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Conductors: Laurence Ewashko and Barbara Clark
Host: Michael Tabbitt

Composition Participant(s) Composer
A reading
Psalm 42: Wie der Hirsch schreit Cantata Singers of Ottawa
Ottawa Regional Youth Choir
Kimberley Briggs, soprano
Wesley Warren, organ
Lawrence Charge, oboe

Laurence Ewashko, conductor

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
A reading
Cinq Mélodies "de Venise"
    Mandoline
    Ensourdine (Muted)
    Green
    À Clymène (To Clymène)
    C'est l'extase (It's ecstasy)
Kimberley Briggs, soprano
Dianne Ferguson, piano
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Intermission
Three Songs about Love
    Awake, My Heart
    The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
    The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd
Cantata Singers of Ottawa
Jane Perry, piano

Laurence Ewashko, conductor

Ruth Watson Henderson (1932-) Canadian composer
A reading
Three Madrigals
    O Mistress Mine, Where Are You Roaming?
    Take, O Take Those Lips Away
    Sigh No More, Ladies, Sigh No More
Ottawa Regional Youth Choir

Barbara Clark, conductor

Emma Lou Diemer (1927-)
The Fields of Athenry Ottawa Regional Youth Choir
Dianne Ferguson, piano

Lawrence Charge, oboe
Karen Shields, flute
Barbara Clark, conductor

arr. Mark Sirett Canadian composer
A reading
Love Songs for Springtime
    I. The Maypole
    II. The Despairing Lover
    III. Soldier, Won't You Marry Me?
    V. The Seeds of Love
    VI. Lover's Arithmetic
Cantata Singers of Ottawa
Ottawa Regional Youth Choir
Jane Perry, piano

Laurence Ewashko, conductor

Paul Halley (1952-) Canadian composer
A reading