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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A City in Harmony
Communion at the Victoria Conservatory of Music The commanding stone structure on the southeast corner of Pandora and Quadra is not what it seems. At first it appears to be another member of Victoria’s congregation of grandiose heritage churches, each vying to outdo the others in scale and piety. The building itself appears heavy, both… Continue reading A City in Harmony
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 