WILLIAM BYRD 400

14h30 Sunday 1st October 2023 - Salle Bourgie - Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

Introit - Gaudeamus omnes in Domino
Mass for 4 voices
Gradual - Timete Dominum
Offertory - Justorum animae
Communion – Ave Verum
Ambe (Ojibway text by Cory Campbell set as a contrafactum to “Sing Joyfully” by Andrew Balfour)
Voluntary for my Lady Nevell
O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth, our Queen
Psalm 13 – How long wilt thou forget
2nd Service
Praise the Lord all ye gentiles

ALL SOULS REQUIEM

16h Sunday 5th November 2023 - Christ Church Cathedral - Ottawa

Christ Church Cathedral Choir

Requiem - Gabriel Fauré

Remembrance Day Requiem

16h Saturday 11th November 2023 - Holy Trinity - Pembroke

Christ Church Cathedral Choir

Requiem - Gabriel Fauré

RACHMANINOFF VESPERS

15h Sunday 12th November 2023 - St Joseph’s Church - Ottawa

Cantata Singers of Ottawa

Le MESSIE / THE MESSIAH

19h30 Friday 17th November 2023 - Salle Bourgie - Montréal
16h Saturday 18th November 2023 - Salle Bourgie - Montréal
14h30 Sunday 19th November - Salle Bourgie - Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal & Arion Baroque Orchestra

ADVENT CAROL SERVICE

16h Sunday 3rd December 2023 - Christ Church Cathedral - Ottawa

Christ Church Cathedral Choir

Baroque

20h Wednesday 1st May 2024 - First United Church - Waterloo ON
20h Thursday 3rd May 2024 - Harcourt Memorial Church - Guelph ON
20h Friday 4th May 2024 - Central Presbyterian Church - Cambridge ON

Kitchener Waterloo Symphony

Giulio Cesare: Act III Sinfonia - Handel
Rinaldo: Lascia ch'io pianga - Handel
Xerxes: Ombra mai Fu (Largo) - Handel
Overture to Rinaldo, HWV 7 - Handel
Tito Manlio, RV 738: Non ti lusinghi la crudeltade - Vivaldi
Exsultate jubilate, K.165 (158a) - Mozart
Alcina, HWV 34: Tamburino - Handel
Giulio Cesare, HWV 17: Piangerò la sorte mia - Handel
Samson, HWV 57: Let The Bright Seraphim - Handel
Giustino, RV 717: Overture - Vivaldi
Griselda, RV 718: Ombre vane, ingiusti orrori - Vivaldi
Adelaide/Griselda: Agitata da - Vivaldi

BOY CHORISTER CAMP

Wednesday 23rd August - Friday 25th August 2023 - Christ Church Cathedral - Ottawa

Christ Church Cathedral Choir

CAMMAC WEEK 6

Sunday 30th July to Sunday 6th August 2023

CAMMAC Music Centre

Music and stargazing

Quem Terra - Anon
Viri Galilaei - Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck
Ave Maris Stella - Grieg
Nuit d'étoiles - Claude Debussy
Choose Something Like a Star - Randall Thompson
Stars - Ēriks Ešenvalds
Underneath the stars - Kate Rusby

DOUCE MÉMOIRE - Sweet Memory

19h30 Tuesday 11th July 2023 - All saints event space - Music & Beyond - Ottawa
14h Saturday 15th July 2023 - Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-du-Lac - Orford Festival

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

Mort, tu as navré de ton dard / Miserere - Déploration sur la mort de Gilles Binchois - Johannes Ockeghem
Nymphes des bois / Requiem æternam - Déploration sur la mort de Johannes Ockeghem - Josquin des Prés
Musæ Jovis - Élégie à la mémoire de Josquin des Prés - Benedictus Appenzeller
Musica, quid Defles? - Déploration à la mémoire d’Alexandre Agricola - Heinrich Isaac
O mors inevitabilis - Lamentation sur la mort de Josquin des Prés - Hieronymus Vinders
Concordes adhibete animos Musæ - Madrigal à la mémoire d’Adrian Willaert - Cipriano de Rore
Sassi, palae, sabbion - Madrigal sur la mort d’Adrian Willaert - Andrea Gabrieli
Quatre motets, en hommage à Healey Willan - Stephanie Martin
Chanson Doulce mémoire - Pierre Sandrin
Missa Doulce Mémoire - Cipriano de Rore

