One of B.C.’s favourite choral ensembles is bringing its Christmas show back to Burnaby this season.
The Juno-nominated musica intima is set to perform its Christmas Story concert in North Burnaby on Saturday, Dec. 8, with a 2 p.m. concert at Brentwood Presbyterian Church.
The Christmas concert performs music across the spectrum of choral offerings, from the bombastic joy of Vaughan Williams to the unexpected harmonies in Poulenc’s Motets pour le temps de Noel to the mysterious minimalism in Gorecki’s monumental Totus Tuus. The concert also includes music by Chilcott and newer arrangements of traditional favourite carols, including God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen and Silent Night.
The choir includes Burnaby resident Steve Maddock (bass), and Burnaby’s Siri Olesen is its artistic manager.
A Christmas Story is one of two concerts the ensemble will be offering for the Christmas season; the other, Ding Dong!, is a blues-jazz-folk-inspired show with an irreverent take on seasonal tunes.
If you can’t catch musica intima in Burnaby, there are also some other concerts to choose from:
A Christmas Story
Sunday, Dec. 16, 3 p.m.: St. Philip’s Anglican Church, Dunbar (Vancouver)
Tuesday, Dec. 18, 7:30 p.m.: Knox Presbyterian Church, New Westminster
Friday, Dec. 21, 7:30 p.m.: Christ Church Cathedral, downtown Vancouver
Ding Dong!
Thursday, Dec. 13, 8 p.m.: The Anza Club, East Vancouver
Thursday, Dec. 20, 8 p.m.: St. James Community Square, Vancouver west side
Tickets are $32.05 regular, $26.90 seniors and $16.55 students. See www.musicaintima.org for details and to buy tickets.
