November 8, 2025
Christ Church Cathedral
Brian Wismath, conductor
February 1, 2026
UVic Farquhar Auditorium
Christian Kluxen, conductor
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Performance:
Saturday, November 8th, 2025 – 2:30pm
Christ Church Cathedral
Tickets:
Tickets will be available to purchase at a later date.
Description:
Music for Choir and Organ
This concert will feature the Cathedral’s Assistant Director of Music and organ virtuoso, as part of the Cathedral’s 2025 Year of the Organ celebration. The program includes both beloved classics and hidden gems. Works with solo passages will feature members of the VCS Choral Scholars program.
Repertoire includes:
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach), Cantique de Jean Racine (Fauré), Magnificat (MacMillan), Hear My Prayer (Mendelssohn), I Was Glad (Parry), Dona Nobis Pacem (Vasks), and more.
Location & Parking:
Please see Christ Church Cathedral’s website for more information.
Performance:
Sunday, February 1st, 2026 – 2:30pm
UVic Farquhar Auditorium
Tickets:
Tickets will be available to purchase at a later date.
Description:
We return to the stage with the Victoria Symphony and Maestro Christian Kluxen for a dynamic adaptation of Grieg’s Peer Gynt, featuring orchestra, soloists, narrator, and choir.
Location & Parking:
Please see UVic’s website for more information.
Performance:
Sunday, May 24th, 2026 – 2:30pm
UVic Farquhar Auditorium
Soloists:
Jennifer Turner, Soprano
Nathan McDonald, Baritone
Tickets:
Tickets will be available to purchase at a later date.
Description:
Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem
We close the season with Brahms’ A German Requiem, joined by soloists Jennifer Turner (soprano) and Nathan McDonald (baritone). This concert, themed Renewal, will also feature a recently composed work addressing the impact of environmental change—a powerful pairing to end the season.
Location & Parking:
Please see UVic’s website for more information.
Performance:
Saturday, May 3rd, 2025 – 7:30pm
UVic Centre Farquhar Auditorium
Soloists:
Anne Grimm, Soprano
Jennifer Lang, Mezzo-Soprano
Benjamin Butterfield, Tenor
Nathan McDonald, Baritone
Tickets:
Tickets are available to purchase here.
Description:
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Victoria Chamber Orchestra and Yariv Aloni, conductor. Celebrating peace, unity, and freedom, this performance recognizes the 30th anniversary of the Victoria Chamber Orchestra and the 90th anniversary of the Victoria Choral Society. Join us for a musical celebration of the best of humanity.
85 minutes in duration.
Location & Parking:
Please see UVic’s website for more information.
Performances:
Friday, March 21st, 2025 – 7:30pm
Saturday, March 22nd, 2025 – 7:30pm
Sunday, March 23rd, 2025 – 2:00pm
Royal Theatre
Tickets:
Tickets are available to purchase here.
Description:
Carl Orff’s epic score, live music, and the emotionally charged voices of the Victoria Choral Society under the baton of Brian Wismath drive one of Destrooper’s masterpieces. Don’t miss this riveting performance inspired by timeless medieval songs where love and passion make the world go round.
75 minutes in duration with intermission.
Location & Parking:
Please see Royal & McPherson Theatres Society’s website for more information.
Performance:
Saturday, November 16th, 2024 – 2:30pm
Christ Church Cathedral
Soloists:
Jennifer Turner, Soprano
Jennifer Lang, Mezzo-Soprano
Jan van der Hooft, Tenor
Nathan McDonald, Baritone
Tickets:
Our concert is now SOLD OUT! Thank you to everyone for supporting VCS during this historic milestone for what will be an incredibly memorable afternoon. This event will be livestreamed, click here around 2:20pm, Saturday, November 16 to tune in.
Ticket prices: $35 adult, $10 student / income accessible
Tickets available at the door.
We suggest buying tickets online and arriving at least 20 minutes before the start time as we expect a full audience.
Description:
Please join us as we celebrate Victoria Choral Society’s 90th Season with an afternoon of Mozart’s magnificent Requiem, along with two of Mozart’s shorter and beloved works, Laudate Dominum, and Ave Verum Corpus, under the direction of Brian Wismath with musicians from the Victoria Symphony.
Program duration is approximately 80 minutes with no intermission (2.30pm-4.00pm)
Location & Parking:
Please see Christ Church Cathedral’s website for more information.
