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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. Andrews 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 Womens 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
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