The 2019-20 Pacific Baroque Series culminates in the 16th annual Pacific Baroque Festival, running from March 5 - March 8, 2020. Led by long-time Artistic Director, Marc Destrubé, the festival features five lively events held at the Victoria Conservatory of Music's Alix Goolden Hall and at Christ Church Cathedral.

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Join us for an exciting musical exploration of the Galant - an original and utterly charming musical style that emerged from an enlightened Europe in the eighteenth century. Its style was shaped by a simpler, more direct musical language best exemplified by the music of C.P.E. Bach, Domenico Scarlatti, late Telemann and early Mozart. At this year’s festival you will also encounter rich and compelling works of lesser known but gifted composers including Baldassare Galuppi, Nicola Porpora, Carl Abel, John Christian Bach and Johann Krebs.  The Galant period gave birth to a range of new musical styles, notably the symphony and the modern sonata as well as a new framework for the concerto.  Jaap ter Linden (gamba), Wilbert Hazelzet (baroque flute) and Jacques Ogg (harpsichord) - three Dutch masters of the period instrument revival – will join Festival Artistic Director Marc Destrubé (baroque violin), organist Lorenzo Ghielmi, the Victoria Children’s Choir, St Christopher Singers and the Pacific Baroque Festival Ensemble in revealing the captivating music of this Galant era.