HYMN SING

16h Sunday 4th June 2023 - Christ Church Cathedral - Ottawa

Christ Church Cathedral Choir

Favorite hymns - register here to attend https://rsvp.church/r/2bdfOuYg

CAMMAC BACH+ WEEKEND

Friday 19th May to Monday 22nd May 2023

CAMMAC Music Centre

Cantata Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ BWV 67
Motet Jesu meine freude BWV 227

minimalism

19:00 May 13th May 2023

Cantata Singers of Ottawa with Thirteen Strings, electronic keyboard

St Joseph’s Church - Ottawa

Knee Play 1 - Phillip Glass
Knee Play 3 - Phillip Glass
On the Nature of Daylight - Max Richter
The Lamb - John Tavener
Totus Tuus - Henryk Górecki
Nur: Reflections on light – Hussein Janmohamed
Berliner Messe – Arvo Pärt

CORONATION FESTAL EVENSONG

16h Sunday 7th May 2023 - Christ Church Cathedral - Ottawa

Christ Church Cathedral Choir

O taste and see - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Psalm 150 - John Sanders
Canticles in C - Charles Villiers Stanford
O Lord our Govenour - Healey Willan

DES ASTRES ET DES CIEUX - STARs & HEAVENS

19h30 Monday 1st May 2023 - Planétarium - Montréal
19h30 Wednesday 17th May 2023 - Planétarium - Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

Hymne Quem terra à 4 voix - Anon
Motet Ave maris stella à 3 voix - Guillaume Dufay
Motet A solis ortus à 4 voix - Gilles Binchois
Motet Panem de cœlo à 4 voix - Heinrich Isaac
Motet Ave maris stella à 4 et 5 voix - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Motet O Maria vernans rosa à 5 voix - Jacobus Clemens non Papa
Motet Conditor alme siderum à 4 voix - Tomás Luis de Victoria
Motet Audivi vocem de cælo à 6 voix - Duarte Lobo
Motet Hodie nobis de cælo à 8 voix en 2 chœurs - Peter Philips
Motet Te lucis ante terminum à 5 voix - Thomas Tallis
Motet O nata lux à 5 voix - Thomas Tallis
Motet Siderum rector à 5 voix - William Byrd

EASTER DAY 2023

10h30 Sunday 9th April 2023 - Christ Church Cathedral - Ottawa

Combined Choirs of Christ Church Cathedral with orchestra

Christus Vincit - Martin Baker
Missa Brevis No.5 “Spatzenmesse” K220 - Mozart
Church Sonata in C major K263 - Mozart
The heavens are telling (excerpt from creation) - Jospeh Haydn
This joyful Easter tide - arr. Charles Wood
Ave Verum K618 - Mozart
Hallelujah (excerpt from Messiah) - Handel

DOUCE MÉMOIRE

19:30 Thursday 6th April 2023 -Salle Bourgie - Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

Mort, tu as navré de ton dard / Miserere - Déploration sur la mort de Gilles Binchois - Johannes Ockeghem
Nymphes des bois / Requiem æternam - Déploration sur la mort de Johannes Ockeghem - Josquin des Prés
Musæ Jovis - Élégie à la mémoire de Josquin des Prés - Benedictus Appenzeller
Musica, quid Defles? - Déploration à la mémoire d’Alexandre Agricola - Heinrich Isaac
O mors inevitabilis - Lamentation sur la mort de Josquin des Prés - Hieronymus Vinders
Concordes adhibete animos Musæ - Madrigal à la mémoire d’Adrian Willaert - Cipriano de Rore
Sassi, palae, sabbion - Madrigal sur la mort d’Adrian Willaert - Andrea Gabrieli
Quatre motets, en hommage à Healey Willan - Stephanie Martin
Chanson Doulce mémoire - Pierre Sandrin
Missa Doulce Mémoire - Cipriano de Rore

Canada a capella

15:30 Sunday 26th March 2023 - St Joseph’s Church - Ottawa

Cantata Singers of Ottawa

Ambe - Andrew Balfour
I saw eternity - Jeff Enns
Silence - Nancy Telfer
In memoriam - Ruth Henderson Watson
Requiem - Eleanor Daley
Snowforms - R Murray Schafer
QILAK - Andrew Balfour
A Frost Sequence - Stephanie Martin
Ouvre tes ailes - Marie Claire Saindon 

DIEU VOUS GARDE !

