Vancouver - Spanish Banks Collage March 2010

Concert Ottawa Canada - 11-04-2010 - Festival Pontiac Enchante

Festival Pontiac Enchanté is happy and proud to invite you to the

"Spring Concert in the Barn" at Venturing Hills on Sunday April 11.

There will be 2 shows, at 13h00 and at 16h30.

Located at the foot of the Eardley Escarpment in the Gatineau Park, the magnificent, climate controlled, 100 seat Concert Hall offers the ideal acoustic environment for an intimate listening experience. It is about a 30-35 minute drive from downtown Ottawa.

April 11th, you will hear established professional artists like Julie Fauteux (associate principal horn of the NAC Orchestra) and Yosuke Kawasaki (Concertmaster of the NAC Orchestra); as well as young and talented performing artists, Soprano Maghan McPhee, baritone Denis Lawlor, pianist Carson Becke and saxophone player Victor Herbiet.

You will have the chance to hear pieces by Bach performed by pianist Roland Graham, the grand Tenor aria from Lucia di Lammermoor sung by Dillon Parmer (actually performing in Macbeth at the NAC), the Romanza by Wieniawski played by the young violinist Tait Becke and the famous "Spring" sonata by Beethoven for piano and violin (Yosuke Kawasaki and Jean Desmarais).

A varied musical program with many great moments guaranteed! Please see the program following this message.

We hope to see you there! Buy or reserve your tickets as soon as possible as the number of seats is limited!

Venturing Hills Farm is located at 440 Crègheur Rd, Luskville (Québec)

Tickets can be purchased for $20/person at

Country Home

2001 Mountain Road, Luskville. located at the corner of Mountain Rd (rue de la Montagne) and Hwy 148

Leading Note

370 Elgin Street (near Gladstone), Ottawa

Or by contacting Venturing Hills:

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Mozart's masterpiece - The Marriage of Figaro

visits Vancouver Opera next month

Get your tickets today for the best seats to Mozart’s funny and endearing opera. The music is beautiful and the story is deleriously fun: Figaro and Susanna are engaged to be married, but Figaro’s boss, the Count, is after the bride, while Figaro himself is being chased by a older woman. Meanwhile, a young man is in love with the Countess who is suspicious of the Count's wandering eye. And that’s not the half of it!

A beautiful production with classic sets and a stellar all-Canadian cast.

Come see this Mozart classic.

Tickets start at $29. Call the VO box office at    604-683-0222 or buy online here.

Opera Speaks @ VPL – “What’s so great about Mozart?”
Thursday, April 15, 7:00 – 9:00pm
Alice MacKay Room, Vancouver Public Library, Central Branc 
VO’s music director Jonathan Darlington investigates the magic and mystery behind the geniusof W.A. Mozart. Explore his life and his music. This will be an engrossing fun-filled evening of music and stories.

Film screening: In Search of Mozart
Thursday, April 8, 2010. Doors: 6:30pm. Guest Speaker: 7:10pm
Vancity Film Centre, 1181 Seymour Street, Vancouver
Regular admission: $10/$8 senior or student (includes $2 Vancity Film Centre membership). With membership: $8/$6 senior or student

The Vancity Theatre and VO present a special screening of In Search of Mozart, the first-ever major feature-length documentary on Mozart’s life. Directed by Phil Grabsky, In Search of Mozart was made to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth in January 2006.

Vancouver Swedes provide Good News and Good Example

Vancouver 12-03-2010

Vancouver Cancucks hockey team has two Swedes playing on their team who look very much alike – the twins Daniel and Henrik Sedin.

They are not only a tremendously successful hockey forwards duo – with the finess, speed, intelligence and scoring abilities we have come to associate with good hockey players –they also are proving to be model citizens in their part-time ‘home’ country of Vancouver.

Vancouver 2010 and partners donate $300,000 to UNICEF

to help rebuild Haiti as part of Vancouver 2010 Olympic Truce

05-03-2010

Vancouver, BC — To help children and teenagers in Haiti rebuild after the devastating earthquake there on January 12, a $300,000 CAD donation has been made to UNICEF to commemorate the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Truce and to serve as a lasting legacy of Canada’s Games.

