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Sunday November 13, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Remembrance

Johannes Brahms - Deutsches Requiem Dan Locklair - Gloria in excelsis, from Brief Mass  Paul Patterson - Kyrie and Gloria Healey Willan - Kyrie Eleison, from  Missa Brevis 5 Musica Orbium Patrick Wedd, Artistic Director Stéphanie Manias, soprano Dion Mazarolle, baritone Anne-marie Denoncourt, piano Pamela Reimer, piano Christ Church Cathedral 635 Sainte-Catherine Street West Montréal, QC H3A 2B8

In honour of Remembrance Day, we celebrate the living and remember those who have passed, through profound, eternal works composed by our contemporaries and those who have gone before them. From Willan’s stunning polyphonic Kyrie, to Locklair’s dynamic illumination of the Gloria. From the wild, jazzy rhythms and uninhibited outcries of Patterson’s striking Kyrie and Gloria to Brahms’ profound and majestic masterpiece, with which he changed the traditional ‘mass for the dead’ to point out a path of hope for mankind. We present the version for choir, soloists, and piano four hands as arranged by Brahms himself.

 
Sunday April 22, 2012 at 7:30 pm
J.S. Bach - Mass in B minor

Musica Orbium Patrick Wedd, Artistic Director Ensemble Caprice Hélène Brunet,soprano Stéphanie Manias,soprano Claudine Ledoux, mezzo-soprano Philippe Gagné, tenor Normand Richard, bass Église Saint-Pierre-Apôtre 1201, rue de la Visitation Montréal, QC  H2L 3B5 Metro Beaudry

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Bach B-Minor Mass Adult $35.00Senior/Student/Unemployed $20.00

The second concert (April 22, 2012 at Église Saint-Pierre-Apôtre) features Bach’s B minor Mass, a jewel of the choral repertory rarely presented by amateur choirs because it requires a considerable number of singers and instrumentalists as well as five soloists.

Bach’s only Mass is a sublime work—grandiose, spellbinding and technically perfect. Many consider it the ideal piece of sacred music, to be approached with a humble spirit and a determination to serve the music above all. Nevertheless, there is also a lighter side to this work and there are moments of joy and of acceptance of the human condition. For the first time in its twenty years of existence, Musica Orbium accepts the challenge to do justice to this masterpiece, to express its many nuances and changing emotions in an atmosphere of sacred devotion.

We are privileged to welcome Ensemble Caprice for the orchestral part of this evening. The winner of several prestigious awards, this group, directed by Matthias Maute, is well known for its innovative interpretation of baroque music.