CONCERT III
Vistas & Virtuosity
An all-inclusive evening of music, wine, and dinner in partnership with O’Rourke Family Estate, one of the Valley’s most talked about wineries.
Visiting O’Rourke Estates is an unbelievable experience. Built right into the mountainside, it has monumental architecture and sweeping vistas… and luckily for us, a Grand Piano! To match the grandeur of this space, we have selected music full of soul, passion, yearning, and excitement.
Jazz guitarist and film composer Graham Campbell wrote The Compass Suite in 2024 as a set of vignettes depicting adventure and beauty in nature. The great Tchaikovsky is honoured by his student Arensky in a set of variations for the unusual combination of violin, viola, and 2 cellos. The simple theme, tinged with melancholy, is developed extensively so that one feels to have experienced an entire life. Finally, the first Piano Quartet of Johannes Brahms has it all: arching melodies, dramatic tension, moments of tenderness and triumph, and a rousing “Gypsy” Rondo which has made generations of audiences leap to their feet.
Tickets for this event include concert, wine, and a set menu dinner at Row 188.
Tickets will be available for purchase soon.
PROGRAMME
The Compass Suite (BC premiere)
for cello and piano
Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky
for violin, viola, and 2 cellos
Piano Quartet no. 1 in g minor, op. 25
for violin, viola, cello, and piano
Artists
Andrew Wan
VIOLIN
One of Canada’s most esteemed violinists, concertmaster of the Montreal Symphony with a JUNO-award winning discography.
Gabrielle Després
VIOLIN
One of Canada’s rising violin stars, a Julliard graduate and recent finalist of the prestigious 2025 Sibelius Competition in Finland.
Juan-Miguel Hernandez
VIOLA
A violist “loaded with personality” (Atlanta Journal), whose extensive career as a quartet-player has taken him from Carnegie Hall to the Salzburg Mozarteum.
Meagan Milatz
PIANO
Well-loved by Classicalvalley audiences, a pianist who shares the stage with top international soloists and was named Prix Opus “Discovery of the Year”.
Raphaël Jouan
CELLO
Founding member of Trio Helios, a leading French cellist of the new generation, who plays everywhere from Wigmore Hall to jazz clubs.
Cameron Crozman
CELLO & ARTISTIC DIRECTION
With "a rich imagination and a keen mind," he is regularly invited to perform around the world as a soloist and chamber musician.
The Venue
O’Rourke Family Estate
15595 Commonage Rd, Lake Country, BC V4V 1A8
O’Rourke Family Estate rises from the granite of Lake Country with contemporary architecture, clean lines, and purposeful sightlines across vineyards and lake. The winery and its underground cave network are built directly into the hillside, using stone, wood, and glass to balance modern design with the raw beauty of the site. Sculptural spaces such as the grand lobbies, crush pad, and amphitheatre create a seamless flow between production, hospitality, and landscape so guests move naturally from vineyard to cellar to table.