2009-2010 Season
Eleven Seasons with Sparks
Gala Opening Concert
Richard Sparks, Conductor
Sunday, October 4, 2009
2:30pm McDougall United Church
Leonard Bernstein's dramatic and exciting Choruses from 'The Lark' (based on a play about Joan of Arc by Jean Anouilh) are featured on the first half of this program, along with the premiere of Trent Worthington's trio of choruses with Jeremy Spurgoean, piano. In the second half of the program, Pro Coro is joined by the Pre-Tenors. Opera choruses, the Pre-Tenors' patented hijinks, great singing, and some special surpirses make for a great opening concert.
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Male Voices: The Tradition Continues
Trent Worthington , Conductor
Sunday, November 15, 2009
2:30pm McDougall United Church
The May 24th 2009 Male Voices Concert was a real event! Please join us for yet another installment of the men of Pro Coro and invited guests. Trent will feature both serious and lighter repertoire of interest to all!
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A Pro Coro Christmas
Richard Sparks, Conductor
Sunday, December 13, 2009
2:30pm Winspear Centre
All the beauty of music for the Christmas season as only Pro Coro can sing it! From a cappella gems to the glory of the Davis Concert Organ... and you get to sing along with Pro Coro on some favorite carols. Eagerly anticipated is the premiere of Allan Bevan's newest composition, commissioned by Pro Coro. Those who heard his Good Friday work, Nou goth, know the beauty and drama of his music. Be prepared to greet this work with as much enthusiasm as the last one. This concert is a must!
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The Heart of Kyiv
Mark Bailey, Guest Conductor
Sunday, February 7, 2010
2:30pm McDougall United Church
Ukraine and its capital Kyiv were either the point of origin or the gateway leading to a golden age of choral music for the Orthodox Church in Eastern Europe. Mark Bailey is an expert on Slavic choral music. He grew up in the Ukrainian church, conducts the Yale Russian Chorus (since 1995) and teaches musical liturgy at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary. He brings to Pro Coro a program of Ukrainian sacred masterpieces from chant through to the great works of Bortniansky: Stunningly beautiful a cappella music.
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Good Friday at the Winspear
Richard Sparks, Conductor
Friday, April 2, 2010
7:30pm Winspear Centre
You may not have known it, but Johannes Brahms himself made an adaptation of his German Requiem for piano four hands. In it, he takes his monumental work and casts it in a more intimate way, making it a transparent chamber work. Pro Coro's fabulous voices will allow you to hear this work in a new way, and its message of hope ("Blessed are they who mourn") makes it Perfect for Good Friday.
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