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Saturday, October 5, 2002, 8:00 pm
Review...
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Northern Music: a premiere in Ottawa
(part of the Outaouais Festival of Sacred Music)
Erik Westberg, conductor
With the Orchestre des concerts symphoniques de Gatineau and
Canzona, Winnipeg's Baroque Choral Music Ensemble
This concert was presented with the
Swedish Embassy as part of
the activities around the Canadian Museum of Civilization
exhibition on the theme of "The Vikings: A North American Saga."
Otto Olsson: Rex gloriosa Martyrum
Jan Sandström: Sanctus
Jan Sandström: Biegga Luohto
Johan Helmich Roman: Messe suèdoise
Johan Helmich Roman: Concerto pour hautbois
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St. Benoît-Abbé Church
(map)
Corner of Moussette and Sherbrooke, Gatineau (Hull sector)
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All tickets $20.
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Thursday, December 5, 2002, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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Lighting of the Christmas Lights
We joined with the National Capital Commission (NCC)
in the annual lighting of the Christmas lights on Parliament Hill,
where we sang Christmas and other songs as the lights came on.
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Parliament Hill, Ottawa
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No charge
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Friday, December 13, 2002, 8:00 pm
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A Swedish Lucia Celebration
Laurence Ewashko and Barbara Clark, conductors
Members of the Cantata Singers of Ottawa joined the
Ottawa Regional Youth
Choir to help celebrate Sweden's Sankta Lucia Festival.
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Grand Hall, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau (Hull)
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Adults: $12
Seniors and students: $10
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Monday, December 16, 2002, 7:00 am - 7:30 am
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Christmas carols on CTV's Canada AM
Members of the Cantata Singers of Ottawa were at a Christmas tree
farm near North Gower (outside of Ottawa) to sing Christmas carols on
CTV's Canada AM.
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Canada AM on CTV
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No charge
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Tuesday & Wednesday, December 17 & 18, 2002, 8:00 pm
Review...
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G. F. Hændel: Messiah
(part of the NAC Special Concerts Series)
William Boughton, conductor
Arianna Zukerman, soprano
Daniel Taylor, countertenor
Christopher Pfund, tenor
Robert Pomakov, bass-baritone
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Southam Hall, National Arts Centre
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Thursday, December 19, 2002, 7:00 pm
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Christmas Family Fantasy
(part of the NAC Special Concerts Series)
With the Platypus Theatre of Ottawa
Jean-Philippe Tremblay
(apprentice conductor of the NAC Orchestra) and Laurence Ewashko
conducting
We joined with the NAC Orchestra to bring the NAC's
annual Christmas Family Fantasy to life. We are happy to note that
our conductor, Laurence Ewashko, conducted
the choir and the NAC Orchestra for some of the carols.
Four of our singers became a quartet of carollers on-stage
with Ottawa's Platypus Theatre during the second half:
Mary Zborowski, soprano
Eileen Johnson, alto
Michael Carty, tenor
Geoff Colman, baritone
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Southam Hall, National Arts Centre
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Thursday & Friday, January 16 & 17, 2003, 8:00 pm
Review...
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Mozart: Requiem
Messiæn: Trois petites liturgies de la Présence Divine
(part of the NAC Bravo Series)
With the Ottawa Choral Society
Mozart's Requiem conducted by Pinchas Zukerman
Messiæn's Trois petites liturgies de la Présence Divine conducted by Duain Wolfe
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Southam Hall, National Arts Centre
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Sunday, February 16, 2003, 3:00 pm
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The Cantata Singers joined with the Ottawa Regional Youth Choir
as the Youth Choir celebrated its Twentieth Anniversary
Laurence Ewashko and Barbara Clark, conductors
Programme details...
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Christ Church Cathedral
Sparks Street at Bronson Avenue, Ottawa
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Adults: $20
Seniors and students: $15
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Thursday to Saturday, March 20 to 22, 2003, 8:00 pm
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Those Glorious Hollywood Musicals
(part of the NAC Pops series)
Jack Everly, conductor
An evening of music and song from the Golden Age of Hollywood that included such favourites as
Singing in the Rain,
Meet Me in St. Louis,
The Wizard of Oz,
Showboat,
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and many
more. The Cantata Singers of Ottawa joined five Broadway singers
in bringing these classics to life.
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Southam Hall, National Arts Centre
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Wednesday, March 26, 2003, 6:30 pm
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Commemoration of Ukrainian Famine/Genocide of 1932/1933
The Cantata Singers of Ottawa performed selections from Mozart's
Requiem at the commemoriation of the Ukrainian famine and
genocide of 1932/1933.
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National Library, Ottawa
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Sunday, April 20, 2003, 7:00 am
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CBC Easter Sunrise Performance
The Cantata Singers of Ottawa joined other area choirs to participate in CBC Radio Two's annual Easter sunrise service.
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National Gallery, Ottawa
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Tuesday, April 29, 2003, evening
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Liberal Party Annual Maple Leaf Dinner
The Cantata Singers of Ottawa sang O Canada
to open the Liberal Party's annual Ottawa fund-raising dinner.
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Ottawa Congress Centre
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Wednesday & Thursday, May 14 & 15, 2003, 8:00 pm
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G. F. Hændel: Theodora
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
With us in Southam Hall at the NAC were
Seventeen Voyces chamber choir
Donna Brown, soprano
Catherine Wynn-Rogers, mezzo-soprano
Lawrence Zazzo, countertenor
Paul Agnew, tenor
Gary Relyea, bass
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Southam Hall, National Arts Centre
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