"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...
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"...
Roaring 20s Bash A Gala event to benefit the Grand Philharmonic Choir! April 7 2018, 7 pm Centre in the Square, Kitchener Enter by the stage door and be escorted to our glittering underground speakeasy! Give the secret password to get into the party of a lifetime! * Enjoy jazz with the Tim Louis Trio!...
"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...
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...
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,...
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,...
Buy Tickets In December Grand Philharmonic Children's Choir Grand Philharmonic Youth Choir Saturday December 1st, 3:30pm First United Church, Waterloo
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...
Buy Tickets An evening of gorgeous music, written from the heart! Immerse yourself in Brahms' Nänie, Schicksalslied in new chamber instrumentation, and his well-loved Alto Rhapsody. Also, Eric Whitacre's Five Hebrew Love Songs, written for his wife; a beautiful setting of James Joyce's poem The Lover's Chant, by brilliant young Canadian composer Matthew Emery; and...
