The Emily Carr String QuartetB次元官网网址檚 March 11 concert at Christ Church Cathedral will make an honoured guest out of an 11,500-year-old resident of Oak Bay and Saanich; the Bowker Creek Watershed.
In honour of World Water Day on March 22, the Water concert features a special presentation by the Friends of Bowker Creek Society following a performance of the music of Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer and Claude Debussy. The 5 p.m. concert, happening online and in person, is the second in the cathedral and quartetB次元官网网址檚 six-part series Earth Songs: Music for Climate Justice.
The dedication and presentation for the Bowker Creek Watershed incorporate both this yearB次元官网网址檚 World Water Day theme: Groundwater, and the subject matter of both composers.
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Prior to urbanization, the watershed spanning just west of the University of VictoriaB次元官网网址檚 campus to Oak BayB次元官网网址檚 Bowker Drive significantly supported the Garry Oak ecosystem and had large coho salmon and cutthroat trout populations, according to a press release from the Bowker Creek Society.
Schafer (1933-2021) popularized the term B次元官网网址渟oundscapeB次元官网网址� in compositions by incorporating sounds of nature. His featured song, Waves, is a musical interpretation of his recordings and an analysis of ocean waves on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, with patterns that mimic the cresting of waves. String Quartet in G minor by Debussy (1862-1918) was selected for the concert for its watery, impressionistic sound.
During the concert, there will be an opportunity to donate to the Peninsula Streams Society.
The Water concert and others in the series, which runs to June, are meant to B次元官网网址渄raw attention to the need for personal action to reverse the climate crisis.B次元官网网址� The next concert, Land, takes place on April 22. B次元官网网址淓ach concert focuses on a different facet of our relationship with the natural world, aiming to educate, entertain and inspire change.B次元官网网址�
For full event info and tickets, visit . The cathedral is located at the corner of Quadra Street and Rockland Avenue.
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