Christmas with Music and Beyond | Noël avec Musique et Autres Mondes

Concert update:

Due to illness, Karina Gauvin is unable to perform at Christmas with Music and Beyond. We are delighted that Karina has agreed to perform at next year’s Christmas concert on December 21, 2023. We are thrilled that three wonderful singers have agreed to join us this year: Canadian vocal superstar, countertenor Daniel Taylor; soprano Meghan Lindsay; and one of the best-loved singers to come out of Ottawa in recent years, soprano, Bronwyn Thies-Thompson.

Featuring / Mettant en vedette

Meghan Lindsay – soprano

Bronwyn Thies-Thompson – soprano

Daniel Taylor – countertenor

Lara Deutsch – flute / flûte

Dakota Martin – flute / flûte

Rob Weymouth – trumpet /trompette

Marie Bégin – violin / violon

Sara Mastrangelo – violin / violon

Marina Thibeault – viola / alto

Julian Armour – cello / violoncelle

Reuven Rothman – double bass / contrebasse

Frédéric Lacroix – piano & celesta

Marie Bouchard – harpsichord / clavecin

Caroline Léonardelli – harp / harpe

Matthew Larkin – organ and conductor / orgue et chef

Zac Pulak – percussion

Caelis Academy Ensemble

Caelis Young Choristers

Senior Harp Ensemble / Ensemble seniors de harpes,

École secondaire De La Salle

Program / Programme

Concerto Grosso opus 3 no. 12, Pastorale per il santissimo natale Francesco Manfredini

(Christmas Concerto / Concerto de Noël). 1684 – 1762

Largo – Largo – Allegro

Three Noëls / Trois noels. Michel Corrette

Allegro: Bon Joseph écoute-moi. 1707 – 1795

Adagio : Or nous dites Marie

Allegro: Où s’en vont ces gais bergers

I know that my Redeemer Liveth (From / tire de The Messiah) George Frideric Handel

1685 – 1759

Meghan Lindsay – soprano

Scherzano sul tuo volto (from / tire de Rinaldo). George Frideric Handel

Meghan Lindsay – soprano

Daniel Taylor – countertenor / haute-contre

Carol of the Bells (trad, arr. Whit Dudley)

Greensleeves (trad arr. Whit Dudley)

Senior Harp Ensemble / Ensemble seniors de harpes,

École secondaire De La Salle

Jesu Bleibet meine Freude (Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring / Jésus, que ma joie demeure). J.S. Bach

1685 – 1750

Caelis Young Choristers

Stately Dance & Country Dance. Sir Frederic Cowen

1852 – 1935

intermission / entracte

Sonata in D major for Trumpet and Strings / Sonate en ré majeur pour trompette et cordes Henry Purcell

Allegro – Adagio – Allegro. 1659 – 1695

Rob Weymouth – trumpet / trompette

O come, O come Emmanuel (trad. arr. Jacob Grammit)

Lullay my liking. Philip Stopford 1977 –

Still, still, still (trad. arr. Matthew Culloton)

Christmas Eve. Matthew Larkin –

The first nowell (arr. Paul Halley)

Caelis Academy Ensemble

Matthew Larkin – conductor / chef

Interlude from Dancing Day John Rutter 1945 –

Ceremony of Carols: Spring Carol Benjamin Britten 1913-1976

Caroline Léonardelli – harp / harpe

Sopranos from / de Caelis Academy Ensemble

Silent Night (trad.)

Es ist Ein Ros Michael Praetorius

1571 – 1621

Bronwyn Thies-Thompson – soprano

Daniel Taylor – countertenor

Andante Religioso Hugo Alfven

1872 – 1960

December (Christmas) / Décembre (Noël) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

1840 – 1893

Sir Roger de Coverley (A Christmas Dance) Frank Bridge

1879 – 1941

Minuit, chrétiens. Adolphe Adam. 1803 – 1856

Meghan Lindsay – soprano

Morris Dance (from / tiré de Henry VIII). Edward German

1862 – 1936

Lara Deutsch – flute / flûte

Dakota Martin – flute / flûte

Marie Bégin – violin / violon

Sara Mastrangelo – violin / violon

Marina Thibeault – viola / alto

Julian Armour – cello / violoncelle

Reuven Rothman – double bass / contrebasse

Frédéric Lacroix – piano & celesta

Zac Pulak – percussion