Our 2025-2026 Season
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Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 3:00pm
Bella Concert Hall, Mount Royal Universitywith
Luminous Strings
Laura Brandt, soprano
Adam Brousseau, baritone
Figure Humaine by Francis Poulenc headlines this program built on themes of war, piece and freedom.. Famously one of the most virtuosic and demanding works for unaccompanied choir, Figure Humaine was composed during the German occupation of France in WWII. With text by poet Paul Éluard, the final movement served as a rallying cry for the French resistance, as the poem was air-dropped by the Royal Air Force in 1943. Only six years earlier, Ralph Vaughan Williams composed his Dona nobis pacem as a plea for peace in a world growing increasingly fearful of another war. The orchestration features strings, piano and percussion, along with the choir and local stars, Laura Brandt and Adam Brousseau. The program will also feature a new work by Quebec-based composer-conductor Robert Ingari. -
Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at 7:30pm
Bella Concert Hall, Mount Royal UniversityGuest conductor Cosette Justo Valdés leads the choir in colourful Cuban choral works along with seasonal favourites, complemented by our traditional chocolate and sparkling wine. Don’t miss this Calgary tradition with friends and family.
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Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 3:00pm
Bella Concert Hall, Mount Royal University
Arranged for choir, baritone & pianoBrett Polegato, baritone
Kathleen Van Mourik, pianoGregor Meyer’s arrangement of Schubert’s famous song-cycle breathes new harmonies into this timeless mid-winter classic. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear Brett Polegato, one of Canada’s finest baritones, perform along with pianist Kathleen Van Mourik and Luminous Voices. Schubert’s melodies set to the poetry of Wilhelm Mühller will take you on a journey through hope and despair, connection and loneliness, where the divine is replaced by the natural world and the individual finds solace in the mind.
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Friday, April 3, 2026 at 7:30pm
Bella Concert Hall, Mount Royal UniversityWith Luminous Strings
Delight in the Stabat Mater, a much-loved Baroque masterpiece by Pergolesi, which combines influences of stage music with the passion of religious tradition. Soloists will be drawn from the choir of sopranos and altos in this performance. We move from the old to the contemporary, with Sir James MacMillan’s deeply moving Seven Last Words, composed in 1995. MacMillan’s work combines bold and anguished cries with Scottish bagpipe rhythms and folk-like laments, ending with stringsf alone.