BRUCE PULLAN’S FINAL CONCERT

NEWS RELEASE

BACH CHOIR PRESENTS THE LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS,BRUCE PULLAN’S FINAL CONCERT AS MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE VANCOUVER BACH CHOIR

LOCATION: The Orpheum

TIME AND DATE: Friday May 14th, 2010, 8.PM.

TICKETS($25 - $45 plus booking fees) at Ticketmaster 280-3311, Ticketmaster.ca.

The Vancouver Bach Choir, Bruce Pullan conductor, Catherine Affleck, soprano, Cameron McPhail, baritone, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the Vancouver Bach Children’s Chorus.

It has finally come. After 27 years as Music Director, Bruce Pullan is conducting his last concert with the Vancouver Bach Choir. The theme of this year’s Last Night of the Proms, the 21^st year of this annual concert dedicated to all things British, is “Conductor’s Choice”. Maestro Pullan has chosen a programme of works with  special meaning for him. These include Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances (which everyone knows from the musical Kismet), Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs and selections from Carousel. The last half of the concert includes all the traditional British “Proms” music, Jerusalem, Land of Hope and Glory, Rule Britannia and much more.

This will be an evening of nostalgia and fun and maybe even a few tears. As usual, we can expect much raucous singing by the audience led, of course, by the choir. Flags will be waved and streamers thrown. Typically, the audience brings noise-makers, wears bowler hats and boaters and generally  behaves badly. Streamers will be on sale at the Orpheum for those who have come unprepared but don’t want to miss out on the fun. Words of the songs are in the programme so no one is left out. We can also look for the teddy bear competition (Best Bear Dressed as a Performer) and the heart-warming end to the concert when the doors at the back of the hall are flung open and the Children’s Chorus enters, carrying Canadian flags and singing This is my home, oh Canada. Just to set things straight!

Media sponsor is the Vancouver Sun. The Vancouver Bach Choir gratefully acknowledges the continued support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of British Columbia through the British Columbia Arts Council and the City of Vancouver.

Last Night of the Proms Contest!

Ok Bach Choir fans, we have a NEW contest for you to win up to FOUR FREE TICKETS to our Last Night of the Proms Concert on Friday, May 14th. Here goes:

Last Night of the Proms Photo Contest

Take a picture of what you believe to the most quintessentially British. It can be a person, a place, or a thing of any kind. The winner will receive four free tickets to the concert, and the runner up will receive two free tickets.

Rules:

1. One entry per person
2. Photos must be original content only
3. Photos must be taken locally to where you live (i.e. a tourist photo of you standing in front of Big Ben doesn't count... unless you live by Big Ben... in which case you likely can't make the concert)
4. Photos must be either uploaded to Facebook, or posted on an open photo account (such as Flickr ) and the photo or link posted to our Facebook group or Blog
5. Photos must be submitted by Midnight, Friday, May 7th, 2010.
6. The winners must be able to pick up their tickets on the day of the concert, and willing to have their name and winning photo displayed on our Facebook page.