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Conductors: George Daugherty, Laurence Ewashko

Composition Composer Performer(s)

Selections from Zadok the Priest
Zadok the Priest
And All the People Rejoiced
Alleluia

George Frederic Handel (1685-1759)

Cantata Singers of Ottawa

Ottawa Regional Youth Choir

NAC Orchestra

O Come, All Ye Faithful

Arr. Arthur Harris

Cantata Singers of Ottawa

Ottawa Regional Youth Choir

NAC Orchestra

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (1987)

Arr. Arthur Harris

Cantata Singers of Ottawa

Ottawa Regional Youth Choir

NAC Orchestra

Ding Dong Merrily On High

Arr. Smith

Monica Huisman, soprano

NAC Orchestra

The Christmas Song

Torme, Wells, arr. Ingman

Tyley Ross, tenor

NAC Orchestra

Turandot: Nessun Dorma (1924)

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

Tyley Ross, tenor

Cantata Singers of Ottawa

Ottawa Regional Youth Choir

NAC Orchestra

Let the Bright Seraphim

George Frederic Handel

Monica Huisman, soprano

Karen Donnelly, trumpet

NAC Orchestra

Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming (Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen)

Traditional German

Cantata Singers of Ottawa

Ottawa Regional Youth Choir

The First Noel (1987)

Arr. Arthur Harris

Cantata Singers of Ottawa

Ottawa Regional Youth Choir

NAC Orchestra

Sleigh Ride

Anderson

NAC Orchestra

The Seasons
Winter: Introduction and Four Variations (Frost, Ice, Hail and Snow)
Autumn (Final variation)

Alexander Glazunov (1865 - 1936)

Ottawa School of Dance

NAC Orchestra

Intermission

Farandole, from l'Arlésienne, Suite No. 2

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)

NAC Orchestra

A Musicological Journey Through the Twelve Days of Christmas (1991)
A Partridge, from 6th Century Rome
Two Turtle Doves, from 15th century France
Three French Hens, from 16th century Italy
Four Calling Birds, from 17th century Italy
Five Gold Rings, from 18th century Germany
Six Geese a-Laying, from 18th century Austria
Seven Swans a-Swimming, from 19th century France
Eight Maids a-Milking, from 19th century Germany
Nine Ladies Dancing, from 19th century Austria
Ten Lords a-Leaping, from 19th century Italy
Eleven Pipers Piping, from 19th century Russia
Twelve Drummers Drumming, from 19th century United States of America

Craig Courtney

Cantata Singers of Ottawa

Ottawa Regional Youth Choir

NAC Orchestra

Quittez Pasteurs

Arr. John Rutter (1945-)

Cantata Singers of Ottawa

Ottawa Regional Youth Choir

NAC Orchestra

Dors ma colombe

Traditional

Cantata Singers of Ottawa

Ottawa Regional Youth Choir

Il est née

Arr. John Rutter (1945-)

Cantata Singers of Ottawa

Ottawa Regional Youth Choir

NAC Orchestra

Ave Maria

Franz Schubert / arr. John Grady

Tyley Ross, tenor

Cantata Singers of Ottawa

Ottawa Regional Youth Choir

NAC Orchestra

O Holy Night

Arr. Harris

Monica Huisman, soprano

Cantata Singers of Ottawa

Ottawa Regional Youth Choir

NAC Orchestra

Silver Bells / White Christmas

Arr. Martin

Tyley Ross, tenor

Monica Huisman, soprano