Both Sides Now

EnChor opens its 20th anniversary season with a cappella masterworks by Duruflé and Tallis alongside Christine Donkin's Lookout, a piece the choir co-commissioned with 16 other Canadian choirs. At the centre of the programme is an a cappella arrangement of Joni Mitchell's Both Sides Now. The 47-voice Nabi Vocal Ensemble, conducted by Tyler Baek, joins as guest choir, with Stephen Smith at the piano.

Duruflé: Ubi Caritas; Tallis: If Ye Love Me; Christine Donkin: Lookout (co-commissioned by EnChor and 16 other Canadian choirs through a Choral Canada initiative); Joni Mitchell: Both Sides Now (a cappella arrangement); I Sit Before Flowers (combined choirs, conducted by Tyler Baek, with a soloist from Nabi Vocal Ensemble); solo piano selection. EnChor Choir, Morna Edmundson artistic director; Nabi Vocal Ensemble, Tyler Baek conductor; Stephen Smith, piano. Admission: $30 adults; 18 and under free.