1980 – 1981             James Fankhauser, conductor

BBC Let The People Sing Competition:
    Mixed Voice Category: First Place

September 28, 1980 (Victoria Centre Aud, Victoria)
CBC production with Victoria Symphony (Paul Freeman) and Amity Singers
    Constant: Cain

November, 1980: Paddy MacLeod appointed Manager-Administrator

November 28, 1980 (Ryerson United)
Miniature Masterworks
    Bach: Lobet den Herrn
    Brahms: Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Muhseligen?
    Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs
    Victoria: O Magnum Mysterium
    Poulenc: O Magnum Mysterium
    Kodaly: Matra Picture
    Freedman: Green...Blue...White

January 23, 1981 (Langley Methodist Church, Whidby Island, Washington)
January 24, 1981 (WSU, Pullman, Washington)
January 25, 1981 (Central Washington State University, Ellensburg)
    Repertoire from Miniature Masterworks concert

March 27, 1981 (First Baptist)
    Handel: Jephtha

1981 – 1982             James Fankhauser, conductor 

November 27, 1981 (Orpheum)
A Night in Old Vienna  with Otto Lowy
    Mozart: Canons
         Lieber Freistadtler
         Bona Nox
         Ach, zu Kurz ist unseres Lebens Lauf
         Ave Maria
    Haydn: Die Beredsankeit
    Von Weber: Hunter’s Chorus (from Eurylanthe)
    Schubert: Nachtgesang im Walde
    Schubert: Christ is erstanden
    Schubert: Ständchen
    Schubert: Miriam’s Siegesgesang
    Brahms: Zigeunerlieder, Op. 112
    Brahms: Gesang fur Frauenchor, Op. 17
    Brahms: Fest –und Gedenksprüche
    Strauss: Die Fledermaus (excerpts)

December 12 and 13, 1981 (two concerts each day) (VSO – Orpheum)
    The Sun Family Pops Christmas Concert
    with Bob McGrath. Conductor: Lee Norris

January 30, 1982 (St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kamloops)
and  January 31, 1982 (Oliver Secondary School Aud., Oliver)
    Repertoire from Old Vienna concert

March 26 and 28, 1982 (First Baptist)
    Bach: St. John Passion

January, 1982
A Percy Granger Concert
CBC Orchestra and John Elliot Gardner, conductor
 

1982 – 1983             James Fankhauser, conductor 

November 12, 1982 (Orpheum) Cond: J. Fankhauser
with Academy Symphony Orchestra and University Singers
    Kodaly: Psalmus Hungaricus (Tenor: Bruce Pullan)

October 24, 1982 (University Centre Auditorium, U. of Victoria) Cond: Arpad Joo
with Victoria Symphony and University Singers and U.Vic Chamber Singers
    Kodaly: Psalmus Hungaricus (Tenor: Glynn Evans) 

December 3 and 5, 1982 (Orpheum)
with members of VSO and CBC Chamber Orchestra
Soprano: Henrietta Schellenberg Alto: Catherine Robbin
Tenor: Glyn Evans           Bass: William Reimer
featured Jim’s “Then shall the eyes of the blind..” funding speech
    Handel: Messiah

December 10, 1982 (First Baptist)
    Children’s Messiah (Narr: Anthony Holland)

March 26, 1983   (Ryerson United)
An English Anniversary (25th Anniversary Concert)
with Special Guest: Hugh McLean (organ)
    Byrd: Haec dies
    Weelkes: When David Heard That Absolom Was Slain
    Browne: Jesu, Mercy How May This Be?
    Sheppard: The Lord’s Prayer
    Tallis: Salvator Mundi
    Byrd: Gloria in Excelsis
    Vaughan Williams Reconciliation
    Vaughan Williams Motet: Valiant-for-Truth
    Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb  

1983 – 1984             James Fankhauser, conductor 

August 1, 1983 A Search for Love (Ryerson)
World Council of Churches Sixth Assembly with Catherine Robbin
    Palestrina: Magnificat anima mea
    Telfer: The Journey

