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Christopher DawesOrganSharlene WallaceHarpMadawaska String QuartetAnita WalshKathryn SugdenAnna RedekopSarah Fraser-Raff withBrian JoyceContrabass

Carols forChristmas

Carols and Seasonal Readings for Christmas and WinterFeatured work: Christmas Oratorio by Camille Saint-Saëns

Sunday November 29, 2015St. George’s Anglican Church | 2:30 pm

Gerald Neufeldconductor

Alison MacNeillaccompanist

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Program In dulci jubilo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johann Michael Bach

Organist: Christopher Dawes

What Sweeter Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert HerrickReader: Brad Halls

Prelude from Christmas Oratorio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Camille Saint-Saëns

Wherefore do the nations clamour? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint-Saëns

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15c . FrenchChoir1 . O come, O come, Emmanuel,

And ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile here, Until the Son of God appear . Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel .

Choir and Audience2 . O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free

Thine own from Satan’s tyranny; From depths of hell Thy people save, And give them victory o’er the grave . Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel .

Choir and Audience3 . O come, Thou Dayspring, come and cheer

Our spirits by thine advent here; Disperse the gloomy clouds of night, And death’s dark shadows put to flight. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel .

An Old Woman Remembers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kilian McDonnell 1 . The Angel Comes 2 . Shame

Reader: Avis Devine

My soul doth magnify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint-SaënsSoloists: Sheila Dietrich, Chris Fischer, Neil McLaren

An Old Woman Remembers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kilian McDonnell 3 . Bethlehem

Reader: Felicia Urbanski

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Program cont’dThere were shepherds (recitative) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint-SaënsGlory to God in the highest

Soloists: Chris Fischer, Janice Coles, Sheila Dietrich, Neil McLaren

Patiently have I waited for the Lord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint-SaënsSoloist: Carolynne Davy

Refugee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malcolm GuiteReader: Scott Worsfold

The Shepherd’s Farewell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hector Berlioz

All this Night Bright Angels Sing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Austin Reader: Chris Fischer

In my heart I believe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint-SaënsSoloist: Chris Fischer

Benedictus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint-SaënsSoloists: Sheila Dietrich, Neil McLaren

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord .God the Lord of Light, He has shined upon us .Thou art my God, and I will give thanks to you,And I will rejoice in you .

Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maya AngelouReader: Sally Stelter

Alleluia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint-SaënsSoloists: Sheila Dietrich, Carolynne Davy, Janice Coles, Neil McLaren

Arise Now, Daughter of Zion! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint-SaënsPraise ye the Lord of hosts

Soloists: Sheila Dietrich, Carolynne Davy, Janice Coles, Chris Fischer, Neil McLaren

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Program cont’d— Intermission —

Carol of the Bells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mykola Leontovich

Winter Frieze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sharlene Wallace Sharlene Wallace, harp

The Hills are Bare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Early American hymn tune, arr . Ralph JohnsonSoloist: Anna Dolsen

Jest ‘fore Christmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eugene FieldReader: James A. Walke

Fantasia on Greensleeves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ralph Vaughan Williams

What Child is This? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . traditional English1 . Choir Choir and Audience

2 . Why lies He in such mean estate, Where ox and ass are feeding? Good Christian, fear, for sinners here The silent Word is pleading . Nails, spear shall pierce him through, The cross be borne for me, for you . Hail, hail the Word made flesh, the Babe, the Son of Mary .

Choir and Audience3 . So bring him incense, gold, and myrrh,

Come, peasant, king, to own him . The King of kings salvation brings, Let loving hearts enthrone him . Raise, raise a song on high, The virgin sings her lullaby, Joy, joy for Christ is born, The babe, the Son of Mary .

Solstice Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan Garrett, arr . Larry Nickel

Northern Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles Francis HallReader: Lanny Fleming

Northern Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ēriks Ešenvalds Soloist: Laura Harp

Hallelujah Chorus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G .F . HandelIf you would like to sing the Hallelujah Chorus with the choir,

please come forward and join us. We have music for you.

