Winter Hymn

Anglican Church of St. John the Evangelist 23 Water St N, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Enchanting music for early winter and Christmas, including Britten's lovely Ceremony of Carols, the transcendent sonorities of Pärt's Bogoroditse Djevo, and excerpts from Sieben Magnificat Antiphonen. You will hear wineglasses used as instruments in Ēriks Ešenvalds' ethereal Stars, experience snowscape as sound in R. Murray Schafer's Snowforms, and much more. Winter Hymn Grand Philharmonic Chamber...

Messiah

Centre in the Square 101 Queen St. N, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Messiah It's impossible to think of Christmas without Messiah, and this year we have an extra gift for you! Along with the timeless beauty of Handel's music, we will project breathtaking, hand-crafted images from the Saint John Bible, through a partnership with St. Jerome's University, Conrad Grebel University College, and University of Waterloo Critical Media...

Gloria

St. Peter's Lutheran Church 49 Queen St. N, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

"My youngest child, old-fashioned and sweet," Bernstein wrote of his Chichester Psalms, which are often described as a magical combination of Biblical Hebrew verse and Christian choral tradition. At this concert, we will also perform the winning work from the GPC composition competition, which launches this season. Gloria Grand Philharmonic Choir Natasha Campbell, soprano Daniel...

$30

St. John Passion

Centre in the Square 101 Queen St. N, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Bach: St. John Passion We return to our beloved tradition of a Bach masterwork on Good Friday. St. John Passion is dramatic, tragic and yet indescribably beautiful. The eloquent Canadian tenor, Lawrence Wiliford, takes the role of the Evangelist, in which he has been described as portraying a "brilliant mix of tenderness and dramatic ferocity"...

Earth Sea Sky

Anglican Church of St. John the Evangelist 23 Water St N, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

"Earth teach me suffering as old stones suffer with memory. Earth teach me freedom as the eagle which soars in the sky." These words, from a prayer of the indigenous Ute Nation prayer, are the text of Rupert Lang's Earth Teach Me. It's just one of several sublime compositions that we offer for an evocative...

Mozart Requiem

Centre in the Square 101 Queen St. N, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Buy Tickets Mozart died while writing his own Requiem. Perhaps that is why we still find this music - by turn terrifying, heartbreaking and serene, so compelling. Also at this concert, you'll experience powerful photographs Edward Burtynsky on the big screen while hearing soaring works by Tulev and Gjeilo. Try Us Out! For this concert only, all...

Considering Matthew Shepard – Saturday Evening

University of Waterloo Humanities Theatre 200 University Ave. West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Buy Tickets In October 1998, university student Matthew Shepard was targeted for his sexuality. He was kidnapped, severely beaten, tied to a fence and left to die in a lonely field. Twenty years after that terrible event, we perform Craig Hella Johnson's bold and transcendent work, which incorporates a variety of musical styles and texts,...

Considering Matthew Shepard – Sunday Afternoon

University of Waterloo Humanities Theatre 200 University Ave. West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Buy Tickets In October 1998, university student Matthew Shepard was targeted for his sexuality. He was kidnapped, severely beaten, tied to a fence and left to die in a lonely field. Twenty years after that terrible event, we perform Craig Hella Johnson's bold and transcendent work, which incorporates a variety of musical styles and texts,...

In December

First United Church 16 William Street West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Buy Tickets In December Grand Philharmonic Children's Choir Grand Philharmonic Youth Choir Saturday December 1st, 3:30pm First United Church, Waterloo

$15

Messiah

Centre in the Square 101 Queen St. N, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Buy Tickets Whether this is your very first Messiah, or whether you have heard it countless times, this is a very special experience. Every year, it is fresh and full of wonder, yet timeless and traditional. Just like the Christmas season itself. Messiah Meredith Hall - Soprano Andrea Hill - Mezzo-Soprano Charles Sy - Tenor...