2009 - 2010 Season

November 14, 2009

Heavenly Voices

Louis Vierne, Organ Messe
Standford, Magnifcat and Nunc Dimittis In C
Britten, Rejoice In The Lamb
Howells, Like As The Hart
Bruckner, Ave Maria

With VancouverVoices Youth and Guest Organists Michael Molnar & David Poon

Holy Rosary Cathederal (646 Richards Street, Vancouver)
7:30pm
Tickets $25 at the door or at TicketsTonight.ca

December 19, 2009

Christmas Family Sing-along Concert
7pm St. Helen’s Anglican Church (8th & Trimble)
Admission by Donation

March 27, 2010

Victoria Philharmonic Choir
St. Matthew Passion by J.S. Bach

Soloists
John Arsenault, Michael Uloth, Sarah Fryer, Jennifer Farrel, Daniel Lichti

with VancouverVoices, VvYouth, Students of St. Michaels University School
and the Victoria Symphony Orchestra

St. Andrew's Cathedral
Blanshard at View Street
Victoria, BC
7:00pm

Tickets from Munro's Books, Ivy's Cadboro Bay Books, Long & McQuade, Tanners
and members of the Victoria Philarmonic Choir

June 12, 2010 

Summer Voices

Madrigals and More by Monteverdi, Morley, Sullivan

St. Helen's Church
4405 West 8th Avenue
Vancouver, BC
8:00pm

TicketsTonight.ca or at the door: $20 & $25

Past Concerts

2008 - 2009

July 24 & 25, 2009

Dido & Aeneas

Van Dusen Botanical Garden
Soloists: Sarah Fryer, Jennifer Farrell, Nathaniel Watson
7:00 pm.

Presented by VancouverVoices and Van Dusen Capital Campaign
Program to include Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks

Tickets $30 at Van Dusen or at TicketsTonight.ca

Bring a blanket and a picnic.

April 25, 2009

Bach: Mass in B Minor

Shaughnessy Heights United Church (1550 33rd Avenue West)
8:00 pm.

Tickets at the door.

December 22, 2008

Family Christmas Sing-along

St. Helen's Church (4405 8th Avenue West, Point Grey)
7:00 pm

Tickets at the door.

November 22, 2008

Voices of Angels

Three Motets, op.38. C.V. Stanford (1852-1924)
         Justorum Animae
         Beati Quorum Via
         Coelos Ascendit Hodie
 
Miserere mei (psalm 50). Gregorio Allegri (1582-1682)
         Soloists: Ali Powell, Felix Butterfield, Matthew Hough, Sarah Fryer, Michael Mori
 
Prelude (organ, Michael Molnar). Edward Bairstow (1874-1946)
 
Agnus Dei (Adagio for strings). Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
 
O vos omnes. Pablo Casals (1876-1973)
 
Hymn to St. Cecilia. Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
         Soloists: Jennifer Farrell, Matthew Hough, Eric Scwhartzhof, Dale Throness
 
Two Prayers of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Philip Moore (b.1943)
         Prayers in time of distress.Soloist: Elizabeth Hodgson
         Evening Prayers
 
Prelude-Choral et Allegro (#2 from Dix Pièces). Eugène Gigout (1844-1925)
 
Song for Athene. John Tavener (b.1944)
 
Nunc Dimittis. Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

Tickets at the door.

2007 - 2008

July 18 and 19, 2008

Acis and Galatea
A concert-staged opera by G.F. Handel

Jennifer Farrell
Benjamin Butterfield
Nathanial Watson
Sarah Fryer
Rose Hegele

VanDusen Botanical Garden
7:00pm
Bring a blank and a picnic

In aid of the VanDusen Capital Campaign

Buy tickets online for this concert at TicketsTonight.ca.