The donation, announced today, will provide an opportunity for the children of Haiti to once again play in good health and freedom. The donation is made possible by the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), as well as explore.org and the Annenberg Foundation, l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) and Teck Resources, an Official Supporter of the 2010 Winter Games and the metals supplier for the Vancouver 2010 medals.

“When a tragic situation occurs, such as the earthquake in Haiti, it is incumbent on all of us to come together as global citizens to assist,” said VANOC CEO John Furlong. “Sport has the power to unite and heal, especially among children, which is why we’re working with our partners through UNICEF. We encourage everyone in the world who watched the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games to continue to support Haiti as it works to rebuild.”

Under the auspices of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Truce, the $300,000.00 donation has been sent to UNICEF, the lead international organization responsible for relief and assistance to youth in Haiti. Over the past few weeks, various organizations have collectively pooled their funding to create a greater overall contribution, including: the Annenberg Foundation ($50,000) through the multimedia organization explore.org; Teck Resources and its employees ($156,000); l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) ($45,000); and VANOC (approximately $54,000).

VANOC’s contribution was raised in part by workforce members and the public at events such as the Olympic Torch Relay celebration in Vancouver and the opening night of the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad, as well as from the corporate Vancouver2010 Olympic truce budget. Other sponsors have also made separate, considerable donations towards relief efforts in Haiti.

“In the spirit of the Olympic Games, which embraces camaraderie and teamwork, Teck Resources is pleased to be able to provide assistance to the people of Haiti so that they may rebuild their country and create a better tomorrow,” said Don Lindsay, CEO of Teck Resources.

Charles Annenberg Weingarten, explore.org founder and vice president and director of the Annenberg Foundation, added: “In line with explore.org’s philanthropic mission to provide grant funding to exceptional organizations, a $50,000 grant was pledged to UNICEF in support of the Olympic Truce and Haitian relief efforts. Explore.org shares the values of inclusion, tolerance and respect, using film and photography from around the world to highlight and inspire the selfless acts of others.”

“The OIF would like to demonstrate a solidarity with Haïti and its youth,” said Audrey Delacroix, spokesperson for the OIF. “In addition to this financial contribution, the OIF will be also be at the disposal of the Haïtian authorities should they wish to use our expertise in any way.”

The OIF was represented in Vancouver during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games by Pascal Couchepin, Grand Témoin de la Francophonie. Couchepin was tasked in 2009 by Abdou Diouf, Secretary General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), with supporting VANOC’s efforts to ensure bilingual Games in Vancouver and Whistler.

The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Truce legacy donation is in addition to a commitment made by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge on the eve of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games that the Olympic Movement would be supporting reconstruction of sport facilities for Haitian youth.

About the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Truce
The philosophy of the Olympic Truce is simple: sport can inspire peace. In 2010, athletes will set aside their political, religious and social differences and compete on a level playing field in the pursuit of excellence. Their sportsmanship and behaviour are examples of how countries and individuals can find constructive ways to uphold the values of respect and friendship.

The 2010 Winter Games mark the first time Canada has been responsible for leading Olympic Truce efforts since the ancient tradition, dating back to 776 BC in Greece, was revitalized in 1992. Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, is patron of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Truce. For more information, visit www.olympictruce.org.

About Teck Resources Limited
Teck is a diversified resource company committed to responsible mining and mineral development with major business units focused on copper, metallurgical coal, zinc and energy. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, its shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols TCK.A and TCK.B and the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TCK. Further information about Teck can be found at www.teck.com/vancouver2010.

About explore.org
Explore.org is a multimedia organization that documents leaders around the world who have devoted their lives to extraordinary causes. Both educational and inspirational, explore.org creates a portal into the soul of humanity by championing the selfless acts of others. Founded on the principles of the film style cinema vérité, explore.org anchors its content in unbiased realism. www.explore.org

About l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
L’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, created in 1970, represents one of the biggest linguistic zones in the world. Its members share more than just a common language. They also share the humanist values promoted by the French language. The French language and its humanist values represent the two cornerstones on which l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie is based. Its mission is to embody the active solidarity between its 70 member states and governments. For more information, visit www.francophonie.org.

