PATRICK WEDD, DIR.
 

 
CONCERT HISTORY
 
2006 - 2007
Francopholies (November 25, 2006)
Christ Church Cathedral
Trois motets, Pierre Villette
Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence, Francis Poulenc
Ave verum pour voix de femmes
Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël
Trois Chansons, Maurice Ravel
Deux chansons, Camille Saint-Saëns
Suite québécoise, Simon Leclerc
Trois Chansons de Charles d’Orléans, Claude Debussy
Je voudrais voir la mer arr. Ron Smail, Michel Rivard
 
Ensemble (March 17 & 18, 2007)
Dominion-Chalmers United Church, Ottawa
Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal
Concert given with the Ottawa Bach Choir (dir. Lisette Canton)
Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt, SWV 36, Heinrich Schütz
Sound Canticle on Bay Psalm 23, Gregg Smith
Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225, Johann Sebastian Bach
Two Hymns to the Mother of God, John Tavener
Immortal Bach, Knut Nystedt
Gloria Deo per immensa sæcula, Healey Willan
Westminster Mass, Roxanna Panufnik
 
2005 - 2006
Lamentations (November 13, 2005)
Christ Church Cathedral
Lamentatio prima, Orlande de Lassus
O Crux, op. 79, Knut Nystedt
Lectio Prima, Robert White
Lamentaciones de Jeremias Propheta, Alberto Ginastera
Immortal Bach, arr. Knut Nystedt
Requiem (1936), Herbert Howells
 
Virtuoso a cappella II (April 30, 2006)
Christ Church Cathedral
Gamelan R., Murray Schafer
Mass in G minor, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ubi caritas, Imant Raminsh
Magnificat, Giles Swayne
Agneau de Dieu, Rupert Lang
In The Beginning, Aaron Copland
 
2004 - 2005
Around the world in songs (November 14, 2004)
Christ Church Cathedral
The Banks of Loch Erin, arr. Derek Healey
Five English Folk Songs, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Scarborough Fair, arr. Daryl Runswick
Ca’ the yowes, arr. Dean Rishel
Eriskay Love Lilt ,arr. Simon Carrington
L’amour de moy ,arr. Simon Leclerc
Chansons françaises, Francis Poulenc
Die nachtigall, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
In stiller Nacht, Johannes Brahms
Négy szlovák népdal, sz 70, Béla Bartók
Takeda No Komoriuta, arr. Grayston Ives
Muié Rendêra, arr. C.A. Pinto Fonseca
Te Quiero, arr. Liliana Cangiano
Shenandoah, arr. James Erb/Marshall Bartholomew
Nelly Bly, arr. Jack Halloran
Suite Québécoise, Ward Swingle
À la claire fontaine, arr. Simon Leclerc
 
Brahms Classique (May 15, 2005)
Christ Church Cathedral
Cantus Missæ, opus 109, Joseph Rheinberger
Ein Deutsches Requiem, opus 45 (London), Johannes Brahms
 
2003 - 2004
From Sea to Sky (November 16, 2003)
Christ Church Cathedral
Missa Brevis Ruth Watson Henderson
Ecce Homo Jeffrey Ryan
Christe, qui lux es et dies Paul Halley
Jesus, erbarme dich Claude Vivier
Gloria Deo per immensa sæcula Healey Willan
Deep in the hearts is where we are one Keith Hamel
Soleils couchants André Prévost
Sous le pont Mirabeau Lionel Daunais
Five Songs of the Newfoundland Outports Harry Somers
 
Heart and Soul (May 9, 2004)
Christ Church Cathedral
Revoici venir du printans, Claude LeJeune
Ubi caritas plainchant
Ubi caritas, Maurice Duruflé
Rise up, my fair one, Healey Willan
Most gracious lord of life, Cecil Armstrong Gibbs
A Village Wedding, John Tavener
Neue Liebeslieder Walzer, Johannes Brahms
It was a lover and his lass, Thomas Morley
It was a lover and his lass, Ward Swingle
Lamento d'Arianna, Claudio Monteverdi
Lieto Godea, Giovanni Gabrieli
Bonjour, mon cœur, Roland de Lassus
My love dwelt in a northern land, Edward Elgar
Il est bel et bon ,Pierre Passereau
Deep Purple, Peter de Rose, arr. Carter/Blackwell
Ain't misbehavin' Fats Waller and Harry Brooks, arr. Gritton
Laura David Raskin, arr. Williams
The Song is You Jerome Kern, arr. Smail
 
2002 - 2003
From Taverner to Tavener (February 23, 2003)
Christ Church Cathedral
Christe Jesu, pastor bone, John Taverner
Gaude gloriosa Dei Mater, Thomas Tallis
Mass for five voices (Kyrie • Gloria), William Byrd
Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes, Henry Purcell
Hosanna to the Son of David, Orlando Gibbons
In exitu Israel, Samuel Wesley
Hail, Gladdening Light, Charles Wood
Salve Regina, Herbert Howells
Negro Sprituals from A Child of Our Time, Sir Michael Tippett
Steal Away • By and By I Love the Lord , Jonathan Harvey
The Lamb, Sir John Tavener
God is With Us: A Christmas Proclamation
 