November 25, 1983 (Orpheum – with VSO brass)
 * this concert was repeated in part in Lower Mainland locations
    Gabrieli, G: Canzona Septimi Toni
    Gabrieli, G: Hodie Christus natus est (a 7)
    Gabrieli, G: Hodie Christus natus est (a 8)
    Gabrieli, G: Canzona Sol Sol La Sol)
    Gabrieli, G: O magnum mysterium
    Monteverdi: Exultent caeli
    Schutz: Danket dem Herrn
    Shaw/Parker: Bring a Troch, Jeannette, Isabella
    Shaw/Parker: Wassail Song
    Shaw/Parker: Here, Mid the Ass and Oxen mild
    Shaw/Parker: My Dancing Day
    Shaw/Parker: So Blest a Sight
    Brahms: The Hunter.
    Reger, arr.: The Virgin’s Slumber Song
    Dawson, arr.: Mary Had a Baby
    Jenkins, arr.: A Virgin Unspotted
    Hickey, arr.: Deck the Halls (in 7/8 time)
    Fankhauser, arr.: The Cherry Tree Carol
    Betts: When Christ Was Born
    Warrell, arr.: A Merry Christmas
    Pinkham: Christmas Cantata  

February 25, 1984  (Orpheum)
    Bach: Magnificat in D Major
    Mozart: Grand Mass in C Minor

April, 1984 (CBC – A Little Lunch Music broadcast)
    Parker, arr.: Five Early American Folk Hyms
    Ridout, arr.: J’entends le moulin
    Healey, arr.: Salish Song
    Holman, arr.: Three Canadian Folk Songs
    Walker, arr.: Les Raftsmen
    Zaninelli, arr.: The Water is Wide
    Hannigan, arr.: Walking On the Green Grass
    Finney, arr.: Going Over Home
    Shaw/Parker: I Want To Die Easy
    Shaw/Parker: Dere’s No Hidin’ Place
    Holst, arr.: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
    La Fleming, arr.: The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies, O
    Byrt, arr.: Drivin’ Away At The Smoothing Iron
    Granger, arr.: Mo Mighean Dhu
    Granger, arr.: I’m Seventeen Come Sunday

April 7 and 8, 1984 (Cowichan Valley, Powell River)
 Vancouver Island Tour
    Repertoire from Little Lunch Music concert and
    Hassler: Cantate Domino
    Leungen: Missa Brevis

1984 – 1985             James Fankhauser, conductor 

November 23 and 24, 1984 (Ryerson United)
There Is Sweet Music Here
    Willan: A Hymn to the Muses
    Willan: To Music- A Song
    Willan: To Be Merry
    Victoria: Ave Maria
    Bruckner: Ave Maria
    Mendelssohn: Psalm 43 “Richte mich, Gott”
    Wilson: Psalm 53, “The Lord Reigneth”
    Kodaly: Norwegian Girls
    Kodaly: An Ode for Music
    Madden: The Chime Child
    An Elizabethan Spring
    Rutter: Fancies
    Chatman: There is Sweet Music Here  *** VSC Commission  

January 26, 1985 (St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kamloops)
    Repertoire from ‘Sweet Music’ concert

March 2, 1985 (St. Andrew’s Wesley)
New Music Society: New Music for Choir concert
    Weisgarber: Songs of a Thousand Autumns

March 15 and 17, 1985 (Ryerson United)
Cantatas and Dialogues
    Schutz: Es gingen zweenes Menschen hinauf.
    Schutz: Dialogo Per la Pasqua
    Schutz: Mein Sohn, warum hast du uns das getan?
    Bach: Cantata - Christ lag in Todesbanden, BMV 4
    Bach: Cantata - Wachet auf, BMV 140  

April 3, 1985 (St. Andrew’s Wesley)
with Society for Early Music
with Collegium Vocale Ghent
    Bach, J.: Sey non wieder zufreyden
    Bach, J.: Unser Leben ist ein Schatten
    Bach, J. S.: Jesu meine Freude
    Bach, J. C.: Lieber Herr Gott
    Bach, J. S.: Singet dem Herrn  

1985 – 1986             James Fankhauser, conductor 

November 8, 1985 (Orpheum)
Bach/Handel Youthful Rarities
    Handel: Psalm 112: Laudate pueri Dominum
    Bach: Cantata: Gott ist mein König
    Handel: Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne  