14:30 Sunday 12th February 2023 - Salle Bourgie - Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

Der Herr denket an uns BWV 196
Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz BWV 136
Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt BWV 68
Du Hirte Israel, höre BWV 104

A German Christmas

19:00 Saturday 3rd December 2022 - St Joseph’s Church - Ottawa

Cantata Singers of Ottawa with Ottawa Baroque Consort

Es ist ein ros entsprungen
Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener - J.C. Bach
Zion hört die Wächter singen - J.S. Bach
Lieber Herr Gott, wekke uns auf - J.C. Bach
Deutsches Magnificat - Heinrich Schütz
Cantata - Das newgebohrne Kindelein BuxWV 13 - Dieterich Buxtehude
O Jesulein Süss - arr. J.S. Bach
Beschluss from Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi, SWV 435 - Heinrich Schütz
Hodie Christus natus est, SWV 456 - Heinrich Schütz
Angelus ad pastores ait - Hieronymus Praetorius
Als ich bei meine Schafen wacht
Jauchzet dem Herrn - Johann Pachelbel
In dulci Jubilo - arr. J.S. Bach

SCHÜTZ 350

19:30 Thursday 1st December 2022 - Salle Bourgie - Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

Concerto Cantate Domino à 8 voix SWV 463
Motet Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes à 6 voix et basse continue, SWV 386
Concerto Nun danket alle Gott à 10 voix en deux chœurs et basse continue, SWV 418
Concerto Warum toben die Heiden à 16 voix en quatre chœurs et basse continue, SWV 23
Motet Ein Kind ist uns geboren à 6 voix et basse continue, SWV 384
Concerto Magnificat anima mea à 12 voix en trois chœurs, 2 violons, 3 trombones et basse continue, SWV 468
Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi pour solistes, 2 violons, 2 altos, 2 flûtes à bec, 2 cornets à bouquin, 2 trombones, basson et basse continue, SWV 435
Concerto Hodie Christus natus est à 6 voix et basse continue, SWV 456

ROYALES HARMONIES

19h30 Friday 7th October 2022 - Salle Bourgie - Montréal
16h Saturday 8th October 2022 - Salle Bourgie - Montréal
14h30 Sunday 9th October 2022 - Salle Bourgie - Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal
Arion baroque orchestra

Praise the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, Z47 - Henry Purcell
O be Joyful in God all ye Lands (Canadian premiere) - William Boyce
Sinfonia in D minor: Andante - Largo - Allegro - Andante William Hayes
Come, Ye Sons of Art, Z323 - Henry Purcell

National Commemorative Ceremony for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

13h Monday 19th September 2022 - Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa

Combined Choirs of Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa

I heard a voice from Heaven - Eleanor Daley
Old hundredth - arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams
Psalm 23 - Charles Hylton Stewart
Notre Père - Maurice Duruflé

DES ASTRES ET DES CIEUX - STARs & HEAVENS

19h30 Wednesday 13th July 2022 - St Matthews Church - Ottawa
13h30 Saturday 16th July 2022 - St John’s - Elora
19h30 Wednesday 28th September 2022 - Planétarium - Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

Hymne Quem terra à 4 voix - Anon
Motet Ave maris stella à 3 voix - Guillaume Dufay
Motet A solis ortus à 4 voix - Gilles Binchois
Motet Panem de cœlo à 4 voix - Heinrich Isaac
Motet Ave maris stella à 4 et 5 voix - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Motet O Maria vernans rosa à 5 voix - Jacobus Clemens non Papa
Motet Conditor alme siderum à 4 voix - Tomás Luis de Victoria
Motet Audivi vocem de cælo à 6 voix - Duarte Lobo
Motet Hodie nobis de cælo à 8 voix en 2 chœurs - Peter Philips
Motet Te lucis ante terminum à 5 voix - Thomas Tallis
Motet O nata lux à 5 voix - Thomas Tallis
Motet Siderum rector à 5 voix - William Byrd

Perfect Purcell - CANCELLED COVID

Saturday 23rd May 2020 - Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa

Cantata Singers of Ottawa & Ottawa Baroque consort

Bach Cantatas - CANCELLED COVID

Sunday 26th April 2020, Salle Bourgie, Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

BWV 68, 104, 136 & 196

MINimalism - CANCELLED COVID

Saturday 21st March 2020, St Joseph’s Church, Ottawa

Cantata Singers of Ottawa

Miserere four times - CANCELLED COVID

Saturday 14th March 2020, Église Saint-Pierre Apôtre , Montréal
Sunday 15th March 2020, Église Saint-Pierre Apôtre, Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

