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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
Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
O Jesulein Süss BWV 493
Pièce d’orgue BWV 572
Melchior Franck (1579-1639) / Ernst Anschütz (1780-1861)
O Tannenbaum / O Christmas tree
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
Deutsches Magnificat SWV 494
*** Intermission ***
Hieronymus Praetorius (1560-1629)
Angelus ad pastores ait
Anonyme
Als ich bei meinen Schafen wacht
Conrad Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863)
Stille Nacht / Silent night
Jacobus Handl (1550-1759)
Resonet in laudibus
Tamsin Jones (b.1972)
Verbum caro factum Est
Michael Praetorius
In dulci Jubilo
Johann Sebastian Bach
In dulci Jubilo
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
Hodie Christus natus est (SWV 456)
Singers from SMAM
Christ Church Cathedral Choir
James Calkin, organist
Andrew McAnerney, direction