Past Events
May 2021
Capella Regalis Men & Boys Choir online broadcast: J.S. Bach’s Easter Cantata BWV 4
Capella Regalis Men and Boys Choir, directed by Nick Halley Featuring Ensemble Regalis Orchestra & Paul Halley, continuo Capella Regalis Men & Boys Choir is pleased to present “Christ Lag in Todesbanden” by J.S. Bach in an online video broadcast this Eastertide! Composed by Bach in 1707 at the age of 22, this cantata is based on the eponymous Lutheran chorale, which is in turn based on the Gregorian chant Victimae Paschali. The tune emerges at every twist and turn…
Find out more »October 2021
Capella Regalis Men & Boys Choir – Evensong – October 3, 2021
Eve of Saint Francis of Assisi, Trinity XVIII Capella Regalis Men & Boys Choir will sing a series of Evensongs this Fall, starting this Sunday, October 3, at the Cathedral Church of All Saints. The public is welcome to attend this free service of music and prayer in person. Thanks to a grant from the A.E.J Fulford Trust of the Anglican Foundation, the Evensongs will be recorded (both audio and video) and made available on our YouTube Channel afterwards for others…
Find out more »Dinuk Wijeratne Trio – Lunenburg/Mahone Bay
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Find out more »Dinuk Wijeratne Trio – Tatamagouche
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Find out more »Dinuk Wijeratne Trio – Halifax
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Find out more »Dinuk Wijeratne Trio – Halifax
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Find out more »Dinuk Wijeratne Trio – Wolfville
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Find out more »Dinuk Wijeratne Trio – Antigonish
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Find out more »Dinuk Wijeratne Trio – Annapolis Royal
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Find out more »Capella Regalis Men & Boys Choir – Evensong – October 31, 2021
Three Choirs Festal Evensong - Eve of All Saints Capella Regalis Men & Boys Choir joins the All Saints Cathedral Choir and the University of King's College Chapel Choir to celebrate "All Hallows Eve" on October 31 at 4 PM. This is part of the Sundays at Four music series at the Cathedral Church of All Saints. We welcome you to come in-person to hear this three-choir festal Evensong! And for those further afield, check back for the YouTube link…
Find out more »November 2021
Capella Regalis Men & Boys Choir – Evensong – November 14, 2021
Trinity XXIV Capella Regalis Men & Boys Choir sings Evensong as part of the Sundays at Four music series at the Cathedral Church of All Saints. We welcome those in Halifax to come in-person to hear beautiful music in a great space, and those further afield, to check back for the YouTube link to the audio-video recording (a recording funded by the A.E.J Fulford Trust of the Anglican Foundation). Introit: Teach Me, O Lord – T. Attwood Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis: The…
Find out more »December 2021
Capella Regalis Men & Boys Choir presents A Chorister’s Christmas 2021
Capella Regalis Men & Boys Choir, directed by Nick Halley, will present their 11th annual Christmas concert series (previously known as To Bethlehem With Kings) under the new name of A Chorister’s Christmas, with in-person performances in Lunenburg and Halifax as well as a broadcast concert online. The choir will be joined by Paul Halley on the pipe organ, as well as the Maritime Brass Quintet for the Halifax performances, in a program featuring carols recorded by the group on their December…
Find out more »July 2022
Boxwood Festival
https://boxwood.org/canada/
Find out more »Ottawa Chamberfest with Dinuk and Tom
https://www.chamberfest.com/event/2022/dinuk-wijeratne-trio/
Find out more »August 2022
Identity: a Song Cycle with Elliot Madore
Workshopping/filming in Toronto of the music composed by Dinuk Wijeratne for texts by Shauntay Grant. https://atgtheatre.com/upcoming/identity-song-cycle/
Find out more »Nick’s Organ Recital
Nick will once again be participating in the All Saints Cathedral August organ recital series, this year titled "Bach's Lunch". Recitals are at noon on Wednesdays, free and open to the public, with a free-will offering at the back.
Find out more »September 2022
The Feral Four: A Night of Jazz at the Riverport Inn
On Friday, September 9th, the Riverport Inn will present “The Feral Four”: Glenn Patscha (piano), Nick Halley (percussion), Patrick Reid (bass), and Ian McGimpsey (guitar). Doors open at 7 PM, show starts at 8 PM. These four jazz-steeped musicians have led four very different musical lives. Now they’re seeing what happens when their disparate experiences and distinct personalities are brought together in the old jazz quartet setting to explore the boundaries of their native tongue. Tickets: $30, advanced tickets only…
Find out more »October 2022
Earth Mass (Missa Gaia) at All Saints Cathedral
Nick will be playing the drums and singing in the Earth Mass (Missa Gaia), presented by All Saints Cathedral in Halifax on the first Sunday in October. This service in celebration of the Earth, featuring the mass setting co-written by Paul Halley, will be sung by Capella Regalis and the Cathedral Choir, with soprano sax, oboe, cello, drums, percussion, bass, piano, guitar and the voices of humpback whales, orcas, timber wolves, baby seal pups and other creatures great and small.…
Find out more »Choral Evensong with Capella Regalis Men & Boys Choir
Capella Regalis Men & Boys Choir, directed by Nick Halley, sings Evensong for Trinity XVIII as part of the Cathedral Church of All Saints Sundays at Four music series. A free will offering will be taken in support of Capella Regalis's free educational programs for children.
Find out more »The Dinuk Wijeratne Trio: A Benefit Concert for Capella Regalis (Mahone Bay)
Capella Regalis is delighted to announce the first of what will be an annual Fall fundraising event in which Founder & Artistic Director Nick Halley invites his dearest musician friends to perform an evening of music. The Dinuk Wijeratne Trio will perform at the home of Barbara Butler, Capella Regalis Board Chair, at Cecilia's Retreat in Mahone Bay on Thursday, October 27. Dinuk Wijeratne is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian composer and pianist whose music embraces the diversity of his international background…
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