The Winnipeg Singers


2007-2008 Season

CONCERT I
From the Psalms of David
Sunday, October 21, 2007, 3:00 p.m. St. George's Anglican Church

The Winnipeg Singers explore music inspired by the Book of Pslams. Host Rabbi Alan Green of Shaarey Zedek Synagogue will speak on the psalm texts in the context of the times they were written and in today's secular world. The program will feature Igor Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms, Sid Robinovich's Psalms of Experience and Srul Irving Glick's Sing Unto the Lord a New Song. Inspiring texts! Glorious Music!

CONCERT II
In Winnipeg at Christmas
Sunday, December 16, 2007, 3:30 p.m., Knox United Church
(Edmonton St. at Qu'appelle Ave.) Map

Single Ticket Prices: $23 adults, $20 seniors, $8 students



A holiday program of Christmas music sung in Winnipeg since the time of the Red River Settlement. Dr. Gerry Bowler, author of The World Encyclopedia of Christmas and Santa Claus: A Biography, will serve as host and narrator. The concert will celebrate the many ethnic groups who came to make Winnipeg home, all linked together by Dr. Bowler's delightful exploration of the festive season and the Singers uplifting choral artistry. Start your Christmas celebrations with us!

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CONCERT III
In Concert with the Vancouver Chamber Choir
Sunday, March 9, 2008, 3:00 p.m.
Knox United Church (Edmonton St. at Qu'appelle Ave.) Map

Single Ticket Prices: $23 adults, $20 seniors, $8 students
Tickets available at McNally Robinson Booksellers, Ticketmaster and at the door.



The Winnipeg Singers welcome Jon Washburn and the Vancouver Chamber Choir to share the stage in an outstanding choral collaboration on Sunday afternoon March 9th at 3:00 p.m. in Knox United Church. Together, the choirs will perform Christos Hatzis’s amazing new composition for choir and harp, Psalm 91 and Eric Whitacre’s heartfelt and electrifying masterpiece When David Heard. The program will also feature both choirs individually in works by J.S. Bach, Maurice Duruflé, R. Murray Schafer and Georgi Sviridov. A concert definitely not to be missed!

For more information about the concert and a special offer for parking at Portage Place with shuttle service to and from the church, please call 989-6030, ext.1.

IN CONCERT WITH THE VANCOUVER CHAMBER CHOIR
The Winnipeg Singers
Yuri Klaz, Artistic Director
The Vancouver Chamber Choir
Jon Washburn, Artistic Director
Richard Turner, harp

PROGRAMME
Eric Whitacre - When David Heard
Buxtehude - Missa Brevis
Bach/Washburn - Bist du bei mir
A Murray Schafer - Alleluia
Stephen Chapman - Due East
Maurice Duruflé - Quatre Motets
György Orbán - Three Motets
Georgi Sviridov - Four Songs from “A Pushkin Wreath”
Christos Hatzis - Psalm 91

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CONCERT IV
Happy Birthday Manitoba!
Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 3:00 p.m., St. George's Anglican Church
(Grosvenor Ave. at Wilton St.) Map

Single Ticket Prices: $23 Adults, $20 Seniors, $8 Students



Join us in celebrating Manitoba's 137th birthday with a concert devoted to the province's incredibly talented choral composers: Robert Turner, Chester Duncan, W.H. Belyea, Reni Bouchard, W.H. Anderson, Bernard Naylor, John Greer, Andrew Balfour, Leonard Enns, and Sid Robinovich. The concert will feature a composition especially commissioned for this occasion. Special guests will include the Pembina Trails Voices "Choraliers". Pat Carrabré, composer, professor and broadcaster will be our concert host. The celebration will conclude with a reception and of course, birthday cake!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MANITOBA!
The Winnipeg Singers
Yuri Klaz, Artistic Director
Verna Wiebe, pianist
Pembina Trails Voices “Choraliers”
Andrea Wicha, conductor

PROGRAMME
Bernard Naylor - The Ascension
Leonard Enns - Te Deum Brevis
Andrew Balfour - Missa Brevis
W.H. Belyea - Close Thine Eyes
Ronald Gibson - God Be In My Head
Hugh Bancroft - Christ The Fair Glory
T. Patrick Carrabré - Magnificat (premiere)
Remi Bouchard - L’Ave de Riel
John Greer - From the Diary of Louis Riel
W.H. Belyea - The Zoo (Pembina Trails Choraliers)
Holly Harris - Earth Prayers
Robert Turner - Five Canadian Folk Songs (III-V)
Sid Robinovitch - Three Choral Rags

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