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2024-2025 Concert Season
For Bach on the Rock's 21st season, we have an engaging variety of offerings, including a collection of great chamber pieces from the 20th century, a community sing-along Messiah, a pair of concerts focused on world-renowned guest pianist Robert Silverman, and a romantic season finale featuring Mendelssohn violin concerto and Cherubini's beautiful Requiem.
Music of the 20th Century
George Enescu Decet for winds, Carl Nielsen Kleine Suite for string orchestra, and Ola Gjeilo's beautiful Sunrise Mass. A bouquet of musical offerings showcasing the different parts which make up our ensemble.
Artistic Director:
Jean-Sébastien Lévesque
Saturday, November 2nd, 2024 at 7:30pm
and
Sunday, November 3rd, 2024 at 2:30pm
All Saints by-the-Sea Anglican Church
110 Park Dr
Salt Spring Island
Messiah Sing Along
Join us for choruses from Handel's Messiah and arias featuring soloists drawn from the Salt Spring community. Solo auditions open to the community - sign up at https://forms.gle/WyXdL4T9GJpNipq86. Come rehearse with us and sing or come and enjoy the rousing music at the concert, we're happy to share this seasonal tradition with you!
Artistic Director:
Jean-Sébastien Lévesque
Sunday, December 8th 2024 at 2:00pm
All Saints by-the-Sea Anglican Church
110 Park Dr
Salt Spring Island
Bach with Silverman
Two concerts: Saturday, Bach on the Rock chamber orchestra and choir with Robert Silverman playing Bach's keyboard Concerto in D Minor, Haydn's Symphony #80, and Bach's Mass in A Major and Sunday a piano recital by Silverman. We are very excited to share the stage with this giant of the musical world!
Artistic Director:
Jean-Sébastien Lévesque
Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 7:30pm
and
Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 3:30pm
ArtSpring
100 Jackson Ave
Salt Spring Island
Romantic Bach on the Rock
Josef Rheinberger's gorgeous Geistliche Gesänge for choir alone leads off, followed by Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in D Minor featuring Victor Fournelle-Blain. To finish the program we are bringing back Luigi Cherubini's Requiem in C Minor, a crowd favourite when we last performed it in 2021.
Artistic Director:
Jean-Sébastien Lévesque
Saturday June 7th, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Fulford Hall
2591 Fulford Ganges Rd
Salt Spring Island