2009 - 2010 Event Schedule

Unless otherwise specified, tickets are $20 each, and $10 for students at the door.

A KING'S CHRISTMAS

Friday, December 11 2009, 7:30pm
St. John's Anglican Church, Lunenburg

Sunday, December 13 2009, 7:30pm
Cathedral Church of All Saints, Halifax

A Feast of Seasonal Song and Story

Under the direction of Grammy-winning musician Paul Halley, the King’s College Chapel Choir will present its second Annual Christmas concert, featuring carols from the medieval to contemporary, interspersed with readings on seasonal themes.

Featuring the King’s College Chapel Choir
Directed by Paul Halley
Narrator Neil Robertson
Special Guest Suzie LeBlanc

Last year's sold-out concert was declared “an unquestioned tradition maker” in the Chronicle Herald, and this year's concert promises to be equally spectacular. In the beautiful settings and wonderful acoustics of St John's and All Saints churches, the superbly trained King's Chapel Choir will perform carols both old and new, including works by the Renaissance composer Tomàs Luis de Victoria and the contemporary “mystic”, John Tavener. A special feature will be a new work composed for Suzie LeBlanc and the choir by Paul Halley. Favourite carols such as “The First Nowell” and “O Come, All Ye Faithful” will give the audience an opportunity to join in the singing.

King's professor, Neil Robertson, will intersperse the music with a selection of poetry and prose readings that encapsulate all the hopes, humour and poignancy of the season.

Last year's concerts were sold out. Early booking is recommended.

Tickets for the Lunenburg concert can be purchased from Fulton's Pharmacy in Lunenburg, or by calling 902.634.9994. Adults $20 and student $10 at the door.

Tickets for the Halifax concert can be purchased from the King’s Co-op Bookstore (902.422.1271 ext 261) and cost $35 (priority), $25 (general) and $15 (student). All proceeds from the concert will be used to support the King’s College Chapel Choir Scholarship Fund. Patron tickets are also available at $75 for those who wish to make a special contribution to the fund; $40 of this amount will be tax-deductible as a charitable donation. Doors open 6.45.

J. S. Bach’s St. John Passion

with Kings College Chapel Choir directed by Paul Halley on

Friday, March 19 at 7:30 pm at St. John’s, Lunenburg

Sunday, March 21 at 7:30 pm at All Saints Cathedral in Halifax

The Chapel Choir of the University of King's College, under the direction of five-time Grammy winner Paul Halley, will present J S Bach's magnificent St John Passion on Friday, March 19th at St John's Anglican Church, Lunenburg, and on Sunday, March 21st – Bach's birthday— at the Cathedral Church of All Saints, Halifax.These performances will feature a line-up of stellar soloists, including Suzie LeBlanc, Sarah Myatt, Andrew Pickett, David Menzies, Martin Auclair and Bruce Fifer, as well as the chamber orchestra Ensemble Regale, led by David Greenberg.

“The St John Passion is possibly Bach’s most intense and dramatic work.He was clearly deeply moved by the texts, not only of the Gospel narration, but of the arias, chorales and choruses that comment on the unfolding events of the Passion.The profound effect of these words on the composer resulted in music of enormous power and poignancy,” explains Paul Halley. The performance will be sung in German in order to retain the immediacy and dramatic impact of the text.

Halley will be conducting the performers from the harpsichord and says that he may make the presentation of the St John Passion an annual event.

Tickets for the Halifax concert can be purchased from the King’s Co-op Bookstore (902.422.1271 ext 261) and cost $35 (priority), $25 (general) and $15 (student). All proceeds from the concert, which is produced by Musique Royale, will be used to support the King’s College Chapel Choir Scholarship Fund. Patron tickets are also available at $75 for those who wish to make a special contribution to the fund; $40 of this amount will be tax-deductible as a charitable donation. Doors open at 6.45.

Tickets for the Lunenburg concert can be purchased from Fulton's Pharmacy in Lunenburg, or by calling 902.634.9994. Adults $25 and students $10 at the door.

Early booking for both concerts is recommended.

Kings College Chapel

Kings College

Toronto Consort

Canada’s premiere early music ensemble presents Mariners and Milkmaids

A rollicking performance featuring ballads, dances and madrigals from 16th and 17th-century England, with voices, lute, guitar, recorder, hurdy-gurdy, percussion and harpsichord. 6 concert tour

Toronto Consort

Les Boreades

La Calisto, or Theatre and Music…..The Exuberance of the Baroque,

Hosted by Francis Colpron

Critics and audiences in Canada and in other countries have unanimously hailed the verve, spontaneity, theatricality, expressiveness, and elegance of the ensemble's playing — all qualities that testify to an intimate understanding of the Baroque spirit. 4 concert tour

Les Boreades

Les Voix Baroque

Death and the Lady – directed by Canadian counter-tenor Matthew White

A mix of contemporary, renaissance and folk arrangements ranging from the straight to a comic twist…. an exploration of women's relationship with Death in his many guises. 3 concert tour

Les Voix Baroque