Miserere mei Deus Josquin des Prés
Miserere mei Deus Gregorio Allegri
Miserere mei Deus Leonardo Leo
Miserere des Jésuites, H.193 Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Devotion and Pleasure

Sunday 1st February 2020, Église Saint-Pierre Apôtre , Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

Nous sommes de l’ordre de saint Babouyn Loyset Compère
Chanson La Chasse du lièvre Nicolas Gombert
Frisque et gaillard Jacob Clemens non Papa
Baisez-moi à 6 voix Josquin des Prés
T’meiskin was jonck Jacob Obrecht
Adieu ces bons vins de Lannoys Guillaume Dufay
Motet Ave Maris Stella Alexander Agricola
Chanson Tandernaken Anon
Missa Tandernaken à 4 voix Pierre de La rue
Tandernaken à 3 voix Jacob Obrecht
Tandernaken à 3 voix Henry VIII
Tandernaken à 3 voix Alexander Agricola

Britten St Nicolas

Saturday 23rd November 2019, Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa

Cantata Singers of Ottawa

Boy and Girl choristers from Christ Church Cathedral choirs

Nils Brown - St Nicolas

A hymn to the Virgin Benjamin Britten
Hymn to Saint Peter Benjamin Britten
Hymn to Saint Columba Benjamin Britten
Hymn to Saint Cecilia Benjamin Britten
Saint Nicolas Op.42 Benjamin Britten

Nos chers italiens

Sunday 3rd November 2019, Saint-Léon de Westmount, Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

Laudate Pueri Palestrina
Agnus Dei I & II (Hexachord Mass) Palestrina
Exaudi me a 16 Gabrieli
Gloria in excelsis Deo Monteverdi
Jepthe Carissimi
Beatus Vir Monteverdi

PERFECT POLYPHONY

14:00 Thursday 11th July 2019, allsaints event space, Ottawa
Saturday 22nd June 2019, Abbaye De St-Benoit-Du-Lac
15:00 Sunday 28th September 2019, Saint-Léon de Westmount, Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

Ave verum corpus Josquin des Prés
Regina cæli Pierre de Manchicourt
Laudate Dominum Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Laudate Dominum omnes gentes Roland de Lassus
Vidi Speciosam Tomás Luis de Victoria
Pater Noster Jacobus Handl-Gallus
Crucifixus à 8 Antonio Lotti
Missa Laudate Dominum Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
A Child’s Prayer James McMillan

St John Passion (excerpts)

14th-21st July 2019, CAMMAC

CAMMAC course participants

Amore e Guerra

17:00 Saturday 22nd June 2019, TBC, Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, TENET vocal artists, Montreal Baroque Festival

Extracts from Monterverdi’s 8th book of madrigals

Bruckner Mass in E minor

15:00 Sunday 26th May 2019, St Joseph's (174 Wilbrod), Ottawa

Cantata Singers of Ottawa

Brass and woodwind ensembles

Os Justi
Christus factus est
Ecce Sacerdos
Tota pulchra est
Ave Maria

Five Centuries with 40 voices

19:30 Saturday 27th April 2019, Église du Gésu, Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal & Elmer Iseler Singers

Co-directed with Lydia Adams

Deo gratias a 36 Ockeghem
Musica dei optimi Lassus
O sing unto the Lord Tomkins
Laudibus in Sanctis Byrd
O clap your hands together Gibbons
Super flumina Marenzio
Duo seraphim Guerrero
Hymn to St Cecilia Benjamin Britten
Apostrophe to the Heavenly Hosts Willan

Good Friday - Solemnity of the Lord’s Passion

noon Friday 19th April, Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa

Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys

Reproaches - John Sanders

Bach and Buxtehude

Sunday 17th April, 2019 Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa

Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys

Himmelskönig, sei willkommen, BWV 182 - Bach
Membra Jesu Nostri patientis sanctissima, BuxWV 75 - Buxtehude

Bach Cantatas and MOTets by candlelight

19:30 Saturday 9th March 2019, Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa

Cantata Singers of Ottawa

Orchestra of the Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort BWV 126
Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227
Gott ist unsre Zuversicht BWV 197

 

Bach CANTATAS

Saturday and Sunday 23rd & 24th February 2019, Salle Bourgie, Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

