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Saturday, December 6, 2025 – 2:30 pm
Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa
414 Sparks St.
Ottawa, K1R 0B2
Come celebrate the magic of Christmas with some of the most beautiful traditional German carols, choral masterpieces by J. S. Bach, Jacobus Handl, and Michael Praetorius, as well as beloved holiday classics like Silent Night and O Christmas Tree. Timeless melodies, shimmering polyphonies, and familiar hymns come together in a joyful experience where the audience is invited to sing along with the choir — joined for the occasion by special guests, the Christ Church Cathedral Choir — to rekindle the festive and heartwarming spirit of Christmases past.
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
Jauchzet dem Herrn, P. 213
Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Cologne, 1599)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
O Jesulein Süss, BWV 493 (Musicalisches Gesang-Buch, 1734)
Pièce d’orgue BWV 572
Melchior Franck (1579-1639) / Ernst Anschütz (1780-1861)
O Tannenbaum / Mon beau sapin
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
Deutsches Magnificat : Meine Seele erhebt den Herren, SWV 494 (Dresde, 1671)
PAUSE
Hieronymus Praetorius (1560-1629)
Angelus ad pastores ait (Musarum Sioniar: Motectae et Psalmi Latini, Nuremberg, 1607)
Anonyme
Als ich bei meinen Schafen wacht
Conrad Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863)
Stille Nacht / Douce nuit (Salzbourg, 1818)
Jacobus Handl (1550-1591)
Resonet in laudibus, HK. 75 (Gallus, Opus musicum, tome 1, 1586)
Tamsin Jones (1972)
Verbum caro factum Est
Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
In dulci jubilo (Musae Sioniae, 1607)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
In dulci jubilo
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
Hodie Christus natus est, SWV 456 (Dresde, 1660)
SMAM Singers
Rebecca Dowd, Len Torrie, sopranos
Isabella Cuminato, Kristen De Marchi, altos
Nathan LeLièvre, Arthur Tanguay-Labrosse, tenors
John Giffen, Kevin Marimbu, basses
Christ Church Cathedral Choir
Shannon Mercer, Wanda Procyshyn, sopranos
Kevin Hassell, Rob Mann, Aidan Shenkman, countertenors
Neil Crawford, Christian Damus, Max Dubes, Keith Gomes, tenors
Francis Bull, Gary Dahl, Chris Mallory, Spencer McWatt, Paul Williams, basses
James Calkin, organist
Andrew McAnerney, direction