Early Music Vancouver presents The Enchanted Forest
The Pacific Baroque Orchestra, directed by Alexander Weimann and Les Jardins Chorégrahiques, co-directed by Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière and Stephanie Brochard.
Discover a world of magic and nature with two groundbreaking orchestral works from the 18th century, from the dissonant and primordial chaos of innovative French composer Jean-Féry Rebel’s Les Élémens, an orchestral suite representing Creation and the Elements, to the fantasy world of Francesco Geminiani’s The Enchanted Forest with its heroic knights and twisted magic.
Jean-Féry Rebel’s Les Élémens (1737) is a groundbreaking orchestral suite that vividly depicts the creation of the world. It opens with Le Chaos, a bold and strikingly modern movement that begins with a dissonant clash of all the notes in the scale, symbolizing the primordial disorder before creation. The suite then unfolds with expressive dances representing the elements—Earth, Water, Air, and Fire—each painting a enchanting musical portrait of nature.
Francesco Geminiani’s The Enchanted Forest is an orchestral work inspired by scenes from Torquato Tasso’s epic poem Gerusalemme Liberata. This programmatic work narrates the tale of a mystical forest filled with enchantment and peril.
Bringing the story to life, Les Jardins Chorégraphiques presents a dynamic choreography that immerses the audience in a world of fantasy and intrigue.
Alexander Weimann delivers a humorous, pocket-sized tour of music history using “O Canada” – the Canadian national anthem – as the theme for his variations in the style of various composers.
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