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The Cathedral's Summer Festival of Sacred Music comes to a close September 4.

Thanks to the hard work of the Director of Music, Rupert Lang the Cathedral was able to once again provide a summer of services featuring stunning sacred music presented by the Cathedral choir and guest soloists. 

Here is the full list of themes that delighted our souls this summer: 

June 26 - Honouring St Jean Baptiste 

Featuring La Messe Québécoise, complete with fiddle, bass and spoons!

 

July 3 - Crossing of Borders - Sacred Music of Canada & the US

 

July 10 - Destroying Borders! A Call for Peace

featuring music dedicated to Ukraine, whose Declaration of State Sovereignty took place July 16, 1990

 

July 17 - Dedicated to Desmond

A tribute to “Tutu” with guest soloist Janelle Reid

 

July 24 - For the Beauty of the Earth - Dedicated to our Mother Earth - Planet A (there’s no planet B)

 

July 31 - Born This Way - Honouring Pride Weekend with Willy Miles-Grenzberg, soloist

 

August 7 - Pure Polyphony - Featuring the music of Palestrina

 

August 14 - Ave Maria, Gratia Plena - Honouring the Feast of St. Mary, the Virgin

with soloist Chelsea Numanga

 

August 21 - Precious Lord, Take My Hand - with Magnificent Marcus Mosely, soloist

 

August 28 - Song of Songs - vocal music of the Franco-Flemish composer, Johannes de Lymburgia

 

September 4 - Bach and Beyond - featuring music by Bach, Handel and Marricone, 

with soloist Debi Wong and Erin Marks, oboe