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World Premières

No Mortal Business

New Publications

Posted January 9, 2012.

WORLD PREMIÈRE
Allan Bevan's

No Mortal Business
for soprano, actor, chorus, orchestra, and organ

No Mortal Business is a large-scale dramatic work taking its inspiration from Shakespeare's final play The Tempest. No Mortal Business was commissioned by Chorus Niagara and co-commissioned by The Richard Eaton Singers (Edmonton) and The Vancouver Bach Choir. The first performances of the work will be given this coming winter in Ontario and will be followed by performances in Edmonton and Vancouver in the 2012/13 Concert Season.

Chorus Niagara and theToronto Orpheus Choir will join forces for two concerts under the direction of acclaimed conductor, Robert Cooper, C.M.

"NO MORTAL BUSINESS"
Saturday March 3rd, 2012 7.30 p.m.
Catherdral of St. Catherine of Alexandria - St. Catharines, Ontario

"BEETHOVEN, BEVAN AND THE BARD"
Sunday March 4th, 2012 3.00 p.m.
Metropolitan United Church - Toronto, Ontario

Robert Cooper, Artistic Director
Geraint Wyn Davies, narrator
Sidgwick Scholars of the Orpheus Choir
Orpheus Choir of Toronto, Chorus Niagara
Edward Moroney, organ
Talisker Players

No Mortal Business: "Based on Shakespeare's masterwork, The Tempest, Bevan combines majestic trumpet fanfares, military drums, organ and orchestra, Gregorian chants, and new settings of some of the bard's most-beloved prose and poetry for narrator, chorus, soloists and orchestra into a lyrical choral work rich in illusion and meaning."
--Chorus Niagara and the Toronto Orpheus Choir

TICKETS:
St. Catharines performance (Saturday, March 3rd, 2012, 7.30 p.m.)

TICKETS:
Toronto performance (Sunday, March 4th, 2012, 3.00 p.m.)

Posted October 11, 2011.

CD Launch

Concerto Della Donna
Iwan Edwards, Artistic Director

parlez-moi CD launch
October 22nd, 2011 from 3pm to 5pm
Maison du Conseil des arts
(1210 Sherbrooke Street East)

Montreal's amazing women's choir, Concerto Della Donna releases parlez-moi, a CD of Allan Bevan's music for treble voices.

The CD includes the following works:

Ave Maria
Ave Regina Caelorum
Danny Boy (arr.)
Deep River (arr.)
Dormez (Levasseur-Ouimet, arr. Bevan)
Echo
An End
The Garden
Gentle Mary Laid Her Child
Harp of Wild
The Huron Carol
Mirage
Parlez-Moi (Levasseur-Ouimet, arr. Bevan)
There, In That Other World
To Morning

New Publications (July 2011)

The Huron Carol, arr (SSAA)

I Got Me Flowers (SATB a cappella)

Ave Regina Caelorum (SSAA a cappella)

classica Music Publishers

Posted February 21, 2011.

Parlez-Moi (arr.)

One of the great things about being a composer is the opportunity to arrange other musicians' music. Through the good offices of my friend Dr. Laurier Fagnan at the University of Alberta, I have had the opportunity to arrange many of France Levasseur-Ouimet's songs for his Chorale Saint-Jean. Dr. France Levasseur-Ouimet is an emeritus professor of History at the University of Alberta, and a gifted songwriter/lryicist. In the fall of 2010, Dr. Levasseur-Ouimet and I collaborated on a song she composed entitled Parlez-Moi. (I arranged her melody for treble voices and piano). Dr. Fagnan was kind enough to arrange a collaboration between ourselves and Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Marc of Lyon, France. This ensemble came to international attention as the choir that provided the soundtrack for the lovely French film Les Choristes. This video from January 2011, shows the choir singing Parlez-Moi in the chapel of the Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière in Lyon.

Posted January 22, 2011.

WORLD PREMIÈRE
Allan Bevan's

Quiet
for unaccompanied mixed voices

commissioned by
SPIRITUS CHAMBER CHOIR
Dr. Timothy Shantz, conductor

Saturday, May 7, 2011; 8:00 PM Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall,
Rosza Centre
(University of Calgary)

Take Flight!

"In anticipation of its first international tour, Calgary’s award-winning Spiritus Chamber Choir presents an energetic program of optimism and joy. The concert will feature Whitacre’s Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine and Tavener’s Song for Athene, as well as the world premiere of Quiet, by Calgary composer Allan Bevan. This inspirational program is sure to set your imagination aflight!"

Quiet is an a cappella work for mixed voices on text by Canadian poet Marjorie Pickthall (1883-1922). It was commissioned by Spiritus in February 2010.

Posted January 22, 2011.

WORLD PREMIERE

Allan Bevan's

Le Pont Mirabeau
for unaccompanied mixed voices

commissioned by
CHORALE SAINT-JEAN
Dr. Laurier Fagnan, conductor

Le dimanche 10 avril à 15h00
à McDougall United Church 10025 – 101e rue.
Edmonton, Alberta

Le Pont Mirabeau is an a cappella work for mixed voices which sets the iconic poem by Guillaume Apollinaire. It was commissioned by Chorale Saint-Jean in August 2010.

