Concert Archives
View the details of past Victoria Summer Music Festival concerts from 2015-2019, listed in reverse chronological order.
2019
Ensemble Made in Canada Piano Quartet
August 6, 2019
Ensemble Made In Canada: Elissa Lee, violin; Sharon Wei, viola; Rachel Mercer, cello; Angela Park, piano
Mosaïque Project: A suite of newly commissioned piano quartets by Canadian composers, each inspired by a particular region of Canada
Jose Franch-Ballester, with Terence Tam, Brian Yoon, and Arthur Rowe
July 25, 2019
Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Terence Tam, violin; Brian Yoon, cello; Arthur Rowe, piano
Francis Poulenc: Sonata for clarinet and piano, fp184
Béla Bartók: Contrasts for violin, clarinet, & piano, sz. 111
Alban Berg: Four pieces, op. five
Johannes Brahms: Trio for clarinet, cello, and piano in A minor, op. 114
Rolston String Quartet with Arthur Rowe
August 1, 2019
Rolston String Quartet: (Luri Lee and Emily Kruspe, violins; Hezekiah Leung, viola; Jonathan Lo, cello); with Arthur Rowe, piano
Joseph Haydn: String quartet in B-flat major, op. 76, no. 4, “Sunrise,” Hob.III:78; Murray Schafer: String quartet no. 2 "Waves"; Robert Schumann: Piano quintet in E-flat major, op. 44
Pacifica Quartet with Jose Franch-Ballester
July 23, 2019
Pacifica Quartet: (Simin Ganatra and Austin Hartman, violins; Mark Holloway, viola; Brandon Vamos, cello); with Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet
Joaquín Turina: La oración del torero, op. 34
Dmitri Shostakovich: Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet quintet in B minor, op. 115
Rolston String Quartet
July 30, 2019
Rolston String Quartet: Luri Lee and Emily Kruspe, violins; Hezekiah Leung, viola; Jonathan Lo, cello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String quartet no. 19 in C major “Dissonance,” K. 465
György Ligeti: String quartet no. 1, “Métamorphoses nocturnes”
Franz Schubert: String quartet no. 14, “Death and the Maiden,” D. 810
Public Outreach Concert at Shannon Oaks Retirement Residence
July 30, 2019
Rolston String Quartet: Luri Lee and Emily Kruspe, violins; Hezekiah Leung, viola; Jonathan Lo, cello
2018
Minsoo Sohn
August 13, 2018
Minsoo Sohn, piano
Beethoven piano sonatas:
Andante Favori, WoO 57;
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, op. 53, “Waldstein”;
Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat Major, op. 26, “Funeral March”;
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, op. 57 “Appassionata"
Andréa Tyniec with Arthur Rowe
August 1, 2018
Andréa Tyniec, violin; with Arthur Rowe, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata no. 9 in A major, op. 47, “Kreutzer,” for violin and piano
Michael Oesterle: Stand Still, for violin solo
Robert Schumann: Sonata no. 2 in D minor, op. 121, for violin and piano
Public Outreach Free Concert: Festive Brass at the Royal BC Museum
July 20, 2018
Stevan Paranosic and Bruce Hurn, trumpets; Nick La Riviere, trombone; Robert Fraser, bass trombone
Tesla Quartet with Arthur Rowe
August 9, 2018
Tesla Quartet: (Ross Snyder and Michelle Lie, violins; Edwin Kaplan, viola; Serafim Smigelskiy, cello); with Arthur Rowe, piano
Claude Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, op. 10
Karol Szymanowski: String Quartet no. 1 in C major, op. 37
Antonin Dvořák: Piano Quintet no. 2 in A major, op. 81