Date: 7/18/2013 6:34 pm
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Location of event Orpheum Theatre, 601 Smithe St., Vancouver, BC
Vancouver Chamber Choir
Vancouver Chamber Orchestra
Pacifica Singers
Jon Washburn and Kevin Zakresky, conductors
Celebrate the festive season with the Vancouver Chamber Choir in the Orpheum Theatre. Christmas is a joyful time and Baroque is a joyful music – the combination is magic. One of JS Bach’s most luminous works is featured – the Magnificat for soloists, choir and orchestra. Monteverdi’s Gloria concertata virtually glistens with the vigorous passagework of the Early Baroque. There is a contrasting Bach set of intimate chorales and choral songs called Weihnachtslieder. Then the concert ends with Handel at his affirming best in Blessed are They that Consider the Poor drawn from the anthem he wrote for his favourite charity, closing with a rousing Hallelujah! The Choir is joined by the Pacifica Singers and our Vancouver Chamber Orchestra for this scintillating evening of music.
Johann Sebastian Bach Magnificat
Claudio Monteverdi Gloria concertata
Johann Sebastian Bach Weihnachtslieder
George Frideric Handel Blessed are They that Consider the Poor
For more information or to subscribe contact Vancouver Chamber Choir at 604-738-6822.
Tickets available August 7th through Ticketmaster.ca (1-855-985-2787)