1990 – 1991             James Fankhauser, conductor
    Note: Jim on sabbatical this season 

October 20, 1990 (St. Andrew’s Wesley)
The German Baroque
Andrew Parrott, guest conductor
with The Whole Noyse
Scheidt: Ich nin die Auferstehung
Praetorius: Missa: ganz Teudsch
Scheidt: Benedicamus Domino
Schutz: Musikalische Exequien I: Concert in Form einer teutschen Begrabnis-Missa: “Nackett bin ich”
Schein: Herzlich Lieb hab ich dich o mein Herz
Schutz: Musikalische Exequien II: Motette “Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe”
Schutz: Musikalische Exequien III: Canticum B. Simeonis “Herr, nun lassest du deinen Diener”
Schein: Mit Fried und Freud
Praetorius: Hort auf mit Weinen und Klagen  

December 19 & 21, 1990 (Ryerson United)
Noel
Steven Morgan conducting (VCS assistant Conductor)
    Derring: Jubilate Deo universa terra
    Gabrieli: O Jesu mi dulcissime
    Poulenc: Quatre motets pour le temps de Noel
    Verdi: Ave Maria
    Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin
    Pergolesi: Magnificat
    Mathias: Wassail Carol
    Rutter: What Sweeter Music
    Fissinger, arr: I Saw Three ships
    Jackson, arr: Nouvelet
    Anderson, arr: The Huron Carol
    Fankhauser, arr: As Joseph was a walking
    de Cormier, arr: The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
    Bellefeulle, arr: Noel c’est l’amour
    Kight, arr: The Christmas Song
    Langford, arr: Jingle Bells

March 1, 1991 (St. Andrew’s-Wesley)
Wayne Riddell, guest conductor
    Mozart: Requiem

April 28, 1991 (Shaughnessy Heights)
and May 4, 1991 (St. Marks, White Rock)
and May 10, 1991 (St. Paul’s Anglican)
with Ad Libitum Choir, Calgary
Steven Morgan conducting (VCS Assistant Conductor)
    Weelkes: Hosanna to the Son of God
    Durufle: Ubi Caritas
    Casals: O vos omnes
    Dering: Jubilate deo
    Verdi: Ave Maria
    Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin
    Bach: Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf
    Britten: Choral dances from Gloriana
    Vaughan Williams, arr: Ca’ the yowes
    Granger, arr: I’m Seventeen Come Sunday
    Erb, arr: Shenandoah
    Holman, arr: The Bluebird

1991 – 1992             James Fankhauser, conductor

November 3, 1991 (Hotel Vancouver Ballroom)
with Markham and Broadway, duo-pianists
    Haydn: Die Harmonie in der Ehre (conducted by S. Morgan)
    Haydn: Der Augenblick (conducted by S. Morgan)
    Haydn: An den Vetter (conducted by S. Morgan)
    Haydn: Alles hat seine Zeit (conducted by S. Morgan)
    Luengen:  Long Loves Day (Six Songs)        *** VSC Commission
    Brahms: Liebeslieder, Op. 52

December 13 & 15, 1991 (Orpheum)
with Pacific Baroque Orchestra
Soprano: Julianne Baird Alto: Laura Pudwell
Tenor: Mark DuBois      Bass: Gary Relyea
    Handel: Messiah

March 7, 1992 (Ryerson)
and March 8, 1992 (Christ Church Cathedral)
Music of Eastern Europe
    Handl: O Admirabile Commercium
    Harrant: Sanctus
    Harrant: Agnus Dei
    Handl: Ascendit Deus
    Bardos: Popule meus
    Pärt: De profundis
    Dvorak: Gloria in excelsis Deo
    Bardos: Cantemus
    Kodaly: Folszallot a pava
    Liszt: Ave Maria

1992 – 1993             James Fankhauser, conductor

October 23 & 25, 1992 (Holy Rosary Cathedral)
Music of the Great Churches – Vespers for the Feast of St. Mark
with The Whole Noyse, Christine Brandes and Linda Perillo
    Grandi: Domine ad adjuvandem me
    Rigatti: Dixit Dominus
    Rigatti: Confitebor
    Rigatti: Beatus vir
    Rigatti: Laudate pueri
    Rigatti: Laudate Dominum
    Monteverdi: Cantate Domino
    Crivelli: O Maria mater gratiae
    Rigatti: Magnificat
    Gabrieli, G.: Deus qui beatum Marcum

