Purcell News

Under the artistic direction of Daniel Taylor, this Montreal unit returns to the Alberta capital to perform Purcell's masterpiece, Dido and Aeneas.

MUSIC lovers were willingly transported back several centuries Tuesday night as Daniel Taylor and Montreal-based Theatre of Early Music graced Westminster United Church with a program of rarely heard music.

Baroque harpist Giovanna Pessi and singer Susanna WallumrA d mix songs by Henry Purcell, Nick Drake and Leonard Cohen.

The adjectives "ravishing" and "ethereal" often arise when critics try to capture the beauty and purity of Daniel Taylor's voice.

With names such as Couperin instead of Chopin, Blow instead of Brahms, and Purcell instead of Prokofiev, the music of the 17th century needs a little help being appreciated.

With its mix of music and theater, opera serves as one of the most collaborative of the performing arts and Baylor Opera Theater's current, glittering production of Henry Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas" serves as Example A. The production, with two performances left at 7:30 tonight and Saturday at Baylor's Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center, shows smart ... (more)

One of the world's most recognized contemporary dance companies, Montreal's La La La Human Steps, will present its latest creation - New Work - on Tuesday, February 7, at 7:30 p.m. at the Grand Theatre.

A La La La Human Steps production. Presented by DanceHouse and Vancouver New Music.

See the human body pushed to its limits of speed and stunning precision at New Work, the latest dance creation by La La La Human Steps mastermind douard Lock, who drew inspiration from two iconic operas, Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice .

Purcell's Dido and Aeneas was long thought to have been composed for a girls' school in Chelsea.