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Spiritus Ensemble is a vocal and instrumental ensemble based in Kitchener-Waterloo, dedicated to the performance of great religious music, especially the cantatas of J.S. Bach. Since its founding by Artistic Director Kenneth Hull in 2009, Spiritus Ensemble has performed over 25 of J.S. Bach’s cantatas, as well as motets and other works by J.S. Bach, Johann Christoph Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Heinrich Schütz, Dietrich Buxtehude, Gottfried August Homilius, Nicolaus Bruhns, Johann Kuhnau, Josef Rheinberger, Benjamin Britten, James MacMillan, and Morten Lauridsen.
Many of Spiritus Ensemble’s J.S. Bach cantata performances take place within a liturgical context, accompanied by the readings on which they were intended as commentary as well as congregational chorales and hymns. These events form an ongoing series of ‘Bach Vespers’ with free admission performances at which donations are welcomed.
Other performances are more like traditional concerts, though often with an underlying liturgical or ritual shape. The performances in this series are our ‘In Concert’ events. Admission to these is by purchased ticket. |
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Violins: Allene Chomyn, Kenneth Kwan, Lance Ouellette, Nora Pellegrin
Violas: Jody Davenport, David Wadley
Cellos: Ben Bolt-Martin, Miriam Stewart Kroeker
Double-bass: Ian Whitman
Oboes: Sarah Cardwell, Katrina Liddell, James Mason
English Horns: Sarah Cardwell, Lief Mosbaugh
Organ: Kevin Lee |
