Imagine sitting in a room with an orchestra performing a Mozart masterpiece. You can catch every nuance of tone, texture, dynamics and articulation in the musiciansB次元官网网址� playing. You can hear and see the musicians in full colour.

Now adjust the picture.

Everyone is in a different location, seeing and hearing each other on a video-conferencing platform. The sound is filtered and transmitted through an electronic device.

Now you understand one of the biggest challenges facing the Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra after the COVID-19 pandemic forced performances to go online.

B次元官网网址淪o much of playing beautifully together is about listening to each other,B次元官网网址� Yariv Aloni, the SPO conductor, said.

B次元官网网址淧hysically distanced playing challenges our musicians in new ways; we have to listen more carefully, pay more attention, feel the music together. Our ensembles have risen to the challenge and advanced their playing.B次元官网网址�

The Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra will release a new virtual concert on its website on Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m.

Ode to Autumn will feature four small ensembles that have been rehearsing separately following physical distancing protocols.

The repertoire includes Serenade for Strings and Elegy, Op. 58 B次元官网网址� Elgar; Irish Melody B次元官网网址� Frank Bridge; English Folk Song Suite and Charterhouse Suite B次元官网网址� Vaughan Williams; and Trois Pi猫ces for Woodwind Quartet B次元官网网址� Eugene Bozza.

The autumn concert will be recorded by the SPO live at SookeB次元官网网址檚 Holy Trinity Church on Halloween. The video will then be made available to the public on .

The concert is the second virtual release of the SPO; the first was in early October, the inaugural performance of the Voces Intimae string quartet, which features Aloni on viola. The video of that performance is also available at .

Audiences watching the videos are encouraged . Contributions of more than $25 receive a tax receipt.

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