December 6, 1992 (Christ Church Cathedral)
In Concert for Reflection (with the VSO)
    Agnes Grossman, conductor
    Brahms: Schicksalslied (O Song of Destiny) Op. 64
    Faure: Requiem

December 20, 1992 (West Vancouver United)
and December 21 & 22, 1992 (Ryerson United)
Sir Christemas!
    from Cancionero de Upsala: Dadme albicias, hijos d’Eva
    Esquivel: Vox clamatntis in deserto
    Guerrero: A un nino llorando
    Guerrero: Pastores loquebantur
    Handl: Resonet in laudibus
    Handl: Mirabile mysterium
    Handl: Tribus miraculis ornatum diem
    Mendelssohn: Frohlokket, ihr Völker auf Erden
    Rheinberger: Universi qui Te expectant
    Bruckner: Virga Jesse
    Wells: Sir Christemas
    Bryt: All and some
    Leighton: Coventry Carol
    Warlock: Bethlehem Down
    Walton: What cheer?
    Shaw/Parker Master in this hall
    Ribo, arr: Song of the Birds
    Humphries, arr: Noel Mouvelet
    Vaughan Williams, arr: Wassail Song
    Virgili, arr: Ninna-nanna a Gesu Bambino
    Lewellyn, arr: London waits
    Tucapsky, arr: A child is born
    Tucapsky, arr: Make we merry

March 5 & 7, 1993 (St. Andrew’s-Wesley)
with Pacific Baroque Orchestra
    Zelenka: Beatus vir
    Bach: Jesu, meine Freude
    Handel: Dixit Dominus

1993 – 1994             James Fankhauser, conductor

August 5, 1993 (First Nations Longhouse, UBC)
    Raminsh: Magnificat
    Bjerring: Song of the Salish Chief (Cantata for Vancouver, 1986)

November 14, 1993 (Orpheum)
with Pacific Baroque Orchestra
Soprano: Christine Brandes  Countertenor: Daniel Taylor
Tenor: Jeffrey Thomas   Bass: Daniel Lichti
    Bach: Mass in B Minor

December 19, 1993 (West Vancouver United)
and December 21 & 22, 1993 (Ryerson United)
with Burnaby District Youth Choir
    Gabrieli: Hodie Christus natus est
    Hassler: Verbum caro factum est
    Dering: Quem vidistis pastores
    Wallace: Rock the Child
    Raminsh: Carol of the Birds
    Distler: Lo, how a rose e’er blooming
    Tippett: Magnificat
    Pearsall, arr.: In dulci jubilo
    Williamson, arr.: Ding, Dong Merrily On High
    Rutter, arr.: I wonder as I wander
    Fessinger, arr.: I saw three ships
    Rutter: Shepherd’s Pipe Carol
    Vaughn Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols  

March 4 & 6, 1994 (Ryerson United)
    Scarlatti: Stabat Mater
    Rheinberger: Cantus Missae

May 7, 1994 (St. Andrew’s-Wesley)
with Elektra, Chor Leone and Pacific Wind Ensemble
    Bruckner: Mass in E Minor

1994 – 1995             James Fankhauser, conductor

November 4 & 5, 1994   (Ryerson United)
The Mystic Mass
    Durufle: Quatre Motets sur des themes Gregoriens
    Martin: Mass for double chorus a cappella
    Luengen: O Lacrimosa
    Mendelssohn: Kyrie in c minor
    Mendelssohn: Warum toben die Heiden
    Brahms: Fest- und Gedenkspruche  

December 16 & 18, 1994 (Orpheum)
with Pacific Baroque Orchestra
Soprano: Ann Monoyios   Alto: Linda Maguire
Tenor:  Benjamin Butterfield    Bass: Paul Grindlay
    Handel: Messiah

February 26, 1995 (Orpheum)
Helmut Rilling – guest conductor
    Mozart: Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento
    Haydn: Missa Solemnis in B Flat Major

1995 – 1996             James Fankhauser, conductor

October 27 & 29, 1995 (Holy Rosary Cathedral)
The 1640 Mass
with The Whole Noyse and Linda Perillo and Christine Brandes
    Rigatti: Kyrie a 8
    Rigatti: Gloria a8
    Rigatti: Credo a 8
    Gesualdo: Deus refugium
    Rigatti: Sanctus a 8
    Monteverdi: Christe adoramus te
    Rigatti: Agnus Dei a 8
    Rigatti: O dulcissima Virgo
    Bernardi: Laudate Dominum
    Viadana: Exultate Justi

