Chor Leoni celebrates the coming of winter and the anticipated holiday season with its annual Yuletide tradition, Christmas with Chor Leoni, . Nestled in the warmth and beauty of one of Vancouver’s most striking historic venues, Chor Leoni returns with a welcoming program of cherished melodies, modern carols, and reimagined folk classics, performed by one of Canada’s most awarded choirs.
“The wish for Christmas with Chor Leoni is to create a space where music can make deep and cherished holiday memories live in the moment, where all who listen might connect to the sound of Chor Leoni as well as with one another, and where the joy and the hope of the season can spill out of the illuminated sanctuary of St. Andrew’s-Wesley to bring light and life to the world,” says Erick Lichte, Artistic Director of Chor Leoni.
Featuring a diverse program where beloved carols stand side by side with rollicking holiday folk music and ancient chants flow into modern classics – from O Come Emmanuel, Silent Night, Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day, and Ron Sexsmith’s Maybe This Christmas – the concert opens the floodgates to joy, comfort and light. An immersive experience, audiences will be transported to a winter wonderland with the atmospheric illumination of St. Andrew’s-Wesley United, and breathtaking acoustics that create a surround sound singing experience unique to this intimate, yet grand, Christmas musical event.
Rounding out the concert will be world premieres of two new arrangements, breathing new life and dimension into some of the most performed Christmas carols in churches and concert halls around the world, including Joy to the World and Angels We Have Heard On High, which re-imagines the French carol into a symphonic Irish jig.
Chor Leoni will be joined by Vancouver-based musical guests, including pianists, Tina Chang and Karen-Lee Morlang, violinist Cameron Wilson, bassist Laurence Mollerup, and guitarist Keith Sinclair.
December 19 at 7:30pm,
December 20 at 5pm & 8pm, and
December 21 at 2pm, 5pm & 8pm at
St. Andrew’s-Wesley United (1022 Nelson St)
For tickets and information, visit chorleoni.org