2002 – 2003             Eric Hannan, conductor 

October 12 and 13, 2002 (Holy Rosary)
Thanksgiving at the Cathedral
with La Cetra
    Gibbons: Hosanna to the son of David
    Weelkes: When David Heard
    Byrd: Hear my prayer, O Lord  
    Byrd: O Lord, rebuke me not
    Purcell: Coronation Anthem: My heart is inditing
    Monteverdi: Motet: Cantate Domino
    Gabrieli: Motet: Cantate Domino
    Palestrina: Kyrie (from Missa eterna Christi munera)
    Palestrina: Agnus Dei I (from Missa eterna Christi munera)
    Palestrina: Agmus Dei II (from Missa eterna Christi munera)
    Monteverdi: Gloria a 7 

November 3, 2002 Orpheum 75th Anniversary Concert
with CBC Radio Orchestra
    Bach: Cantata No. 40 - Wachet Auf (first movement)
    Bach: "Jesu bleibet meine Freude", from Cantata No. 147 (BWV 147)
    Bach: Cantata No.149: Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg, BWV 149 (first mvmt)    

Christmas Reprise Concert (Holy Rosary)
A varied programme of traditional and contemporary Christmas music - works by:
Biebl, Leighton, Mendelsson, Parker/Shaw, Praetorius, Siemens, Willan

February 22, 2003 (Ryerson)
and February 23, 2003 (West Vancouver United)
Our Times
with Vancouver Children’s Choir
    Britten: Chorale, after an old French Hymn
    Sled: Shattered Islands             *** VCS Commission
    Albright: Chichester Mass  
    MacMillan: The Gallant Weaver
    Hampton: O Lord, Support Us
    Bernstein: Chichester Psalms   

April 5 and 6, 2003 (Holy Rosary)
An Italian Spring
with The Whole Noyse and La Cetra
    Cavalli: Kyrie (Messa Concertata)
    Cavalli: Gloria
    Monteverdi: Exultant caeli
    Cavalli: Credo
    Cavalli: Sanctus – Benedictus
    Monteverdi: Beatus vir
    Cavalli: Agnus Dei

2003 - 2004             Eric Hannan, conductor 

October 4/5, 2003 (St Augustine’s Church)
and September 27, 2003 (Bakerview Mennonite Church, Abbotsford
Bach and Before
with La Cetra   
    Schutz: Selig sind die Toten  
    Schutz: Ich weis das mein erloser lebt
    Charpentier: Pour le Saint sacrement au reposoire  
    Charpentier: Ave regina caelorum
    Charpentier: Salve regina
    Anon: Magnificat
    Bach: Jesu meine Freude 

December 13, 2003 (Orpheum)
and December 14, 2003 (South Mennonite MB Church)
with Pacific Baroque Orchestra
Soprano: Ellen Hargis       Alto: Laura Pudwell
Tenor: Colin Balzer     Bass: Tyler Duncan (ill - Funk/Colpitts)
Handel: Messiah  

December 20, 2003 (Holy Rosary)
Christmas Reprise Concert  (free concert)
    Mendelssohn: Im advent  
    Mendelssohn: Weihnachten
    Hultberg, arr.: I Wonder As I Wander
    Leighton: Coventry Carol
    Praetorius: Omnis mundus jocundetur
    Siemens, arr.: Lo how a rose e’r blooming
    Caracciolo: There is no rose of such virtue
    Willan:  Hodie Christus Natus est
    Aichinger: Noe, noe psallite  
    Parker/Shaw, arr.: Christ Was Born on Christmas Day
    Traditional: Quem pastores
    Chant: Verbum caro factum est
    Parker/Shaw, arr.: O Tannenbaum
    14th c. English: Qui creavit coelum
    Biebel: Ave Maria  

March 5, 2004 (South Mennonite MB Church)
and March 6, 2004 (St. Augustine Church)
and March 7, 2004 (West Vancouver United)
From Hamburg to Vienna
    Brahms: In stiller Nacht
    Brahms: Sechs Quartette, Op. 112
    Mendelssohn: Ps. 91, Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen
    Mendelssohn: Ps. 2, Warum toben die Heiden
    Schubert: Ps. 23, Gott ist mein Hirt
    Schubert: Liebe
    Mendelssohn:  Ps. 43, Richte mich, Gott
    Mendelssohn: Ps, 22, Mein Gott, mein Gott, warum has du mich verlasse  

2004 - 2005             Eric Hannan, conductor

October 30, 2004 (St. Michael's, Kelowna)
and November 6, 2004 (WVan United)
and November 6, 2004 (Christ Church)
Mass Merge
    Kyrie - Rheinberger: Cantus Missae
    Gloria - Peter Hannan: Gloria Tropes (premiere)     *** VCS Commission
    Credo - Palestrina: Missa Tu es Petrus      
    Sanctus, Benedictus - Ruth Watson-Henderson: Missa Brevis
    Agnus – Barber: Agnus Dei
    Pärt: Berliner Messe - Alleluias
    Pärt: Berliner Messe - Veni Sancte Spiritus
    MacMillan: A child’s prayer
    Howells: Psalm 23 (Requiem, 2nd mvt.)
    Stanford: Motet- Justorum animae
    Stanford: Motet- Beati quorum via
    Sheppard: The Lord's Prayer
    Viadana: Exultate justi

