Music At Wentworth Villa – 2022/2023
We are so happy to welcome you to Wentworth Villa for our 2022/23 season starting on October 1st! All our performers are established, international musicians. They have selected exciting and varied programs, which they will introduce during their performance in a relaxed and informal way. Each concert includes an intermission with COVID-safe refreshments and ends with a short Q and A; an opportunity for you to ask the musicians about their instruments, training, choice of program, etc.
Tickets are $40 per person ($25 for students). We are happy to offer you the opportunity to buy a season pass to the remaining 7 concerts for $240 ($150 for students). The pass is transferable to a friend if you are unable to attend. Many thanks to our sponsors Burkett & Co. for their support, and to Tom Lee Music for loaning us the beautiful piano. Please support Music At Wentworth Villa and please pass on the link to your friends!
– Sarah Fryer, Artistic Director, Music At Wentworth Villa
Season Pass 2022-2023
Purchase a Season Pass and enjoy all nine concerts with one ticket! Passes will be available up until the first concert on October 1st.
– Click the Eventbrite link to get your tickets.
Irwin Shung – Piano
– Saturday, October 1st, 2.30 pm
American pianist Irwin Shung will perform (over two consecutive afternoons) the entire Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2, by J.S.Bach.
Join us for this wonderful, festive season opener!
Irwin Shung – Piano
– Sunday, October 2nd, 2.30 pm
American pianist Irwin Shung will perform the second part of J.S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2.
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor, and Robert Holliston, piano
– Sunday, October 16, 2:30 pm
Canadian tenor Benjamin Butterfield returns to Wentworth Villa for a varied program of songs for tenor and piano.
We are happy to welcome pianist Robert Holliston to Wentworth Villa for the first time.
José Franch- Ballester, clarinet, and Jane Coop, piano
– Sunday, November 6th, 2:30 pm
Our third concert features two wonderful performers based in Vancouver, Canadian pianist Jane Coop (who has performed on two past occasions at Wentworth Villa) and Spanish clarinetist José Franch-Ballester. They will perform music for clarinet and piano by Stanford, Brahms, Ravel, Debussy, and Beethoven’s Piano Sonata Opus 109.
Shoko Inoue – piano
– Sunday, December 4th, 2:30 pm
We are excited to welcome back pianist Shoko Inoue who has previously performed at Wentworth Villa on a number of occasions, including virtually, during the COVID lockdown when she gave a wonderful concert, available on our website.
Her new program features works by Bach (Busoni), Medtner, and Beethoven’s well-loved Hammer-Klavier Sonata 106.
Kai Gleusteen, violin, and Catherine Ordronneau, piano
– Sunday, January 22, 2023, 2:30 pm
Our new year of Music At Wentworth Villa opens with a recital by Canadian violinist Kai Gleusteen and French pianist Catherine Ordronneau. The players, based in Spain, were due to play for us in 2021 but were unable to travel due to the pandemic. Fingers crossed this time!
Alec Pearson, guitar
– Sunday, March 12th, 2023, 2:30 pm
Join us for an early springtime recital of music for classical guitar with Alec Pearson. Alec is based in Vancouver and is a well-known and respected recitalist and teacher. We are excited to welcome him to Wentworth Villa for the first time.
An Afternoon of Baroque Music
– Sunday, May 14th, 2023, 2:30 pm
Performers Christi Meyers and Paule Préfontaine (violins), Christina Mahler (cello), and Marco Vitale (harpsichord) will perform an exciting program of baroque music, well-suited to our intimate concert space.
Meeks Duo – Piano music for 4 hands!
– Sunday, May 28th, 2:30 pm
Our season will end with a virtuosic performance of piano music for 4 hands given by the Meeks Duo: pianists Scott Meek and Clare Yuan. Please join us for these exciting concerts, support our performers, and help bring our concert space alive once more with your appreciative applause.