2005-2006 Concerts Canadian composer/arranger Symphony Nova Scotia Beethoven Festival May 9 and 10, 2006 at Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax Fantasia for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra Op. 80 Symphony No. 9 in d minor Op. 125 Beethoven Beethoven Halifax Camerata Singers, Nova Voce Men’s Choir, and Symphony Nova Scotia Chorus, conducted by Bernhard Gueller Soloists: Anton Kuerti, piano; Cheryl Hickman, soprano; Marcia Swanston, mezzo soprano; Kurt Lehmann, tenor; Gary Reylea, bass-baritone Amoré! Songs of Youth and Love Feb. 11, 2006 at Maritime Conservatory of the Performing Arts A benefit for the Lung Association of Nova Scotia Liebeslieder Waltzer Rede, Mädchen, allzu liebes Am Gesteine rauscht die Flut Ein kleiner, hübscher Vogel Wenn so lind dein Auge mir O wie sanft die Quelle Nein, es ist nicht auszukommen Johannes Brahms Love Songs for Springtime Soldier, Won’t You Marry Me? The Despairing Lover The Lover’s Arithmetic Paul Halley Te Quiero If Music Be the Food of Love Alberto Favero/ arr. Liliana Cangiano David Dickau Love Lost Paul Sjolund One Perfect Rose (Dorothy Parker 1893-1967) When You’re Away (Samuel Hoffenstein 1890-1947) Careless Talk (Mark Hollis) Your Little Hands (Hoffenstein) Liebeslieder Polkas To His Coy Mistress It was a Lover and his Lass The Passionate Shepherd to his Love The Constant Lover Song to Celia Interlude (Piano solo for 5 hands) Farewell, Ungrateful Traitor Who is Sylvia? P.D.Q. Bach With Cynthia Davies and Tara Scott, piano four hands; Jill Rafuse, fifth hand; Kristopher Snarby, baritone; Natalie Mann, soprano Handel’s Messiah Dec. 21 and 22, 2005 at Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax Halifax Camerata Singers and the Symphony Nova Scotia Chorus with Symphony Nova Scotia, conducted by Ivars Taurins Soloists: Anne Grimm, soprano; Laura Pudwell, mezzo soprano; Benjamin Butterfield, tenor; Christòpheren Nomura, bass Make We Joy! A Canadian Christmas Dec. 4, 2005 at Presbyterian Church of St. David, Halifax Medieval Carol Adam Lay Ybounden Balulalow Noël Nouvelet Quelle est cette odeur agréable? Hodie Christus Natus Est O Magnum Mysterium Magnificat Dormi, Jesu! Kola Owolabi Matthew Larkin Mark Sirett trad. French, arr. Donald Patriquin trad. French, arr. Donald Patriquin arr. Kola Owolabi Jeff Enns Healey Willan Eleanor Daley (with First Baptist Girls’ Choir) Magnificat The World’s Desire (premiere) The Snow Ring-a The News Christmas Angel Ruth Watson Henderson Eleanor Daley text. K.W. Lundie arr. C.V. Stanford Robert Evans Corlynn Hanney First Baptist Girls’ Choir selections Prepare Thyself Zion Mid-Winter Balulalow Gentle Mary Laid Her Child Go Where I Send Thee! J.S. Bach Bob Chilcott Peter Tiefenbach James Whicher arr. Paul Caldwell & Sean Ivory Audience Carols O Come, All Ye Faithful Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Joy to the World! With Cynthia Davies, piano; First Baptist Girls’ Choir of Truro; the Maritime Brass; Shawn Whynot, organ; Michael Baker, timpani Soloists: Aniko Lewton-Brain, soprano; Sheena Henderson, contralto Symphony Nova Scotia Baroque Series Oct. 30, 2005 at St. Andrew’s United Church, Halifax Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 1 in G Beatus Vir Gloria Dixit Dominus G.F. Handel Monteverdi Vivaldi G.F. Handel With Symphony Nova Scotia and the young singers of Camerata’s Youth Mentoring Program