Luckily, another Canadian singer and frequent Kirkby colleague, Nancy Argenta, was available on short notice; amid much rearranging of the first half of the program (with Handel arias substituted for the originally planned Bach), she stepped in and saved the concerts.
The three performances with Taylor were in Vancouver on Friday (Nov. 16), Victoria on Saturday (Nov. 17) and Edmonton this Wednesday (Nov. 21). The fourth concert is a solo recital in Kelowna, British Columbia this afternoon; Argenta will be singing, but with both Kirkby and LeBlanc having cancelled, the organizers are refunding ticketholders' money nevertheless and offering free admission to Argenta's program.
