A lone singer in a canoe on the river. The clear sound of a trumpet combining with the wind and wildlife. Choral music in the woods. Don't miss this evocative Choral Sound Walk through the magnificent grounds of the rare near the Grand River. Guided departures Saturday, September 30, at 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m....
A lone singer in a canoe on the river. The clear sound of a trumpet combining with the wind and wildlife. Choral music in the woods. Don't miss this evocative Choral Sound Walk through the magnificent grounds of the rare near the Grand River. Guided departures Saturday, September 30, at 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m....
Big Choruses: From Brahms to Broadway The best-loved choruses from opera, oratorio and musical theatre await you! Selections from Mozart's Requiem, Brahms' Requiem, Bernstein's Candide, and much more. Storyteller extraordinaire Tom Allen will be our guide during the evening. A wonderful night for the family! Big Choruses: From Brahms to Broadway Grand Philharmonic Choir Saturday...
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 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...
"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...
