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Victoria Philharmonic Choir Launches 10th Anniversary Celebration Season with Music for St. Cecilia's Day: Victoria Philharmonic Choir, Michael Molnar, Julian Greenwood, Raya Fridman, Sarah Fryer
The Victoria Philharmonic Choir and Music Director Peter Butterfield launch thei...
In-Person Event
Sat. November 22nd 2014 + Add to Calendar
St. Mary's Anglican Church
5:00pm - 6:30pm Doors at: 4:30pm
Free
Artists
Michael Molnar
Julian Greenwood
Raya Fridman
Sarah Fryer
Presented by:
Victoria Philharmonic Choir
PO Box 5041 Victoria B Victoria BC
V8R 6N3
Event Description
The Victoria Philharmonic Choir and Music Director Peter Butterfield launch their new season with a 500-year-old tradition - a workshop and concert marking the feast day of Cecilia, the patron saint of musicians. While the story of this 4th century Roman Christian martyr is a tangled web of religion and legend, and very few historical facts, she has inspired a heavenly host of musical works by great composers, including Henry Purcell, G.F. Handel and Benjamin Britten, whose birthday falls on Cecilia's feast day of November 22. "It was too great a coincidence to pass up", says conductor Peter Butterfield, who has programmed Britten's Hymn to St. Cecilia, set to a poem by W.H. Auden, as a feature of the performance. The choir will also sing choruses from Handel's joyous Ode for St. Cec... more...Event Poster