About VANOC
VANOC is responsible for the planning, organizing, financing and staging of the XXI Olympic Winter Games and the Paralympic Winter Games in 2010. The 2010 Olympic Winter Games were staged in Vancouver and Whistler from February 12 to 28, 2010. Vancouver and Whistler will host the Paralympic Winter Games from March 12 to 21, 2010. Visit www.vancouver2010.com.

Media Contacts:

VANOC Communications
Tel: 604.403.1611 604.403.1611
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Vancouver is taking a “post-Olympics” breather

Vancouver 09-03-2010

Vancouver is taking a “post-Olympics” breather - the city is basking in the afterglow of what most would consider a relatively successful 2010 Winter Olympics.

Vancouver will try to benefit from its recent position in the global spotlight to attract large conventions and other events to the city – something it has been pretty good at even before the Olympics.

Across the border into the US - Seattle is part of a multi-city U.S. bid to host the 2018 Football World Cup, which would have some small residual benefit for Vancouver – especially its football/soccer fans.

It is also possible that Vancouver and Seattle could co-sponsor or make a joint bid for some future international event – which would attract people to both cities

Perhaps the next big international event will not be a sporting event but rather a cultural one – no one will know for sure.

Get ‘Inside the Music' of John Adams!

An Intimate Recital with Russell Braun

Get your tickets to a special recital with Russell Braun, co-presented with the Kay Meek Centre. Accompanied by Carolyn Maule on the piano, the program will include pieces by Mendelssohn, Schumann, Ravel, Ivor Novello, and Noel Coward, as well as operatic selections.

Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 3:00PM

Kay Meek Centre 1700 Mathers Avenue,

West Vancouver

Classical Concert in Berlin Mitte

Konzert am Sonntag , Berlin-Mitte 21. Februar 2010, 17.00 Uhr

Recueil de Pieces

Sarah Perl – Viola da Gamba

Mira Lange – Cembalo


M. de Sainte-Colombe (17. Jh.)
Recueil de pieces
pour la basse de viole seule
Prelude in d

Marin Marais (1656 - 1728)
Pièces de Viole
Prélude
Allemande la Beuron
Rondeau Le plaisant
Sarabande à l‘Espagnol
Le Caprice Bellemont

Louis Couperin (1626 - 1661)
Chaconne

M. Marais
Chaconne
Tableau de l‘Operation de la Taill
Tombeau pour M. de Ste. Colombe
Le Badinage

– Pause –

Jaques Duphly (1715 - 1789)
3me Livre de clavecin
La Forqueray

Antoine Forqeray (1672 - 1745)
1re Suite
Allemande La Laborde
La Forqeray
La Cottin
La Bellemont
La Portugaise

Francois Couperin (1668 - 1733)
Prelude (L‘Art de Toucher le Clavecin)

A. Forquerai
La Couperin (1re Suite)


Sarah Perl studierte Viola da Gamba bei Achim Weigel in Würzburg, an der UdK Berlin bei Niklas Trüstedt und an der Hochschule für Künste Bremen bei Hille Perl. Sie arbeitete mit Ensembles wie dem Freiburger BarockConsort, dem Main-Barockorchester und dem Deutschen Symphonie-Orchester Berlin und ist Mitglied im Gambenconsort Sirius Viols unter der Leitung von Hille Perl.

Mira Lange studierte Cembalo bei Prof. Harald Hoeren und Blockflöte bei Prof. Michael Schneider an der Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt. Mit dem Ensemble Travertino gewann sie den 1. Telemann-Wettbewerb Magdeburg und konzertierte bei verschiedenen Festivals sowie in Frankreich und Bolivien.
In ihrer Zusammenarbeit widmen sich die beiden Musikerinnen dem Repertoire des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts und begeben sich auf die Suche nach dem Klang von einst, um ihn neu erstehen zu lassen.

See website: www.chopin-und-champagner.de

What is a 'serviced apartment' according to Wikipedia

The term “serviced apartment” is used when referring to an alternative for hotel accommodation for short and long stay leisure and business travellers. There are however distinctions to be made between types of serviced apartment:

First there is the extended stay hotel and aparthotel. This type of apartment offers generally a 24 hour reception, is located in city centres and gives the guest a home away from home feeling, within a hotel like environment.

There are of course exceptions to this rule, because there are a number of extended stay properties which have been built as an annexe to existing 4 or five star hotels and the guests who stay in the apartments can make use of the hotel facilities free of charge."