2019-2020 SEASON
SEASON SPONSORS
Journey
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19
Saturday, May 2, 2020
West End Christian Reformed Church
10015 149 Street
My Spirit Rejoices
Music of joy & celebration
featuring Antonio Vivaldi’s Magnificat with chamber orchestra
Saturday, February 29, 7:30 PM
West End Christian Reformed Church
10015 149 Street
Jordan Van Biert & Alison Grant-Préville
Conductors
Vocal Alchemy’s second concert of the 2019-20 season will feature a performance of the Baroque masterpiece, Antonio Vivaldi’s Magnificat, performed by Vocal Alchemy alongside a chamber orchestra of local professionals.
The program will pair the Vivaldi Magnificat with a variety of modern works on the theme of joy, from Canadian composer Marie-Claire Saindon’s evocative Le secret de Dieu to Ola Gjeilo’s beautiful The Rose.
Under the direction of artistic director Jordan Van Biert and choral assistant Alison Grant-Préville, this evening with Vocal Alchemy and guests promises a musical experience that will invigorate and inspire the heart and soul!
A Promised Joy
Music of hope for tomorrow
featuring Dan Forrest’s Requiem for the Living with Chronos Vocal Ensemble & Chamber Orchestra
Saturday, November 23, 7:30 PM
West End Christian Reformed Church
10015 149 Street
Jordan Van Biert Conductor
The featured work, American composer Dan Forrest’s moving Requiem for the Living, will be performed by Vocal Alchemy alongside guests Chronos Vocal Ensemble, and featuring a chamber orchestra of local professionals, along with pianist Kim Cousineau.
The program will pair the Forrest Requiem with a half-concert of varied music on the theme of hope, unaccompanied and with piano, by composers from Palestrina and Brahms to a variety of Canadian composers. The concert will also feature a newly-commissioned work, Boy with Orange (out of Kosovo), by Toronto composer Alex Eddington. Based on a poem by Lotte Kramer, Boy with Orange highlights both the troubling aftermath of war and the “promised joy” of freedom, and was commissioned by a consortium of Canadian choirs including three Edmonton-based ensembles.
This evening with Vocal Alchemy and guests promises a musical experience that will energize and satisfy the heart and soul.