Ensemble Vocal Katimavik

Ensemble Vocal Katimavik is a choir of about 60 singers founded in 1970 in Quebec by Roger Lessard. It is also a non-profit organization that contributed to foundations against breast cancer by producing a compact disc.

History

It was directed by André Beaumier from 1973 to 1978, then by Gaby Billette until 1990. It's now, since 1991, directed by Patrick Brodeur. Its musical genres diversity goes from Renaissance to 20th-century music.

Productions

Since 1970, Ensemble vocal Katimavik produced shows in Montreal, Quebec City, Saint-Sauveur, Trois-Rivières and Sherbrooke. It was also featured many times in choir themed TV show aired on CBC Television.

Some of its greatest productions:

Bach

• Magnificat, BWV 243 (1987)
• Motet Lobet den Herrn, BWV 230 (1997)
• Messe luthérienne en sol mineur, BWV 235 (1997)
• Cantata Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21 (2001)

Fauré

• Requiem, Op. 48 (1990)
• Jean Racine's cantique, Op. 11 (1994 / 2001)
• The Djinns, Op. 12 (2005)

Monteverdi

• Messa a 4 da capella (1992)
• Scherzi musicali (2003)

Mozart

• Messe du Couronnement, K317 (1989)
• Missa brevis en ré majeur, K194 (1995)
• Inter natos mulierum, K72 (1995)
• Requiem, K626 (édition Maunder) (1995)
• Misericordias Domini, K222 (2001)
• Vêpres integral(K193, K321 et K339) (2002)
• Te Deum, K141 (2002)

Vivaldi

• Beatus vir, rv 597 (1984)
• Dixit Dominus, rv 595 (1984)
• Credo, rv 591 (1993)
• Beatus vir, rv 598 (1993)
• Magnificat, rv 610a (1993 / 1997)
• Gloria, rv 589 (1993 / 1999)
• Kyrie, rv 587 (2004)
• In Exitu Israel, rv 604 (2004)

External links

• Ensemble Vocal Katimavik's official site