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Christmas Carols and Seasonal Readings for Christmas Gerald Neufeld conductor Alison MacNeill accompanist Carols for Christmas Carols and Seasonal Readings for Christmas Sunday December 4, 2016 WINTER TRIO St. George’s Anglican Church | 2:30 pm Sharlene Wallace harp Ben Grossman hurdy-gurdy and percussion Ron Korb flute soloist sponsors government & community support Program Puer natus est nobis . Gregorian chant New Year’s Eve Jig . Gordon Stobbe Winter Trio Gaudete! Christus est natus . Anonymous from Pie Cantiones (1582) Soloists: Nathan Martin, Lanny Fleming, Gordon Burnett, Neil McLaren Rejoice, rejoice! Christ is born Of the virgin Mary Let There Be Light . Sara Ward Reader: Felicia Urbanski Lux Aurumque . Eric Whitacre Soloist: Corey Cotter Linforth Light, warm and heavy as pure gold and the angels sing… softly to the new-born baby Edward Esch Annunciation . .. Kilian McDonnell Reader: Sally Stelter A Maiden Most Gentle . French trad., arr. Andrew Carter Soloists: Laura Harp, Gordon Burnett Expectation . Kilian McDonnell Reader: Sally Stelter Snowflakes . Rodney Sharman Winter Trio Nowel Syng we bothe al and som . 15c. Sheldon Manuscript Soloists: Lanny Fleming, Gordon Burnett Refrain: "Nowell" we sing, each and every one, now that the King of Peace is come. 1. This has come to pass, 2. From the fruit of the womb of Mary 3. A boy-child was sent to us; in love and joy: both God and man do rest in her; he redeemed us unto bliss and Christ has now prepared he rescued us from disease, took our sorrow, his grace for us, each and every one . otherwise we would have come to grief, and with his body has redeemed each and every one . us unto bliss, each and every one . Page 2 Program cont’d Birth . Kilian McDonnell Reader: Sally Stelter The Wexford Carol . .. 12c. Irish, arr. Vincent M. Ryan Soloists: Laura Harp, Gordon Burnett La Valse Laurencienne . Steve Jones Winter Trio Here, mid the ass and oxen mild . arr. Shaw/Parker Soloist: Carolynne Davy O Come, All Ye Faithful . arr. David Willcocks Audience and Choir 1 . O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant! 3 . Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem; Sing, all ye citizens of Heaven above! Come and behold him Glory to God, in the highest: Born the King of Angels: O come, let us adore Him… O come, let us adore Him, (3x) Christ the Lord . 4 . Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning; 2 . God of God, light of light, Jesu, to thee be glory given! Lo, he abhors not the Virgin’s womb; Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing! Very God, begotten, not created: O come, let us adore Him… O come, let us adore Him… The Lamb . William Blake Reader: Johanna Hatt Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? . Larry Nickel The Three Kings . Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Reader: Amber Bryer Niño Lindo . trad. Venezuelan carol Winter Trio Joseph Made a Treasure Box . Larry Nickel Page 3 Program cont’d Three Kings of Orient . .. John Henry Hopkins Soloists: Lanny Fleming, Gordon Burnett, Neil McLaren Choir and Audience Refrain: O­­__ Star of Wonder, Star of Night, Star with royal beauty bright, Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to thy perfect light . Divenire . Ludovico Einaudi Soloist: Corey Cotter Linforth — Intermission — Gloria from Missa Pax . Timothy Corlis Soloists: Carolynne Davy, Corey Cotter Linforth The Spheres . Ola Gjeilo Little Match Girl . Hans Christian Anderson Reader: Lanny Fleming I Wonder as I Wander . arr. John Jacob Niles & Lewis H. Horton Soloist: Corey Cotter Linforth In the Bleak Midwinter . Gustav Holst Winter Trio In the Bleak Midwinter . Gustav Holst Audience and Choir 1 . In the bleak midwinter 2 . Enough for Him, whom cherubim 3 . What can I give Him, Frosty wind made moan, Worship night and day, Poor as I am? Earth stood hard as iron, A breastful of milk, If I were a shepherd Water like a stone; And a mangerful of hay; I would bring a lamb; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Enough for Him, whom angels If I were a wise man Snow on snow, Fall down before, I would do my part; In the bleak midwinter The ox and ass and camel Yet what I can, I give Him— Long ago . Which adore . Give my heart . Patapan . arr. Kirke Mechem Christmas in Prague . Ron Korb Winter Trio Page 4 Program cont’d A Beaver Christmas . the “Norris Gang” Reader: James A. Walke All Hayle to the Dayes . Samuel Pepys’ Collections Hallelujah from Messiah . George Frideric Handel If you would like to sing the Hallelujah Chorus with the choir, please come forward and join us. We have music for you. New Year’s Day Jig . Gordon Stobbe Winter Trio We Wish You a Merry Christmas . arr. Arthur Warrell Soloist: Amber Bryer The Guelph Chamber Choir wishes to extend its thanks to The Rev. Ralph T. Blackman, Mike Blythe and the staff of St. George’s Anglican Church. Delicious Treats Make a Wonderful Edible Gift! • Marshmallows • Painted Cookies Eating Clouds • Custom