Tribute to patron saint of music
St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music, will be honoured with a full day of music by various artists at Christ Church Cathedral on Saturday.
Everyone is invited to this musical open house, with performances from a wide variety of musicians.
• 9 to 9:30 a.m.: Climb 71 steps to watch the Cathedral Changeringers (bell ringers) introduce the day’s celebration with a ring of either Grandsire, Plain Bob or Stedman.
• 9:30 to 10 a.m.: Heidi Worrall (trombone) and Claire Dresselhuis (cello) perform Les Folies d’Espagne, by Marin Marais and other works. • 10 to 10:10 a.m.: Linda Donn (violin) and Sandra Fletcher (piano)
• 10:10 to 10:30 a.m.: Robert Dukarm (organ)
• 10:30 to 11 a.m.: Christine Purvis (organ)
• 11 to 11:30 a.m.: Ai Horton (soprano), Jonathon Li (piano). Performing a short selection of works for piano and voice, including Baroque arias and Lieder.
• 11:30 a.m. to noon: Sombremesa Saxophone Quartet — Michelle Melnicky soprano saxophone, Matthew Fichter alto saxophone, Todd Morgan tenor saxophone, Karsten Brewka baritone saxophone. Playing a program with excerpts from Glazunov’s Saxophone Quartet, Op. 109.
• Noon to 12:30 p.m.: Zachary Windus (organ). Program includes four settings of Luther’s Chorale Ein Feste Burg, to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.
• 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m.: Victoria Children’s Choir. An opportunity to listen to the choir performing from their latest repertoire.
• 1 to 2 p.m.: Irina Kim (soprano), Ron Sera (accordion) and the Victoria Accordion Club Band. Songs include The Lonely Accordion, La Vie en Rose and O Sole Mio.
• 2 to 3 p.m.: Performances by piano students from the studio of Ingrid Henderson at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, including the two youngest Symphony Splash soloists, Felipe Jiang (2017) and Erik Lin (2014).
• 3 to 4 p.m.: Kyron Basu (baritone), Csinszka Rédai (piano) in a performance of J.S. Bach’s cantata 82 Ich habe genug.
• 4 to 4:30 p.m.: Join members of the New Page Country Dance Orchestra as they swap fiddle tunes, stories and honour the music of Dan Page. Rosemary Lasch (caller) and dancers will perform contra dances.
The events are free to attend Saturday at the cathedral, 930 Burdett Ave.
For information, go to christchurchcathedral.bc.ca/ events.