December 19 & 20, 1995 (Ryerson United)
and December 22, 1995 (Centennial Theatre, Noth Vancouver)
    Plainsong Hymn: Veni veni Emmanual
    Carol: Ther is no rose of swych vertu – 15th c. anon
    Sweelink: Motet: Hodie Christus natus est
    Victoria: Motet: O Magnum Mysterium
    Victoria: Missa “O Magnum Mysterium”: Kyrie
    Victoria: Missa “O Magnum Mysterium”:Gloria
    Matthias: Motet: O nata lux
    Willan: Motet: Hodie Christus natus est
    Watson Henderson: Songs of the Nativity
    Bennett: Five Carols
    Wodehouse: A Virgin most pure
    Rutter: What sweeter music
    Basque Noel: I saw a maiden
    Chapman: Christ is the flower
    Rutter: Shepherd’s Pipe Carol
    Bellefeuille, arr.: Noel c’est l’amour
    Rutter, arr.: The Holly and the Ivy

March 1, 1986 (St. John’s Shaughnessy)
and  March 2, 1986 (Coquitlam Alliance)
and March 3, 1986 (South Abbotsford Mennonite Brethern)
    Bach: Cantata BWV 70: Wachet! Betet! Betet! Wachet!
    Bach: Cantata BWV 229: Komm, Jesu Komm
    Bach: Cantata BWV 148: Bringet dem Herrn Ehre seines Names
    Bach: Cantata BWV 147: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben

1996 – 1997             James Fankhauser, conductor

November 1 and 3, 1997 (Ryerson United)
Autumn Gifts
    Weelkes: Motet: O Lord arise
    Byrd: Motet: Ave verum corpus
    Willan: Motet: Gloria deo per immensa saecula
    Brahms: Quartette, Opus 92
    Rheinberger: Stimmen des Gartens
    Mendelssohn: Die Nachtigall
    (Mendelssohn) Hensel: Nachtreigen
    Monteverdi: Quell’aigellin che canta
    Gesualdo: Itene o miei sospiri
    Enns: The Sunbeame of Thy Face
    Telfer: Silence
    King: Set Me As A Seal
    Luengen: Frühlingslied
    Bolden: Moment
    Healey: Danse, mon moine
    Healey: Eskimo Hunting Song
    Somers: Feller From Fortune

December 8, 1996 (Holy Rosary)
and December 14 (South Abbotsford Mennonite Brethern)
and December 15 (West Vancouver United)
A Cantata Singers’ Christmas
    Bach: In dulci jubilo
    Praetorius: Lo, how a rose
    Ribo, arr.: The Song of the Birds
    Shaw/Parker: Ya viene la vieja
    Pettman, arr.: I saw a maiden  
    Humphries, arr.: Noel Nouvelet
    Shaw/Parker: Master in this hall
    Britten: Hymn to the Virgin
    Mitchell: Christ Child Lullaby
    Schell: Torches, Torches
    Posten, arr.: Jesus Chirst the Apple Tree
    Willan: Hodie Christus natus est
    Wood, arr.: A Virgin most pure
    Holst: In the Bleak midwinter
    Rutter: What sweeter music
    Hultberg, arr.: The Christmas Song
    Ramsey, arr.: Deck the Halls
    Nickel, arr.: Silent Night
    Rutter, arr.: Go tell it on the mountain

February 9, 1997
Schubert Festival
CBC Event: with CBC Orchestra
    Schubert: Zum sanctus from Mass in D Minor
    Schubert: Tantum ergo in C Major
    Schubert: Tantum ergo in E Flat Major
    Schubert: Mass in A Flat Major  

March 19, 1997 (Orpheum)
with Pacific Baroque Orchestra
and Rogers Covey-Crump, John Relyea, Laura Pudwell, Tamara Hummel
    Bach: St. John Passion

1997 – 1998             James Fankhauser, conductor 

November 1 and 2, 1997 (Holy Rosary)
The 1610 Vespers
with The Whole Noyse and Pacific Baroque members
and Christine Brandes, Phoebe MacRae and Paul Elliot
        Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine

November 20, 1997 (Diane Farris Gallery)
Ben Heppner Reception
    Honourary Chairman of the Fortieth Anniversary Campaign

December 12 and 14, 1997 (Orpheum)
with Pacific Baroque Orchestra
and Suzie Le Blanc, Rosemarie van der Hooft, Nils Brown, William Sharp
        Handel: Messiah

