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Chopin music download4/26/2023 ![]() The fact that it’s in September, according to Destrubé, is, “Absolutely pandemic-related. This festival was supposed to happen back in February. In the shadow of COVID-19, the Pacific Baroque Festival is limiting ticket sales– just one-fourth of capacity–and the number of performers, distanced onstage. “It’s kind of an extra piece that provides comfort after the whole story of Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection and so on, and somehow just has the implication that life goes on.” They are about the passion of Christ, and I think the same thing,” says Destrubé. The repetitive forms known as chaconnes and passacaglias were often used by 18th century composers to reassure audiences that everything will be OK: from the finales of outrageous French operas, to Franz Biber’s heartbreaking mystery sonatas. I think that’s just reassuring, and maybe it’s like a child who likes to hear the same story over and over again.” “There’s fiddle music that has a bass line, or an implied bass line, and I just think there’s a kind of human instinct, of comfort of simply hearing the same bass line repeat and then having variations on top of it. “Of course, there’s lots of pop music that uses a very simple bass line that repeats,” he says. Marc Destrubé is a Victoria native, who now lives near Vancouver, BC.
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