Holy Rosary Cathedral presents:
CATHEDRAL ORGANIST DENIS BEDARD IN CONCERT
Friday April 26, 8 pm
Holy Rosary Cathedral, Dunsmuir & Richards, Vancouver, BC
Tickets: $20 / Students and Seniors $15
Available at the door, at the Cathedral Office (646 Richards) and by phone 604 682 6774
Hidden gems from the Renaissance and Baroque eras including rarely played works by Bach, the premiere of a new composition by Denis Bedard, and works by 20th century French composers, performed by the Cathedral’s own organist. The recital will be projected on a giant screen at the front of the church, allowing the audience to watch the performance.
Denis Bedard graduated from the Quebec Conservatory of Music with first class honours, continued his studies in Montreal, Paris and Amsterdam, and was laureate of the “Prix d’Europe” in 1975 and of the CBC Radio Talent Competition in 1978. A very active concert artist, he has given recitals across Canada, in the United States, in France and in Brazil. He also pursues an international career as a composer. He has written over a hundred compositions and his music has been performed and recorded throughout the world. He has received commissions from Radio-Canada, the CBC, the Quebec Symphony Orchestra, Monaco Cathedral, and various professional musicians in Canada, England, France, Switzerland and the U.S. Since September 2001 he has been organist and music director at Holy Rosary Cathedral in Vancouver.
Programme:
Charles Piroye: La Beatitude (Dialogue à deux choeurs, 1711)
Francisco Peraza: Medio Registro Alto de Primer Tono
Andrea Gabrieli.: Canzona in F
Girolamo Frescobaldi: Toccata per l’Elevatione
Antonio Valente: La Romanesca
John Stanley: Voluntary VI in F
Diderik Buxtehude: Chorale Prelude “Von Gott will ich nicht lassen”, BuxWV 220
Arnold Matthias Brunckhorst: Praeludium in E minor
Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude “Herr Jesu Christ zu uns wend’”, BWV 709
Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue in G major, BWV 586
Denis Bédard: Suite in A major (premiere)
Jean Langlais: Tiento (Suite medievale), Canzona (Folkoric Suite)
Gaston Litaize: Prelude liturgique no. 20, Toccata sur le Veni Creator