March 27 and 29, 1998 (Ryerson United)
and April 25, 1998 (Willow Park Church, Kelowna)
and May 4, 1998 (Richmond Gateway Theatre)
Border Crossing – The European Tour Programme
    Bach, J.S.: Jauchet dem Herrn
    Bach, J.: Unser Leben ist ein Schatten
    Bach, J.C.F.: Ich lieg und schlafe
    Bach, J.S.: Lobet den Herrn
    Rheinberger: Five Motets Opus 40
    Brahms: Schaffe in mir Gott, ein rein Herz
    Nickel: When I was Child              *** VSC Commission
    Luengen: Ruht wohl                     *** VSC Commission    
    Peterson: Cantate Domino
    Shaw/Parker: Hark, I hear the Harps eternal
    Shaw/Parker: I want to die easy
    Shaw/Parker: I got shoes
    Dawson: Ain’-a that Good News

May 23, 1998
Spring Gala -Dinner dance at the Hotel Vancouver
    With Dal Richards Orchestra

Summer 1998 – European Tour (repertoire from Border Crossings)

1998 – 1999             James Fankhauser, conductor

October 23 and 24, 1998 (Holy Rosary)
Music of the Mexican Baroque
Mass for St. Michael
    Perez: Kyrie de la Misa de la Batalla
    Perez: Gloria de la Misa de la Batalla
    Guerrero: In conspectu angelorum
    Perez: Credo de la Misa de la Batalla
    Palestrina: Stetit Angelus iuxta aram templi
    Perez: Sanctus de la Misa de la Batalla
    Guerrero: Pater noster
    Perez: Agnus Dei de la Misa de la Batalla
    Navaro, Guerrero, de Cebalos, Urrede: Hymnus: Tibi, Christe, splendor Patris

December 19 (two performances), 1998 (First Baptist)
A Cantata Singer’ Christmas
with Vancouver Children’s Choir
    Brahms: The Hunter
    Praetorius: Lo, how a rose
    Rutter, arr.: What child is this?
    Shaw/Parker: Hacia Belen va un borrico
    Rutter: Brother Heinrich’s Christmas
    Rutter, arr.: Angels We Have Heard on High
    Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter
    Fankhauser, arr.: De Virgin Mary had a baby boy
    Poston, arr.: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
    Rutter, arr.: O Holy Night
    Rutter, arr.: Hark the Herald Angels Sing

February 24 – 27, 1999 (Queen Elizabeth Theatre)
Dracula - Royal Winnipeg Ballet production
    Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and VCS)

March 19 and 21, 1999 (Chan Centre)
Handel & Mozart at the Chan
with University Singers and Pacific Baroque
with Karina Gauvin, Phoebe MacRae, Nils Brown, Daniel Lichti
    Handel: Dixit Dominus
    Mozart: Vesperas Solennes de Confessore

1999 – 2000             James Fankhauser, conductor

October 30 and 31, 1999 (Holy Rosary)
Mostly Monteverdi
with The Whole Noyse and Pacific Baroque members
with Linda Perillo, Julia Olson
    Monteverdi: Dixit Dominus
    Guami: In die tribulationis
    Monteverdi: Beatus vir
    Gabrieli, A.: O sacrum convivium
    Monteverdi: Laudate pueri
    Monteverdi: Laudate Dominum
    Crivelli: O Maria Mater gratiae
    Monteverdi: Magnificat
    Gabrieli, G.: Omnes gentes

December 18, 1999 (First Baptist)
and December 19, 1999 (West Vancouver United)
A Fin de Siecle Christmas
    1900    Reger: Kommt und lasst uns
         Reger: Schlaf’ mein Kindelein
    1910    Holst: This have I done for my True Love
                Howells: A Spotless Rose
    1920    Rachmaninoff: Glory be to God
    1930    Britten: Three Kings
    1940    Dawson: Mary Had A Baby
                A Forties Medley: Sleigh Ride, Marshmallow World, Jingle Bells
    1950    Poulenc: O magnum mysterium
                Shaw/Parker: I saw three ships
    1960    Hultberg: La Virgen lava panales
                Walton: All the time
    1970   Wilcocks: Hush my dear
                Rutter: The twelve days of Christmas
    1980    Rutter: I wonder as I wander
                Watson-Henderson: The Lamb
    1990    Galbraith: Myn Lyking *** VSC Commission
                Sled: Gabriel’s Message *** VSC Commission

March 25 and 26, 2000 (Chan Centre)
James Fankhauser’s Farewell Concert
with Ann Monoyios, Jennifer Lane, Colin Balzer, Nathaniel Watson
and University Singers and Pacific Baroque Orchestra    
    Bach: Mass in B Minor