Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) presents

Celebrations in Songs and Music

The holidays are a special time for sharing and peace. Join this musical celebration in a soul-stirring concert where you will be invited to sing along with the OSM! Winter gives way to the sweetness of spring with Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Snow Maiden, then transports us to the Eternal City in Respighi’s spectacular Pines of Rome.

Artists
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

OSM Chorus

Simon Rivard, conductor

Simon Rivard is one of the most sought-after conductors on the Canadian music scene, as evidenced by his recent appointment as Music Director of the Edmonton Opera, the first in the company’s history.  

​This upcoming season, he will collaborate with Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Orchestre symphonique de Québec, and Opéra de Montréal (Puccini’s La bohème), among others. At the Edmonton Opera, he will be conducting Strauss’ Die Fledermaus and Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle. 

​Rivard has conducted orchestras such as Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Orchestre Métropolitain, Orchestre symphonique de Québec, Toronto Summer Music Festival Orchestra, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra (Switzerland), and the Göteborgs Symfoniker (Sweden). From 2018 to 2022, he was the Resident Conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, where he was mentored by Gustavo Gimeno and Sir Andrew Davis. From 2018 through 2024, he was the Conductor of the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra. Born in Montreal, Rivard studied orchestral conducting at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal and McGill University.

Stephanie Manias, soprano

Canadian soprano Stephanie Manias is a rising star of the North American concert stage, known for her lush voice and captivating stage presence. Based in Montreal, she is heard regularly as a soloist and chorister with some of Canada’s most celebrated ensembles, such as the Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal (SMAM), la Chapelle de Québec, les Violons du Roy, the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul (A&P), and l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal (OSM). Stephanie is at ease in many styles, eras, and genres of music, and particularly specializes in music of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. A prolific and versatile performer, she has been deemed at turns “angelic” and “fiery” (Montreal Gazette).

Program
Giovanni Gabrieli, Canzone XVI a 12 (arr. Jeff Tyzik)
Ernst Anschütz, O Tannenbaum [Mon beau sapin] (arr. Tom Kennedy)
James Lord Pierpont, Jingle Bells [Vive le vent] (arr. Tom Kennedy)
Nicolaï Rimski-Korsakov, Snégourotchka [La fille de neige / The Snow Maiden], Suite
Traditionnel français, Il est né le divin enfant (arr. Marc Bélanger)
Traditionnel, Good King Wenceslas (arr. Tom Kennedy)
Ottorino Respighi, Gli Ucelli [Les oiseaux / The Birds]: IV. L’Usignuolo [Le rossignol / The Nightingale]
Alfonso Maria di Liguori, Tu scendi dalle stelle [Tu descends des étoiles / You Come Down from the Stars]
Mykola Leontovych, Shchedryk [La petite hirondelle / The Little Swallow (Carol of the Bells)] (arr. Éric Lagacé)
Traditionnel français, Les anges dans nos campagnes [Angels from the Realms of Glory] (arr. Anthony Rozankovic)
Franz Xaver Gruber, Stille Nacht [Douce nuit / Silent Night] (arr. Tom Kennedy)
Frederic Austin, The Twelve Days of Christmas (arr. TBD – a cappella)
Ottorino Respighi, Pini di Roma [Pins de Rome / Pines of Rome]

*The audience will be invited to join the OSM and the Chorus in singing selected songs.

Before the concert, join the “Let’s Sing Together” rehearsal! From 7:00 to 7:15 pm, conductor Simon Rivard and members of the OSM Chorus invite you to rehearse the songs you’ll perform with them during the concert, right in the Maison symphonique auditorium!

Maison symphonique
Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 7:30pm

To purchase your tickets, visit: www.placedesarts.com