Pacific Baroque Festival Passes

In Modern Style - Music from 17th century Italy

February 27th - March 3rd, 2024

​The beginning of the 17th century ushered in the earliest music in what we now refer to as ‘baroque’ style. Composers, notably in Italy, made a radical departure from the complex polyphony of the late 16th century in favour of a more direct expression of the poetic text, setting one or more sung or played lines to a harmonized bass line (basso continuo). Monteverdi referred to this new style as the seconda prattica, and it also became known as stile moderno, or le nuove musiche.
 
The 2024 Pacific Baroque Festival will include an intimate morning concert of this repertoire by La Modestine (Marc Destrubé, Natalie Mackie, Marco Vitale), performances by Italian master organist Edoardo Bellotti on the spectacular Wolff organ of Christ Church Cathedral and the Brombaugh one-manual organ at St Barnabas Church, a program of instrumental music for violins and sackbuts, as well as a selection of madrigals from Claudio Monteverdi’s “Songs of Love and War” with an ensemble of emerging singers from the Victoria region.

Concert #1: Le Nuove Musiche 1: Naples and Rome - Frescobaldi to Scarlatti is not included in the Festival Pass.

Tickets for concert #1 must be purchased separately. The concert is at St. Barnabas Church. 

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Concerts Included in the Festival Pass:

Concert #2: Le Nuove Musiche 2: Venice and Milan - Monteverdi to Verdi Wednesday, February 28th at 7:30 pm at Christ Church Cathedral

Concert #3: Stile Moderno Thursday, February 29th at 11:00 am at Alix Goolden Performance Hall

Concert #4: Sonate Concertate Friday, March 1st at 7:30 pm at Alix Goolden Performance Hall

Concert #5: Songs of Love and War Saturday, March 2nd at 7:30 pm at Alix Goolden Performance Hall

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Choral Evensong: Music Divine Sunday, March 3rd at 4:00 pm at Christ Church Cathedral- Free Admission.