Monteverdi & the Italian Baroque
Sunday February 25, 2024 4:00 p.m.
St. Matthew’s Anglican Church 150 Glebe Ave
Claudio Monteverdi was a Renaissance master – his opera Coronation of Poppea and his Vespers were groundbreaking in the musical world. We will be presenting his pyrotechnical ‘Gloria’ in 7 parts, and his cheerful ‘Beatus Vir,’ among other works. Seventeen Voyces is thrilled to welcome back the Ottawa Baroque Consort, led by cellist Olivier Henchiri.
Christmas with Seventeen Voyces
Two performances
Lucile Hildesheim, harp
Saturday, December 16, 2023 7:30 p.m.
St. Matthew’s Anglican Church 150 Glebe Ave.
Sunday, December 17, 4:00 p.m.
St. Bartholomew’s Church 125 MacKay Street
Our Christmas concert has a slight twist this year – there will be a handful of secular songs with a jazz tinge to them – including fine a cappella arrangements of Let it Snow, I’ll be Home for Christmas, and Jingle Bell Rock. But the pièce de résistance will be that holiday favourite – You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch!
Phantom of the Opera
Matthew Larkin, organ
Friday, October 20, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 21, 7:30 p.m.
St. Matthew’s Anglican Church 150 Glebe Ave.
‘Phantom of the Opera’ – the 1925 silent film starring Lon Chaney, the weekend before Halloween. Matthew Larkin accompany the choir in works such as Messe solennelle by the brilliant blind organist, Jean Langlais, and fellow French composers, Poulenc and Berlioz
Motets and Madrigals
Sunday, May 7, 2023 – 7:30 p.m
St. Matthew’s Anglican Church
217 First Ave, Ottawa, ON K1S 2G5
A concert of favourite madrigals, motets and anthems – fast becoming known as the ‘doppelganger concert’ due to the pairing of ancient and modern titles of the
same name.
Nonsense & Nursery Rhymes
Saturday, March 4, 2023 – 7:30 p.m
St. Matthew’s Anglican Church
217 First Ave, Ottawa, ON K1S 2G5
- A superb wind quintet playing a parody of Nursery Rhymes
- soprano Whitney Sloan singing ‘Poisoning Pigeons in the Park
- Matthew Larkin playing the ‘Humpty Dumpty Blues’
- Seventeen Voyces singing ‘Java Jive’ and John Rutter’s take on nursery rhymes
Christmas with Thirteen Strings
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Dominion Chalmers United Church
355 Cooper St, Ottawa, ON K2P 0G8
On Tuesday, December 6, we will be guests of Thirteen Strings for their annual Christmas concert at the Carleton Dominion Chalmers Centre. Repertoire includes two Bach cantatas and ‘Fantasia on Christmas Carols’ by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Peter Pan
Friday, October 21 and Saturday, October 22/7:30 Southminster United Church.
The film was projected on a large screen and accompanied by live choral music, organ virtuoso Matthew Larkin, and ‘faerie harpist’ Lucile Hildesheim.
Based on Scottish novelist J.M. Barrie’s ever-popular children’s story about a mischievous boy who spends his eternal childhood on an island called Neverland, the film stars the whimsical Betty Bronson – chosen by the author himself.
Ceremony of Carols
Saturday, December 18, 2021 7:30 p.m.
Southminster United Church
Free-will offering‘
Ceremony of Carols’ will feature Benjamin Britten’s beautiful work for SSA with the women of Seventeen Voyces and harpist Lucile Hildesheim. It was composed in 1942 on Britten’s sea voyage from the United States to England. Featuring: Lucile Hildesheim, harp/harpe Kevin Reeves, director/chef Works by/oeuvres de: Britten, Holman, Praetorius, Holst, Gruber, Donkin, and Vaughan Williams
Carissimi’s Jeptha
Friday, February 28, 2020; 7:30 p.m. St. Matthew’s Anglican Church
Adults: $30.00; Students: $20.00 One of the very first oratorios from the Italian Renaissance – a moving story of war and the sacrifice of an innocent. Featuring Bronwyn Thies Thompson (soprano), Dillon Parmer (tenor), Olivier Henchiri (cello), and Marie Bouchard (harpsichord & organ).
Wassail, Wassail!!
Friday, December 6, 2019; 7:30 pm St. Matthew’s Anglican Church Sunday, December 8, 2019; 4:00 p.m. St. Bartholomew’s Anglican Church
Adults: $25.00; Students: $15.00 A selection of Carols featuring Lucile Hildesheim (harp) and Andrew Ager (organ).
Faust
Friday, October 25, 2019; 7:30 pmSaturday, October 26, 2019; 7:30 p.m.St. Matthew’s Anglican Church
Adults: $30.00; Students: $20.00 A 1926 F.W. Murnau silent classic projected on a large screen and accompanied by live choral music and the improvisations of organ virtuoso Matthew Larkin.
Nosferatu
Friday, October 26, 2018; 7:30 pm Saturday, October 27, 2018; 7:30 p.m. St. Matthew’s Anglican Church
Adults: $30.00; Students: $20.00 A 1926 F.W. Murnau silent classic projected on a large screen and accompanied by live choral music and the improvisations of organ virtuoso Matthew Larkin. Also featured Ralitsa Tcholakova (violin).
I Sing of a Maiden
Saturday, December 8, 2018; 7:30 pm St. Matthew’s Anglican Church Sunday, December 9, 2019; 4:00 p.m. Ashbury College Chapel
Adults: $25.00; Students: $15.00 Carols reflecting on Mary and the virgin birth. With Lucile Hildesheim (harp), and Andrew Ager (organ).
Pigments of Imagination
Friday, March 22; 7:30 p.m. Southminster United Church 15 Aylmer Avenue, at Bank Street
Adults: $25.00; Students: $15.00 Musical works accompanied by projected paintings. Ottawa premiere of commissions by Andrew Ager and Mark Duggan, inspired by paintings from the National Gallery of Canada, and world premiere of “Autumn’s Orchestra” by Kevin Reeves, based on text by E. Pauline Johnson. Also featured compositions by Chatman, Knudson, and Kodaly. Guest artists: Yolanda Bruno (violin), Carmen Bruno (Cello), Zac Pulak (Percussion), and Andrew Ager (Piano).
Nosferatu: A Comic Chamber Opera
Friday, May 31, 2019; 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 1, 2019; 7:30 p.m. Glebe St James United Church
Adults: $30.00; Students: $20.00 Was Count Orlok played by a German actor or a real vampire? The world premiere of this comic opera by Kevin Reeves provided a “behind the scenes” account of the filming of one of the greatest silent classics.