Déjà vu (June 1, 2003)
Pollack Hall at McGill University
Kyrie “Orbis Factor”, Gregorian Chant
Kyrie from Mass in G minor, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Nines2 (World Premiere), Patrick Wedd
Or Soit loué l’Éternel, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Ave Maria, Franz Biebl
Salve regina, Gregorian Chant
Salve Regina, Francis Poulenc
Sound Canticle on Bay Psalm 23, Gregg Smith
Witness, Trad. arr. Halloran
Thank You, Jesus, Trad. arr. Morris
Six Chansons, Paul Hindemith
Old American Songs, Aaron Copland
Country Dances, Ward Swingle
Five Folk Songs, Sir David Willcocks
Odysseus and the Sirens, Harry Garrett Phillips
Autumn Leaves / Les feuilles mortes Kosmam, arr. Andrew Carter
In the Mood Garland, arr. Peter Gritton
 
2001 - 2002
In Memoriam (November 11, 2001)
Église unie Erskine and American United Church
Solfeggio per coro a cappella (1964/1996), Arvo Pärt
Magnificat für gemischten chor (1989)
Berliner-Messe (1990, rev. 1997)
Requiem, op. 48 Gabriel Fauré
 
Americana (April 28, 2002)
Église unie Erskine and American United Church
Brief Mass (1993), Dan Locklair
Chorus (1974/5), John Steinmetz
Odysseus and the Sirens (1981), Harry Garrett Phillips
Agnus Dei, Samuel Barber
Reincarnations, op. 16, S. Barber
Sixty-Seventh Psalm, Charles E. Ives
Psalm 10,0 Cindy McTee
Chichester Psalms, Leonard Bernstein
 
2000 - 2001
Motets Bach (November 12, 2000)
Chapelle du Grand Séminaire
Singet dem Herrn BWV 225, Johann Sebastian Bach
Offertoire sur les Grands Jeux, Nicolas de Grigny
Récit de tierce en taille, Komm, Jesu, Komm BWV 229
Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir BWV 228
Jesu meine Freude BWV 227
Extraits de l’hymne Veni Creator Spiritus, Nicolas de Grigny
Veni Creator Spiritus en taille à 5 • Fugue à 5 • Duo • Dialogue sur les Grands Jeux
Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf BWV 226
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BWV 230
 
Rachmaninoff Vespers (May 6, 2001)
Chapelle du Grand Séminaire
Messe pour double chœur (1922), Frank Martin
Vsenoshchnoye Bdeniye (Vespers), Serge Rachmaninov
 
1999 - 2000
Glorieuse Mort (Nov. 7, 1999)
Église Saint-Germain d’Outremont
Officium Defunctorum (1605), Tomás Luis de Victoria
Tædet animam meam
Missa pro defunctis
Exultate Deo, Francis Poulenc
Salve Regina
Gloria pour Soprano Solo, Chœur et Orchestre (1959)
 
From Brahms to Broadway (March 19, 2000)
Pollack Hall at McGill University
Liebeslieder-Walzer, op. 52, Johannes Brahms
Liebeslieder Polkas (S. ), P.D.Q. Bach
Ain’t misbehavin’, Waller & Brooks/Razaf arr. Gritton
Autumn Leaves, Kosma/Mercer & Parsons arr. Carter
Tea for Two, Youmans/Caesar arr. Gritton
Deep Purple, De Rose/Parish arr. Carter & Blackwell
In the Mood, Garland arr. Gritton
 
1998 -1999
Gloria (December 5, 1998)
Église Saint-Germain d’Outremont
A Boy was Born, Op. 3, Benjamin Britten
We wish you a merry Christmas, arr. Arthur Warrell
Dans les ombres de la nuit, Peter Mathews
Good King Wenceslas, arr. Reginald Jacques
Dans cette étable, Humphrey Clucas
Wassail Song, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams
Two Seasonal Songs, Op. 145, John Gardner
The Boar’s Head Carol, Trad.
Hymne à la Vierge, Pierre Villette
Deck the Hall, arr. Sir David Willcocks
The Twelve Days of Christmas, arr. John Rutter
Gloria, John Rutter
White Christmas Tormé / Berlin
 
Sacred & Profane (April 25, 1999)
Pollack Hall at McGill University
Symphony of Psalms, Igor Stravinsky
Carmina Burana, Carl Orff
 
1997 -1998
Shakespearience (November 9, 1997)
Christ Church Cathedral
It was a lover and his lass, Thomas Morley
Two Songs from Shakespeare, Keith Bissell
Three Shakespeare Songs, Ralph Vaughan Williams
It was a lover and his lass, Ward Swingle
Songs of Ariel, Frank Martin
It was a lover and his lass, Donald Patriquin
Sound Canticle on Bay Psalm 23, Gregg Smith
Simple Gifts • At the River • Las Agachadas, Aaron Copland
My Foolish Heart, Washington/Young, arr. Ron Smail
The Song is You, Hammerstein/Kern arr. Smail
Country Dances, Ward Swingle
 
