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With so many exciting arts and culture events happening you can feel overwhelmed. The Music on Main Team is here to help! We’ve carefully chosen a list of wonderful digital and live events to discover and experience. Whether you’re looking for a theatrical diversion or a blockbuster art show, some new dance or a classical concerto, our recommendations is a list of must-see events whenever you’re looking for a hit of culture. Make sure to check back often, as we are always scouting fun events that we think you’ll love!
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Fashion X Electcronics: INTERWEAVE
Join us for an unforgettable evening where the realms of fashion, music, and dance intertwine. Embrace the fusion of creativity and expression in a setting that celebrates innovation and the uncharted synergy between fashion, music, and movement.
“Interweave”: A multi-sensory show where fashion, movement, and music come together though wearable instruments.
Instrument building meets fashion. This is the very first event of FXE. We are combining movement with fashion, electronic music, and wearable instruments. Our hope is to create a multi-sensory experience and to push the boundaries fashion and electronic music.
The Cultch and Urban Ink present: Les Filles du Roi
Adapted from the award-winning musical by Corey Payette and Julie McIsaac,Les Filles du Roi (The King’s Daughters) tells the story of a young girl and her brother whose lives are disrupted when les filles du roi arrive in ‘New France’ (now Montreal) in 1665.
This musical epic, told in English, French and Kanien’Kéha (Mohawk), had its theatrical premiere in 2018 at The Cultch’s York Theatre to stellar reviews.
Learn MoreVancouver Bach Choir: BACH ST JOHN PASSION
Join us in celebrating 300 years of this cherished Oratorio!
The VBC is joined by members of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra to present Bach’s St John Passion. This monumental work was first performed on Good Friday, April 7, 1724.
Don’t miss hearing a stellar lineup of musicians perform Bach’s St John Passion this Easter weekend, 300 years after its first performance.
FEATURING
Leslie Dala | Conductor
Vancouver Bach Choir
With Members of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Magali Simard-Galdes | Soprano
Krisztina Szabo | Mezzo Soprano
Asitha Tennekoon | Tenor
Neil Craighead | Bass
Vancouver New Music presents Afrorack
Presented in partnership with Red Gate Arts Society
w/ Adam 2, Goo and Jacob Audrey Taves
Brian Bamanya (aka Afrorack) takes modular synths in an entirely new direction with his DIY Afrorack synth, which he built by hand after patiently scouring computer repair shops in his hometown of Kampala, Uganda in 2018.
A free workshop with Brian Bamanya (Afrorack) will take place on April 19. Space is limited; registration required. Registration details TBA.
Learn MoreEarly Music Vancouver presents The Tallis Scholars
The two halves of this Easter program are linked by the idea of the earthquake, which traditionally occurred in the story of the Crucifixion. David Lang originally wrote sun-centered to accompany Antoine Brumel’s Earthquake Mass. He decided to focus on Galileo’s battle with the church authorities over whether the earth revolves around the sun, or vice versa, carrying into this narrative the fragility of human existence. In his Easter Propers, sung at the end of the second half of our concert, Byrd homes in on this fragility, taking up the reality of an earthquake in the motet Terra tremuit where, in no more than a minute, he depicts in music the terror of it. Lang’s music is divided into five movements, as are the Byrd Propers. Around these two sets the story of Lent unfolds, partly with extracts from the Lamentations (by Robert White and Nico Muhly), and partly with Whitacre’s beautiful vision of an angel in the Sainte Chapelle in Paris, hinting at the resurrection. Then Byrd presents the Easter story in all its hope, ending each movement with ringing ‘Alleluias’.
Generously Sponsored by The Graham and Gayle Cooke Foundation
Learn MoreVancouver Symphony presents Naomi Woo
Naomi Woo presents a program curated around the exceptional musical world of Hungarian icon, György Ligeti. A passionate advocate of new music, Naomi’s highly anticipated return to Vancouver is sure to delight!
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