Christmas Songs with Rafael Payare LiveEvents December 8, 2022 769 Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) presents Christmas Songs with Rafael Payare Rafael Payare and the OSM celebrate the holiday season by performing symphonic works composed for the festive period. They are joined by the OSM Chorus and Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal for what is sure to be a merry and unifying concert! The public will even be invited to join the festivities and sing along with the artists for selected Christmas carols. A truly galvanizing experience! Artists Rafael Payare, conductor Andrew Gray, chorusmaster OSM Chorus Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal With the participation of young musicians from La musique aux enfants, an OSM initiative Program Strauss II, Die Fledermaus [The Bat], Overture (8 min.) Gilles Bellemare, Réjouissances, Orchestral Suite on traditional Quebec melodies (4 min.) Lowell Mason, Joy to the World (3 min.) Handel, Messiah, HWV 56: “Hallelujah” (4 min.) Edmund Angerer, Toy Symphony (10 min.) Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Christmas Overture (6 min.) Franz Xaver Gruber, Stille Nacht [Silent Night] (4 min.) Traditionnel, Il est né le divin enfant (He is Born, the Divine Christ Child, 3 min.) Kodály, Dances of Galánta (16 min.) Traditional Song, Les anges dans nos campagnes (3 min.) John Francis Wade, Adeste fideles (3 min.) Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 7:30pm Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 2:30pm Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 7:30pm Only a few tickets remain! To purchase your tickets visit: www.osm.ca