Ave Maria (May 10, 1998)
Église Saint-Germain d’Outremont
Magnificat, Plainchant
Totus Tuus, Op. 60, Henryk Górecki
Ave Maria, Plainchant
Ave Maria, Robert Parsons
Hymn to the Mother of God, John Tavener
Ave Maria ,Franz Biebl
Stabat Mater, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Salve Regina, Plainchant
Salve Regina, Francis Poulenc
Magnificat (Collegium Regale), John Tavener
Ave Maria, Anton Bruckner
Ave Maria, Igor Stravinsky
Bogoroditse Devo (Ave Maria), Sergei Rachmaninoff
Hymne à la Vierge, Pierre Villette
Amen, Henryk Górecki
 
1996 -1997
Virtuoso a cappella (November 2, 9 & 10, 1996)
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Ottawa
St. Matthias’ Church, Westmount
Église Saint-Germain d’Outremont
Resurrexi Gregorian Introit
Almighty Father, Leonard Bernstein
Kyrie Deus sempiterne, Gregorian
Kyrie (Missa Brevis V), Healey Willan
Factus est silentium, Richard Dering
Libera nos, John Sheppard
Reges Tharsis 
Vespers (Excerpts), Sergei Rachmaninov
Five English Folksongs, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams
In the Beginning, Aaron Copland
Éjszaka och Reggel, György Ligeti
 
Celebration (May 4, 1997)
St. Patrick’s Basilica
Danket dem Herrn SWV 45, Heinrich Schütz
Messe, Op. 130, Joseph Jongen
Three Motets, Charles V. Stanford
Chorus (1975), John Steinmetz
In the Beginning, Aaron Copland
Odysseus and the Sirens (1981), H. Garrett Phillips
Amazing Grace, arr. Ron Smail
Witness, arr. Jack Halloran
 
1995 -1996
Laudate Dominum (November 18 & 26, 1995)
Church of St. Andrew & St. Mark, Dorval
Église Saint-Germain d’Outremont
O Praise the Lord, all ye Heathen, Thomas Tomkins
Agnus Dei (Missa Puer Natus Est), Thomas Tallis
Magnificat septimi toni, Roland de Lassus
Canticum trium puerorum, Heinrich Schütz
Messe pour double chœur, Frank Martin
An Apostrophe to the Heavenly Hosts, Healey Willan
 
Requiem de Duruflé (April 1, 1996)
Église Saint-Germain d’Outremont
Requiem, Op. 9, Maurice Duruflé
Three motets, Charles V. Stanford
Crucifixus, Antonio Lotti
Victimæ paschali, William Byrd
Veni Creator Spiritus, Adam Rener
O Clap Your Hands, Orlando Gibbons
Fugue sur le nom d’Alain, op. 7, Maurice Duruflé
Viri Galilæi, Patrick Gowers
Five Mystical Songs, Ralph Vaughan Williams
 
1994 -1995
In Praise of Music (November 23, 1994)
Église Saint-Germain d’Outremont
Psaume 150, César Franck
Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël, Francis Poulenc
Messe solennelle, Louis Vierne
Cantantibus organis, Peter Philips
Hymn to Saint Cecilia, Benjamin Britten
Six chansons, Paul Hindemith
Amazing Grace, arr. Ron Smail
Witness, arr. Jack Halloran
Steal Away, arr. Joseph Jennings
I thank you, Jesus, arr. Robert Morris
Les Raftsmen, arr. Patrick Wedd
 
Choral Music of Great Britain (May 14, 1995
Église Saint-Germain d’Outremont
Parce mihi, Domine Cristobal de Morales
Mass in G minor, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Veni Creator Spiritus, Patrick Wedd
Come, Holy Ghost, Jonathan Harvey
Greensleeves, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams
Choral Dances from Gloriana, Benjamin Britten
Three Shakespeare Songs, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Two Unaccompanied Part-Songs, Frederick Delius
Five Folk-Songs, arr. David Willcocks
Linden Lea, Ralph Vaughan Williams
 
1993 -1994
Byrd / Sweelinck (November 21, 1993)
Church of St. John the Evangelist
Diliges Dominum, William Byrd
Mass for Five Voices
O Sing Joyfully
Du Seigneur Dieu en tous endroits, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Or sus, serviteurs du Seigneur
Du Seigneur les bontés sans fin
Vous tous qui la tere habitez
Mon âme en Dieu tant seulement
Jamais ne cesseray
Or soit, loué l'éternel
 
Music for Great Spaces (May 8, 1994)
Église Saint-Germain d’Outremont
Praise the name of the Lord, Pavel Chesnokov
Cherubic Hymn, Dmitri Bortnianski
Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Sergei Rachmaninoff
In Exitu Israel, Samuel Wesley
Chorus ,John Steinmetz
How they so softly rest, Healey Willan
Rise up, my love, my fair one, Healey Willan
I beheld her, beautiful as a dove, Healey Willan
Gloria Deo per immensa saecula, Healey Willan
Odysseus and the Sirens, H. Garrett Phillips