Arts & Culture
Sun, Nov 8 · 3pm-4:30pmMezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska and guitarist Sean Shibe trace Orlando from medieval epic to Virginia Woolf, in songs from Dowland to Dylan. Sunday 3pm, $68.
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, UBC
More infoThe Vancouver Recital Society brings mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska and guitarist Sean Shibe to the Chan Centre's intimate Telus Studio Theatre for Orlando: Songs About Love and Identity from Dowland to Dylan. The programme follows the troubadour Orlando from medieval epic through Ariosto to Virginia Woolf's 1928 novel, with Schubert, Adès and Dowland beside Bob Dylan, Laurie Anderson and new commissions from Sasha Scott and Cassandra Miller. A Sunday matinee recital is a lovely slow date. Get coffee at Great Dane on campus before, then a late lunch or early pint at Koerner's Pub, two minutes from the theatre, after. Concert at 3pm, $68 general admission.
Buy tickets on the Vancouver Recital Society site, $68 general admission. Take the 99 B-Line or R4 to UBC, get coffee at Great Dane around 2:15pm, and walk to the Chan Centre's Telus Studio Theatre for 3pm; arrive early for better seats since it is general admission. Afterwards, Koerner's Pub is a two-minute walk.
3pm - 4:30pm
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