2017 – 2018 Season
Memories of the Heart
Our 2017-18 concerts comprise a season of love and remembrance: we look back at Nova Scotia’s history, remember loved ones as well as those who have served our country, reflect on making music over the years with Maestro Bernhard Gueller of Symphony Nova Scotia, and sing memories from the past. Tickets for the 2017-18 season are available via Ticket Halifax. Join us for beautiful music, new and old, that will touch your heart.
THE NOVA SCOTIA SONGBOOK WITH CLARY CROFT
Saturday, October 21, 2017 6:00 p.m.
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
Featuring the Halifax Camerata Singers, Lynette Wahlstrom (piano) and Clary Croft (folksinger and storyteller).
Join us at the Maritime Museum for a fall fundraiser with Clary Croft. Enjoy songs from the Nova Scotia Songbook, while sampling delectable hors d’oeuvres, wine and craft beer in a relaxed atmosphere. $50 (includes $25 tax receipt).
CRIMSON STAIN
Saturday, November 4, 2016 7:30 p.m. First Baptist Church, Halifax
Sunday, November 5, 4:00 p.m. Knox United Church, Lower Sackville
with Nova Voce, Lynette Wahlstrom (piano) and Shimon Walt (cello)
“At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them…”
Camerata and musical friends will remember those who have gone on before. A highlight will be the world premiere of Crimson Stain, a new work for choir, cello and piano written especially for Camerata by Canadian composer, Larry Nickel.
Tickets: $25 Regular, $20 Seniors, $10 Students and Under waged (available via Ticket Halifax)
HALIFAX 1917: FROM DREAMS TO DESPAIR
Sunday, December 3, 2017 7:30 p.m.
Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library
With Rhapsody Quintet, Lynette Wahlstrom (piano) and Jeremy Webb (actor)
Music, memories and life in Halifax and the battlefront in France form the backdrop for this original show about the Halifax Explosion, to be performed just before the actual 100th anniversary of this devastating day.
Last March’s performance was sold out, and in June, Western audiences were enthralled when Camerata took this show to the Edmonton International Choral Festival. Buy your tickets early so you don’t miss this highly acclaimed production, featuring Rhapsody Quintet and Jeremy Webb, and including a poignant composition by Halifax’s Chris Palmer.
Tickets: $25 Regular, $20 Seniors, $10 Students and Under waged (available via Ticket Halifax)
HANDEL’S
MESSIAH (Mozart orchestration)
Thursday and Friday, December 21-22, 2017 7:30 p.m.
Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Dalhousie Arts Centre
With Symphony Nova Scotia
Bernhard Gueller, conductor
Halifax Camerata Singers
Symphony Nova Scotia Chorus
Suzanne Rigden, soprano
Lauren Segal, mezzo-soprano
Owen McCausland, tenor
Brett Polegato, baritone
For the first time in fifteen years, Symphony Nova Scotia will perform the Mozart orchestration of Handel’s beloved Messiah with added woodwinds, horns and trombones. Experience this holiday classic!
www.symphonynovascotia.ca for tickets
MEMORIES OF THE HEART
Saturday, March 10, 2018 7:30 p.m.
First Baptist Church, Halifax, NS
With Christianne Rushton (mezzo-soprano), Lynette Wahlstrom (piano)
Songs and memories of childhood – of loves lost, forbidden or foolish – and songs of times gone by. A romantic program that will touch your heart featuring special guest, mezzo-soprano Christianne Rushton.
Tickets $25 Regular, $20 Seniors, $10 Students and Under waged (available via Ticket Halifax)
GUELLER’S GRAND FINALE – BEETHOVEN NINTH
Friday/Saturday, May
11-12, 2018 7:30 p.m.
Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Dalhousie Arts Centre
With Symphony Nova Scotia
Bernard Gueller, conductor
Marc-André Hamelin, piano (Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5,
“Emperor”)
Halifax Camerata Singers
Symphony Nova Scotia Chorus
Leslie Ann Bradley, soprano
Anita Krause, mezzo-soprano
Michael Barrett, tenor
Gregory Dahl, baritone
These performances of Beethoven’s magnificent and triumphal Symphony No. 9 will be especially poignant for Camerata and the Symphony Nova Scotia Chorus, as this will be Maestro Gueller’s final program as Music Director of SNS. Don’t miss what will be the concert of the season!
www.symphonynovascotia.ca for tickets
MEMORIES OF THE HEART (ON TOUR)
From early to mid-June, 2018, Camerata will tour with Christianne Rushton and Lynette Wahlstrom throughout Nova Scotia – more details to follow.
Tickets: TicketHalifax.com
Information: www.halifaxcamerata.org
Three-concert pass – Purchase tickets to Crimson Stain (First Baptist Church performance, November 4), Halifax 1917 and Memories of the Heart and save 20%!
Regular $75 for $60, Seniors $60 for $48, Students and Under waged $30 for $24.