Wer mich liebet der wird mein Wort halten BWV 59
Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort BWV 126
Gott ist unsre Zuversicht BWV 197

 

VISAGES DE PURCELL

Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10th to 13th January 2019, Salle Bourgie, Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal & Arion Orchestre Baroque

Thou knowest Lord, Z58B
Hear my Prayer, Z15
Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei, Z135
Abdelazar Suite, Z570
Rejoice in the Lord always, Z49
O sing unto the Lord, Z44
Chacony in G minor, Z730
Ode on St Cecilia's day, Z339

Lamentations

Festival Classic, Sunday 3rd June, St Lambert
Elora Festival, Saturday 14th July, Elora
Summer Festival of Music, Monday 16th July, Toronto
Chamberfest, Saturday 28th July, Ottawa
Prince Edward County Music Festival, Saturday 8th September, Picton
Sunday 23rd September, Saint-Léon, Westmount, Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

Lamentations I & II - Thomas Tallis
Lamentatio Secunda & tertia a 5, primi diei - Orlando Lassus
O vos omnes - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Caph. Vocavi amicos & Nun. Vigilavit iugum - Cristóbal de Morales
Wie liegt die Stadt - Rudolf Mauersberger

Vespers

20:00 Thursday 1st, Friday 2nd, & Saturday 3rd November, National Arts Centre, Ottawa

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal & National Arts Centre Orchestra

Vespers (1610) - Claudio Monteverdi 

Ave Verum

20:00 Saturday 26th May, 2018 St Joseph's (174 Wilbrod), Ottawa

Cantata Singers of Ottawa & String orchestra

Ave Verum Chant (14th Century) - Anon
Ave Verum - Josquin dez Prez
Ave Verum - Orlande de Lassus
Ave Verum - Lodovico Grossi da Viadana
Ave Verum - William Byrd
Ave Verum - Peter Philips
Ave Verum - Imant Raminsh
Ave Verum - Edward Elgar
Ave Verum - Camille Saint-Saëns
Ave Verum - Franz Liszt
Ave Verum - Charles Gounod
Sospiri - Edward Elgar
Notturno - Arnold Schoenberg
Ave Verum - Gabriel Fauré
Ave Verum - Francis Poulenc
Ave Verum - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 

Winter music

15:00 Sunday 8th March, St Joseph's (174 Wilbrod), Ottawa

Cantata Singers of Ottawa

Missa Brevis - Zoltán Kodály

Hynm to the Creator of Light - John Rutter

Snowforms - R Murray Schafer

Un soir de neige - Francis Poulenc

 

STainer Crucifixion

Sacred concert, 15:00 Sunday 25th March, Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa

Cathedral Choir of Men & Boys

Andrew Ager - Organ

 

STaBat Mater - David Bednall

Sacred concert, 15:00 Friday 30th March, Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa

Cathedral Choir of Girls

James Calkin - Organ

 

Easter Day Choral Services with Orchestra

Liturgical performances, 9:00 and 11:00 Sunday 1st April, Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa

Mass in G - Schubert

Coronation Mass - Mozart

Laudate Dominum - Mozart

The heavens are telling - Haydn

Worthy is the Lamb - Handel

 

À la cour de Bourgogne

15:00 Thursday 3rd May 2018, Église Saint-Pierre Apôtre, Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

Anthoni usque limina - Antoine Busnois
Credo Missa L’homme arme - Guillaume Dufay
Sanctus Missa L’homme arme - Johannes Ockeghem
Nuper rosarum flores – Guillaume Dufay

 

MonTréal 375

15:00 Sunday 15th October 2017, Église Immaculée-Conception, Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

Autour d'un office du salut du très saint sacrement chez les indiens abénakis

Te Deum - André Campra

Prepare, prepare your songs of praise - William Boyce (Modern premiere)

The King Shall Rejoice - William Boyce

 

Fauré requiem

20:00 Saturday 4th November, St Joseph's (174 Wilbrod), Ottawa

Cantata Singers of Ottawa with orchestra

Laudate Dominum - W A Mozart

Misericordias Domini - W A Mozart

Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 - J S Bach

Cantique de Jean Racine - G Fauré

 

Fauré requiem

(liturgical performance)

16:30 Sunday 5th November, Christchurch Cathedral, 414 Sparks St, Ottawa

Combined Choirs of Christchurch Cathedral with orchestra

 

Nouvelle-France

Sunday 26th November, Châteauguay

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

 