Friday October 26, 2007

Mozart: Requiem (Chamber Version)

VancouverVoices Quartet:
Jennifer Farrell, Sarah Fryer, Peter Butterfield, Dale Throness

Kwantlen University College
Langley Campus Auditorium
20901 Langley Bypass
7:30 pm

Tickets: $20/$15; Students by donation.
Available at www.ticketweb.ca or phone 604 599-3315

Saturday, November 10, 2007

Duruflé: Requiem

Shaughnessy Heights United Church
1550 W 33rd Avenue, Vancouver
7:30 pm

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Duruflé: Requiem

St. Helen's Church
4405 W 8th Avenue, Vancouver
3:00 pm

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Five Centuries of Christmas: Family Carol Sing-Along Concert

Saint Helen's Church
4405 W 8th Avenue, Vancouver
7:00 pm

Friday, March 21, 2008

Bach: St. John Passion

Shaughnessy Heights United Church
1550 W 33rd Avenue, Vancouver
7:00 pm

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Spring Madrigals: (Point Grey Fiesta)

Saint Helen's Church
4405 W 8th Avenue, Vancouver
7:00 pm

Programme

Sumer is icumen in                           Anon. 13th century old English
Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone     John Farmer (circa 1580)
Of all the birds that I do know         John Bartlet (circa 1607)
What is our life?                              Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Now is the month of Maying            Thomas Morley (circa 1580)
Come to the Fair                              Easthope Martin
Where’er you walk                           G.F. Handel
Lascia ch’io pianga                           G.F. Handel
Art thou troubled?                            G.F. Handel
Skye Boat Song                               Old Highland folksong
The Bumblebee                                Jean Berger
Intermission
La Sestina (5 short sections)           Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1647)
Le Chant des Oyseaux                    Clement Janequin (circa 1472-circa 1560)
Dirait-on                                           Rilke/Lauridsen
Danny Boy                                        Arrangement King’s Singers
The Long Day Closes                       Arthur Sullivan

2006 - 2007 Season

November 11, 2006
Stanford: Beati quorum via
Mendelssohn: Hear my Prayer
Michael Cohen (text Edna St. Vincent Millay: God's World (World Premiere)
Fauré: Requiem

December 22, 2006
Family Carol Concert, with VancouverVoices Youth and special guests

March 21, 23, 2007
Happy Birthday Bach, with VancouverVoices Youth & special guests

June 16, 2007
Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610
Guests: Concerto Palatino (Milan)

June 18, 2007
Concerto Palatino: Early Treasures, Director: Bruce Dickey

2005 - 2006 Season

November 11 and 12, 2005
Edward Thomas: from “Rain”
Poulenc, Priez pour
Poulenc, Flute
Alain, Litanies
Eli Wiesel: from “Address”
Cohen: from the Wall
John Donne: One Equal Music
Duruflé: Requiem

December 22, 2005
Family Coral Concert

March19 and 21, 2006
Bach Concert
Sonata in G Major
Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C Major
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major
Italian Concerto in F Major
Handel: Dixit Dominus

June 18, 2006
Mozart Program with guests Sooke Philharmonic, directed by Norman Nelson
Peter Butterfield & Norman Nelson
Overture, Les Petits Riens, K. 299b
Ave Verum, K. 618
Flute Concerto No.2 in in D, K. 314
Concert Aria, Ch'io mi scordi di te, K. 505
Solemn Vespers , K. 339

2004 - 2005 Season

November 11, 2004
Remembrance Day Concert
Mozart: Ave Verum
Michael Cohen: I Remember
Fauré, Requiem

December 22, 2004
Family Carol Concert

March 20 and 21, 2005
Happy Birthday to Bach
Lobet dem Herrn
Magnificat
Solo Cello Suites
Organ toccata and fugue
Flute concerto

June 18, 2005
Madrigals and Cream

2003 - 2004-Season

October 3,2003
JS Bach, ‘Jesu meine Freude’ (Motet #3)

December 18, 2003
Family Carol Concert

March 9, 2004
Weill in Berlin, Weill on Broadway

June 2004, 2004
Spring in the Garden: Madrigals and Songs