December 10, 2004 (Orpheum)
Tromba! a joint concert with Vancouver Chamber Choir
    Pinkham: Christmas Cantata
    Gabrieli: 3 polychoral Christmas motets
    Chatman: Carols of the Nativity
     Mendelssohn: Im Advent, Weinachten
    Leighton: Coventry Carol
    Praetorius: Omnis mundis jocundetur
     Parker/Shaw, arr.: Christ was born on Christmas day 

December 18/19, 2004 (Holy Rosary Cathedral)
Christmas Reprise - free concert
A varied programme of traditional and contemporary Christmas music - works by:
Aichinger, Biebl, Caracciolo, Leighton, Mendelsson, Niles, Parker/Shaw, Praetorius, and Siemens

January, 2005
CD recording "A Christmas Reprise"
repertoire from December 2004 concert

February 26, 2005 (The Port Theatre, Nanaimo)
and  March 5, 2005 (Christ Church)
and March 6, 2005 (WVan United)
Bach Again
with the Vancouver Cantata Players
    Bach: Cantata 131, Aus der Tiefen ruf ich, Herr, zu dir
    Bach: Cantata 61, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
    Bach: Motet: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden
    Bach: Motet: Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, BWV 118

2005 - 2006                 Eric Hannan, conductor 

October 22, 2005 (Christ Church)
and October 23, 2005 (WVan United)
Mass Merge II
    Sled: Kyrie (premiere)              *** VCS Commission
    Ockeghem: Gloria - Missa Cuiusvis toni
    Schütz: Credo - Ich glaube in einen einigen Gott
    Victoria:  Sanctus Benedictus - Missa Ascendens Christus
    Poulenc:  Agnus - Mass in G
    MacMillan: A Child’s Prayer
    Purcell: I was glad
    Grieg: Jesus Kristus er opfaren
    Beecroft: Living flame of love
    Stravinsky: Pater Noster

December 17, 2005 (Holy Rosary Cathedral)
and December 18, 2005 (WVan United)
Christmas Reprise - free concert
    Luther: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
    Wright, J.: In Bethlehem, that fair city
    Niles/Raman: I wonder as I wander
    Sweelinck: Hodie Christus natus est
    Victoria: O magnum mysterium
    Byrt: All and some
    Larkin: Adam lay ybounden
    Rachmaninoff: Bogoroditse Devo
    Trad: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
    Reger: Virgin's Slumber Song
    Humphris, I., arr.: Sans Day Carol
    Llewellyn, W., arr.: Rocking Carol
    Poulenc: Hodie Christus natus est
    Biebl: Ave Maria

February 4, 2006 (Christ Church),
and February 5, 2006 (WVan United)
Cultural Canvasses - Latin America & Spain
with guitarist Stephen Lochbaum
    Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Romancero Guitano
    Carillo: Crux fidelis
    Guastavino: Se equivoco la paloma
    Villa Lobos: Ave Maria
    Matamoros/Silva: Juramento
    Foncesca: Muie Rendera
    Barroso: Para Ninhar  - solo (Megan Huckabay)
    Lorca: Los Cuatros Muleros - solo (Megan Huckabay)
    Rodrigo: Adela - solo (Paula Kremer)
    Lorca: Sevillanas del siglo XVIII - solo (Paula Kremer)

April 29, 2006 (Christ Church),
and April 30, 2006 (WVan United)
Bach/Pärt
with Vancouver Cantata Players
    Bach: Cantata 21, Ich hatte viel Bekümmerniss
    Bach: Motet: Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf
    Pärt: Berliner Messe

May 20, 2006
ChorPodium 2006, Concert at ACCC convention in Victoria
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Romancero Guitano (with Stephen Lochbaum)

2006 – 2007             Eric Hannan, conductor

October 28 and 29, 2006 (Ryerson)
Monteverdi/Mendelssohn
    Monteverdi: Motet - Cantate Domino, Adoramus te
    Monteverdi: Motets - Adoramus te
    Monteverdi: from the 1610 Vespers-
          Dixit Dominus, Pulchra Es, Laetatus sum, Ave Maria, and Lauda Jerusalem
    Mendelssohn: Te Deum

December 22 and 23, 2006 (Orpheum)
with guest conductor, Jean-Marie Zeitouni
with the Vancouver Opera Orchestra
Soprano: Shannon Mercer     Alto: Laura Pudwell
Tenor: Colin Balzer         Bass: Tyler Duncan
    Handel: Messiah