Christmas Oratorio (complete) - J.S. BACH

15:00 Sunday 3rd December 2017, Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal / Ensemble Caprice

Co-directed with Matthias Maute

 

Family Christmas Spectacular

15:00 Sunday 10th December, St Joseph's (174 Wilbrod), Ottawa

Cantata Singers of Ottawa

Cathedral Brass

 

Joshua Bell’s Christmas

Wednesday 20th December, National Arts Centre, Ottawa

Christchurch Cathedral men and boys choir

 

Nouvelle-France

Thursday 15th February, St John's Smith Square, London, UK

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

Missa in Angustiis (Nelson Mass)

30th July to 6th August

CAMMAC - Week 6

 

D'amour et D'ivresse

Tuesday 5th September, Arsenal art contemporain, Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

 

SING OTTAWA EN CHOEUR

MUSIC FROM NEW FRANCE AND QUÉBEC

19:30 Friday 23rd June 2017, Knox Presbyterian Church, 120 Lisgar Street, Ottawa

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

 

SING OTTAWA EN CHOEUR

OTTAWA IN SONG

15:00 Saturday 24th June 2017, Knox Presbyterian Church, 120 Lisgar Street, Ottawa

Cantata Singers of Ottawa

 

SING OTTAWA EN CHOEUR

Canada Celebration 2017

19:30 Sunday 25th June 2017, St Joseph's (174 Wilbrod) Ottawa

Cantata Singers of Ottawa, Capital Chamber Choir, Combined Choirs of Ottawa

Co-directed with Jamie Loback

 

Halleluja! Schütz, Schein & scheidt

19:30 Thursday 4th May 2017, Chapelle du Grand Séminaire de Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

O Herr, ich bin dein Knecht - Johann Hermann Schein

Freue dich des Weibes deiner Jugend - Johann Hermann Schein

Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen - Heinrich Schütz

Padouana de la Suite no 2 - Johann Hermann Schein

Saul, Saul, was verfolgst du Mich? - Heinrich Schütz

Gott sei mir gnädig - Johann Hermann Schein

Komm, heiliger Geist - Heinrich Schütz

Vater unser im Himmelreich - Samuel Scheidt

Halleluja! Lobet den Herren in sienem Heiligtum - Heinrich Schütz

 

venetian vespers by candlelight

20:00 Saturday 18th March 2017, St Joseph's (174 Wilbrod), Ottawa

Cantata Singers of Ottawa with

La Rose des Vents, Ottawa Baroque Consort, Bronwyn Thies-Thompson (Soprano) and Matthew Larkin (Continuo)

Excerpts from Monteverdi Vespers 1610 and Gabrieli Sacred Symphonies

 

eternal russia

19:30 Saturday 1st April 2017, Salle Bourgie, Montréal

14:00 Sunday 2nd April 2017, Salle Bourgie, Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal (24 voices)

Music from the Orthodox Choral tradition including:

Easter Canon (excerpts) - Nikolai Dilestky

Glory... Only begotten son - Vasily Titov

Do not reject me in my old age - Maksym Berezovsky

Of thy Mystical Supper - Alexander Gretchaninoff

Blessed art thou O lord - Sergei Rachmaninoff

Lord's Prayer - Igor Stravinsky

The Mystical Supper - Gerorgi Sviridov

Beatitudes - Valdmir Martynov

 

COLOURS OF ORLANDO

Sunday 20th November, Église de la Visitation, Ahuntsic

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

 

music by Orlando Lassus to include:

Laudate Dominum omnes gentes a 12

Laudate Dominum, quoniam bonus a 7

Mira loquor sed digna fide a 10

Te Deum laudamus

Aurora lucis rutilat a 10

 

CHRISTMAS WITH CHARPENTIER

19:30 Friday 16th December 2016, Église Saint-Léon de Westmount, Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal et Orchestre de Clavecin en concert

co-directed with Luc Beauséjour

 

Canticum in nativitatem Domini H314 - Marc Antonie Charpentier

Magnificat H73 - Marc Antonie Charpentier

Messe de minuit - Marc Antonie Charpentier

- - - -

Beatus Vir H221 - Marc Antonie Charpentier

Te Deum H146 - Marc Antonie Charpentier

 

FAMILY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR

15:00 Sunday 18th December 2016, St Joseph's (174 Wilbrod) Ottawa

Cantata Singers of Ottawa with guest artists

Ottawa Children's Choir

Caroline Leonardelli (harp)

