Formed in 2015, Award-winning Cascadia Strings is an initiative to bring diverse

and engaging chamber music repertoire to all audiences, fusing together iconic

original works with well-crafted arrangements of popular music of the last

century, all in the vision to bring live, meaningful musical experiences to new

venues and music-lovers in Victoria and beyond. As a passionate concert curator,

Kathryn Wiebe, founder, programs shows with thoughtful content, cross-genre

repertoire, with a result that is touching and powerful to audience members,

regardless of demographics.

This concert features Victoria and Vancouver-based Musicians, Tyson Doknjas &

Kathryn Wiebe (Violins), Jessica Pickersgill (Viola), and YuYu Liu (Cello). These

are graduates of conservatories and schools, such as University of Victoria, The

Juilliard School, the New England Conservatory of Music, University of Michigan,

and University of Toronto, to name a few. You may recognize this talented bunch

from orchestras and ensembles such as Victoria Symphony, Vancouver

Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Opera, Victoria Baroque Players, Pacific

Baroque Orchestra, Candlelight Concerts, and more.

Join us at Coda for some riveting, lush, String Quartet music by Scandinavian

composers. The program details can be found below:

Andante Festivo - Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

String Quartet No. 2 in F minor - Carl Nielsen (1865-1931):

I. Allegro non Troppo energico

II. Un Poco Adagio

III. Allegretto Scherzando

IV. Allegro Appassionato

Intermission

String Quartet No. 3 in D minor - Dag Wirén (1905-1986):

I. Allegro Moderato

String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56, “Voces Intimae” - Jean Sibelius:

I. Andante - Allegro molto moderato

II. Vivace

Selections from “Last Leaf” - Danish String Quartet/Traditional:

-Æ Rømeser

-Intermezzo

-Shine You No More