December 6 and 8, 1985 (Orpheum)
with CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Soprano: Jane MacKenzie Alto: Sandra Graham 
Tenor: Mark DuBois      Bass: Peter Barnes
    Handel: Messiah

March 6, 1986 (UBC Museum of Anthropology)
March 9 and 16, 1986 (Arts Club Theatre)
A Cantata for Vancouver
    Luengen: Celebration            *** VSC Commission
    Wilson: On Julia.
    Britten: Choral Dances from Gloriana
    Bjerring: Cantata for Vancouver         *** VSC Commission

April, 1986 (broadcast April 25, 1986 “Mostly Music”)
A Little Lunch Music (CBC production)
    Handel: “Jubilate” for the Peace of Utrecht
    Haydn: “Kyrie” from Mass in Time of Fear (Nelson Mass)
    Britten: Concord
    Bach: “Dona nobis pacem” from Mass in B minor

1986 – 1987             James Fankhauser, conductor

November 9, 1986 (UBC Museum of Anthropology)
A Cantata for Vancouver  
    Schutz: Motet: Cantate Domino
    di Lasso: Chanson: Mon coeur se recommande a vous
    di Lasso: Vilanelle: Ola! O che bon eccho!
    Burge: Motet: So Great is God’s Love
    Willan: Motet: Hodie, Christus Natus Est
    Shaw/Parker: Spiritual: Dere’s No Hidin’ Place
    Burleigh, arr.: Spiritual: My Lord, What a Mornin’
    Johnson: Spiritual: Ain’t Got Time to Die
    Bjerring: A Cantata for Vancouver           *** VSC Commission

November 29, 1986  (Richmond Gateway Theatre)
November 30, 1986 (Arts Club Theatre)
A Lover and His Lass    
    Morley: It Was a Lover and His Lass
    Matthias: It Was a Lover and His Lass
    Matthias: Dirge
    Matthias: Sigh No More Ladies
    Matthias: Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind
    Freedman: It Was a Lover and His Lass
    Freedman: Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind
    Vaughn Williams: Full Fathom Five
    Vaughn Williams: Cloud Capped Towers
    Vaughn Williams: Over Hill Over Dale
    Stevens: It Was a Lover and His Lass
    Stevens: Sigh No More Ladies
    Macfarren: Who Is Sylvia
    Martin: Full Fathom Five
    Chatman:  Love and Shapes High-Fantastical *** VSC Commission
    Rutter: It Was A Lover and His Lass  

December 13, 1986 (Ryerson United)
    The Children’s Messiah (Narr: John Wright)

February 19, 20 & 21, 1987 (Queen Elizabeth Theatre)
VSO and Pacific Northwest Ballet production
    Handel: Hail the Conquering Hero ballet – Kent Stowell

February 27, 1987 and March 1, 1987 (Holy Rosary Cathedral)
Music of the Great Churches: St. Peter’s, Rome
with Allan Fast, countertenor
    Arcadelt:  Motet: Haec Dies
    Chant: Antiphon: Veni Sponsa Christi
    Palestrina: Motet: Veni Sponsa Christi
    Palestrina: Motet: Ave Maria
    Palestrina: Motet: Exsultate Deo
    Palestrina: Motet: O beata et gloriosa trinitas
    Mazzochi: Jesu, dulcis, memoria
    Mazzochi: Cantata: Giunto alla cuna  
    Scarlatti, D.: Sequence: Stabat Mater

1987 – 1988             James Fankhauser, conductor 

October, 1987 (broadcast October 29, 1987 “Mostly Music”)
A Little Lunch Music (CBC production)
    Monteverdi: Beatus vir
    Vivaldi: Credo in E minor
    Zelenka: Beatus vir
    Mozart: Vesperae Solennes de Confessore K.339 

November 15, 1987 Masters (Point Grey Auditorium)
An Afternoon with Four Masters
    Monteverdi: Beatus Vir
    Vivaldi: Credo
    Bach: Cantata: “Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich”, BWV 150
    Mozart: Vesperae Solennes de Confessore  

December 5, 1987 – (Ryerson United)
and December 11, 1987 – Chilliwack Alliance Church
    The Children’s Messiah (Narr: Lee Taylor)

