It was nice to take a break on this Good Friday holiday afternoon after putting in three or four work hours in the morning (no rest for the freelance : - ). Yumi and I met a couple of friends for a concert by the Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra and the Jubilate Chamber Choir.
The "Mozart Alive" concert was at the Canadian Memorial Church on 16th Ave. in Vancouver, and the smaller venue with its wood ceiling resulted in bright acoustics that put a shine on the music.
The orchestra was in fine fettle for Gluck's Overture, Iphigenia in Aulis and Beethoven's Symphony No. 1. The second half was Mozart's Requiem, ably performed by a slightly whittled down orchestra along with the Jubilate Chamber Choir, soprano Katy Garden, alto Barb Towell, tenor Will George, and baritone Willy Miles-Grenzberg. The women soared, the men, not quite as much, but still a pleasing overall performance.
P.S. After I initially uploaded this post I began Googling to see if the singers had their own websites that I could link to, and Google already had a link to this post within a few minutes of it going live! Wow. Anyway, the gals had websites that popped up on the first page or two of a Google search, the guys. . . not. . .
Posted by Paul at April 2, 2010 09:07 PM