CHRISTMAS ACROSS CANADA #2

From Montreal all the way to Victoria, with station stops in Toronto and Edmonton, ten musicians come together to bring you a special Christmas concert on some of Canada’s most iconic pipe organs.

To put you in the holiday spirit, 10 musicians invite you to discover (or rediscover!) traditional Christmas carols arranged for pipe organ, along with music by Johann Sebastian Bach and excerpts from Nutcracker for organ four-hands.

Concert program

Charles Quef (1873-1931)
Noël Parisien, op. 26 no. 4

Jonathan Oldengarm, organ
Église Saint-Andrew-et-Saint-Paul, Montréal

Clarence Lucas (1866-1947)
Pastorale

Jonathan Oldengarm, organ
Église Saint-Andrew-et-Saint-Paul, Montréal

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (excerpt from “Nutcracker”)

Mark McDonald and Donald Hunt, organ four-hands
Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Waltz of the Flowers (excerpt from “Nutcracker”)

Mark McDonald and Donald Hunt, organ four-hands
Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria

Petr Eben (1929-2007)
A Festive Voluntary: Variations on “Good King Wenceslas”

Aaron James, organ
Church of the Holy Family, Toronto

Denis Bédard (born in 1950)
Carillon (excerpt from “Sinfonietta”)

Duo Majoya
West End Christian Reformed Church, Edmonton

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Canonic Variations on “Vom Himmel hoch da komm’ ich her” BWV 769

Rashaan Allwood, organ
Church of the Holy Family, Toronto

— Intermission —

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
In dulci jubilo BWV 729

Adrian Foster, organ
Maison symphonique, Montréal

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
In Dir ist Freude BWV 615

Joel Peters, organ
Maison symphonique, Montréal

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Quia respexit (excerpt from “Magnificat” BWV 243)

Kimberley Lynch, soprano
Adrian Foster, organ
Maison symphonique, Montréal

Guy Morançon (born in 1927)
Dans une grange champêtre

Alison Clark, organ
Metropolitan United Church, Toronto

Traditionnel
Mary had a Baby (arr. Andrew Gant)

Alison Clark, organ
Metropolitan United Church, Toronto

Claude Balbastre (1724-1799)
Votre bonté grand Dieu

Alison Clark, organ
Metropolitan United Church, Toronto

Thursday, December 17, at 7:30 pm Montreal time – Available for one week
To purchase your virtual ticket visit: www.canadaclassique.com

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