Early Music Vancouver hosted the latest Vancouver performance of soprano Amanda Forsythe with members of the Pacific Baroque Orchestra Saturday evening at Christ Church Cathedral in a program of Handel, Telemann, and a new work by T. Patrick Carrabré. Article content Article content

His The Mother Tree was part of an off again/on again EMV strategy of exploring new music for old instruments, intended to bridge the gap between separate audiences for the new and for the old.

In the event, the program as printed was adapted and rearranged for greater impact. Forsythe brilliantly launched the fun with four Handel arias which, given her status as one of the great exponents of that composer’s vocal work, proved exemplary. Her tone, her ability with complicated ornamentation, and her presenc

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