Joining it is Edmonton’s Chronos Vocal Ensemble, with cutting-edge gems like B.C. composer Dorothy Chang’s 2022 work “Hear My Prayer” (and its tip of the hat to Henry Purcell), as well as maverick composer Caroline Shaw’s 2017 work “and the swallow” and Stuart Beatch’s 2023 composition “What She Gave Me”.
Those two ensembles also combine on “Deux/Two Solitudes”, by rising contemporary Franco-Ontarian composer Marie-Claire Saindon.
But there’s much more century-hopping to come. After intermission, Calgary’s Luminous Voices range from “Ego flos campi”, by the 16th century’s Jacobus Clemens non Papa, to works by Woodland Cree–Dene composer Sherryl Sewepagaham, not to mention the world premiere of Stephanie Martin’s “Streamside/To Birds”, complete with solo performances by baritone Nicholas Allen, mezzo-soprano Sara Staples, and soprano Julie Crouch.