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Sacra et Profana
April 30, 2023 For the Program, Text, and Translations Click Here We are excited to share with you our first in-person spring concert in over two years! This concert explores a wide range of material, both sacred and secular or, as we have titled the concert, Sacra et Profana. The concert is split the concert into 4 little vignettes. The first two vignettes consist of both sacred and secular repertoire from what we are loosely referring to as the 'early period,' ca. 1500-1700, while the second two vignettes consist of both sacred and secular repertoire from what we are loosely referring to as the 'modern period,' ca. 1900-2000. We explore everything from polyphonic psalm settings and madrigals to contemporary settings of ancient plainchants and Canadian folk tunes. We are featuring works by early composers like, Des Prez, Tallis, Telemann, Schütz, Morley, and Dowland, and contemporary composers like Duruflé, Fauré, and Elgar, along with Canadian composers, Chatman, Martin, Adams, and MacGillivray. We hope this eclectic program will help put a pep in your step as we turn the corner into a long overdue spring season! We hope to see you there. |
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This Is Noel
December 11, 2022, For the Program, Text, and Translations Click Here We are excited to share with you our first LIVE concert in over two years! This concert features some interesting takes on some old favourite Christmas Carols. We begin our concert with the traditional setting of Dona nobis pacem, (Grant us peace), sung as a round. We then explore a new setting of an ancient tune with Gaudete (Ferrari), followed by a new setting of Christina Rossetti's text, In the Bleak Midwinter (Stopford). These are followed by a rather strange setting of Ding Dong Merrily on High (Blackwell), followed by traditional French carol, Masters In This Hall (Willcocks). We conclude the first part of the program with a beautiful setting of Away in a Manger (Wilberg) that features the oboe and flute. For the second part of the program we will be featuring a short cantata by Katherine k. Davis, This is Noel. It tells the Christmas story through seven movements, featuring an oboe obbligato. We conclude our program with a holiday favourite, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Tiedt). We hope our little program will provide you with a moment of peace in the hustle and bustle of December and warm your heart with the sounds of the season. |