Past Concerts – 2018-19 Season April 7, 2019

Music of the Heart and Soul

With St John’s Chamber Singers
Sunday, April 7 – 7:30 pm

St John’s Chamber Singers joins the Victoria Baroque for a selection of transcendent sacred music by German Baroque Masters. An atmospheric evening of Divine Music in a Divine Space!

Music by Schelle, Kuhnau, Bach and Buxtehude.

The choir impressed with its precision and energy” (Music in Victoria)

Programme:

Bach: Kyrie in F Christe, du Lamm Gottes
Kuhnau: Cantata Weicht ihr Sorgen aus dem Hertzen
Bach: Motet Jesu meine Freude
Schelle: Cantata Herr, lehre uns bedenken
Buxtehude: Ciaccona Quemadmodum desiderat cervus
Buxtehude: Trio Sonata in A minor
Kuhnau: Motet Tristis est anima mea
Bach: Sanctus in D

Music of the Heart and Soul programme notes

Soloists: 

Anne van der Sloot, soprano
Alana Hayes, mezzo soprano
Nolan Kehler, tenor
Kyron Basu, baritone

Performers:

St John’s Chamber Singers directed by David Stratkauska
Christi Meyers, violin
Elyssa Lefurgey-Smith, violin
Mieka Michaux, viola
Paul Luchkow, viola
Martin Bonham, cello
Natalie Mackie, violone
Katrina Russell, bassoon