Celebrate Mother’s Day by joining The Vancouver Bach Choir for a concert of favourites!
3pm, Sunday 13 May 2012
Reception following the concert in the Trendell Lounge, St. John’s Shaughnessy Anglican Church, 1490 Nanton Avenue at Granville
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Transcendent, triumphant beauty! Haydn’s magnificent choral masterpiece, The Creation
2012 MARCH 31, Saturday, 8pm
Orpheum Theatre
Haydn’s masterpiece performed in the original German. Haydn spent almost two years completing this work, the most time spent on any of his works. He was to have said, “I spent much time over it because I expect it to last a long time.” This is surely the most celebrated oratorio after Handel’s Messiah and rightly so.
Be seduced by the Vancouver Bach Choir! Les Noces, Catulli Carmina, and Midsummer Flower
2012 FEBRUARY 25, Saturday, 8pm
Orpheum Theatre
Two of the most explosive works of the 20th century. Stravinsky’s Les Noces (1923) is striking in its folklike writing which conjures up the excitement and ceremony of a rustic wedding.
Christmas Concerts and Sing-Along Messiah Open Rehearsal
Join the full array of the Vancouver Bach Choir and the many groups of the Vancouver Bach Children’s Chorus accompanied by organ and brass ensemble as we celebrate the festive season.
30 Under 30
The Vancouver Bach Choir is pleased to announce our new “30 Under 30” program. If you’re 30 years of age or under, you can sign up to receive special discount tickets for our regular season concerts. Tickets are 2 for $30 and only available for a limited time.
New Assistant Conductor
The VBC is pleased to announce that Kemuel Wong is our new Assistant Conductor, as of 1 September 2011.
Open Rehearsal of Brahms’ Requiem
Leslie Dala, music director of the Vancouver Bach Choir, would love to have you join him and the choir for an open rehearsal of Brahms’ German Requiem.
Heritage Hall – the new home of the Vancouver Bach Choir offices
The offices of the Vancouver Bach Choir are now at Heritage Hall in the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood of Vancouver. Heritage Hall is a landmark building at the corner of 15th Avenue and Main Street in Vancouver.
Meet our Music Director
David Gordon Duke of The Vancouver Sun wrote in his review of The Damnation of Faust— the Bach Choir’s 2011 Season finale concert:
Review of Berlioz’ Damnation of Faust
Read the full review from The Georgia Straight
Read the full review from The Vancouver Sun
Quotes from the Faust concert preview and reviews:
“According to the Vancouver Bach Choir’s new conductor Leslie Dala, “Berlioz’ Le damnation de Faust isn’t a concert: it’s an event!” He’s absolutely right.”