It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to today’s concert, the 7th edition of our series Missae .This annual event focuses on musical settings of the Latin Mass text, and we’ve covered over 5 centuries of musical works over the last seasons. Some of the compositions that have stood out are the Mass for Four Voices by Byrd, or the Mass for double choir by Swiss Martin, Cantus Missae by Rheinberger, or just recently, the Mass in E Minor for choir and brass and woodwind ensemble by Anton Bruckner. These are all settings for mixed choir, and today, we’re departing from that tradition, and are presenting four masses for male voices.

It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the first concert in our 2019-2020 season. The choir has been in existence for nearly 40 years, and today’s program reflects our raison-d’être through a selection of eclectic a cappella masterworks from the European tradition interspersed with new Canadian music.