February 23 and 25, 2007 (Ryerson)
Stravinsky Mass
co-production with Turning Point Ensemble
    Stravinsky: Mass
    Stravinsky: Octet (players alone)
    Stravinsky: Ave Maria
    Underhill: A Middle English Songbook (premiere) *** VCS Commission
    Rachmaninoff: Praise the Lord From the Heavens
    Chesnokov: Let thy Good Spirit
    Chesnokov: Salvation is created
    Kalinnikov: Gladsome light
    Gretchanninoff: Gladsome light

April 28, 2007 (Chan)
Brazilian Soundscape
with Sérgio and Odair Assad
     Guitars and soloists:
          Jobim: Amparo (solo: Paula Kremer)
          Villa Lobos, arr. S. Assad: As Rosas (solo: Megan Huckaby))
          Assad, S.: Quebra Pedra (duet: Kremer and Huckaby)
    Choir and guitars:
           Assad, S.: Piatã                *** VCS Commission
           Leite and S. Assad, arr: Lua lua
           Leite and S. Assad, arr: Asa Branca
           Leite and S. Assad, arr: Vassourinhas
     Choir alone:
            Villa Lobos: Ave Maria (1948)
            Villa Lobos: Estruela e lua nova
            Villa Lobos:  Praesepe
            Aguiar: Cantilena
            Ribeiro, arr.: Dos Rios

2007 – 2008             Eric Hannan, conductor

October 19 and 20, 2007 (Holy Rosary Cathedral)
Splendour of Venice: Gabrieli at San Marco
with I Tromboni
    A. Gabrieli: O sacrum convivium
    A. Gabrieli: Kyrie a 5, Christe a 8, Kyrie a 12
    G. Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo a 8
    G. Gabrieli: O magnum mysterium a 8
    A. Gabrieli: Gloria a 16
    Monteverdi: Confitebor terzo alla francese
    Plainchant: Exultet orbis gaudis
    Franzoni: Sancta Maria
    Monteverdi: Exultent caeli
    A. Gabrieli: Sanctus a 12
    Other works by I Tromboni

December 2007
Christmas Reprise - free concert (Holy Rosary Cathedral)
A varied programme of traditional and contemporary Christmas music - works by:
Biebl, Britten, Byrt,  Chatman, Fulton, Humphris, Llewelyn, Mendelssohn, Poulenc, Raman, Victoria, Walton

February 21, 2008 (Hotel Vancouver Ballroom)
    At American Choral Directors Association (Northwest Division) Conference
    Pärt: Bogoroditse Devo
    Mäntyjärvi: Die Stimme des Kindes
    Parker, arr.: Hark I hear the harp's eternal

February 29 and March 1, 2008 (St. John’s Shaughnessy)
In Praise of Music
    Pärt: Bogoroditse Devo
    Pärt: Nunc dimittis
    Mäntyjärvi: Die Stimme des Kindes
    Pärt: Cantate Domino
    Hampton: O Lord, Suport Us
    Rorem: Three motets on Poems by Gerald Manley Hopkins
    Joan Szymko, arr.: Shaker song, Come pretty love (women)
    Shaker song: Leaned of Angel  (trio)
    Parker, arr.: Hark I hear the harp's eternal
    Poulton/Parker: Aura Lee (men)
    Tormis: Lauliku lapsepoli (women)
    Tormis: God protect us from war (men)
    Pärt: Salve Regina
    Copland: Long Time Ago

April 25, 2008 VCS 50th Anniversary Gala Concert
with members of CBC Radio Orchestra
    Bach: Cantata No. 40 - Wachet Auf (first movement)
    Bach: O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht BWV 118
    Bach: Cantata No. 139: Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg, BWV 149
    Mäntyjärvi: Die Stimme des Kindes
    Bruckner: Os Justi (Fankhauser conducting)
    Certon: La, La, La (Fankhauser conducting)
    Burleigh: My Lord, What a Mornin' (Fankhauser conducting)
    Johnson: Ain't Got Time to Die (Fankhauser conducting)
    Wilson: That Rare, Random Descent     *** VCS Commission
    Bach: “Dona nobis pacem” from Mass in b minor – Alumni joining choir on stage

May 18, 2008 (Laval, Quebec)
Gala Winners Concert
    First place winners in the Chamber Choir category of  2008 CBC National Radio-Canada biennial competition for amateur choirs, VCS is also awarded overall first first place in the Gala Winners Concert in Laval.
    Pärt: Bogoroditse Devo
    Mäntyjärvi: Die Stimme des Kindes
    Fulton: Prometheus  
 

August, 10, 2008 (Chan Centre)
Festival Vancouver - A German Requiem
with Grupo de Canto Coral (Argentina)
VCS - Healy: Salish Song
VCS - Sled: Kyrie
VCS - Fulton: Prometheus
GCC - Piazzolla: Resurreccion del angel
GCC: Inchausti: Madre del maiz
VCS & GCC - Willan: Behold, the Tabernacle of God conducted by Eric Hannan
VCS $ GCC - Diaz: El Pintao conducted by Nestor Andrenacci
VCS & GCC: Brahms: A German Requiem
      conducted by Nestor Andrenacci
      Soprano: Nathalie Paulin     Bass: Tyler Duncan