Cathedral Brass

Jamie Loback

 

music to include:

Extracts from a Ceremony of Carols - Benjamin Britten

Fanfares and Descants - David Willcocks

 

MUSIC FOR THE VIRGIN QUEEN

15:00 Sunday 16th October 2016, Église Saint-Léon de Westmount, Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

 

Loquebantur variis linguis a 7 - Thomas Tallis

O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth - William Byrd

If ye love me - Thomas Tallis

Semper Dowland, Semper Dolens - John Dowland

Super flumina Babylonis a 8 - Philippe da Monte

Quomodo cantabimus a 8 - William Byrd

- - - -

Zefiro torna e'l bel tempo - Girolamo Conversi

I sang sometime - Luca Marenzio

Le rossignol - Orlando Lassus

The nightingale - Alfonso Ferrabosco

Extracts from Pavans, Galliards, Almains, 1599 - Anthony Holborn

Draw on sweet night - John Wilby

Hark! Did ye ever hear? - Thomas Hunt

As Vesta was from Latmos - Thomas Weelkes

 

SHAKESPEARE IN SONG

15:00 Sunday 30th October 2016, St Joseph's (174 Wilbrod) Ottawa

Cantata Singers of Ottawa

Music to include:

Un jour vis un foulon - Orlando Lassus

It was a lover and his lass - Thomas Morley

Full Fathom Five - Robert Johnson II

Three Shakepeare Songs - Ralph Vaughan Williams

Songs from Shakespeare - Harry Freedman

Music to Hear - George Shearing

 

ENGLISH MUSIC: CHORAL WORKSHOP

14:00 Saturday 1st October 2016, Notre Dame Cathedral-Basilica, Ottawa

Royal Canadian College of Organists

 

Springtime Romance

15:00 Sunday 15th May 2016, St Joseph's (174 Wilbrod) Ottawa

Cantata Singers of Ottawa with

Caroline Leonardelli - Harp

Lawrence Vine and Louis-Pierre Bergeron - Horns

 

music to include:

Che fa oggi il mio sole - Luca Marenzio

Flora gave me fairest flowers - John Wilbye

4 Gesange, Op. 17  - Johannes Brahms

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Waltz of the flowers - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 

5 flower songs - Benjamin Britten

My love is like a red red rose - Trad (arranged S Carrington)

 

EARLY ENGLISH MASTERPIECES

Saturday 2nd April, Bertrand, Sunday 3rd April Bathurst, Monday 4th April Richibouctou,

Le Choeur Louisbourg with Jonathan Addleman

 

Summer is icumen in - Anon

Ah Robyn - William Cornysh

Pastime in good company - King Henry VIII

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Veni Redemptor - Thomas Tallis

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Libera Nos - John Sheppard

Loquebantur variis linguis - Thomas Tallis

Ave Maria - Robert Parsons

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Hexachord Fantasia - William Byrd

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With all our hearts - Thomas Tallis

O Lord the maker of all things - William Mundy

Laudibus in Sanctis - William Byrd

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The Lady Oriana - John Wilbye

Hark! Did ye ever hear? - John Hunt

The Silver Swan - Orlando Gibbons

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Ground - Thomas Tomkins

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Hosanna to the son of David - Thomas Weelkes

O sing unto the Lord - Thomas Tomkins

O clap your hands - Orlando Gibbons

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Toccata - Giovanni Battista Draghi

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Hear my prayer O Lord - Henry Purcell

Jehova quam multi sunt hostes mei - Henry Purcell

 

 

BANQUET CHORAL

15:00 Sunday 17th April 2016, Église Saint-Pierre-Apôtre

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal AND Elora Festival Singers

co-directed with Noel Edison

 

Deo Gratias a 36 - Ockeghem

O virgo Virginum - Josquin des Prez

Osculetur me - Orlando Lassus

Amor dove mi guidi - Giovanni Gabrieli

Crucifixus - Antonio Lotti

Agnus Dei from Mass in Eb - Josef Rheinberger

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Agnus Dei (after Adagio for Strings) - Samuel Barber

Richte Mich Gott: Psalm 43 - Felix Mendelssohn

Herr nun lässest du deinen Diener in frieden fahren - Felix Mendelssohn

Sleep - Eric Whitacre

Water Night - Eric Whitacre

Lux Aurumque - Eric Whitacre

Her Sacred Spirit Soars - Eric Whitacre

Kyrie from the Mass for four choirs - Oravzio Benevoli

 

LENTEN MASTERWORKS

15:00 Sunday 13th March 2016, St Joseph's Church, 174 Wilbrod St, Ottawa

14:30 pre-concert talk on the history and mystery of the the Miserere mei by Allegri.

