral

Sat. September 10th 2016 + Add to Calendar

St. John The Divine (All Ages)

7:30pm - 9:30pm Doors at: 7:00pm

$28 / $25 senior / $5 student & child

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Victoria Baroque

VICTORIA BAROQUE presents dynamic, personal, and engaging pe...

Victoria BC

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Physical tickets at: The Door, Long & McQuade - Victoria, Ivy's Bookshop, Munro's Books

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Victoria Baroque Players with one of the most distinguished Canadian sopranos, Nancy Argenta.
Vocal and Instrumental music from the height of the English Baroque - Purcell, Handel and more.

Boyce: Sinfonia No.1 in B flat Major
Handel: Cantata Crudel Tiranno
Croft: Overture to Laurus Cruenta
Lampe: Aria "Pretty Warblers"
Handel: Concerto in D major
Purcell: Fantasy upon a Ground in D major
Purcell: Songs and Arias from Fairy Queen

About Nancy Argenta:
With a repertoire spanning three centuries, Nancy Argenta has been hailed not only as the supreme Handel soprano of our age but also for her performances of works by such diverse composers as Mahler, Mozart, Schubert and Schoenberg. Conductors with whom she has collaborated include Ozawa, Gardiner, Davis, Blomstedt, Pinnock, Hogwood and Norrington. She has sung with the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Boston Symphony, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Leipzig Gewandhaus, and the Toronto, Montreal, and Sydney Symphony Orchestras.

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St. John The Divine

1611 Quadra

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Capacity400

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If Love's a Sweet Passion: Victoria Baroque @ St. John The Divine Sep 10 2016 - Jun 5th @ St. John The Divine

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