The diversity of our past and present is reflected in the wonderful repertoire of our 2015 Bridging Generations tour.

As they travel through many communities and celebrations, choristers will perform a varied programme of the following pieces:

Songs of freedom and peace

Freedom Trilogy – Paul Halley†
Hymn to Freedom – Oscar Peterson†; arr. Louise Rose†
Al Shlosha D’varim – Allan Naplan (Sung in Hebrew)
Song for Peace – Allister MacGillivray; arr. Diane Loomer†
In Flanders Fields – Madeleine Humer†

Classical Works, from Renaissance to Modern

In pace – Orlando di Lasso (Sung in Latin)
Exaudi Domine – Giovanni Paolo Cima (Sung in Latin)
Snowforms – R. Murray Schafer† (Based on Inuit words)
Eatnemen Vuelie – Frode Fjellheim (Sung in Norwegian)

Canadian Folk Music

Skidigate Love Song – Stephen Chatman† (Sung in Haida)
Frobisher Bay – James Gordon†
Bonny Wood Green – Stephen Hatfield †

Songs from Various Countries

Children Go Where I Send Thee – arr. Caldwell and Ivory
Sizohamba – Trad. Swaziland (Sung in Zulu)
Cerf Volant – C. Barratier (Sung in French)

Songs of Nostalgia

Swinging on a Star – Van Heusen and Burke
White Cliffs of Dover – Kent and Burton

Patriotic Songs of Canada and the Netherlands

Brave Sons of Canada (Sung in Dutch)
The Silver Fleet (Sung in Dutch)
Dutch National Anthem (Sung in Dutch)
O Canada (Sung in English and French)
God Save the Queen

†Canadian composer