The Cantata Singers of Ottawa

 

O vos omnes - Ralph Vaughan Williams

Reproaches - John Sanders

The North American Premiere of

Lamentations - John Duggan

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Wilt thou forgive - Mark Sirrett

Ubi Caritas - Maurice Duruflé

Christus factus est - Anton Bruckner

Ave Verum - William Byrd

The North American Premiere of the "evolution edition" of

Miserere mei - Gregorio Allegri

 

CONSOLATION & HOPE

15:00 Saturday 27th and 14:00 Sunday 28th February 2016,

Bourgie Hall, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

 

Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, Cantata BWV 150 - J.S. Bach

Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe, Cantata BWV 22 - J.S. Bach

In allen meinen Taten, Cantata BWV 97 - J.S. Bach

 

MESSIAH

19:30, Friday 11th December 2015, Saint Léon de Westmount, Montréal QC

14:30, Sunday 13th December, Saint-Joachim de Châteauguay

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

 

AT THE SUMMIT

20:00 Friday 27th November 2015, Maison Symphonique, 1600 Rue Saint-Urbain, Montréal

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal and Ensemble Caprice

Co-conducted with Matthias Maute and featuring soloists:

Shannon Mercer, Leandro Marziotte, Rufus Muller and Clayton Kennedy

 

Birthday Ode for Queen Anne - George Frederic Handel

Brandenburg Concerto No.4 - J.S. Bach

Founding Hospital Anthem (1749 version) - George Frederic Handel

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Magnificat - C.P.E. Bach

 

RACHMANINOFF VESPERS BY CANDLELIGHT

20:00, Saturday 24th October 2015, St Joseph's Church, 174 Wilbrod St, Ottawa

The Cantata Singers of Ottawa

 

Magnificat - Arvo Pärt

Nunc Dimittis - Gustav Holst

Into thine hands - Jonathan Dove

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All-night Vigil (op37) - Sergei Rachmaninoff

 

MEMORIAL TO CHRISTOPHER JACKSON

15:00, Sunday 18th October 2015, Saint Léon de Westmount, Montréal QC

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

 

Canticum Canticorum - Giovanni Palestrina

Quam pulchri sunt

Duo ubera tua

Quam pulchra es

Guttur tuum

Veni, dilecte mi

Nigra sum - Jehan L'Héritier

Nigra sum sed formosa - Michael Praetorius

Quam pulchra es - Ferdinado di Lasso

Osculetur me osculo - Vincenzo Bertulosi

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Ego flos campi - Clemens non Papa

Anima mea liquefacta est - Giovanni Croce

Ego Dormio - Leone Leoni

Missa Quam Pulchra es  - Nicolas Gombert

Gloria

Sanctus

Agnus Dei

 

THE EARTH WILL TREMBLE

19:00, Wednesday 19th August 2015, Dieppe NB

19:00, Thursday 20th August 2015, Wolfville NS

19:00 Friday 21st August 2015, Yarmouth NS

19:00 Saturday 22nd August, Luneburg NS

19:30 Sunday 23rd August, Indian River PEI

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

 

Terra Tremuit - William Byrd

Terra Tremuit - Giovanni Palestrina

Quoties diem illum - Jacobus Vaet

Heu, mihi Domine - Thomas Crecquillon

Timor et Tremor - Orlando Lassus

Terra Tremuit - Giovanni Giorgi

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Missa et ecce terrae motus (Earthquake Mass) - Antoine Brumel

 

 

MUSIC FROM THE SISTINE CHAPEL

15:00, Sunday 27th September 2015, Eglise de la Visitation, Montréal QC

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

 

Kyrie, Gloria and Agnus Dei from Missa Papae Marcelli - Giovanni Palestrina

Inviolata et casta es - Josquin des Prés

Super flumina Babylonis - Luca Marenzio

Lamentabatur Jacob - Luca Marenzio

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Laudate pueri - Giovanni Palestrina

Beatus Laurentius - Giovanni Palestrina

Miserere Mei - Gregorio Allegri

Terra Tremuit - Giovanni Giorgi