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Program cont’d

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Joy to the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr . John RutterChoir and Audience1 . Joy to The world! the Lord has come,

Let earth receive her King, Let ev’ry heart prepare him room And heav'n and nature sing, And heav'n and nature sing, And heav'n, and nature sing .

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Choir and Audience4 . He rules the world with truth

and grace And makes the nations prove The glories of His righteousness And wonders of His love, And wonders of His love, And wonders, wonders of His love .

A Merry Christmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . traditional English carol, arr . Arthur Warrell

The Guelph Chamber Choir wishes to extend its thanks toThe Rev. Ralph T. Blackman and the staff of St. George’s Anglican Church.

Thanks also to Andrew McLaren and those who help with "staging" for our concerts.

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Organist CHRISTOPHER DAWES is a versatile and much sought-after key-board musician living in Georgetown and based in the Toronto area, where he concertizes and per-forms, records and tours with many fi ne ensembles. Chris currently divides his professional time among

freelance performing across a wide spectrum of the Toronto music scene, serving as a staff accompanist to the Toronto Children's Chorus, and since 2003, accompanist and coach to the graduate and under-graduate choral and instrumental conducting programs at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music . He has served as the third Director of Canada’s Summer Institute of Church Music in Whitby since 2005, and as a 30-year church music professional, frequently serves as consultant to churches and congregations on musical matters, including most recently Timothy Eaton Memorial Church in Toronto on the occasion of its organ's centenary . Since completing graduate work in Music Criticism on the subject of musical genre in 2006, Chris often speaks at academic conferences and concert performances, and publishes an occasional blog and podcast at http://ideasaboutmusic .ca . His website may be found at http://orgalt .com .

Hailed for their “astonishing talent” (Musicworks Magazine), the MADAWASKA QUARTET performs repertoire from the Medieval to the Contemporary, and everything in between .

With a roster of collaborators as diverse as their repertoire, the Madawaska Quartet has appeared with artists such as Sopranos Adrianne Pieczonka and Measha Brueggergosman, pianists Jan Lisiecki, Arthur Rowe and Leslie Kinton, singer/songwriter Bob Wise-man, and dancer/choreographer Julia Aplin . They have performed in such major international festivals as the Festival Iberoamericano in Puerto Rico, the Festival of the Sound, the Elora Festival, Caledon Chamber Concerts, the Toronto International Chamber Music Festival, New Music North, and the “Music at Port Milford” International Chamber Music Festival .

The Madawaska Quartet has worked as chamber music faculty at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, also performing as part of its “Great Artist Series .” In 2014-2015 they were Artists-in-Residence at the University of Toronto Music Faculty (Scarbor-ough) . The MSQ has given workshops for students and emerging composers at the University of Toronto, York University, the Array New Music Centre, the Compos-ers’ Guild of Canada, and the Canadian Contemporary Music Workshop .

   

 

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Warmest Wishes for a very Merry Christmasfrom the musicians and board of directors

of the Guelph Chamber Choir

Guest Artists cont’dSHARLENE WALLACEis both a Classical harpist and one of Canada’s most prolifi c and infl uential lever (Celtic) harp players . Winner of two international harp competitions, she has cre-ated six independent CDs that feature many of her own compositions . Sharlene’s second album, Journey of

Shadows, is fi lled with wintery music while Q&A, her most recent CD, is an album of harp duos with Ameri-can Celtic harpist Kim Robertson . She has also been involved in numerous commissions for the lever harp .

Sharlene tours giving concerts, workshops, mas-terclasses and adjudications across North America and in Europe, including the International Diva Series 3 (Toronto), Ottawa Chamber Festival, 11th World Harp Congress (Vancouver), Celtica, the Workshop Internazi-onale di Arpa (Italy), Musicora (Paris, France), Festival of the Sound (Parry Sound), Harpcon (St . Louis, MO), and Vancouver Island Musicfest . She is also a regular instructor for the CAMMAC summer harp retreat weeks .

Sharlene teaches both lever and pedal harps pri-vately as well as at the University of Guelph, York Uni-versity and Wilfrid Laurier University . Her own Classical performance degree is from the University of Toronto where she studied with eminent harpist Judy Loman . Sharlene is principal harpist with the Guelph, Oakville and Kingston Symphonies .

