Virtual St. Cecilia's Day 2020
For the past ten years Christ Church Cathedral has organized a musical celebration on the feast day of St Cecilia, the patron saint of music, with continuous live performances throughout the day. As this year we are unable to present an in-person event, we'd like to share with you a broad range of musical videos sent to us by the many performers who are connected with the music program at Christ Church Cathedral. Thank you to all the artists who submitted videos - you can learn more about each of the artists (and subscribe to their social media) by following the links with each video.
Enjoy this uniquely virtual St. Cecilia's Day!
Emmanuel Arakélian, organ
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Johann Ludwig Krebs
Performer: Emmanuel Arakélian, organ
Website: https://emmanuelarakelian.com/
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor / Cassandra Lemoine, soprano
"What passion cannot music raise or quell" from Ode for St. Cecilia's Day
George Frideric Handel
Performer: Benjamin Butterfield, tenor; Cassandra Lemoine, soprano; Bach Choir of Bethlehem (Greg Funfgeld, conductor)
Website: https://schwalbeandpartners.com/benjamin-butterfield-tenor
https://www.cassandralemoinesoprano.com/
https://bach.org/
Fox Glove / Auburn Blind
Auld Lang Syne
Traditional
Performers: Fox Glove and Auburn Blind
Website: www.foxglovemusic.ca
Jorge Eduardo Flores Carrizales, piano
Suite de los niños (Children suite)
Domingo Lobato
Performer: Jorge Eduardo Flores Carrizales, piano
Website: https://jefcarrizales.wixsite.com/jepiano
Alex Chen
Urge me no more
Henry Purcell
Performer: Alex Chen
Website: www.alexchenpiano.com
The Christ Church Cathedral Choir
I syng of a mayden
Kathleen Allen
Performers: The Christ Church Cathedral Choir
Website: https://www.christchurchcathedral.bc.ca/music/choral-programs/pages/the-cathedral-choir
Cookeilidh
Taladh Chriosda
Rev. Ronald Rankin
Performers: Cookeilidh (Dave Cook, Woody Wilson, Tom Pogson, Kim Cook)
Website: www.cookeilidh.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/cookeilidh
Instagram: www.instagram.com/cookeilidh_official
Marc Destrubé, violin
A Prelude for the Violin
Thomas Baltzar
Performer: Marc Destrubé
Website: www.marcdestrube.com
Robert Jan Dukarm, organ
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Robert Jan Dukarm
Website: https://www.robertjandukarm.com
Early Music Vancouver
EMV invites you to celebrate St Cecilia's Day by enjoying the music in its Digital Concert Hall
http://www.earlymusic.bc.ca/tickets/digital-concert-hall/
Emily Carr String Quartet
Portraits: Hundreds and Thousands
Various
Performers: Emily Carr String Quartet
Website: http://emilycarrstringquartet.com/
Filament
Harmony of Nations
Various
Performers: Filament (Evan Few, violin; Elena Smith, viola da gamba; John Walthausen, keyboard)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Filamentbaroque
Fretwork
Fantasia à 4 no. 12 in D minor Z. 743
Henry Purcell
Performers: Fretwork
Website: www.Fretwork.co.uk
Ai Horton, soprano / Alex Chen, piano
Aus liebe will mein Heiland sterben
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performers: Ai Horton, soprano; Alex Chen, piano
Donald Hunt, organ
Symphony no. 5
Charles-Marie Widor
Performer: Donald Hunt, organ
Shoko Inoue, piano (video submitted by Wentworth Villa, Victoria)
English Suite & Italian Concerto
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Shoko Inoue, piano
Website: https://wentworthvilla.com/shoko-inoue-bach-up/
Chloe Kim, violin / Christina Mahler, cello / Mark McDonald, harpsichord
Violin Sonata in G Minor, RV 26
Antonio Vivaldi
Performers: Chloe Kim, violin; Christina Mahler, cello; Mark McDonald, harpsichord
The Luchkow-Jarvis Duo
Sonata in D Major for keyboard & violin, Op. 16, No. 5
Composer: John Christian Bach (1755-1782)
Performer(s): Paul Luchkow (violin), Michael Jarvis (keyboard)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Luchkow-Jarvis-Duo-259998897501117/
Mark McDonald, organ
The Planets
Gustav Holst (arr. Peter Sykes)
Performers: Mark McDonald, organ; The Christ Church Cathedral Choir (directed by Donald Hunt)
Website: www.mark-mcdonald.ca
The New Page Country Dance Orchestra
Moving Days Jig and Rosie's New Digs
Dan Page
Performers: The New Page Country Dance Orchestra with Laura Me´ Smith calling
Pacific Baroque Festival
"The Trumpet's Loud Clangour" from Ode on St Cecilia's Day
George Frideric Handel
Performers: Pacific Baroque Festival Ensemble (Marc Destrubé, director); Victoria Children's Choir (Madeleine Humer, director), St. Christopher Singers (Madeleine Humer, director)
Website: https://www.pacbaroque.com/
The Parish Choir of Christ Church Cathedral / The Community Choir of the Church of St. John the Divine
Guide me, O thou Great Jehovah (Cwm Rhondda)
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performers: The Parish Choir of Christ Church Cathedral (Donald Hunt, Director of Music) and the Community Choir of the Church of St John the Divine (David Stratkauskas, Director of Music)
Website: https://www.christchurchcathedral.bc.ca/music/choral-programs/pages/the-parish-choir
https://www.stjohnthedivine.bc.ca/music-arts/the-choirs-at-st-johns/pages/the-community-choir
St Barnabas Church Choir
Solemn Evensong
St Barnabas Church Choir, Michael Jarvis (Director, organ)
Website: https://stbarnabaschurch.ca/
St Christopher Singers
Before the Close of the Day
Various
Performers: St Christopher Singers (conductor: Mark McDonald)
Website: https://www.christchurchcathedral.bc.ca/music/choral-programs/pages/st-christopher-singers
Sam Stadlen, viola da gamba
A Soldier’s Resolution
Tobias Hume
Performer: Sam Stadlen, viola da gamba
Website: www.SamStadlen.co.uk
Cassidy Stahr, mezzo-soprano / Jorge Carrizales, piano
Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson
Aaron Copland
Performer: Cassidy Stahr, mezzo-soprano - Jorge Carrizales, piano
Website: www.cassidystahr.com
Victoria Accordion Club Band
Melody of Love
Hans Engelman
Performers: Victoria Accordion Club Band
Website: www.victoriaaccordionclub.com
Victoria Baroque and St John's Consort
Give Peace in our Time
Various
Performers: Victoria Baroque and St. John’s Consort, dir. David Stratkauskas
Website: https://victoria-baroque.com/
Victoria Children's Choir
De Profundis
Nicola Porpora (1686-1768)
Performers: Victoria Children’s Choir and soloists (dir. Madeleine Humer); Pacific Baroque festival Ensemble (dir. Marc Destrubé)
Website: https://www.victoriachildrenschoir.ca/
Isolde Welby, soprano
“Gloria” from Nisi Dominus
Baldassare Galuppi
Performer: Isolde Welby, soprano
Paul Winkelmans, baritone / Jack Olszewski, piano
"Loveliest of Trees" from Songs from a Shropshire Lad
George Butterworth
Performers: Paul Winkelmans, baritone and Jack Olszewski, piano
Website: paulwinkelmans.com