Christian Kluxen is recomposing Victoria Symphony's audience Christian Kluxen knows he can be intimidating. Now in his seventh season as Victoria Symphony’s Music Director and Principal Conductor, he often meets Victorians who, upon being introduced to an actual maestro, respond with a measure of discomfort: “When I say what it is I do, they’ll say,… Continue reading The Other Side of Silence
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What’s Old is New Again
Revitalizing the pre-classical genre with the Early Music Society of the Islands The theorbo, at first sight, is an impossible instrument. It looks like a kind of otherworldly sitar—large-bodied with an extraordinarily long neck and 14 strings—playable only by a ten-foot space creature with tentacles for hands. Introduced in 1580 to be the “perfect accompaniment… Continue reading What’s Old is New Again
Simon Ogden 