Historical Members List
    Messiah and Mass in B Minor
    Conductors
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VCS Concert Repertoire History:

   McLean: 58/59 to 66/67
   Wiebe: 67/68 to 72/73
   Fankhauser: 73/74 to 79/80
   Fankhauser: 80/81 to 89/90
   Fankhauser: 90/91 to 99/00
   Spring 2000 to 2001/2002
   Hannan: 02/03 to 07/08
   Hannan: 2008/2009

VCS Programs and Photos:

   McLean: 58/59 to 66/67
   Wiebe: 67/68 to 72/73
   Fankhauser: 73/74 to 79/80
   Fankhauser: 80/81 to 89/90
   Fankhauser: 90/91 to 99/00
   Spring 2000 to 2001/2002
   Hannan: 02/03 to 07/08
   
Hannan: 2008/2009
   
Hannan: 2009/2010

VANCOUVER CANTATA SINGERS
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Hugh McLean, conductor      1958/59 to 1966/67

1958 – 1959                 Hugh McLean – conductor


February 6, 1959 (Christ Church Cathedral)
this is the first public performance (see Ian Docherty article: when formed in fall 1958 it was called the Philharmonic Choir, then changed its name))
Bach: Mass in B Minor

May 5 and 6, 1959 (Lord Byng High School Auditorium)
with Vancouver Little Symphony
Handel: Acis and Galatea
Purcell: The Fairy Queen  

1959 – 1960                 Hugh McLean – conductor

October 28, 1959 (CBC Wednesday Night Broadcast)
Purcell: The Fairy Queen  

December 7, 1959 (Queen Elizabeth Theatre)
with Vancouver Little Symphony
Bach: Magnificat in D
Britten: Saint Nicholas

March 14, 1960 Choral Music (Queen Elizabeth Theatre)
Gibbons: Ah! Dear Heart
Wilbye: Stay, Corydon
Morley: O Grief
Weelkes: To Shorten Winter's Sadness
Thompson: The Peaceable Kingdom
Villa-Lobos: Quartet for Harp, Celeste, Flute and Saxophone with Female Chorus
Tippett: Four Songs from the British Isles

May 25, 1960: concert cancelled "because of low box office receipts at the March concert" 

May 18, 1960 (Brock Memorial Building)
Baccalaureate Service - Anthems

August 4, 1960 (Hotel Vancouver Ballroom – The Vancouver Festival Society)
Vaughn-Williams: Mass in G Minor
Gesualdo: Three madrigals
Bach: Singet dem Herrn
Tippett: Four Songs from the British Isles

1960 – 1961                 Hugh McLean – conductor

December 3, 1960 (Queen Elizabeth Theatre)
Soprano: Audrey Farnell     Alto: Joan Maxwell
Tenor: Peter Koslowsky      Bass: William Reimer
with Vancouver Little Symphony
Handel: Messiah

Spring Concert announced in Dec 1960 Messiah program: Catulli Carmina – Orff and Les Noces – Stravinsky dates TBA    - but no record of the performance

1961 – 1962                 Hugh McLean – conductor

December 1, 1961 (St. Andrew’s Wesley)
Rossini: Messe Solennelle

April 20, 1962 (Ryerson United)
Bach: St. John Passion

June 9, 1962 (Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria)
Rossini: Messe Solennelle

1962 – 1963                 Hugh McLean – conductor

November 16, 1962 (Queen Elizabeth Playhouse)
Stravinsky: Three Motets
Schoenberg: Dreimal tausend Jahre
Orff: Six Scenes from "Catulli Carmina"
McIntyre: Two Settings of Metaphysical Poems
Hindemith: Six Chansons
Tippett: Five Negro Spirituals 

April 6, 1963 (Christ Church Cathedral)
with Beth McNairn, Anne Hardstaff, Marlies Schoenfeld
Agnes Stieda, Victor Martens, Ian McEown and Randall Marsh
Bach: Mass in B Minor

1963 – 1964                 Hugh McLean – conductor

April 5, 1964 (St. James Anglican)
Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610

1964 – 1965                 Hugh McLean – conductor

April 16, 1965 (Ryerson United)
with Vancouver Little Symphony and CBC Vancouver Singers
Bach: St Matthew Passion

1965 – 1966                 Hugh McLean – conductor

January 16, 1966 (Vancouver Playhouse Theatre for Women’s Musical Club)
    - only 13-voice choir for this concert according to article
    - partial program from article
    Gesualdo: Madrigals
    Brahms: Four Part Songs
    Bach: Jesu meine Freude
    Wishart: Philatelist Royal

February 20 and 21, 1966 (VSO - Queen Elizabeth Theatre)
Stravinsky: Les Noces

April 8, 1966 (Ryerson United)
Meredith Davies, conductor
with Vancouver Little Symphony
H. McLean - organ continuo
Bach: St. John Passion

1966 – 1967                 Hugh McLean – conductor

March 24, 1967 (Christ Church Cathedral)
with Motet Singers, directed by John Wiebe - who also prepared the VCS for this concert and sang the part of Pilate
Bach: St. Matthew Passion 

May 30, 1967 (Brock Memorial Building)
Baccalaureate Service - Anthems