Linda Catlin Smith, Little Venice
Hiroki Tsurumoto, deux monts
Cassandra Miller, Orfeo
Michael Oesterle, Urban Canticle
Simon Martin, Geyser
Justin Chistensen, Fundere

Northern Lights
Sunday, November 4th, 2007 8:00pm
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

Kaija Saariaho, Lichtbogen
Gregory Lee Newsome, in medias res
Pierre Boulez, Dérive II (2006) *
North American premiere *

What does adding another 25 minutes contribute to our perception of the music? We could say it offers a more encyclopedic picture of the material’s potential…including much new horn writing beautifully realized by Darnell Linwood…but it wouldn’t embrace what is most remarkable about the expansion…Listen to Dérive II, 2007, and you know that there is no limit to “continual expansion.” You’ve had a glimpse of infinity, and lo and behold, it’s a nice place to be.” – Elissa Poole OPUS

A Breakfast for Barbarians
Sunday, February 3, 2008 8:00pm
Aventa Ensemble
Bill Linwood, conductor / Louis Ranger, trumpet / Heather Pawsey, soprano
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

Peter Hatch, Dulcian Patterns *
Christopher Mayo, A Breakfast for Barbarians
Michael Oesterle, Territio Verbalis *
Hans Abrahamsen, Winternacht
Aventa wishes to acknowledge The Canada Council for the Arts for their assistance in commissioning Michael Oesterle’s Territio Verbalis and Peter Hatch’s Dulcian Patterns.

Moonlight on the Bluff
Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:00pm
Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor / Darnell Linwood, horn
Phillip T Young Recital Hall (University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building)

Martin Arnold, Moonlight on the Bluff
Giorgio Magnanensi, ethuiá V *
James Rolfe, rAW
Linda Catlin Smith, Knotted Silk
Anders Nordentoft, Hymne
Aventa wishes to acknowledge The British Columbia Arts Council for their assistance in commissioning Giorgio Magnanensi’s ethuiá V.