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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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John Wiebe, conductor      1967/68 to 1972/73

1967 – 1968                 John Wiebe, conductor

November 19, 1967 (Kerrisdale Presbyterian)
A Program of Choral and Organ Music by Canadian Composers
        Healy Willan, Drummond Wolfe, Frederick Silvester
        W.H. Anderson, Frederick Chubb, William France
        John J. Weatherseed, Richard T. Bevan, Frederick Karam
        Phillip G. LaMarche, Kenneth Meek, Violet Archer
        and Keith Bissell

December 10, 1967 (Ryerson United)
and  February 18, 1968 (St. James United)
    Brahms: Warum
    Bissell: Laudate Dominum
    Bissell: Christ Whose Glory Fills the Sky
    Willan: Rise Up My Love, My Fair One
    Willan: O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song
    Lenel: Magnificat
    La Marche: See Amid the Winter’s Snow
    La Marche: Out of the Orient Crystal Skies
    La Marche: Shine Happy Star
    Bach: Aria  - Susser-Trost (from Cantata 151)
    Guerrero: Vamos al Portal
    Morales: Missus est Gabriel: Pastores, Dicite, Quidnam Vidistis  

April 12, 1968 (Ryerson United)
and April 17, 1968 (St. Mark’s Lutheran Church)

    Schutz: St. Matthew Passion
    Eccard: O Lamm Gottes
    Eccard: Vom Heiden Christi
    Naylor: The Crown of Thorns
    Muller: Mein Heiland geht ins Leiden
    Peter: O Anblick der Mirs Herze Bricht  

May 26, 1968 (Ryerson United)
    Willan: O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song
    Naylor: The Crown of Thorns
    Willan: Rise Up My Love, My Fair One
    Britten: Festival Te Deum
    Mozart: Mass in C Major

BCMEA Concert (Burnaby - 1968)
    Hovhannes: Sing Aloud
    Thomas: Jauchzet Gott, Alle Lande
    Bruckner: Jesus, Our Savior
    Scarlatti: Exultate Deo

May 28, 1968 (Brock Memorial Building)
    Baccalaureate Service - Anthems

1968 – 1969                 John Wiebe, conductor

November 24, 1968 (Ryerson United)
and November 25, 1968 (Evergreen Hall, Chilliwack)

    Bach: Magnificat in D
    Hovhannes: Sing Aloud
    Thomas: Jauchzet Gott, Alle Lande
    Thomas: Erhalt Uns Herr, bei beinem Wort
    Bruckner: Jesus, Our Savior
    Scarlatti: Exultate Deo
    Scarlatti: Cantata pastorales per la nativita

March 30, 1969 (VSO – Queen Elizabeth Theatre)
    Berlioz: Beatrice and Benedick (with VSO) 

May 21, 1969 (St. Andrew’s Wesley)
    (this concert previewed on May 4 at St. Helen’s Anglican)

    Scarlatti: Exultate Deo
    Bruckner: Locus iste a Deo factus est
    Bruckner: Christus factus est
    Couperin: Clap Your Hands
    Schubert: Mass in G

June 17, 1969 (at SFU Centre for Comm. and the Arts)
    mostly a repeat of the May concert

August 24, 1969 ( Evensong at St. James Anglican - guest conductor: H. McLean - for Royal Canadian  College of Organists convention) repertoire taken from current season   

1969 – 1970                 John Wiebe, conductor

November, 1969 (VSO – Queen Elizabeth Theatre)
    Bach: Cantata No 55 “Ich armer Mensch”
    Liszt: A ‘Faust’ Symphony

December 6, 1969 (Evergreen Hall, Chilliwack)
and December 9, 1969 (St. Andrew’s Wesley)

    Bach: Christmas Oratorio

March 20, 1970 (Ryerson United)
    Ridout: The Seven Last Words
    Schutz: Also hat Gott
    Schutz: Praise to thee
    Bach: Chorale from St Matthew Passion

March 21 and 22, 1970 (VSO – Queen Elizabeth Theatre)
    Bach: St. Matthew Passion

May 26, 1970 (Student Union Building Auditorium)
    Baccalaureate Service - Anthems

June 10, 1970 (Ryerson United)
    Dunstable: Veni Sancte Spiritus
    Tomkins: Almighty God, the Fountain of all Wisdom
    Brahms: Schaffe in mir Gott
    Near: Set Me As A Seal Upon Thy Heart
    Near: I Sat Down Under His Shadow
    Tippett: Three Negro Spirituals

1970 – 1971                 John Wiebe, conductor

December 2, 1970 (Christ Church Cathedral)
    Fetler: Te Deum
    Russell: Who is at my window, who?
    Zimmermann: Weihnachtslied
    Zimmermann: Magnificat
    Rosenmuller: Daran ist erchienen Liebes Gottes
    Buxtehude: In Dulci Jubilo
    Tunder: Hosianna dem Sohne Davids

December 6, 1970 ( Can. College of Organists Choir Festival - St. Andrew’s Wesley)
    Fetler: Te Deum
    Russell: Who is it my window, who?

March 21 and 22, 1971 (VSO – Queen Elizabeth Theatre)
    Brahms: German Requiem

May 25, 1970 (UBC Music Recital Hall)
    Baccalaureate Service - Anthems

1971 – 1972                 John Wiebe, conductor

November 10, 1971 (Ryerson United)
with Hortulani Musicae
    Josquin des Pres: Missa Pange lingua
    Jacobus de Kerle: Suscipant, Domine, montes ecclesie tue
    Weelkes: Hosanna to the Son of David
    Schutz: Selig sind die Toten
    Buxtehude: Ihr Lieben Christen freut Euch nun

April 24, 1972 (Evergreen Hall, Chilliwack)
and April 26, 1972 (Ryerson United)

    Byrd: Mass for Four Voices
    Mozart: Vesperae Solennes de Confessore

1972 – 1973                 John Wiebe, conductor 

November 18, 1972 (St. Christophers Anglican, West Van)
and November 19, 1972 (Ryerson United)
    Bach: Motet “Jesu meine Freude”
    Kodaly: Missa Brevis

January 20 and 21, 1973 (VSO – Queen Elizabeth Theatre)
    Holst: The Planets (women’s chorus)

April 7, 1973 (VSO  - Queen Elizabeth Theatre )
with Bach Choir
    Faure: Requiem, Opus 48
    Debussey: Nocturnes

May 7, 1973 (M.E.I Auditorium, Clearbook)
and May 19, 1973 (Ryerson United)

with Hortulani Musicae
    Dufay: Mass
    Bach: Cantata No. 106 “Actus Tragicus”

May 29, 1973 (UBC Music Recital Hall)
    Baccalaureate Service - Anthems