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The Sacred Music Series of St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church Presents

Saturdays at One

Thanksgiving Trumpets

Katherine Evans, Christopher Robertson, trumpets

Sinéad White, soprano

Darryl Nixon, organ

Music by Adams, Bach, Fauré, Mendelssohn, Purcell, Scarlatti, Vivaldi

SPOOKY AND SCARY HALLOWEEN ORGAN MUSIC!

New this year: “Frankenstein”, a 1910 silent movie with live theatre style organ accompaniment

Presented by the Royal Canadian College of Organists, Vancouver Centre

In partnership with the St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church Sacred Music Series

A Halloween themed event not to be missed! In a dark, neo-gothic church, the audience will see the first ever movie version of “Frankenstein”, dating from 1910, with live, improvised organ accompaniment just like in the era of silent films. In addition, they will see and hear vampires, witches, zombies and other strange creatures performing music ranging from Bach’s famous D minor Toccata to themes from Pirates of the Caribbean and Phantom of the Opera, complemented by eerie readings and ghostly decorations. Halloween themed treats for everyone following the concert. Costumes encouraged!

Participating organists: Michael Dirk, Tamar Genossar, Huiyan Ma, John Mitchell, Edward Norman, Gail Ovington, Angelique Po, Michael Park, and Haruyo Shikano Abramson.

Underground pay parking available off the alley on the opposite side of the church to Nelson.

Organists Michael Dirk and John Mitchell featured with SJS Choir and Brass Ensemble, plus Charlie Chaplin’s 1917 film ‘The Cure’ with theatre style improvised organ accompaniment

At nearly 50 years old, the Hallman organ has served as one of Vancouver’s largest, most exciting and active instruments. Consequently the high demand and use has resulted in an alarming rate of mechanical decline in recent years, and needs our help to transform it to its full potential, and beyond!

Reception to follow.

Programme:

J. S. Bach – Choral Prelude ‘Ein Feste Burg’  BWV 720

Herbert Howells – Psalm prelude

Rupert Lang – Kontakion (with the St. John Shaugnessy choir)

Charles-Marie Widor – Salvum fac populum Tuum (with brass, percussion and organ)

Leon Boellmann -Toccata

Demonstration of the mechanical deficiencies of the instrument and necessity for its revitalization.

‘The Cure’ – 1917  Charlie Chaplin silent film with live organ accompaniment

Louis Vierne – Carillon de Westminster

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 with director Alejandro Frias.

CONCERT 1
Katherine Evans – trumpet
Edward Norman – organ
Martini – Toccata
Bach – Prelude and Fugue in a minor, BWV 543
Haydn – Four pieces for mechanical organ
Haydn – Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major (H.7e1)
Telemann – Air de Trompette
Franck – Chorale no.1 in E Major
Philiba – Mosaïque – Quatre Pièces Brèves (1976)
Vierne – Naïades (Pieces de Fantaisie Suite IV Op.55)
Defaye – Prélude I (from ‘Huit Préludes – pour passer le temps’)

Music spanning eight centuries, from medieval France to Denis Bédard’s own compositions, and including works by Bach, Gigout, and Dubois. 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.

Concert 2

Roger Cole – oboe
Edward Norman – organ
Handel – Allegro (from Concerto Grosso in g minor Op.6) H324
Bach – Three chorale preludes, BWV 659, BWV 654 & BWV 646
Bach – Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 547
Marcello – Oboe Concerto in c minor, S.Z799
Rheinberger – Rhapsodie Op.147
Franck – Chorale no.2 in b minor
Britten – Three pieces from Metamorphoses Op.49
Sokola – Toccata (from Quattro Pezzi)

CONCERT 3
Steve Denroche – French horn
Edward Norman – organ
Marcello – Psalm XIX
Bach – Toccata in F Major, BWV 540
Smith – Prelude on ‘Angelus Domini’ (1991)
Dupré – Chorale on ‘Iste Confessor’
(no.12 from ‘Le Tombeau de Titelouze’ Op.38)
Danzi – Horn Sonata in E-flat Major Op.28
Cooke – Rondo in B-flat Major
Franck – Chorale no.3 in a minor
Bozza – ‘En Forêt’ Op.40
Gardonyi – Improvisation on ‘Be Thou My Vision’
Vinter – ‘Hunter’s Moon’

Sarah McGrath’s pure, angelic voice and innate musicality have made her a much appreciated soloist and section lead in the Holy Rosary Cathedral choir. After solo and choral studies at UBC, she has sung in tours across Europe, China, and the USA, including at Carnegie Hall and the Beijing National Centre for the Performing Arts, and is also a section lead in the Vancouver Cantata Singers.

Denis Bédard was laureate of the “Prix d’Europe” in 1975 and of the CBC Radio Talent Competition in 1978. He has given recitals across Canada, in the United States, in France, and in Brazil, and pursues an international career as a composer. His music has been performed and recorded throughout the world and 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:

Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV 545

André Campra : Jubilate Deo

Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck : Variations on the Chorale “Mache dich mein Geist bereit”

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi : Cujus animam gementem, Vidit suum dulcem natum from Stabat Mater

Johann Sebastian Bach : Fantasia in G major BWV 571

César Franck: Cantabile

Alexandre Guilmant: March in D major

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Laudate Dominum, Alleluia

Camille Saint-Saëns : Ave Maria

Denis Bédard: Communion sur “Lauda Sion”, Prélude et Toccata sur “Victimae Paschali Laudes”

Performance visible on a giant screen at the front of the Cathedral.

Programme:

*Pieces with an asterisk with the participation of the St. Mark’s Instrumentalkreis

Tailleferre: Prelude
Bach: Trio Sonata in C Major

Krapf: Partita on “Herzlich tut mich erfreuen”

Bach: Durch Adam’s Fall ist ganz verderbt
Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ
Von Gott will ich nicht lassen

Mendelssohn: Aus dem Lobgesang *

Couperin: (350th anniversary of his birth)
La Julliet
La Létiville
Le Tic-Tic-Choc, ou les Maillotins
Muséte de Taverni *