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Aug 12, 2012    The Next Three Days of MusicFest Vancouver! 
Dear friend of MusicFest Vancouver,

top The weekend may be over but MusicFest Vancouver continues with these options to fill your weekdays with terrific music!

It's going to be an amazing festival, so pause your player - mute your phone - attend a concert - and see with your own ears how a live musical performance can move you - it's like you're there!
In this issue
Fandango!
Ezra Kwizera: Sounds of Africa
Harpa Bozza Jazz
Ancient Cultures New Sounds
Jayme Stone: Banjo Virtuoso
Duo Brazil
La Bottine Souriante
Marc Atkinson Trio
Gryphon Trio: Beethoven's Best
Marc Atkinson Trio: Jazz Guitar Gypsy Flair
Jayme Stone: Bach to Africa and Back
G.F. Handel's "Orlando"
Van Django: Gypsy Swing Played with Soul
Romantic Rome Raffle
MONDAY August 13 - Day 4  
10:30am Christ Church Cathedral 
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Fandango! The first of our Industrial Alliance Morning Chamber Music concerts features internationally acclaimed artists well known to Vancouver, guitarist Daniel Bolshoy and the Borealis String Quartet. Alluring dances and romances from sunny Spain and Italy are on the program, as well as a tribute to the influence of Top 40 Radio on a distinguished American composer. This program of Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Kernis, and Boccherini colours outside of the lines of traditional classical playing traditions in a joyous and fun-filled program! 
 

Ezra Kwizera Ezra Kwizera: Sounds of Africa
12 noon CBC Plaza, 700 Hamilton St
Free! In conjunction with CBC's Musical Nooners Series 

Ezra Kwiera performs traditional African and reggae-inspired roots music that will get you dancing along!

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5:30pm Christ Church Cathedral

The Girl from Ipanema, re-imagined in the jazz stylings and sultry voice of Brazil's Cristina Braga, in a trio of harp, bass, and percussion.

??guas de Mar??o / Cristina Braga
Àguas de Março - Cristina Braga

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Bergmann Piano Duo
8pm Christ Church Cathedral
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Piano transcriptions and contemporary compositions inspired by the soft sounds of Sundanese gamelan. Gamelan Si Pawit


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TUESDAY August 14 - Day 5   
Jayme Stone Jayme Stone: Banjo Virtuoso
12 noon CBC Plaza, 700 Hamilton St
Free! In conjunction with CBC's Musical Nooners Series


Music inspired by folks dances from around the world.

Jayme Stone: Krasavaska Ruchentitsa
Jayme Stone: Krasavaska Ruchentitsa















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5:30pm Christ Church Cathedral

An intimate hour of sultry Latin-infused song to end your work day - or start your evening! This concert is one of the four in our Industrial Alliance Pre-Dinner Concerts series and offers the perfect way to end your workday - or start your evening!



8pm Vogue Theatre

Party with the definitive Quebecois roots group! Big brass, step-dancing, fiddles, and fun! This concert is part of the BMO Main Stage series.
LA BOTTINE SOURIANTE.VITTEAUX 2011
LA BOTTINE SOURIANTE

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Marc Atkinson Trio   Marc Atkinson Trio
8pm Cory Weeds' Cellar Jazz Club 
Admission $20 Credit card reservations exclusively through
Cory Weeds' Cellar Jazz Club @ 604.738.1959  
Full details from cellarjazz.com  


Flawless surprise-filled sizzling and supremely melodic guitar trio 

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WEDNESDAY August 15 - Day 6     
Gryphon Trio Gryphon Trio: Beethoven's Best
10:30am Christ Church Cathedral 

The Ghost and the Archduke Trios highlight the JUNO Award-winning ensemble's first of three performance for MusicFest Vancouver.

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Marc Atkinson Marc Atkinson Trio: Jazz Guitar Gypsy Flair
12 noon CBC Plaza, 700 Hamilton St
Free! In conjunction with CBC's Musical Nooners Series

Their music good-naturedly welcomes all listeners aboard for an intriguing, exhilarating and unforgettable ride!





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Jayme Stone Jayme Stone Bach to Africa and Back
5:30pm Christ Church Cathedral
 

JUNO Award-winning virtuoso banjoist shatters stereotypes. Bach on a banjo? Yes!

"The Yo-Yo Ma of the banjo!"
Globe and Mail
Jayme Stone: Allemande from the French Suite No. 6 by J.S. Bach 
Jayme Stone: Allemande from the
French Suite No. 6 by J.S. Bach













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7:30pm Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC
 
A stunning drama of love, war, madness, and magic brought to life in this opera-in-concert extravaganza

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Tip Toe Trip - Van Django
Tip Toe Trip - Van Django
Van Django: Gypsy Swing Played with Soul
8pm Cory Weeds' Cellar Jazz Club 
Admission $20 Credit card reservations exclusively through
Cory Weeds' Cellar Jazz Club @ 604.738.1959  
Full details from cellarjazz.com 

Combines the gypsy jazz of '30s Paris with other genres of music including classical, pop and country to produce a truly original sound.
 





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Romantic Rome Raffle
Plan Your Own Roman Holiday!

If you love the thought of gelato on the Spanish Steps then you'll love our Romantic Rome Raffle! The grand prize includes two return air tickets -  Vancouver to Rome - on Lufthansa Airlines, and three nights at the 5-star Hassler Roma hotel.

For over a century the Hassler at the top of the Spanish Steps has been recognized as one of Europe's legendary independently-owned five-star luxury hotels, synonymous with the highest quality of service, attention to detail and discretion. It's the perfect centrally located luxury base for your own Roman Holiday!  

 

There are only 600 tickets available at $50 each. With the winning ticket to be drawn at the New York Voices concert at VanDusen Botanical Garden on August 19, this raffle in support of MusicFest Vancouver is sure to sell out fast!  

 

Buy your tickets now!     


To order your tickets, please call Paul Nash at 604.688.1031 ext. 112 or click here to email him  at raffle@musicfestvancouver.ca

Romantic Rome Raffle



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