Christmas Across Canada – December 17, 2020 at 7:30pm LiveEvents December 12, 2020 1420 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
