Since 1998...
101 concerts, 170 choir members
569 choral pieces, 65 guest artists
729 composers, 157 arrangers
1029 pages of concert programmes
Past Concert
Light of the World
A musical celebration of the Nativity plus our 18th annual "Jazz Messiah": Handel's music reimagined for the 21st century
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Date & Time
Saturday, November 30, 2024 - 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
Tara Davidson, Ernest Porthouse, Denis Rondeau.
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)
* All they that see him laugh him to scorn
G.F. Handel (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
He Trusted in God (from "Messiah")
G.F. Handel (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
* He was cut off out of the land of the living
G.F. Handel (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
* But Thou didst not leave his soul in hell
G.F. Handel (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
Hallelujah!
G.F. Handel (arr. Mervyn Warren, Michael O. Jackson, Mark Kibble, John Higgins)
* I know that my redeemer liveth
G.F. Handel (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
Amen
G.F. Handel (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
~ Intermission ~
Jesus, the Light of the World
Charles Wesley, George D. Elderkin (arr. Lloyd Larson)
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Lewis H. Redner, Phillips Brooks (arr. Joel Raney)
Great, Great Joy!
Mark Hayes
* Angels We Have Heard on High
Traditional Carol (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
* Feliz Navidad
José Feliciano (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
Never Been a Night Like This!
Lloyd Larson
Somewhere Tonight
John A. Ray, Susan Naylor Callaway
Sing Gloria!
Mark Hayes
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
Choir Members
Soprano
Connie Burton, Sharon Keen, Margaret Lennox, Jennifer Shahi, Sylvia Stahle, Lynn (Lathey) Vannatter, Dianna Weltz, Catherine White-Onukywycz.
Alto
Cheryl (Soltysiak) Bruder, Ginny Ehrlich, Carol Gilpin, Anne Lowe, Lynn Souliere, Rita Witt, Trish Wynowsky.
Tenor
Neil Hunt, John-Michael Pocsai.
Bass
Joe Bruder, Philip Cochrane, Brian Walters.
