Vancouver Bach Choir
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Since 1930, the Vancouver Bach Choir's Canadian reputation has grown through numerous broadcasts by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, an Eastern Canadian tour in 1974 and the cross-Canada viewing of a television film of the Easter music from Handel's Messiah. In Vancouver the Vancouver Bach Choir presents a series of concerts each Season and has been responsible for the British Columbia premiere of a number of major works including Rossini's Stabat Mater, Fanshawe's African Sanctus, Lloyd Webber's Requiem, Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio, Berlioz' Messe Solennelle and Penderecki's Polish Requiem. The choir has also commissioned and premiered extended works by Canadian composers John Estacio and Christos Hatzis as well as many shorter pieces by other Canadian composers.
