Early Music Vancouver

About this organization

Founded in 1970, Early Music Vancouver is one of Canada's leading early music organizations and home to the Pacific Baroque Orchestra. EMV presents concerts year-round at venues including the Chan Centre, Orpheum, and Christ Church Cathedral, featuring local and internationally acclaimed period-instrument artists. Its annual summer festival is a highlight of the West Coast early music calendar, and its education and outreach programs support the next generation of early music performers.

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Upcoming Concerts

Fri

Apr 17

7:30 PM

Amandine Beyer & Gli Incogniti: False Consonances of Melancholy

French violinist Amandine Beyer and Baroque ensemble Gli Incogniti explore the works of Italian violinist Nicola Matteis, whose inventive an...

Christ Church Cathedral

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Fri

May 1

7:30 PM

Philippe Jaroussky: La Gelosia

Global star Philippe Jaroussky, the most admired countertenor of his generation, performs with Ensemble Artaserse in a program exploring the...

Vancouver Playhouse

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Fri

Sep 18

7:30 PM

Music of the Little Ice Age

Featuring the world premiere of Peter Hannan's Snow Skills, blending period instruments with electronics, paired with works by Monteverdi ex...

Christ Church Cathedral

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Fri

Oct 2

7:30 PM

Blind Man's Bluff – Concerto di Margherita

Ensemble Concerto di Margherita presents a programme in the form of a fable: an archetypal Lover caught in a cruel game of Blind Man's Bluff...

Christ Church Cathedral

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Sat

Oct 17

7:30 PM

A Little Night Music with Mozart

Mozart's beloved Eine Kleine Nachtmusik performed on period instruments alongside his Serenata Notturna, a Boccherini quintet about Madrid n...

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Tue

Nov 17

7:30 PM

The Magic of Monteverdi – Les Arts Florissants

Baroque masters William Christie and Paul Agnew lead Les Arts Florissants in a revelatory programme of Monteverdi's finest madrigals, includ...

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

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Fri

Dec 4

7:30 PM

A French Baroque Christmas – Ensemble Correspondances

Ensemble Correspondances performs Charpentier's beloved Midnight Mass for Christmas, based on traditional French Noëls, offering festive joy...

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

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Sun

Dec 20

3:00 PM

Festive Cantatas: Gloria with Vivaldi & Bach

A festive holiday celebration featuring Vivaldi's Gloria performed with the Vancouver Youth Choir and the Pacific Baroque Orchestra, paired ...

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

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Fri

Jan 22

7:30 PM

Tormento Seicento – Amanda Forsythe & Opera Prima

Soprano Amanda Forsythe and ensemble Opera Prima explore the expressive world of early Baroque music, where singers and continuo musicians w...

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Sat

Feb 20

7:30 PM

Moonlit Mozart – Les Délices

Oboist Debra Nagy leads Les Délices in an all-Mozart programme for period-instrument wind band (Harmoniemusik), featuring 18th-century arran...

Christ Church Cathedral

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Fri

Mar 12

7:30 PM

The Ascent of European Music – La Fonte Musica

Michele Pasotti and La Fonte Musica trace the rise of European music through the works of Johannes Ciconia and successors like Dufay and Dun...

Christ Church Cathedral

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Thu

Mar 25

7:30 PM

Handel's La Resurrezione

A dazzling presentation of Handel's La Resurrezione, the young composer's dramatization of Christ's Passion and Resurrection, featuring five...

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Fri

Apr 30

7:30 PM

Songs from the Mayflower – Ménestrel

Canadian early music duo Ménestrel presents folksongs collected by Helen Creighton from across the Maritimes, blending historical practice w...

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