Event Calendar

Loading Events

« All Events

  • This event has passed.

Vivaldi & Piazzolla

21 October 2021 @ 8:00 pm

- $45
Vivaldi and Piazzolla, October 21 and 22, 2021

SOLD OUT

Terence Tam, leader

Vivaldi, Concerto grosso in B minor
Rautavaara, The Fiddlers
Locatelli, Concerto grosso in F major
Wagner (arr. Tønnesen), From Tristan and Isolde: Prelude
Piazzolla (arr. Desyatnikov), Four Seasons of Buenos Aires 

Come celebrate the vibrant violins of the Victoria Symphony! Concertmaster Terence Tam leads a program dedicated to showcasing the incredible virtuosity of the VS violin section.  Eight violin soloists will perform in two unusual concertos written for four violins by Vivaldi and Locatelli.  Also featured will be the Victoria premiere of the charming folk suite The Fiddlers by Finnish composer Rautavaara.  As a finale, Tam performs the brilliant and sultry tango music of Piazzolla in The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.

*Please note seating is limited to 120 people. Seating is by general admission to assure social distance.

Tickets can be purchased online below or by calling Farquhar at UVic at 250.721.8480.

Details

Date:
21 October 2021
Time:
starts at 8:00 pm
Cost:
$45
Event Category:

Venue

Christ Church Cathedral
930 Burdett Ave

Concert Credits

Concert Programme

  • Vivaldi
    Concerto grosso in B minor
  • Rautavaara
    The Fiddlers
  • Locatelli
    Concerto grosso in F major
  • Wagner (arr. Tønnesen)
    From Tristian and Isolde: Prelude
  • Piazzolla (arr. Desyatnikov)
    Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

Can’t Attend a Concert? Watch Online!

For those of you unable to return to the concert hall, we will continue with our Virtual Season airing programs online and free of charge.

Pre-Concert Talk: Beethoven Symphony No. 8
Pre-Concert Talk: Beethoven Symphony No. 7
Pre-Concert Talk: Beethoven Symphony No. 6
Pre-Concert Talk: Chooi Plays Korngold
Pre-Concert Talk: Beethoven Symphony No. 4
Pre-Concert Talk: Goodyear Plays Shostakovich
Pre-Concert Talk: Beethoven Symphony No. 3
Pre-Concert Talk: Beethoven Symphony No. 2
Pre-Concert Talk: Beethoven Symphony No. 1
Pe-Concert Talk: Richard-Hamelin Plays Beethoven
Pre-Concert Talk: Celebrating John Williams!
Pre-Concert Talk: Mahler and Schumann, Being Robert Schumann, Part 3
Pre Concert Talk: Beethoven Symphonies
Pre Concert Talk: Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
VS Vignettes: Mike Byrne
Pre Concert Talk: Bach to Messiah
Pre-Concert Talk: Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony – Being Robert Schumann (Part II)
Pre-Concert Talk: Brahms Serenade No. 2 – Being Robert Schumann
Pre-Concert Talk: Gershwin and Beyond
vsNEW: Lost Lake – Stavros Chrysoulis
vsNEW: Medieval Sea – Danae Kong
vsNEW: Graveyard at Midnight – Atticus Dachsel Kerr
vsNEW: The Adventure – Angela Nguyen
VS Vignettes: David Michaux
VS Vignettes: Emily Salmon
VS Vignettes: Annabelle Stanley
VS Vignettes: Christopher Reiche Boucher
VS Vignettes: Darren Buhr
VS Vignettes: Tori Gould
VS Vignettes: Paul Beauchesne
VS Vignettes: Stacey Boal
VS Vignettes: Müge Büyükçelen
Pre-Concert Talk: Haydn Symphonies; Morning, Noon, and Night
Pre-Concert Talk: Vivaldi and Piazzolla
VS Vignettes: Christine Prince
vsNEW: Mirage on the Silk Road – Houtian Zhong
vsNEW: Explainer
Pre Concert Talk: NOW! Contemporary Canadian Voices
Pre Concert Talk: Mahler Symphony No. 9
Pre-Concert Talk: Schubert Symphony No. 9 – Kluxen’s Return
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Angela Hewitt Plays Bach
Beethoven’s Triple Concerto