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Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantatas and Chorales

Jane Long, soprano – Christina Hutten, organ

This programme offers some of Bach’s best-loved works: the demanding, vigorous Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, the elegant “Schübler” Chorales Preludes, each followed by a vocal performance of the chorale, and the comforting, contented cantata Ich habe genug in a transcription for organ and soprano.

Prelude in E Minor, BWV 548

Wo soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 646

Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 649

Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, BWV 650

Ich habe genug, BWV 82

Aria: Ich habe genug

Recitativo: Mein Gott! Wenn kömmt das schöne: Nun!

Aria: Ich freue mich auf meinen Tod

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645

Meine Seele erhebt den Herren, BWV 648

Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 647

Fugue in E minor, BWV 548

Hailed as a “clear, agile soprano” (The Georgia Straight), Vancouver native and UBC graduate Jane Long performs as a chamber singer, concert soloist, and recitalist.  In recent years, she has had the honour of studying with renowned musicians including Emma Kirkby, Andreas Scholl, Richard Egarr, and Ellen Hargis, and performing alongside accomplished artists like Suzie Leblanc, Sarah Connolly, Marc Destrubé, Laura Pudwell, and Charles Daniels.

Some of her career highlights include performances as soprano soloist in Early Music Vancouver’s Praetorius Christmas Vespers project, directed by David Fallis, the Britten-Pears Baroque Vocal Programme, the Victoria Philharmonic Choir’s performance of J.S. Bach’s St John Passion, singing the title role in Opera After Hours’ production of Dido and Aeneas, and collaborating with Juno award nominated pianist, Jane Coop.  Jane Long also recently joined the Vancouver Chamber Choir on tours of Eastern Canada and the United States, performing as soloist in their production of Bach Magnificat and Vivaldi Gloria with Symphony Nova Scotia.

Jane received her Bachelors of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of British Columbia and her Masters of Music in Vocal Performance from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, England.  She now works as a free-lance artist and lives in Vancouver with her husband and two young children.

Organist and harpsichordist Christina Hutten has presented recitals hosted by such organizations as the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam, the University of Calgary, and Early Music Vancouver. Last summer, she participated as collaborative harpsichordist in the Britten-Pears Baroque Vocal Programme led by Andreas Scholl and Tamar Halperin, for which she was awarded the Loewen Prize. Funded by a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts, she pursued historical keyboard studies with Francesco Cera, François Espinasse, and Bernard Winsemius. She obtained a Master’s Degree in Organ Performance from Arizona State University under the direction of Kimberly Marshall and a Certificate in Harpsichord Performance from the University of Toronto, where she studied with Charlotte Nediger. She is now a doctoral candidate in musicology at the University of British Columbia.

For a sample of our collaborative work, please visit https://youtu.be/_v1nuiZIYoQ

The Oratorio Singers 4th annual German Christmas event with trumpets, oboes, strings, timpani and organ, presenting music by Bach, Homilius, Mendelssohn and Brahms with chorales and Christmas songs from Germany. Michael Molnar, organist; Darryl Nixon, direction.

Performed by the Cathedral’s own musicians: organist Denis Bédard and the Cathedral Choir, assistant organist Catherine Walsh and the Holy Rosary Women’s Choir, the Contemporary Choir with director Chito Lacsina, and the Spanish Mass Choir..

Freewill offering.

Featuring organist Darryl Nixon  and the St. Andrew’s-Wesley Choirs
Bring the whole family and join us for a special music concert with choirs, brass and organ.  Also included is a traditional Christmas Carol singalong.

We will begin at St. James (at Cordova and Gore, near Main Street) at 11:00a.m., ascending the old spiral staircase up to its lush three-manual organ. Free parking is available near Oppenheimer park and further North (with meter parking nearby). We will enter at a side door on the West.

Then we will head West to the Elephant and Castle public house (at Burrard and Hastings) for lunch. Please RSVP to michaelmolnar@hotmail.com by January 18th, so we can have an idea about what size of reservation we should make.

To complete the British experience, we will then go to Christ Church Cathedral (at Burrard and Georgia) at 2:00p.m., to encounter and enjoy their three-manual, European-style, tracker-action organ.

Come out and enjoy two grand instruments and classic comfort food. We hope to see you there!

Music by J. S. Bach, French Baroque composer François Couperin, German Romantic composer Josef Rheinberger, and present-day composer Hans Uwe Hielscher (who will give the last concert in this series). Denis Bédard has given recitals across Canada, in the United States, in France and in Brazil and his works are performed throughout the world. Performance visible on a giant screen at the front of the Cathedral.

Organist Gerald Harder in Concert

Cook – Fanfare
Buxtehude – ‘Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern’
Hebble – Psalm-prelude
Hebble – Toccata on ‘Old hundredth’
Hebble – A symphony of light
Franck – Chorale No. 3 in A minor
Tambling – Fanfare on ‘Shine, Jesus, shine’

Marc D’Anjou (Quebec City Basilica organist, formerly at SBUC) and Marcus Petrunia (SBUC) in concert.

More details to follow later.

Angelique Po is a pianist, harpsichordist, organist and composer living and working in Vancouver, BC. Her versatility and broad range of interests in music style have led her into collaborations with a number of local ensembles and soloists. Her recent projects including playing the piano in a rare performance of Galina Ustvolskaya’s Grand Duet with cellist Laine Longton, and TomoeArts’ production of Farshid Samandari’s new chamber opera Kayoi Komachi. As a composer, she has written for various small ensembles, including the Piano and Erhu Project (PEP) with Corey Hamm and Nicole Li. She studied piano at the University of British Columbia under Dr. Sara Buechner.

She also studied harpsichord with Doreen Oke, organ with Michael Murray, and composition with Dr. Dorothy Chang, Dr. Stephen Chatman, and Bradshaw Pack. She is currently a board member with Vancouver Pro Musica, an organization dedicated to promoting and performing new music created by BC composers.

Praised for her “solo work of exceptional quality” by the Boston Globe, Katherine Evans is in her second season as principal trumpet of the Newport Symphony in Newport, OR. She has held principal trumpet positions and appeared as a soloist with several regional symphonies around Boston, MA. In Vancouver, Ms. Evans can be heard primarily as a soloist and freelancer, and has been featured on the St. Andrews Sacred Music Series and on the Holy Rosary Recital Series. She is recorded on the Centuar and Albany labels.

She is also a vocalist and currently sings with musica intima and the St. Andrews-Wesley Vocal Ensemble. She has worked extensively as a church vocal soloist and was featured in a Mendelssohn recording with the Christ Church Schola of Rochester, NY, on Loft Records.

Katherine holds an M.M. in trumpet performance from the Longy School of Music and a B.A. in English and Music from Harvard University.

Organist David Poon in concert.

Bach – Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
Gibbons – Fantasia
Vierne – extracts from 24 Pièces en style libre, Op. 31
Messiaen – extracts from L’Ascension(1934)
Duruflé – Méditation (1964)
Cornelius-Bates – Lenten Improvisations
Improvisation