Event Calendar

Schubert Symphony No.9 – Kluxen’s Return!

Farquhar at UVic University Farquhar Auditorium, Ring Road, Victoria, BC, Canada

Christian Kluxen, conductor Schubert, Symphony No. 9 in C major (The Great) For his long-awaited return, VS Music Director, Christian Kluxen leads Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 in C major. Known as The Great, this work is strongly linked to Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, which was given its premiere the year before, in 1825. Despite explicitly...

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$45

Mahler Symphony No. 9

Farquhar at UVic University Farquhar Auditorium, Ring Road, Victoria, BC, Canada

Christian Kluxen, conductor Mahler (arr. Simon), Symphony No. 9 in D major (arr. for chamber orchestra) One of the most beloved symphonies of all time, Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 was his last completed work. Alban Berg believed that “ the first movement is the most glorious he ever wrote. It expresses an extraordinary love of...

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$45

NOW! Contemporary Canadian Voices

Farquhar at UVic University Farquhar Auditorium, Ring Road, Victoria, BC, Canada

Giuseppe Pietraroia, conductor Vern Griffiths, percussion Lizée, Perxploitation Morlock, Disquiet Goddard, Live Wire (World Premiere) Nurulla-Khoja, Gusto Vancouver superstar percussionist, Vern Griffiths, joins VS Associate Conductor Giuseppe Pietraroia and the VS for a program of outstanding and groundbreaking new works by Canadian composers.  Nicole Lizée’s Perxploitation is a concerto for percussion of mind-boggling virtuosity. Performing in...

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$25

Vivaldi & Piazzolla

Christ Church Cathedral 930 Burdett Ave

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...

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$45

Vivaldi & Piazzolla

Christ Church Cathedral 930 Burdett Ave

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...

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$45

Haydn Symphonies – Morning, Noon, and Night

Christ Church Cathedral 930 Burdett Ave

SOLD OUT -  This trilogy of early Haydn symphonies is inspired by the different times of day - Morning, Noon, and Evening.  Written shortly after he signed his contract with the Esterházy court in May of 1761, these seminal and delightful works marked the start of one of the most prolific situations of musical patronage...

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$45

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