Vancouver Early Music Festival 2012

Tim Mead countertenor
[Orlando]
Tim Mead was a choral scholar at
King’s College, Cambridge where
he read music and studied singing
with Charles Brett. He went on to
win a number of scholarships to the
Royal College of Music, London,
where he studied with Robin Blaze.
His distinguished opera engagements
include the title role in Giulio
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Cesare and Eustazio in Rinaldo
for Glyndebourne Festival Opera, title role in Admeto for Händel-
Festspiele Göttingen and the Edinburgh Festival, title role in Orlando
for Scottish Opera and Chicago Opera Theatre, title role in Rinaldo
with the Bach Collegium Japan, Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice with the
Akademie für Alte Musik, Ottone in Poppea for English National
Opera, Opéra de Lyon and Den Norske Opera, Oslo, Endimione in La
Calisto for the Bayerische Staatsoper, Clearte in Niobe, the première of
The Minotaur (by Sir Harrison Birtwistle) at the Royal Opera House,
Tolomeo in Giulio Cesare for the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, and Paggio
and Ombra di Bussiride in Ercole amante for De Nederlandse Opera.
He is also internationally known on the concert platform, collaborating
with ensembles such as Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the
Academy of Ancient Music, Les Arts Florissants, Le Concert d’Astrée,
Akademie für Alte Musik, Accademia Bizantina, Bach Collegium
Japan, the Nederlandse Bachvereniging, Combattimento Consort
Amsterdam and Kammerorchester Basel under the direction of
conductors Ivor Bolton, William Christie, Laurence Cummings,
Stephen Phillips
April 13, 1954 - May 9, 2012
At the end of our winter concert season, we were
saddened by the sudden death of long-time Early Music
Vancouver board member Steve Phillips.
Steve, who served as our Treasurer for the many years,
was a fervent sailor whose life ended unexpectedly and
all too soon; but he was exactly where he wanted to be
… racing in the Vancouver harbour he loved so much.
Sailing was an important part of his life, but Steve also
loved music, which flowed through his soul. In addition
to his role on our Board, he was a loyal volunteer at the
annual Vancouver International Jazz Festival and at the
West Vancouver Harmony Arts Festival.
His kind support in all aspects of our organisation, from
setting up stage lights to working with Board and Staff
on Early Music Vancouver’s finances, was very much part
of his generous and caring spirit.
He will be missed.
— THE ARTISTS —
Christian Curnyn, Alan Curtis, Ottavio Dantone, Paul Goodwin,
Emmanuelle Haim, Thomas Hengelbrock, Vladimir Jurowski,
Alessandro de Marchi, Nicholas McGegan and Masaaki Suzuki.
Recordings include: Bach’s Matthäus-Passion, the Handel oratorios
Saul, Solomon and Israel in Egypt, the Handel operas Admeto, Flavio,
Riccardo Primo, Rinaldo and Il coronazione di Poppea. He has recorded
for a variety of labels, including EMI Classics, Deutsche Harmonia
Mundi, Chandos, Carus, Channel Classics, Linn, Opus Arte, Arthaus
Musik, Unitel Classica and EuroArts.
Current season & future plans include Agrippina and Ottone in
L’incoronazione di Poppea directed by Emmanuelle Haïm in Dijon
and Lille, Endimione in La Calisto at the Bayerische Staatsoper,
Tolomeo in Julius Caesar for the English National Opera, Messiah
with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and in New York,
Bertarido in Rodelinda for Mercury Baroque (Houston), Licida in
L’Olympiade (Vivaldi) for Garsington Opera, and Goffredo in Rinaldo
for Glyndebourne.
d www.tim-mead.com
Karina Gauvin soprano
[Angelica]
Canada’s superstar soprano Karina
Gauvin has impressed audiences
and critics the world over with
her luscious timbre, profound
musicality and wide vocal range.
The Globe and Mail calls her “one
of the dream sopranos of our time”.
The Sunday Times in London
also wrote: “Her glinting soprano,
bright-edged yet deliciously
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rounded and sensual, is used with
rare understanding for character... ” Her repertoire ranges from the
music of Johann Sebastian Bach to Luciano Berio and she has sung with
many major orchestras including the Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia
Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestre Symphonique de
Montréal, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique
de Québec, Accademia Bizantina, Il Complesso Barocco, Akademie
für Alte Musik Berlin, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Musica Antiqua
Köln, Minnesota Orchestra, St-Paul Chamber Orchestra, Tafelmusik
Baroque Orchestra, and Les Violons du Roy.
On the operatic and concert stage, she has performed with conductors
as diverse as Charles Dutoit, Kent Nagano, Semyon Bichkov, Roger
Norrington, Alan Curtis, Christopher Hogwood, Helmuth Rilling,
Andrea Marcon, Bernard Labadie, and Christophe Rousset. Also
active as a recitalist, she has collaborated with several chamber
music ensembles and with pianists Marc-André Hamelin, Michael
McMahon and Roger Vignoles.
In addition to Karina Gauvin’s solo discs produced by the ATMA
label, many of her recordings have been nominated for a Grammy
and have won prizes at the Juno and Opus awards. More recently, her
characterization of Manlio in Vivaldi’s opera Tito Manlio on the Naïve
label with the Accademia Byzantina was called “riveting” by Opera
News. With Il Complesso barocco under Alan Curtis, she has sung
in concert and recorded Handel’s Ezio, Tolomeo and Alcina for the
Deutsche Grammophon label.
d www.karinagauvin.com
www.earlymusic.bc.ca — Handel’s “Orlando” - page 7 — Vancouver Early Music Festival 2012