For the Beauty of the Earth

Date:  Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.

Location:  
     
       Yorkminster Park Baptist Church
       1585 Yonge Street
       1 block north of St. Clair

Programme:


The Amadeus Choir is proud to premiere the winning composition in the Ruth Watson Henderson Choral Competition, administered by Choirs Ontario.  To continue the idea of wonderful new works for the choral repertoire, the Choir will premiere two brilliant new compositions commissioned from emerging Canadian composers.  Other works by Ruth Watson Henderson, John Rutter and R. Murray Schafer will open our eyes and ears to the "beauty of the earth" all around us, and the advent of spring.

       The Magic of God's World - Ruth Watson Henderson
       Mass of the Children - John Rutter
       All Things Bright and Beautiful - John Rutter
       For the Beauty of the Earth - John Rutter
       Epitaph for Moonlight - R. Murray Schafer


       The Amadeus Choir
       The Bach Children's Chorus, Linda Beaupré, director
       Ruth Watson Henderson, piano
       Lydia Adams, conductor