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World Premières No Mortal Business New Publications Ave Regina Caelorum (SSAA) The Huron Carol (SSAA) I Got Me Flowers (SATB)		Posted January 9, 2012.
		WORLD PREMIÈRE Allan Bevan's *No Mortal Business* for soprano, actor, chorus, orchestra, and organ No Mortal Business is a large-scale dramatic work taking its inspiration from Shakespeare's final play The Tempest. No Mortal Business was commissioned by Chorus Niagara and co-commissioned by The Richard Eaton Singers (Edmonton) and The Vancouver Bach Choir. The first performances of the work will be given this coming winter in Ontario and will be followed by performances in Edmonton and Vancouver in the 2012/13 Concert Season. Chorus Niagara and theToronto Orpheus Choir will join forces for two concerts under the direction of acclaimed conductor, Robert Cooper, C.M. "NO MORTAL BUSINESS" Saturday March 3rd, 2012 7.30 p.m. Catherdral of St. Catherine of Alexandria - St. Catharines, Ontario "BEETHOVEN, BEVAN AND THE BARD" Sunday March 4th, 2012 3.00 p.m. Metropolitan United Church - Toronto, Ontario Robert Cooper, Artistic Director Geraint Wyn Davies, narrator Sidgwick Scholars of the Orpheus Choir Orpheus Choir of Toronto, Chorus Niagara Edward Moroney, organ Talisker Players No Mortal Business: "Based on Shakespeare's masterwork, The Tempest, Bevan combines majestic trumpet fanfares, military drums, organ and orchestra, Gregorian chants, and new settings of some of the bard's most-beloved prose and poetry for narrator, chorus, soloists and orchestra into a lyrical choral work rich in illusion and meaning." --Chorus Niagara and the Toronto Orpheus Choir TICKETS: St. Catharines performance (Saturday, March 3rd, 2012, 7.30 p.m.) TICKETS: Toronto performance (Sunday, March 4th, 2012, 3.00 p.m.)
		Posted October 11, 2011.
		CD Launch Concerto Della Donna Iwan Edwards, Artistic Director parlez-moi CD launch October 22nd, 2011 from 3pm to 5pm Maison du Conseil des arts (1210 Sherbrooke Street East) Montreal's amazing women's choir, Concerto Della Donna releases parlez-moi, a CD of Allan Bevan's music for treble voices. The CD includes the following works: Ave Maria Ave Regina Caelorum Danny Boy (arr.) Deep River (arr.) Dormez (Levasseur-Ouimet, arr. Bevan) Echo An End The Garden Gentle Mary Laid Her Child Harp of Wild The Huron Carol Mirage Parlez-Moi (Levasseur-Ouimet, arr. Bevan) There, In That Other World To Morning New Publications (July 2011) The Huron Carol, arr (SSAA) I Got Me Flowers (SATB a cappella) Ave Regina Caelorum (SSAA a cappella)
		*classica* Music Publishers

		Posted February 21, 2011.
		Parlez-Moi (arr.) One of the great things about being a composer is the opportunity to arrange other musicians' music. Through the good offices of my friend Dr. Laurier Fagnan at the University of Alberta, I have had the opportunity to arrange many of France Levasseur-Ouimet's songs for his Chorale Saint-Jean. Dr. France Levasseur-Ouimet is an emeritus professor of History at the University of Alberta, and a gifted songwriter/lryicist. In the fall of 2010, Dr. Levasseur-Ouimet and I collaborated on a song she composed entitled Parlez-Moi. (I arranged her melody for treble voices and piano). Dr. Fagnan was kind enough to arrange a collaboration between ourselves and Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Marc of Lyon, France. This ensemble came to international attention as the choir that provided the soundtrack for the lovely French film Les Choristes. This video from January 2011, shows the choir singing Parlez-Moi in the chapel of the Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière in Lyon.
		Posted January 22, 2011.
		WORLD PREMIÈRE Allan Bevan's *Quiet* for unaccompanied mixed voices commissioned by SPIRITUS CHAMBER CHOIR Dr. Timothy Shantz, conductor Saturday, May 7, 2011; 8:00 PM Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, Rosza Centre (University of Calgary) Take Flight! "In anticipation of its first international tour, Calgary’s award-winning Spiritus Chamber Choir presents an energetic program of optimism and joy. The concert will feature Whitacre’s Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine and Tavener’s Song for Athene, as well as the world premiere of Quiet, by Calgary composer Allan Bevan. This inspirational program is sure to set your imagination aflight!" Quiet is an a cappella work for mixed voices on text by Canadian poet Marjorie Pickthall (1883-1922). It was commissioned by Spiritus in February 2010.
		Posted January 22, 2011.
		WORLD PREMIERE Allan Bevan's *Le Pont Mirabeau* for unaccompanied mixed voices commissioned by CHORALE SAINT-JEAN Dr. Laurier Fagnan, conductor Le dimanche 10 avril à 15h00 à McDougall United Church 10025 – 101e rue. Edmonton, Alberta Le Pont Mirabeau is an a cappella work for mixed voices which sets the iconic poem by Guillaume Apollinaire. It was commissioned by Chorale Saint-Jean in August 2010.