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Of Note

An intoxicating evening of works for choir and a small Baroque orchestra of strings, cornetti, and sackbuts.

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Our PeopleThe Guelph Chamber Choir was founded in 1980 to foster the develop-ment and appreciation of choral music in Guelph and the surrounding area . Consisting of highly talented mostly amateur singers from a wide

range of occupations, the choir is proudly presenting its 35th season this year with four concerts . Its repertoire ranges from Renaissance masters to newly commissioned works, from classical styles to Broadway and vocal jazz, and from masterworks for choir and orchestra to choral gems for unaccompanied voices .

In addition to its regular series of concerts, the GCC has performed in numerous festivals, including the Llangollen International Eisteddfod in Wales (3rd place winner in the Mixed Choir Category), Luminato Festival, Toronto International Choral Festival, Guelph Spring Festival, Elora Festival, and festivals in Salzburg, Austria, and the Czech Republic . Exciting collabora-tions include working with Dancetheatre David Earle, professional choirs, regional choirs, community choirs, and orchestras such as the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and Orchestra London . Some of our most engaging concerts have been accompanied by period instrument specialists from Toronto and southern Ontario .

The GCC has performed in England, Wales, Ireland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Holland, Germany, Sweden and Denmark, has been broadcast on CBC Radio, and has won prizes in the CBC National Competition for Amateur Choirs . Recordings include Noel, On Christmas Night; Songs of the New World; Good Cheare: Christmas Celebrations Old and New (with the Oliver Whitehead Jazz Ensemble), Christmas in the Royal City, and Remember .

Gerald Neufeld has been conductor of the Guelph Chamber Choir since its founding . He holds the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Iowa and is presently a pro-fessor in the Don Wright Faculty of Music, Western University, where he conducts choirs and teaches choral conducting . Previously, he taught in the music department of the University of Guelph and conducted the University of Guelph Choir with which he toured in Britain and Europe on two occasions . Under his direction, the Guelph Chamber Choir, the University of Guelph Choir, the Faculty of Music Singers, and the Thames Scholars from Western University all have won prizes in the CBC National Competition for Amateur Choirs .

Gerald Neufeld is a previous winner of the Leslie Bell competition for choral conduc-tors . He has served on juries for the Canadian recording industry’s Juno Awards, the Leslie Bell Competition and the Guelph Spring Festival national vocal competition . He is active as a choral clinician, festival adjudicator, and lecturer on topics of special interest in the choral field.

Alison MacNeill is a graduate of the University of Guelph music program, and of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto . Born in Guelph, she returned to the area to live and work fol-lowing graduate work at the University of Western Ontario, where she had studied piano and theory with Ronald Turini and Richard Parks .

Alison is active as an accompanist and chamber musician, and has been, at various times through the years, pianist for the University of Guelph Choir, the Elora Festival Singers, the Guelph Youth Singers, and the Rainbow Chorus of Waterloo-Wellington, as well as with many other ensembles and soloists .

She maintains a large teaching studio and is the Director of Music Ministry at Harcourt Memorial United Church . She has been the accompanist for the Chamber Choir for much of its existence, performing and touring with the ensemble .

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Soprano Sheila DietrichAnna DolsenLaura HarpJane HouldingMarg McKenzie-LeightonSally StelterTammy teWinkelFelicia UrbanskiAlison Vicary

AltoJanice ColesCarolynne DavyAvis DevineJoanne GonsalvesMegan HodgeNancy JacksonNaomi MatsuiLaurie McDonaldAnne McKenzieSusanne Schmidt-McQuillan

TenorNaoki ChibaChris FischerLanny FlemingKen FreyBrad HallsHarold JacksonLawrence SugdenPeter Thompson

BassGordon BurnettKen CareyMark HaslettBrian JanzenGlyn LloydAndrew McLarenNeil McLarenKen McRoryGraham NancekivellMatthias SchmidtJames A . WalkeScott Worsfold

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Our ThanksWe would like to thank our supporters who made valuable financial contributions to the Guelph Chamber Choir.

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