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2024-25 Season
OCEAN
A CONCERT AS MOVING AS THE TIDES OF THE SEA
with special guests the EMILY CARR STRING QUARTET
Concert Dates: Saturday & Sunday, May 3 & 4, 2025, 3.00pm.
NEW VENUE: St Mary the Virgin Church, 1701 Elgin Road, Victoria BC, V8R 5L7
Join us for an afternoon of music from above and below the surface!
In the first half of the concert, you’ll hear music about people who work on the waves, live along the shorelines.
In the second half, you’ll hear the Ocean itself singing its own unique ethereal, eternal song.
Featuring The Secret of the Sea by Jake Runestad, sea shanties, Celtic ballads, maritime songs of Stan Rogers, Kathleen Allan, and Andrew Balfour. Also featuring ‘Seal Lullaby’ by Eric Whitacre and the Canadian premiere of ‘Walvisnota’ (Whale Melodies in Afrikaans) by South African composer, Franco Prinsloo.
Artistic Director Kathryn Whitney leads a 70-voice choir with the superb Victoria-based ensemble The Emily Carr String Quartet in this unique and engaging program of richly evocative music.
Tickets available soon!
A Collaboration with the Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea
Emily Carr String Quartet
We are thrilled to have SOLD OUT our beautiful and interesting winter concert Sunday, December 8, 2024, beginning at 3pm at St Mary’s Church, 1701 Elgin Road.
The centrepiece of the concert is the stunning multi-movement work, Dreamweaver by Norwegian-American composer Ola Gjeilo.
A musical retelling of the famous Norwegian medieval folk poem, the Draumkvedet, Dreamweaver tells the story of a man who goes to sleep on Christmas Eve and has visions of the afterlife. On awakening, he understands that we must all be kind to one another.
We are pairing this exceptional work with pieces on the theme of polar night based on music by the indigenous Sami people of Scandinavia, by the Wendat people of Canada, and by traditional choral music from Sweden and Norway.
The concert features new works by Canadian composers Sarah Quartel and Ramona Luengen
Performed with the Victoria Conservatory of Music Chamber Orchestra and Artist Faculty
with Deeandra Miranda, soprano
Concert Date:
Sunday, December 8, 2024, 3pm. St Mary’s Anglican Church, 1701 Elgin Road, Victoria
