For All The City: A FREE masterwork concert with choirs, soloists, and orchestra

FREE ADMISSION - FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. Doors open at 3 pm; concert begins at 4 pm. 450+ seats available.

Capella Regalis presents Haydn’s Missa in tempore belli (“Mass in Time of War”) in a performance bringing together top professional singers and instrumentalists in Halifax, the young choristers of Capella Regalis Boys and Girls Choirs, and four vocal soloists from across Canada.

Written by Austrian composer Joseph Haydn in 1796 as Napoleon’s armies advanced across Europe, this celebrated mass setting captures both the anxiety of a world on the brink of war and the enduring hope for peace. Taking place on All Saints’ Day in All Saints Cathedral, the concert will also feature Justorum Animae by C.V. Stanford and Britten’s Festival Te Deum.

The annual For All The City free concert builds upon Capella Regalis’s mission to break down barriers to masterwork performances for people of all ages and brings the community together in Remembrancetide to experience the uplifting power of music.

Capella Regalis Choirs is a Halifax-based choral organization founded in 2010 by Artistic Director Nick Halley that comprises a Boys Choir, Girls Choir, and professional Men’s Choir. Capella Regalis provides free choral music education programs for children and presents excellent and inspiring public performances, recordings, and outreach projects throughout Nova Scotia and beyond in a busy September-June season.

PERFORMERS: Nick Halley director Paul Halley pipe organ Ensemble Regale orchestra Capella Regalis Men & Boys Choir Capella Regalis Girls Choir All Saints Cathedral Choir Sinéad White soprano Marie-Andrée Mathieu alto Andrew Walker tenor Alexander Dobson baritone

Learn more at capellaregalis.com.