Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

Event Description

A pairing of the artistry and rich voice of Jonathon Adams with the passion and intensity of violinist Chloe Kim, in a program on the themes of loss and reconciliation.

Born in amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton), Jonathon Adams is an Indigenous (Cree-Métis) baritone whose career has taken off in North American and beyond. They have appeared as a soloist with Philippe Herreweghe, Sigiswald Kuijken, Vox Luminis, Servir Antico, and B’Rock Orchestra at Opera-Ballet Flanders. Recent and future solo engagements include performances with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, New York Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony, under Masaaki Suzuki, the Ricercar Consort and Collegium Vocale Gent, Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal, Servir Antico, Washington Bach Consortand the Portland Baroque Orchestra.

Very familiar to audiences in Victoria, Vancouver-based Chloe Kim‘s meteoric career has taken her to most of the major centres in North America, UK and Europe, sharing the stage with celebrated figures including Rachel Podger, Masaaki Suzuki, Pablo Heras-Casado, and Richard Egarr. Technically brilliant, with an astonishing range of expression, Kim performs regularly with the English Concert, and has taken part in projects that include a Vivaldi women’s tour led by the legendary Monica Huggett and collaborations with William Christie and Les Arts Florissants in France.

These two artists will be joined by a stellar group of musicians, including one of the leading harpsichordists in the UK Tom Foster, co-founder of Les Voix Humaines Margaret Little on viola da gamba, Victoria Baroque’s Kathryn Wiebe on violin, American lutenist Brandon Acker on theorbo and long-time principal cellist with Tafelmusik Christina Mahler.

The program is titled “Out of the Deep”, which comes from the text of Bruhns’ lament De Profundis (“Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord…”).

Program:

Ach Herr, wie ist meiner Feinde so viel Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)

Sonata in A Minor, BuxWV 272 Dieterich Buxtehude (c.1637-1707)

Ricercar in e minor, FbWV 409 Johann Jakob Froberger (1616-1667)

De Profundis Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697)

INTERVAL

Ciaccona J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
transcription for two violins and cello by Jeanne Lamon

Nisi Dominus Heinrich Franz Ignaz von Biber (1644-1704)

Vox Domini super aquas David Pohle (1624-1695)