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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...

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...

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,...

Tudor Splendour

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

Buy Tickets English Renaissance choral music is a garden in full bloom! Experience the glorious polyphony of Tallis, Byrd and Sheppard. Then, compare with devotional contemporary works, including Emily Walker's exquisitely crafted, serene I Asked of God. At this concert, we will also present the world premiere of the winning work in our 2019 GPC...

Winter Hymn

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

Buy Tickets   A selection of contemplative works as we welcome winter Imagine a child's excitement for a sleigh ride in Sarah Quartel's A Winter's Day. Experience the soaring lines of Ola Gjeilo's The Rose. Be transfixed by Caleb Burhan's Super flumina Babylonis, a captivating setting of Psalm 37. And so much more!

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Duruflé Requiem

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

Buy Tickets In this masterpiece by Maurice Duruflé, medieval chant is combined with luxuriant harmonies. Christina Stelmacovich, mezzo-soprano Ben Wallace, baritone Jonathan Oldengarm, organ Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers Mark Vuorinen, conductor

Stories of Love, Loss and Life

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

Buy Tickets A journey of the human spirit, with works by Tracy Wong, Nathaniel Dett, Elton John, Stephanie Martin and many more. Saturday March 11, 7:30 p.m. Anglican Church of St. John the Evangelist 23 Water Street North, Kitchener Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers Tom Corken, conductor Raneem Barakat, soloist Debra Lacoste, trumpet Ian VanderBurgh, piano...

Annelies

Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum 10 Huron Rd., Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Buy Tickets This deeply moving work is based on the life and diary of Anne Frank, the doomed Jewish girl who died in the Nazi Holocaust, and who has become a symbol of hope and goodness in very dark times. Sara Schabas - Soprano Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers Mark Vuorinen, Conductor

North, South, East, West

St. Matthews Lutheran Church 54 Benton Street, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Buy Tickets Take a journey around the world through beautiful choral music! North, South, East, West will begin with an Ojibway song of welcome by Andrew Balfour.  Songs from Malaysia, China, and India introduce us to the sounds of Asia, while an Argentinian tango will get audience members moving in their seats.  And a beautiful Palestinian song...