2004 - 2005 Season
Pro Coro Canada’s 2004-2005 Season is one of the most exciting it has ever mounted…
Seven magnificent concerts!
The line-up for the upcoming season includes beloved classics, ambitious choral works, the lighter – jazzy side of Pro Coro, internationally renowned guest conductors and soloists, and the unmatched sound of Pro Coro Canada.
As a subscriber, you will benefit from great prices, which are lower per concert than last season, continue to experience the acoustics, comfort and amenities of this great concert hall, and reserve your favourite seats.
It is my privilege to work with this dedicated board of directors, talented staff and this wonderful choir. Join us as we continue to bring you the very best that choral music has to offer.
I look forward
to seeing you.
Richard Sparks,
Artistic Director and Principal Conductor
Sunday, Oct 03 2004, 2 pm
Richard Sparks, Conductor
The season-opening
concert featured Haydn’s great Missa in tempore belli (Mass in Time
of War) with chamber orchestra. The first half of concert included works
by Czech composer Antonin Dvorák, and the music of Albertan, Allan Bevan. This concert,
presented in partnership with the Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central
European Studies at the University of Alberta, was the first in a series
of annual concerts featuring Haydn’s late Masses and the music of
central Europe.
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Sunday, Nov 14 2004, 2 pm
Anders Eby, Guest Conductor
The second concert
brings Pro Coro Canada’s former Artistic Director, Anders Eby (Sweden)
as guest conductor. Anders Eby, an extremely gifted and charismatic conductor,
will lead the choir in a programme featuring the beautiful and vibrant a
cappella music of his homeland.
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Sunday, Dec 12 2004, 2 pm
Richard Sparks, Conductor
Featuring beautiful
a cappella choral music, contributions by Jeremy Spurgeon on the Davis Concert
Organ, carols sung by the audience, and something new & exciting –
JUBILOSO! Bells of Concordia and classical guitarist, Caesar Zmyslowski.
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Mária Guinand Returns!
Sunday, Jan 30 2005, 2 pm
Maria Guinand, Guest Conductor
The choir has the
thrill of bringing back the wonderful Venezuelan conductor, Mária Guinand
for a Latin Fiesta! Ms. Guinand is a very dynamic conductor, and brings
great excitement to the music. Her 2002 debut with the choir was electrifying!
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Sunday, Feb 27 2005, 2 pm
Trent Worthington, Conductor
Pro Coro Canada’s
Associate Conductor, Trent Worthington leads the choir in a programme of
jazz choral works, featuring jazz legends
P.J. Perry (saxophone) and Doug Riley (piano), with the Victoria School of Performing Arts Concert Choir, Jeremy Spurgeon (piano), and of course the exquisite sound and highly versatile talents
of Pro Coro Canada.
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Friday, Mar 25 2005, 7:30 pm
Richard Sparks, Conductor
For its highly popular Good Friday concert, Pro Coro Canada with chamber orchestra performs one of the world’s most beloved works, Mozart’s Requiem – a work rich in beauty and great depth.
As an exciting bonus, Pro Coro Canada will also be presenting the world première performance of a major composition by Allan Bevan, Nou Goth Sonne Under Wode. Mr. Bevan is quickly becoming recognized as one of Canada's most outstanding a respected composers. Performers, audiences and music reviewers are unanimous in their praise of his work - richly scored, and powerfully moving.
Sunday, Apr 24 2005, 2 pm
Richard Sparks, Conductor
...the 20th century's greatest classical hit
Globe & Mail February 2005
By popular demand, the final concert of this great season is Carl Orff’s incomparable Carmina Burana, paired with Stravinsky’s spectacular Svadebka (Les Noces). The Winspear will be filled with the energetic sound provided by an expanded Pro Coro Canada with
Cantilon Chamber Choir
4 grand pianos
International Piano Quartet
5 soloists
Sharla Nafziger, soprano; Mireille Rijavec, alto; John Tessier, tenor; Michael Meraw, baritone, Timothy J. Anderson, bass
5 percussionists
Hammerhead Consort Percussionists