Past Concerts
2009-10

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December 7, 2009 - Vespers and Carols
(A joint concert with Harmonia Choir)
Directed by Marg Stubington & Kurt Ala-Kantti

Guest Musician: Tom Annand, organ

Three selections celebrating Mendelssohn's 200th birthday (Mendelssohn):

• Im Advent

• How Lovely are the Messengers

• Weihnachten

• Vespers, K339 (Mozart)
  

  Soloists:

  • Martha Coulthart (Soprano)

  • Anita Netherton (Alto)

  • Emile Pelletier (Tenor)

  • Brian Carroll (Bass)
    

• Deck the Halls (arr. Derek Holman)

Harmonia Choir of Ottawa

• Ave Maria (R. Nathaniel Dett)

• Ring the Bells in Jubilee (James Wright)

Musica Viva Singers

• Christmas Lullaby (John Rutter)

• Jabula Jesu (arr. Stephen Hatfield)

Combined choirs

• Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy (arr. Stephen Hatfield)

• Auld Lang Syne (arr. Mark Sirett)

May 10, 2010 - Choose Something Like a Star
Directed by Marg Stubington

Guest Musicians: 

• Angela Blackwell, clarinet

• Nick Rodgerson, piano

The following selections are from Frostiana, text: Robert Frost; music: Randall Thompson

• The Road Not Taken

• A Girl's Garden

• Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening

• Choose Something Like a Star

• Ching-A-Ring-Chaw (Aaron Copland)

• At the River (Hymn tune)

• Twilight from the Hall of Mirrors (Mark Carlson), Angela Blackwell, clarinet

• Ezekiel Saw de Wheel (arr. J. David Moore)

• Ride the Chariot (arr. William Henry Smith), Leslie Cass & Anna Lehn, sopranos

• Shenandoah (arr. James Erb)

• Down By the Riverside (arr. John Rutter), Angela Blackwell, clarinet

• From This Hour, Freedom ! (music: Stephen Smith, text: Walt Whitman)

• Sure On This Shining Night (music: Morten Lauridsen, text: James Agee)

• Promenade (Walking the Dog) (George Gershwin, arr. Anthony Wakefield), Angela Blackwell, clarinet

• Tico Tico (Na Fuba) (Zequinha Abreu, arr. Van Der Veen), Angela Blackwell, clarinet

• Caffeine Blues (Ruth Huber)
  Leslie Cass, Janet Davies, Anna Lehn, Barb Popel, Leslie Brown, Colleen Clark, Jean Cooper, Gaby Kumpat, Victoria Steele, Erica Usher, Stephanie Webb, Caren Weinstein

• More I Cannot Wish You (Frank Loesser, arr. Phil Mattson), Rita Finnigan, soprano

• I Love a Piano (Irving Berlin, arr. Philip Kern), Nick Rodgerson, guest pianist

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Last update: 15 April 2012.

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