Vancouver Chamber Choir - 40 YEARS, 80 TOURS!: On the Road Again

40 YEARS - 80 TOURS! On the Road Again 8 pm Friday, March 18 3 pm Sunday, March 20 Ryerson United Church Vancouver Chamber Choir Trinity Western University Chamber Choir Jon Washburn, conductor In its first 40 years the Vancouver Chamber Choir has undertaken 80 separate tours, from Moscow to Beijing, from Whitehorse to Guanajuato! This 40th anniversary tour programme revisits some of our greatest hits from the road, featuring favourite composers like the German Baroque master Buxtehude; the Englishman Dowland, Italian Rossi and Frenchman Janequin; Brahms, the ultimate German Romantic; and more recent composers like the brilliant young American Eric Whitacre and our beloved Canadians Willan and Daunais. The finale is Jon Washburn’s brilliant set of spirituals, Rise! Shine!, written for the Choir’s 1989 tour to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine and Russia - then known of course as the Soviet Union. The Trinity Western University Chamber Choir joins in as our special guests for the opening and closing repertoire. Dietrich Buxtehude - Missa Brevis John Dowland - Ayres Salamone Rossi - Four Hebrew Choruses Johannes Brahms - O Heiland reiss Clement Janequin - La guerre Gregg Smith - Sound Canticle on Bay Psalm 23 Healey Willan - Three Marian Motets Eric Whitacre - Leonardo Dreams... Lionel Daunais - Le pont Mirabeau Jon Washburn - Rise! Shine! Subscribe now by calling the Vancouver Chamber Choir office at 604-738-6822! Single tickets are available as of September 1, 2010 through Ticketmaster (604-280-3311 or www.ticketmaster.ca). For more information about the choir or for full details on our upcoming 2010-2011 concert season please visit www.vancouverchamberchoir.com or contact info@vancouverchamberchoir.com.