CALGARY BACH CHOIR
Terry Edwards, Artistic Director
WELCOME TO THE CALGARY BACH CHOIR
Calgary Bach Choir in Rehearsal November 2021
Baroque & Beyond with Covid Safety Protocols
CALGARY BACH CHOIR has returned to in-person rehearsals as of March 21, 2022. We continue to follow AHS guidelines of masking and physical distancing. In addition to this, only fully vaccinated choristers who have provided the Alberta Government QR Code Proof of Vaccination may participate in rehearsals. Choristers will have to complete a same-day, online COVID questionnaire before attending rehearsal.
CALGARY BACH CHOIR
"...a significant voice in the early music landscape in Western Canada."
(Stephan Bonfield, Calgary Herald)
The Calgary Bach Choir is a DYNAMIC organization offering an exciting, three-concert season to Calgary audiences.
Our choristers are adults from all walks of life who are PASSIONATE about the music of classical music’s greatest composer, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH.
We promote an APPRECIATION and ENJOYMENT of classical music to the general public, with a focus on the Baroque period (1600-1750) and the music of J.S. Bach, his musical predecessors, contemporaries and heirs.
We strive for musical EXCELLENCE in our performances. We provide experienced, auditioned, amateur choral singers with an INSPIRING and challenging opportunity to immerse themselves in this WONDROUS MUSIC and to experience the thrill of performing it with professional musicians for the public.
We are a strong, welcoming, affirming and inclusive CHORAL COMMUNITY.
We offer a season-long series of choral WORKSHOPS with guest conductors as well as one-on-one choral vocal COACHING.
We also nurture the next generation of artists by providing scholarship opportunities.
We are a registered non-profit charitable organisation enriching the Calgary community with
GREAT CLASSICAL MUSIC since 1988.
If you'd like to join us, click the "Get In Touch" button below to contact our Artistic Director, Terry Edwards.
Calgary Bach Choir is proudly supported by grants from AFA and Calgary Arts Development, as well as by funds from AGLC and individual donors!
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Calgary Bach Choir, PO Box 30032, 6455 Macleod Trail S, Calgary, Alberta, T2H 2V8
ABOUT CALGARY BACH CHOIR
Inspiration through Music
In 1988 Christine Azad and Susan Lyle dreamed of creating a society with choir and orchestra to perform works by J.S. Bach and his contemporaries.
Thirty-three years of music-making have seen some remarkable milestones:
Bach, Baroque and Beyond...
(* denotes Calgary Premier)
Choral Music of J.S. Bach
B Minor Mass, Four Missa Breves, St. Matthew Passion, Christmas Oratorio, Easter Oratorio, Six Motets, and numerous canatas.
Choral Music of G.F. Handel
Handel's Four Coronation Anthems, Dixit Dominus* and Chandos Anthems Nos. 6a* and 10*.
Choral Music of Purcell
I was glad when they said unto me (Coronation Anthem, 1685)*, Jehova quam multi sunt hostes mei Z. 145*
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in G minor Z. 231*, Rejoice in the Lord Alway Z. 49,
Te Deum and Jubilate for St. Cecilia's Day
Italian Late Renaissance and Baroque Choral Music
Gabrieli's Christmas Motets, Vivaldi's Magnificat* and Glorias RV588* and RV589, Durante/Bach Missa in C minor*
Allegri's Misereri, Lotti's Missa Sancti Christophori*, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater and Domenico Scarlatti's Stabat Mater* for 10-voice choir
French Baroque Choral Music
Rameau's 'Grand Motet' In convertendo* and Charpentier's Te Deum
Choral Music of the Sons of J.S. Bach
CPE Bach's Magnificat* and J.C. Bach's Gloria in excelsis Deo*
Romantic Choral Music
Mendelssohn's Magnificat*.
Twentieth Century Choral Music
Howells's Like as the Hart, Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb and Duruflé's Requiem.
The Calgary Bach Choir is funded by Calgary Arts Development, AFA, ALGC Casino revenues, membership dues, and private donations.
The Calgary Bach Society is a registered charitable society #88797-7049RC. Your donations are appreciated and tax deductible, too! For information about how you can donate to the Calgary Bach Choir, click on Support.
We acknowledge that we live, work, and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Piikani, and Kanai First Nations), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, the Îyâxe Nakoda Nations (Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Wesley First Nations), the Métis Nation (Region 3), and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 Region of Southern Alberta. We honour this land and all those who share it in a spirit of peace, friendship and respect.
2021-2022 SEASON
What’s Coming Up
CONCERT #1:
Ode to Music
21 November 2021
3 pm
Knox United Church
506 - 4th Street, S.W.
J.S. Bach - Selected Choruses from Cantata BWV 213
Aichinger - Regina coeli
Pitoni - Cantate Domino
Pachelbel - Magnificat in D
Purcell - Welcome to all the pleasures
(Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, 1683)
Hannah Pagenkopf, soprano
Aoife Bonaventura, mezzo-soprano
Jason Ragan, tenor
Tyler Fitzgerald, bass-baritone
Calgary Bach Choir and Chamber Orchestra
Terry Edwards, Artistic Director
Masking and Physical Distancing in effect. Admittance limited to fully vaccinated individuals ages 12 years and over.
Fully Vaccinated Adults/Seniors: $10
Fully Vaccinated Students ages 12 and over: Free
CONCERT #2:
BAROQUE RARITIES
Concert Postponed
J.E. Bach / J.S. Bach - Unser Wandel ist im Himmel, BWV Anh 165
(Calgary Premiere)
Boyce - Alleluia
Pez / J.S. Bach - Missa in a, BWV Anh 24 (Calgary Premiere)
B. Marcello - Salmo XVIII - I cieli immenso narrano - Opening Chorus
Purcell / R. Roseingrave - Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in g, Z. 231
J.S. Bach - Cantata 192 'Nun danket alle Gott'
Vivaldi - Credo in e, RV 591 (Calgary Premiere)
Purcell - Rejoice in the Lord Alway, Z. 49
Calgary Bach Choir and Chamber Orchestra
Terry Edwards, Artistic Director
CONCERT #3:
GLORY OF VIVALDI
5 June 2022
3 pm
Knox United Church
506 - 4th Street, S.W.
Vivaldi: Introduction, RV 642 (Calgary Premiere) and Gloria, RV 589
Selections from 'The New Four Seasons - Vivaldi Recomposed' by Max Richter
Andrea Hill, mezzo-soprano
Lauren Woods, soprano
Jonquil Koddo, soprano
A Co-Production of
Kensington Sinfonia,
Genevieve Micheletti and Andrea Case, Artistic Directors
and
Calgary Bach Choir,
Terry Edwards, Artistic Director
Masking is requested. Physically distanced seating is recommended.
Adults/Seniors $20
Students Free
Tickets on sale at door (cash only) and online at www.brownpapertickets.com
Calgary Bach Choir
PO Box 30032
6455 Macleod Trail S
Calgary, Alberta
T2H 2V8
FOR GENERAL ENQUIRIES OR TO REQUEST AN AUDITION
For general enquiries please type your question in the message area. We will contact you.
To request an audition, in the message area please describe your voice part (SAT or B), your musical or vocal training and in which choirs you have sung. We will then contact you to set up an audition.
We look forward to hearing from you!
