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The Glory of Advent in Toronoto with Lydia Adams and Canada's Elmer Iseler Singers

Location: Ontario, Canada
Choir type: Professional Choirs
Voicing: Mixed
Lydia Adams, conductor and Canada’s Elmer Iseler Singers with Special Guest Narrator – Michael Greyeyes present an evening of music based on the four Advent pillars of Love, Joy, Hope and Peace, - including poetry and readings from writers and philosophers who share their thoughts of their great hopes for humanity. Sunday  November 21, 2010 7:30 p.m. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church – 78 Clifton Road (at St. Clair – just West of Mt. Pleasant Rd. – Toronto)
PROGRAM:
Ding, Dong, Merrily On High                        16thC. French, arr. C. Wood
O Little One Sweet                                         Old German, arr. J.S. Bach
 
Reading: From the Diary of Anne Frank
 
Angelus Ad Virginum                                     from Piae Cantiones, arr. L. Adams
Ubi Caritas                                                      M. Duruflé
Rejoice and Sing                                            Eleanor Daley
 
Reading: Christmas: … Peace on Earth    Brother Alois
 
Make We Joy!                                                 Derek Holman
A Boy Was Born                                             Benjamin Britten
Dormi Jesu                                                    Conor O’Reilly
Rebecca Whelan, soloist
Reading:Child, Do You Know My Voice?  Desmond and Mpho Tutu
 
A Christmas Lullaby                                      Graeme Wearmouth
 
Reading: Salutation of the Dawn                 Kalidasa (Sanskrit)
 
In Dulci Jubilo                                              Old German, arr. R.L. Pearsall
Infant Holy                                                    Polish, arr. David Willcocks
 
Reading: Seek and Serve Love                  Desmond and Mpho Tutu
 
Rocking                                                       Czech carol, arr. David Willcocks
Zither Carol                                                Czech carol, arr. M. Seergent
 
Reading: The Source of Joy                                    Rumi
 
The Holly and the Ivy                                 English carol, arr. R. Jacques
Ave Maris Stella                                             from Piae Cantiones, arr. Eleanor Daley
 
Reading: A Future of Peace                       Brother Roger
 
The Three Kings                                           Peter Cornelius, arr. Ivor Atkins
Nelson Lohnes, soloist
The Huron Carol                                             arr. Robert Anderson
Here Are We in Bethlehem                             Healey Willan
 
Reading: Lasting Happiness                       Dalai Lama
Away in a Manger                                          Kirkpatrick, arr. Elmer Iseler   
 
 
 
Tickets at the door: $40. Reg./ $30. Sr. / $15. Stud.
For more information call Olena at 416.217.0537 
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