Since 1998...
101 concerts, 170 choir members
569 choral pieces, 65 guest artists
729 composers, 157 arrangers
1029 pages of concert programmes
Past Concert
Can You Hear the Christmas Bells?
A musical Yuletide celebration including our 8th annual Jazz Messiah
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Date & Time
Saturday, December 1, 2012 - 8:00 p.m.
Location
St. John the Evangelist Church (Anglican)
23 Water St. N., Kitchener, ON, N2H 5A4
23 Water St. N., Kitchener, ON, N2H 5A4
Conductor
Wayne Gilpin
Accompanist
Andrew Gilpin
Guest Artists
Bob Brough, Kevin Dempsey, Andrew Gilpin, Sandra McLauchlan-Abuja, Denis Rondeau, Bells of Westminster.
Repertoire
* indicates performance by guest artist(s)
* Overture (from "Messiah")
G.F. Handel (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
And Then the Glory
Andrew Gilpin
Good tidings to Zion
G.F. Handel (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth
G.F. Handel (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
* For Unto Us a Child is Born (from "Messiah")
G.F. Handel (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
His Yoke is Easy (from "Messiah")
G.F. Handel (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
* Behold the Lamb of God
G.F. Handel (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
All we like sheep have gone astray (from "Messiah")
G.F. Handel (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
* I know that my redeemer liveth
G.F. Handel (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
Hallelujah!
G.F. Handel (arr. Mervyn Warren, Michael O. Jackson, Mark Kibble, John Higgins)
~ Intermission ~
Let the Whole World Sing
Joel Raney
Come, Come, Emmanuel
arr. Joel Raney
In the Bleak Midwinter
Gustav Holst, Christina Rossetti (arr. Joel Raney)
* The World in Solemn Stillness Lay
arr. Michael Ryan
* Were You There on That Christmas Night?
Natalie Sleeth
* Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin (arr. Douglas E. Wagner)
Christ Is Born, Sing Noel!
Joel Raney
Sleep In Heavenly Peace
arr. Joel Raney
Let the Whole World Sing (Reprise)
Joel Raney
Can You Hear the Christmas Bells?
Joel Raney
Choir Members
Soprano
Cheryl (Soltysiak) Bruder, Valerie Grzesiak, Gloria Heimbecker, Gloria (Schumacher) Scheerer, Margaret St. Pierre, Sylvia Stahle, Lynn (Lathey) Vannatter, Dianna Weltz.
Alto
Deb Bergen, Gloria Cardey, Heather Cullen, Ginny Ehrlich, Heather Fedyck, Carol Gilpin, Emily Hunsberger, Mary Jane Lanteigne, Martha Leonard, Anne Lowe, Cindy Schmidt, Ruth Schmidt, Lynn Souliere, Pat Townsend.
Tenor
Philip Cochrane, Neil Hunt.
Bass
Joe Bruder, Terry Green, Mark Lindman, Rodger Seeley.
