The OSM Classical Spree will finish in style with no fewer than five Alliance chorale du Québec ensembles! The assembled choirs will perform a wide range of choral music, as well as a song by the great Gilles Vigneault. Finally, all five groups will come together to perform Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” under Maestro Nagano – a fitting conclusion for a joyful gathering.
5 Choirs of the Alliance chorale du Québec
- HAYK VOCAL QUARTET
- LE CHŒUR DE L'ART NEUF
- ENSEMBLE VOCAL KATIMAVIK
- LA PETITE BANDE DE MONTRÉAL
- MODULATION
Jean-Willy Kunz, organ
With the participation of Kent Nagano
HAYK VOCAL QUARTET
Hasmik Gasparyan, chorus master
Artur Markosyan, piano
- J. S. Bach, Motet "Jesu, meine Freude", BWV 227 (2 min.)
- Franck, Mass, op. 12: "Panis angelicus" (3 min.)
- Komitas, "O Lord, save us" (3 min.)
MODULATION
Lucie Roy, chorus master
- Guy Forbes, Ave Maria (3 min.)
- Eva Ugalde, Miserere (4 min.)
- Ola Gjeilo, Ubi caritas (3 min.)
- Ralph Manuel, Alleluia (4 min.)
ENSEMBLE VOCAL KATIMAVIK
Patrick Brodeur, chorus master
Étienne Génier, piano
- Patrick Brodeur, When Time Collapses (5 min.)
- Eric Whitacre, Sleep (5 min.)
- Morten Lauridsen, Sure on this Shining Night (5 min.)
LA PETITE BANDE DE MONTRÉAL
Martin Dagenais, chorus master
- Saint-Saëns, 2 Choruses, op. 68: "Calme des nuits" and "Les fleurs et les arbres" (4 min.)
- Hindemith, Six Chansons, after Rilke (8 min.)
- Gilles Vigneault, "Le doux chagrin", arr. Simon Leclerc (3 min.)
- Folklore, "À la claire fontaine", arr. Simon Leclerc (3 min.)
LE CHŒUR DE L'ART NEUF
Pierre Barrette, chorus master
With piano
- Kevin A. Memley, Magnificat: 1st movement (6 min.)
- Elgar, Lux aeterna (4 min.)
- Kevin A. Memley, Magnificat, excerpt (5 min.)
ALL THE CHOIRS
dir. Kent Nagano, with Jean-Willy Kunz at the organ
- Fauré, Requiem, op. 48: "Agnus Dei" (7 min.)
- Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem, op. 45 (A German Requiem): "Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen" (5 min.)
- Gilles Vigneault, "Si les bateaux" (4 min.)
- Beethoven, "Ode to Joy", excerpt of the Symphony no. 9 in D major, op. 125 (5 min.)
