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-based Musicians, Tyson Doknjas & Kathryn Wiebe (Violins), Jessica Pickersgill & Natasha Galitzine (Violas), and Erin Tinney (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, Victoria Baroque Players, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Candlelight Concerts, and more. Join us for “Sounds of Joy”, a vibrant, diverse, and heart wrenching String Quintet program to accompany the festive season, from Mendelssohn, to Dvořák, to Messaien, to Paul McCartney & Fleet Foxes. Program: String Quintet No. 2 in B Flat Major, Op. 87, MWV R33 - Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) IV. Allegro molto Sonata for Strings No. 1 in D Major, “Armonico tributo” - Georg Muffat (1653-1704) I. Grave-Allegro e presto Vingt regards Sur l’enfant Jésus - Olivier Messaien (1908-1992) I. Regard du Père String Quintet No. 3, Op. 97 - Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)II. Allegro vivo - Minore. Un poco meno mosso III. Larghetto The Seasons, Op. 67 - Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936) -L’Hiver. Variation 2 “La glace” INTERMISSION Noël Nouvelet - Anon/Traditional French Carol, arr. Claude Gagnon Julvisa - Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), arr. Magnus Ericsson Two Sketches for String Quartet based on French Canadian Airs - Ernest Macmillan (1893-1973) I. Notre Seigneur en Pauvre II. À Saint Malo In The Bleak Midwinter - Gustav Holst (1874-1934), arr. Kanneh-Mason White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes, arr. Kathryn Wiebe Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney (b. 1942), arr. Lorento Golofeev