1994–1995 Concerts
Ö Canadian composer/arranger
Celtic Mass for the Sea
Celebrating the Halifax Summit of the G7 Leaders
June 16, 1995 at St. Paul’s Church, Halifax
With Sean MacDonald, fiddle; Louis Benoit, mandolin; Cheryl Reid O’Hagan, harp; John Goodman, Celtic pipes; Scott Macmillan, guitar; Anne Rapson and Jennifer Jones Boudreau, violin; Yvonne Deroller, viola; Shimon Walt, cello; Max Kasper, bass; Helen Bell and Scott Vernon, readers
Camerata by Candlelight
May 12, 1995 at University Club, Dalhousie University
Mother, I will have a Husband Thomas Vautour
The Three Ravens Thomas Ravenscroft
Il est bel et bon Pierre Passereau
Echo Song Orlando de Lasso
Air, Bourée, Largo Bach/Swingle
My Bonnie Lass, She Smelleth PDQ Bach
You Made Me Love You arr. Gene Peurling
A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square arr. Genere Peurling
Tuxedo Junction arr. Jerry Nowack
Embraceable You George Gershwin/arr. C. Strommen
Blue Moon Richard Rogers/arr. Ruth Artman
Puttin’ on the Ritz Irving Berlin/arr. Lojeski
Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree arr. Roger Emerson
Stormy Weather arr. Kirby Shaw
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy arr. Ed Lojeski
Bring Him Home Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boubil
Somebody, Somewhere Frank Loesser
Swanee George Gershwin
Dunvegan Dreamª Luke WintermansÖ and Max MacDonaldÖ
/arr. Scott MacmillanÖ
Peter Amberlyª trad. New Brunswick/arr. S. MacmillanÖ
Acadie de nos Coeursª Lenny GallantÖ, John MoneauÖ, Jac
GoutreauÖ/arr. Scott MacmillanÖ
Away from the Roll of the Sea arr. Allister MacGillvrayÖ
She’s Called Nova Scotia Rita MacNeilÖ/arr. Stuart CalvertÖ
ª The premiere performance of these arrangements commissioned by the Halifax Camerata Singers with assistance from the Nova Scotia Department of Education and Culture
With Diana Torbert, piano; Sandra Britten, flute; Jack Brownlee, bass; James Faraday, percussion; John Hancock, guest host
Symphony Nova Scotia Baroque Series
March 19, 1995 at St. Andrew’s United Church, Halifax
Mass in G Major (Lutheran Mass No. 4) Bach
Dixit Dominus Handel
Concerto Grosso Op. 3, No. 4 in F major Handel
Halifax Camerata Singers, conducted by Jeff Joudrey
Soloists: Judith Burdett, soprano; Lorraine Thompson, soprano; Kathleen Swan, mezzo-soprano; David Loughhead, tenor; Stephen Hartlen, baritone
Handel’s Messiah
Dec. 19 and 20, 1994 at Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax
Halifax Camerata Singers, Cantabile Singers of Truro and Symphony Nova Scotia, conducted by Georg Tintner
Soloists: Susan Tsagkaris, soprano; Martina Brehmer, mezzo-soprano; Blaine Hendsbee, tenor; John Avey, bass
A Benefit for St. George’s Restoration Fund
Saint Cecilia Concert Series
Nov. 19, 1994 at St. Andrew’s United Church, Halifax
Nov. 20, 1994 at First Baptist Church, Truro
O Heiland reiss die Himmel auf Brahms
In the Beginning Aaron Copland
Shakespeare Songs William Mathias
Prayer of St. Francis Imant RaminshÖ
Ständchen Op. 135 Schubert
Quartettes Op. 92 No. 1, 3, 4 Brahms
Magnificat Imant RaminshÖ
With Marina Brehmer, mezzo-soprano; Diana Torbert, piano
CBC Stars on the Hill
A celebration of CBC’s 50th anniversary in Nova Scotia
Sept. 11, 1994 on Citadel Hill, Halifax
Introit from Celtic Mass for the Sea Scott MacmillanÖ