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Garden party with Gabriel Palatchi Trio
The third and final Summer Jazz Concert at The Gardens on Anderton takes place at 2 p.m. this Sunday when the Gabriel Palatchi Trio from Argentina performs a two-hour concert of exciting and upbeat Latin music. The trio comprises Gabriel Palatchi, piano and organ; Jose Sanchez, drums and Sean Orabit, bass. As part of the trio’s cross-Canada tour, Georgia Straight Jazz Society, in a joint venture with the Anderton Therapeutic Garden Society, is looking forward to seeing a large crowd experience the music of one of the new generation of great talented South American jazz ensembles. The Jazz Society’s interest in this program is the presentation of world-class live jazz, whereas the event is also a fundraising opportunity for the Garden Society, and a chance to increase public awareness of the fin-
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est public gardens in the Comox Valley. Critics have been raving about Palatchi’s music; for the last three years the band has toured throughout various parts of Argentina, Mexico and Canada, performing at important venues and international music festivals including the Coyote Jazz, Kaslo Jazz Fes-
tival, Starbelly Jam Music Festival, Caribbean Days Festival and Fiestaval Latin Festival among others. The promotional tour for their debut CD Diario de Viaje (Travel Diary), was extremely successful, creating a buzz in each local music scene that the trio visited. The album was chosen as one of the best
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Latin jazz albums of the year by JAZZ FM Toronto 91.1, and is being played on radio stations all over the world. It has been reviewed and featured on the Latin Jazz Network, Rolling Stone Magazine, The Toronto Star Magazine and Insideworldmusic.com among others. This tour is promoting the trio’s new album, Caja Musical (Music Box). This is your rare opportunity to spend an afternoon in an outdoor setting enjoying really magnificent live jazz. Admission is $10, children under 14, free. Snacks and drinks will be on sale. Ample parking is available. Look for the ‘Live Music’ sign outside Anderton Nurseries, head in to the back area away from the highway, and follow the directions from the parking attendants. For more information about Palatchi’s music, go to gabrielpalatchi.com
NI Choral Society fall rehearsals begin Sept. 8
The North Island Choral Society’s rehearsals are commencing for three “Magnificats” by C.P.E. Bach, Johann Pachelbel and Antonio Vivaldi - all to be sung in one performance at Christmas. There will also be shorter works by Bach and Buxtehude. Choir members come from all over the Comox Valley and some from neighbouring Campbell River. The choir is joined every year by new singers and often they are new residents to
our area. As always, tenors are in demand, as are sopranos. The choir welcomes those of all ages who want to sing classical choral music and there are no auditions to scare you off! Artistic director Paul Colthorpe (a music teacher in School District 71) has conducted the choir for 20 years and during this time the choir’s capabilities have gone from strength to strength. Elvera Penner provides through her skilful accompa-
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niment a firm base for the choir’s understanding of the score. The Magnificat, also known as The Song of Mary, is a hymn or canticle taken from Biblical texts and is usually sung at vespers, a sunset service for Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran liturgies and other denominations. The text is taken from the Gospel according to St. Luke. It is sung by Mary to her cousin, Eliza-
beth, who is pregnant with John the Baptist. When Elizabeth praises Mary for her faith, Mary responds with her singing. C.P.E. Bach wrote his Magnificat in Berlin in 1749 and it is scored in seven movements plus two doxologies. It takes about 40 minutes to perform. The fall rehearsal sessions start Sept. 8 in anticipation of the two seasonal performances in December.
The 60-strong choir rehearses every Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. at Mark Isfeld Secondary School, 1551 Lerwick Rd., Courtenay. Membership is $50 (students $30) for the fall session. New members are always welcome and if you want to sing great classical sacred and secular choral music, come and join the choir. For more information: northislandchoral.ca
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