Orders Custom Edibles 519-362-5628 eatingclouds.ca [email protected] Guelph - Stone Square 370 Stone Road West | 519-837-2233 ™Trademarks of Meridian Credit Union Limited. Page 5 Guest Artists BEN GROSSMAN is a busy musician and sound labels. The albums are on many top favourite lists and artist: improviser, studio musician, composer, and legendary singers in Asia have made cover versions noisemaker. of his music. He has toured in North America, Europe, He works Central America, Australia, Japan, Singapore, Hong in many Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, and Mainland China (Beijing, fields, having Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Suzhou). played on Ron has given solo performances twice at The over 100 CDs, Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, The soundtracks Glastonbury Festival in England and also The National for film and Theatre in Panama City, The Shanghai International television, Spring Music Festival, The Century Theatre in Beijing, PHOTO CREDIT ICON PHOTOGRAPHY ICON CREDIT PHOTO sound design World Art Stage in Edinburgh, Arnhem Cathedral in for theatre, installations, work designed for radio trans- Holland, Expo 2005 in Nagoya and Madison Square mission, and live performances spanning early medi- Gardens in New York. eval music to experimental electronica. Ben’s tools of He has also shared stages with Peter Gabriel, Jane choice are electronics, percussion, and, especially, the Siberry, Tia Carrere, Liona Boyd, The Yardbirds, Olivia hurdy-gurdy (vielle à roue ), a contemporary electro- Newton-John, Cesaria Evora and Dadawa. Ron has acoustic string instrument with roots in the European performed for Queen Elizabeth, the Prime Minister of middle ages. Through extended techniques, live-loop- Canada, Princess Takamado of Japan, Princess Bopha ing and processing, Ben seeks to use it as a physical Devi of Cambodia, and was featured on the World interface into improvised sound creation, spontaneous Youth Day recording for Pope John Paul. composition and the exploration of acoustics, form and Ron was a featured soloist in The Lord of the Rings extended aesthetics. Symphony at Roy Thomson Hall and also played as In 1997 Ben studied Turkish music (oud and a soloist a song he composed accompanied by the percussion) in Istanbul and has done vielle workshops Toronto Symphony at the concert for the 2008 Olympic and lessons with Valentin Clastrier, Matthias Loib- Bid. ner, Maxou Heintzen and Simon Wascher as well as Ron has played on dozens of movie soundtracks working on Deep Listening and improvisation with by various composers. The films include Ang Lee’s Anne Bourne. With an abiding interest in pushing the The Ice Storm and Ride with the Devil, Atom Egoyan’s limits of his instruments and pushing the boundaries Exotica, Sweet Hereafter and Felicia’s Journey, Devil’s of whatever venue or medium in which he works, Ben’s Knot, Mira Nair’s Kama Sutra, John Woo’s Blackjack only solo CD, Macrophone, was released in 2007 and and the 3D IMAX film Space Station narrated by Tom features a unique two-disk form for simultaneous, alea- Cruise. Other credits include The Snow Walker, Being toric playback. macrophone.org Julia and Merchant/Ivory’s The White Countess starring Ralph Fiennes and Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave . 2016 Grammy-nominated RON KORB has been In October 2014 Ron Korb represented Canada at travelling and collecting indigenous woodwinds from The China Shanghai International Arts Festival’s Cana- Europe, Asia, dian Culture Week along with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and South and the Montreal Symphony. Ron’s sold-out concert at America for Shanghai Concert Hall was voted the audience choice years . His by the fans. compositions Ron’s latest album, Asia Beauty, received a are steeped nomination at the 58th Grammy Awards and won the in the diverse “Best in Show” at the Global Music Awards and First cultural tradi- Prize for Best Instrumental at the 12th Annual Interna- tions and tional Acoustic Music Awards. Asia Beauty also won experiences of his travels and his upbringing in Canada. the World Fusion category in the 2016 ZMR Awards in After graduating from University of Toronto, he New Orleans and Best World Album in the One World began composing for Hong Kong pop stars like Alan Radio Awards in the UK. He also won The Brand Laure- Tam, Roman Tam, and Yvonne Lau with songs that ate International Personality Award along with Adele, reached Gold and Double Platinum sales. Keanu Reeves, Andy Serkis, English footballer Sol He has over thirty critically acclaimed releases Campbell and veteran BBC journalist John Simpson. and reissues in twenty countries on various record www.ronkorb.com Page 6 Guest Artists cont’d SHARLENE WALLACE is both a Classical harpist and con (St. Louis, MO), Stratford Summer Music Festival one of Canada’s most prolific and influential Celtic/ (ON) and Vancouver Island Musicfest (BC).
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