646 Richards St
Vancouver, BC V6B 3A3
Canada
A delightful evening of works by Handel, Bach, Marcello, Bedard, Rheinberger, Franck, Rachmaninoff and Sokola, performed by the VSO’s Principal Oboist and one of Vancouver’s most eminent organists. This performance will be projected on a giant screen at the front of the church.
Edward Norman has given many concerts in Canada, the US, the UK, Poland and Germany. He has performed in the Vancouver International Festival, the Spoleto Festival in Charleston SC and in Tokyo with the YNSO. Most recently he has performed with the VSO, the Vancouver Bach Choir and was organist and adjudicator at the International Kathaumixw Festival in Powell River. Last summer he appeared in recital at the National Museum of Wales, in Cardiff. Over the years he has been heard frequently on CBC radio as a recitalist and accompanist.
Roger Cole was appointed Principal Oboist of the Vancouver Symphony by Maestro Kazuyoshi Akiyama in 1976. At age 22 he was the youngest principal player of the VSO. Today he is the oldest principal player. From 1976-2008 he was also the principal oboist of the CBC Radio Orchestra. He performs regularly in solo and chamber music recitals and has appeared as soloist with the VSO and the CBC Vancouver Orchestra many times. From 1998-2012 he was the principal oboist of the Carmel Bach Festival in California.
Programme:
Organ
Allegro (from Concerto Grosso in g minor Op.6 H 324
(arranged for organ by Vernon Butcher))………George Frederick Handel (1685-1759)
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Three chorale preludes:
Oboe and organ
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (BWV 654)
Organ
Wo soll ich fliehen hin (BWV 646)
Oboe and organ
Nun komm’ der heiden Heiland (BWV 659)
Organ
Prelude and fugue in C (BWV 547)
Oboe and organ
Concerto in d minor (S.Z799)……………Alessandro Marcello (1684-1750)
Andante – Adagio – Allegro
Organ
Gibraltar March (2018)……………………Denis Bedard
Oboe and organ
Rhapsodie Op.147…………………………Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901)
Organ
Chorale no 1 in E…………………………..César Franck (1822-1890)
Oboe and organ
Vocalise………………………………………..Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Organ
Toccata (from Quattro Pezzi)…………..Milos Sokola (1913-1976)