SOPRANOS – Joyce Burns, Stephanie Craciun, Brianne Curtis, Mary DeGrow, Baden Gaeke Franz, Sharon Goertzen, Sara Gossen, Cheyenne Green, Katrina Harrison, Sarah LaRue, Marguerite Massicote, Kim Mitchell, Abigail Myers, Danielle Paquette, Jacqueline Paquette, Helen Peters

ALTOS – Arielle Godbout, Hailey Green, Emily Nicholson, Beverly Pageau, Kim Paquette, Ashleigh Perkins, Tasha Prychitko, Wanda Prychitko, Nicole Sterne, Lucinda Williams

TENORS –Richard Bevan, Pascale Dubois, Russ Greene, Vera Kostyshyn, Ursula Mackenzie, Andy Malyk, Rob McMahon, Maria Metzlaff, Ezra Taves

BASSES – David Bergen, Mitchell Green, Jordan Laidlaw, Gordon McLeod, Manuel Ortega, Jonas Pagé, Henry Peters, Rob Rawluk, Lachlan Williams

ACCOMPANIST – Madeline Hildebrand (Piano), Russ Greene (Organ) ARTISTIC DIRECTOR – Debbie McLeod

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We are grateful to the following organizations for their generous support of our choir.

 

   

~Programme~

 “Oy  Es  Dia  De  Placer”                                                            Tomas  Pascual  (1595-­‐1635)  

Oy es dia de placer y de cantar. Via todos a bailar. Today is a day for pleasure and singing. Come everyone and dance Regozamos este-dia por ser de tan placer. We rejoice this day for the sake of pleasure. Pues, in El tenemos que buen misterios de gran alegria! Therefore, in Him, we have such mysteries of great joy!  “The  Winter’s  Night”                                  Words  and  Music  by  Nicholas  Myers      “Carol  of  the  Bells”                              Mykola  Dmytrovych  Leontovich  (1877-­‐1921)  Like  many   popular   carols,   this   melody   has   evolved   from   secular   folk  origins.   Also   known   as   the   “Ukrainian   Bell   Carol,”   Leontovich’s  miniature   choral  work   uses   a   four-­‐note   ostinato  motif   taken   from   an  ancient   pagan   Ukrainian   chant   called   “Shchedryk”   (“The   Generous  One”).  The  original  lyrics  describe  a  swallow  calling  out  to  the  master  of  the   house   with   good   news   of   a   bountiful   spring.   “Shchedryk”   was  usually  sung  by  adolescent  girls  going  house  to  house  in  celebration  of  the  new  year.  As   the  girls   sang   the   tune  predicting  good   fortune,   they  were  rewarded  with  baked  goods  or  other  treats.  

 

“Angelus  ad  Virginem”              13th  Century  Carol,  arranged  by  Philip  Lawson  This  carol  has  remained  popular  for  over  700  years.  Its  medieval  Latin  text   tells   of   the   Annunciation   of   the   Virgin   Mary,   where   the   angel  Gabriel   tells  Mary   that   she  will   conceive   and   bear   Jesus.   It   concludes  with   a   poetic   version   of   the   “Hail   Mary,”   where   humankind   praises  Mary  and  asks   for  her   to   intercede  on   their  behalf.  Philip  Lawson   is  a  Grammy-­‐award  winning   composer   and   arranger  who  performed  with  the  Kings  Singers  for  18  years,  during  which  time  he  arranged  most  of  the   group’s   music.   He   now   devotes   himself   full-­‐time   to   music  composition.    

 

“O  Come  All  Ye  Faithful”  attributed  to  John  Francis  Wade  (c.  1711-­‐1786)                                                        “They  Kept  on  Praising  His  Birth”                          by    Patsy  Ford  Simms  Soloists:  Ezra  Taves  and  Jonas  Pagé        

 ”Patapan”                                                                                  Bernard    de  La    Monnoye  (1621-­‐1728)  This  French  carol  originally  was  sung  in  the  Burgundian  dialect.  Today  it   is   sung   in   many   other   languages   as   well,   where   it   always   receives  onomatopoetic   treatment   to   imitate   the  sounds  of   the   fife  (turaluralu)  and  drum  (patpan).      “Joy  to  the  World”              melody  from  George  Frederick  Handel  (1685-­‐1759)      

“O  Magnum  Mysterium”                                                                                    by  Morten  Laurisden    

O magnum mysterium, et admirabile sacramentum O great mystery and wondrous sacrament Ut animalia viderent Dominum natum, jacentem in praeseptio! That animals should see the new-born Lord, lying in their manger! Beata Virgo, cujus viscera meruerunt Dominum Christum. Alleluia! Blessed is the Virgin whose womb was worthy to bear the Lord Jesus Christ. Alleluia!  “Silent  Night”                                                                      Franz  Xavier  Gruber  (1787-­‐1863)                                                        

“Tshepa  Thapelo”                                                                                                      South  African  Folk  Song    Tshepa thapelo. Put your trust in prayer. Leha o thabile, rapela. Leha o lemonateng, rapela, Even if you are happy, pray. Even if you are joyful, pray. Hoseng ha o tsoha, bosiu ha o robala, When you wake up in the morning, when you sleep at night, Tshepa thapelo. Put your trust in prayer. O kappa kae, o kapa neng, tshepa thapelo. Wherever you are, whatever the time, put your trust in prayer.  

“Yesterday”                                                      John  Lennon  (1940-­‐1980)  and  Paul  McCartney  Soloists:  Sara  Gossen,  Ezra  Taves  and  Jacqueline  Paquette    Released  in  1965,  “Yesterday”  was  voted  the  “Number  One  Pop  Song  of  All  Time”  by  Rolling  Stone  magazine.  With  over  2,200  cover  versions,  it  has   been   recorded   by   more   performers   than   any   other   song   in   the  history   of   rock   and   roll.   Tonight’s   arrangement   was   created   for   the  King’s  Singers  by  another  of  the  group’s  former  members,  Bob  Chilcott.      “Memory”  from  “Cats”                                                                            Andrew  Lloyd  Webber