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Thursday, April 17, 2026 – 7:00 pm
Basilica – Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Ottawa
385 Sussex Dr
Ottawa, ON K1N 1J9
Performed by the combined choirs of SMAM and Notre Dame Cathedral, this concert weaves together western music traditions and living indigenous themes and language. The programme celebrates the lives and works of sacred women including the Virgin Mary, the prophecies of the Sybil at Cumae, and a new work by indigenous composer Andrew Balfour inspired by the life of Kateri Tekakwitha. Music featured includes the extraordinary Gloria form the Earthquake Mass by Antoine Brumel, a new Mohawk text setting of the mesmerising Deo Gratia with by works by Johannes Ockeghem, and pieces by Hildegard von Bingen, Isaac, Josquin, Lassus, and Stopford.
Philip Stopford (1977- )
The Beatitudes
Calvin Hampton (1938-1984)
A Repeating Alleluia
Heinrich Isaac (c.1450-1517)
Virgo Prudentissima a 6
Josquin des Prez (c.1450-1521)
O Virgo Virginum a 6
Hildegard von Bingen (c.1098-1179)
O Virtus Sapientiae
Roland de Lassus
extraits de Prophetiae Sibyllarum a 4
Prologue
Sibylla Persica
Sibylla Libyca
Sibylla Delphica
Roland de Lassus
Alma Redemptoris Mater a 8
Antoine Brumel (c.1460-1513)
Gloria de Missa Et ecce terræ motus
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Andrew Balfour (1967- )
Missa Tekakwitha – 7 Rochers des grands-pères / Enseignements / Prophéties
Enska – une
Tekeni – deux
Ahsen – trois
Kaieire – quatre
Wisk – cinq
la: talk – six
Tsia:tak – sept
Johannes Ockeghem (c.1410-1497) arr. Balfour
Deo Gratias (sung in mohawk)
Choir of the SMAM
Choir of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame of Ottawa
Andrew McAnerney, conductor
Michel Guimont, conductor