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May 5 2018 at 7:30pm
Eastminster United Church 310 Danfoth Avenue Toronto, ON |
Dreamweaver
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VOCA Chorus of Toronto
Jenny Crober, Artistic Director Elizabeth Acker, Accompanist Jason Fowler, guitar VOCA Chamber Strings |
The VOCA Chorus of Toronto is thrilled to be presenting the Canadian premiere of world-renowned composer Ola Gjeilo’s DREAMWEAVER on Sat., May 5, 2018. Dreamweaver, scored for choir, soprano soloist, string orchestra and piano, is a lush and evocative setting of a Norwegian medieval poem, ‘Draumkvedet’, an epic text with an expressive English adaptation by Mr. Gjeilo’s regular collaborator, poet and composer Charles Anthony Silvestri.
Also featured that evening will be Ola Gjeilo’s SATB setting of his stunning Song Of The Universal, a Toronto (and possibly Canadian) premiere, scored for choir, strings and piano, with an exquisite text by Walt Whitman.
Other evocative works will include Mr. Gjeilo’s gorgeous The Lake Isle, for steel-string guitar, piano and string quartet, with text by William Butler Yeats; Toronto composer Eleanor Daley’s sublime setting of the same text, The Lake Isle of Innisfree; Gordon Lightfoot’s classic, Pussywillows, Cat-tails, beautifully arranged by another Toronto composer, Bonnie Penfound; Ottawa’s Laura Hawley’s joyful, jazz-inspired setting of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 43 (All Days Are Nights); Kingston composer Mark Sirett’s exquisite Carrickfergus, and more…
Also featured that evening will be Ola Gjeilo’s SATB setting of his stunning Song Of The Universal, a Toronto (and possibly Canadian) premiere, scored for choir, strings and piano, with an exquisite text by Walt Whitman.
Other evocative works will include Mr. Gjeilo’s gorgeous The Lake Isle, for steel-string guitar, piano and string quartet, with text by William Butler Yeats; Toronto composer Eleanor Daley’s sublime setting of the same text, The Lake Isle of Innisfree; Gordon Lightfoot’s classic, Pussywillows, Cat-tails, beautifully arranged by another Toronto composer, Bonnie Penfound; Ottawa’s Laura Hawley’s joyful, jazz-inspired setting of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 43 (All Days Are Nights); Kingston composer Mark Sirett’s exquisite Carrickfergus, and more…
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May 13 2018 at 3pm
St. Barnabas on the Danforth 361 Danforth Avenue Toronto, ON |
BWV 4 & 196
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Toronto Bach Festival
Ellen McAteer, soprano Simon Honeyman, countertenor Nils Brown, tenor Joel Alison, bass-baritone |
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May 26, 2018 at 7:30PM
Mixon Hall 11021 East Boulevard Cleveland, OH |
Festival Teams Recital
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June 2 2018 at 7pm
Woodroffe United Church 207 Woodroffe Avenue Ottawa, ON |
GIRL
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Cantiamo Girl's Choir Spring Concert
Jackie Hawley, conductor |