December 19 and 21, 1987 (VSO – Orpheum)
A Westcoast Christmas with Connie Caldor and Roy Forbes
    repertoire included CBC commissions:
    Schipizky: Quiet Eve  
    Bjerring: Alleluia

March 3 and 6, 1987 (Temple Sholom)
The Jewish Heritage with Allan Fast, countertenor
    Rossi: Elohim hashivenu  
    Rossi: Halleluya Hallalee nafshi ed anonai
    Gluck, I.: Music for Passover
    Dello Joio: A Psalm for David
    Steinberg: Cantata: The Vision of Isiah.
    Fine: Have you seen the white lily grow?
    Fine: The Lobster Quadrille
    Bernstein: Chichester Psalms

1988 – 1989             James Fankhauser, conductor
    Note: Jim on sabbatical as of January this season 

October 28 & November 6, 1988 (Holy Rosary)
and November 5, 1988 (St. John’s Anglican, Victoria)
Music of the Great Churches: Germany and Austria
    Praetorius, H.: Gaudete omnes
    Schutz: Quid commisisti
    Kuhnau: Tristis est anima
    Buxtehude: Gloria
    Schein: Die mit Tränen säen
    Bach: Singet dem Herrn.
    Mendelssohn: Mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen?
    Wolf: Ergebung
    Wolf: Erhebung
    Bruckner: Christus factus est
    Bruckner: Os justi
    Brahms: Fest- und Gedenkspruch  

December 2 and 3, 1988 (Orpheum)
Soprano: Julianne Baird Alto: Catherine Robbin
Tenor: Glyn Evans       Bass: Kevin McMillan
    Handel: Messiah

December 10, 1986 (two performances) (First Baptist)
    The Children’s Messiah - (Narr: Lee Taylor)

March 10 and 11, 1989 (Vancouver East Cultural Center)
Crosscurrents
Gerald van Wyck – guest conductor
    Healey: Salish Song
    Chatman: Skidegate Love Song
    Duke: Transformations
    Cayabyab: Gloria
    Makil: Idden-dem Mallida
    Mitchell, arr.:  Five Songs of the Heart        *** VSC Commission
    Chan Ka Nin: Monastary Behind the Mountain
    Luengen: Luo Zaho                   *** VSC Commission

1989 – 1990             James Fankhauser, conductor

October 20 and 22, 1989 (Holy Rosary)
Music of the Great Churches: A San Marco Vespers
with The Whole Noyse, Christine Brandes and Linda Perillo
    Monteverdi: Dixit Dominus  
    Viadana: Motettus: Exultate justi
    Rigatti: Confitebor tibi
    Guami: Motettus: in die tribulationis
    Monteverdi: Beatus vir
    Monteverdi: Laudate pueri
    Monteverdi: Laudate dominum
    Grandi: Motettus: Deus canticum novum
    Monteverdi: Hymnus: Deus tuorum militum
    Crivelli: Motettus: O Maria mater gratiae
    Monteverdi: Magnificat a 8
    Monteverdi: Motettus: Salve Regina
    Monteverdi: Motettus: Exultant caeli

December 8 & 9, 1989 (Point Grey Auditorium)
and December 1, 1989 (St. Monica’s Church, West Vancouver)
    Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
    Medaeval Carols:
          Nowell, Nowell, Tidings True
          Alleluia: A Newe Work
          Marvel Not, Joseph
    Wallace, F.: Gloria Sing            *** VSC Commission
    Mitchell, M.: Christ Child Lullaby      *** VSC Commission
    Healey: When Christ Was Born
    Franklin, arr.: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
    Poston, arr.: Jesus Christ the Appletree
    Rutter, arr.: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
    Paulus, arr.: We Three Kings of Orient Are
    Barnett, arr.: Fum Fum Fum
    Warlock, arr.: Tyrley, Tyrlow 

March 16, 1990 (Orpheum)
Of Time and Truth
with Kathleen Brett, soprano and CBC Orchestra
joined by some members of University Singers
    Haydn: Te Deum
    Mozart: Ave Verum corpus
    Mendelssohn: Wie der Hirsh schreit nach frisham Wasser
    Bjerring: Requiem               *** VSC Commission