Music + Myth
Gods & Monsters
A Halloween concert!
Repertoire:
Nova Pon: Hymn To Apollo
Alan Hovhaness: Hercules
Claude Debussy: Syrinx
Matthew Tozer: Athena & Zeus
Mark Schultz: Into the Monster’s Lair
Richard Gleaves: Harlot’s House
Charles Ives: Slugging A Vampire
Tristan Murail: Vampyr!
Colin Eatock: Ashes Of Soldiers
John Duke: Shelling Peas, Grunchin’ Witch
John Corigliano: Song to the Witch of the Cloisters
Stephen Schwartz: What Is This Feeling?
Performers:
Catherine Laub, soprano
William George, tenor
Michael Park, piano
Adrian Verdejo, guitar
Jeff Pelletier, flute
Julie Begg, clarinet
Christine Lin, violin
Marina Hasselberg, celloNovember 1, 2014 8pm
Orpheum Annex (823 Seymour Street)
Tickets: $25
Bacchanalia
Music of Delight, Delirium & Debauchery
The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymous Bosch
WARNING: Explicit Content
Repertoire:
Seymour Barab: Songs of Perfect Propriety (Dorothy Parker)
Christopher Berg: Poem (Frank O’Hara)
Jacques Brel: Amsterdam (Brel)
Daniel Dorff: Three Romances
Ricky Ian Gordon: Only Heaven (Langston Hughes)
Nicholas Ryan Kelly: Live Blindly* (Trumbull Stickney)
Catherine Laub: Bacchus on his ass*
Ryan Noakes: Appliance Speak*** (Katie Fedosenko)
Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion
Marga Richter: Divers (Diverse) Divertimento**
Rodney Sharman: The Garden (Rodney Sharman)
Cabaret Songs (Bill Richardson, Sharman)
*world premiere
**Canadian premiere
***world premiere version for chamber ensemble
Performers:
Catherine Laub, soprano
Melanie Adams, mezzo-soprano
William George, tenor
Michael Park, piano
Rita Attrot, piano
Stefan Hintersteininger, cello
Jeff Pelletier, flute
Lauris Davis, oboe/english horn
Julie Begg, clarinet
Adrian Verdejo, guitar
Julia Nolan, saxophoneJanuary 31, 2015 8pmOrpheum Annex (823 Seymour Street)
Tickets: $25
The Song of Orpheus
Exploring & Expanding the Myth of Orpheus
Orpheus by Franz von Stuck
Repertoire:
Repertoire:
Claudio Monteverdi – Prologue from “L’Orfeo”
C.W. von Gluck – selections from “Orphée ed Eurydice”
Anthony Genge – Songs of Orpheus
William Schuman – Orpheus with his lute
plus World Premieres
“Burnaby Mountain Song: Eurydice” by William George & Renée Sarojini Saklikar
“Sonnet III” by Catherine Laub & Rainer Maria Rilke
“Songs of Earth & Sea” by Lou Warde & Ariana Warde
& a new chamber opera:
“Watch the Hound,” by Stefan Hintersteininger & Maria Reva
Performers:
Catherine Laub, soprano
William George, tenor
Michael Park, piano
Adrian Verdejo, guitar
Samantha Fu, flute
Stefan Hintersteininger, cello
Christine Lin, violin
March 21, 2015 8pm
Orpheum Annex (823 Seymour Street)
Tickets: $25
The Bard Reborn
 Graffiti Shakespeare by Will George
Contemporary musical settings of Shakespeare’s immortal words:
Christopher Berg: Fear No More the Heat O’ the Sun
Eugene Castillo: 2 Soliloquies from Love’s Labours Lost
Sondra Clark: That Time of Year
Scott Gendel: Since I Left You
William George: It Was A Lover and His Lass
Richard Gleaves: Cut Him Out In Tiny Stars
Stephen Gorbos: For Restful Death I Cry
Gustav Hoyer: Willow Song
Marga Richter: Two Sonnets
Kaija Saariaho: Ariel’s Hail
Lou Warde: Unless Thou Get A Son
plus World Premieres by:
Adam Hill
Stefan Hintersteininger
Catherine Laub
Performers:
Catherine Laub, soprano
Melanie Adams, mezzo-soprano
William George, tenor
Vaughn Chauvin, baritone
Michael Park, piano
Jeff Pelletier, flute
Adrian Verdejo, guitar
Albertina Chan, harp
Christine Lin, violin
Stefan Hintersteininger, cello
Mia K. Ingimundson & Donald Adams, actors
Pre-show talk with Mia and Donald at 7:30
May 23, 2015 8pm
Orpheum Annex (823 Seymour Street)
Tickets: $25
Erato thanks the City of Vancouver for their generous support!
Information on our August 1, 2014 concert
presented by the Queer Arts Festival:
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