As founder and artistic director of the Ottawa Bach Choir, it is with pleasure that I invite you to subscribe to our eight exhilarating season. You won’t want to miss the experience of hearing this internationally acclaimed professional ensemble, fresh from its third magnificent European tour to Leipzig, London and Paris, with invitations to return. Its performances will excite, please and inspire you. The subscription series offers three superb concerts:

Haydn • Bach • Purcell Celebration, taking place on November 6, highlights the 350th year of Purcell’s birth and the 200th year of Haydn’s death with stirring music by these two significant composers. The Choir will also sing two festive cantatas by Bach. Ottawa-based international soprano, Donna Brown, joins the Choir for this joyous occasion along with baroque orchestra playing on period instruments.

The second concert, Christmas Around the World, on December 12, comprises new and old favourites for the season from Spain, England, France, Germany, Scandinavia and North America by composers such as Britten, Pärt, Patriquin, Praetorius and Susa. Ottawa harpist, Caroline Léonardelli, adds flair as soloist and accompanist for the performance.

Miserere, the final concert of the season, on March 21, presents music for Passiontide from the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods, featuring Victoria’s strikingly beautiful Officium Defunctorum (Requiem) and works by Allegri, Byrd, Charpentier, Gallus and Schütz. Accompanied by continuo on period instruments, this beautiful music is sure to delight.

Join us for a season of wonderful performances of choral music at its best. You won’t want to miss it!