Calendar
Programme and performers:
Toccata in D minor, BWV 565 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Gilles Parenteau
Désolation (Canadian Premiere) – Denis Bédard (b. 1950)
Denis Bédard
Introduction and Fugue in D minor, Op 62 – Franz Lachner (1803-1890)
Rachel Alflatt & Denis Bédard
Ballade, Op. 100, No. 15 – Friedrich Burgmüller (1806-1874)
Max Cifelli
Imperial March (from Star Wars) – John Williams (b. 1932), arr. J. Mark Baker
Isaac Howie
Fugue in D minor, WAB 125 – Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Huiyuan (Cindy) Ma
March of the Terrible Trolls – Linda Niamath (1939-2020)
Zenkay Harrison
This Is Halloween (from The Nightmare before Christmas) – Danny Elfman (b.1953), arr. Jannie Burdeti
Issa Harrison & Jannie Burdeti
Prelude in A minor, BWV 543 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Jannie Burdeti
Toccata (from Suite gothique, Op. 25) – Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897)
PJ Janson
Medley: The Phantom of the Opera & Jurassic Park – Andrew Lloyd Webber (b. 1948), John Williams; arr. Michael Dirk
Michael Dirk
Lebhaft (from Organ Sonata No. 2) – Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Jonathan Robinson
Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Gilles Parenteau
Master of Ceremonies—Heller
With RCCO Vancouver Centre co-president and education officer Michael Dirk on the mighty Wurlitzer organ.
More info: https://www.vancouversymphony.ca/event/saint-saens-organ-symphony/
Accompanied live on the Wurlitzer organ by RCCO Vancouver Centre co-president and education officer Michael Dirk.
Info: https://vancouvercivictheatres.com/events/vct-silent-movie-mondays-laurel-hardy-shorts-nov-27-2023/
The Vancouver Bach Choir’s classic Christmas presentation. More than 400 singers, accompanied by brass quintet and organ in the historic Orpheum Theatre.
FEATURING
Leslie Dala and Marisa Gaetanne | Music Directors
A Touch of Brass Quintet
Michael Dirk | Organ
Catherine Campolin, Shane Raman, Cathrie Yuen | Conductors
Stephen Smith, Kin Ming Wong, Shifra Day, Aslan Aslanov, Esther Chun | Pianists
More info: https://vancouverbachchoir.com/events/christmas-with-the-bach-choir-2023/
Come celebrate the holiday season with a traditional Christmas sing-a-long! St. Andrew’s-Wesley is pleased to host The Little Mountain Brass Band, along with the West End Singers directed by Peggy Hua, and organist Angelique Po, for a night of classic carols, warm memories, and plenty of holiday cheer. Cocoa, cookies, crafts and carols make this fun, free event the perfect start to the holidays!
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Fantasia on ‘O Come, O Come Emmanuel’ – Alec Rowley (1892 – 1958)
Up, Awake! A Voice is Calling BWV 645 – J. S. Bach
Audience hymn: Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus VU 2
Six Variations on the tune Stuttgart (in the style of Bach) – Christa Rakich
Music for Christmas
Three Preludes on ‘In Dulci Jubilo’ – J S Bach, Diedrich Buxtehude (1637 – 1707), Marcel Dupré (1886 – 1971)
From Heav’n Above to Earth I Come – Johann Pachelbel (1653 – 1706)
Offertory for Midnight Mass – César Franck (1822 – 1890)
‘Jig’ Fugue in C major – Diedrich Buxtehude
Audience carol ‘Twas in the Moon of Wintertime VU 71
Trio – Récit de Tierce en Taille – Grand Jeu et Duo (from ‘Suite in Classical French Style on the Huron Carol’) – John Mitchell
Two Christmas Interludes (Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance?, The Holly and the Ivy) – Wm. Lloyd Webber (1914 – 1982)
Audience carol: What Child is this? VU 74
What Child is This? (Greensleeves) – Richard Purvis (1913 – 1994)
Noël X Grand Jeu et Duo – Louis-Claude D’Aquin (1694 – 1772)
An annual favourite, Langley Canadian Reformed Church and St John’s Vancouver are delighted to present a Christmas Concert featuring the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet and organist David Poon.