Since 1998...
101 concerts, 170 choir members
569 choral pieces, 65 guest artists
729 composers, 157 arrangers
1029 pages of concert programmes
Past Concert
That Christmas Night...
...a concert of Christmas songs and carols, featuring our 4th Annual Jazz Messiah!
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Date & Time
Saturday, December 6, 2008 - 8:00 p.m.
Location
St. John the Evangelist Church (Anglican)
23 Water St. N., Kitchener, ON, N2H 5A4
23 Water St. N., Kitchener, ON, N2H 5A4
Conductor
Wayne Gilpin
Accompanist
Andrew Gilpin
Guest Artists
Bob Brough, Andrew Gilpin, Tom Hazlitt, Tom Jestadt, David Puttock, Andrea Weber Steckly.
Repertoire
* indicates performance by guest artist(s)
italics indicate a reading
* Christmas Blessing
John Henry, Cardinal Newman
Come on Down to Bethlehem
Joel Raney, John Parker
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Lewis H. Redner, Phillips Brooks (arr. Joel Raney)
* A Child of the Snows
G.K. Chesterton
Tell Us 'Bout a Baby
Joel Raney, John Parker
* Angelic Rag
Andrew Gilpin
* The First Noel
Traditional (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
* Jingle Bell Rag
Andrew Gilpin
* Deck the Halls
Lewis H. Redner, Phillips Brooks (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
* A Memory of Love and Peace, 1626
Nicholas Breton
Shepherd's Joy
Mark Hayes, John Parker
* Where is This Stupendous Stranger?
Christopher Smart
Were You There on That Christmas Night?
Natalie Sleeth (arr. Lloyd Larson)
Sing Gloria!
Mark Hayes
~ Intermission ~
* Overture (from "Messiah")
G.F. Handel (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
* Isaiah 40: 1-3
The Bible
And Then the Glory
Andrew Gilpin
For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth
G.F. Handel (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
* For Unto Us a Child is Born (from "Messiah")
G.F. Handel (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
* Luke 2: 1-14
The Bible
His Yoke is Easy (from "Messiah")
G.F. Handel (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
* Christmas Day
Christina Rossetti
* Behold the Lamb of God
G.F. Handel (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
All we like sheep have gone astray (from "Messiah")
G.F. Handel (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
* I know that my redeemer liveth
G.F. Handel (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
* A Christmas Wish
Ada V. Hendricks
Hallelujah!
G.F. Handel (arr. Mervyn Warren, Michael O. Jackson, Mark Kibble, John Higgins)
Choir Members
Soprano
Louise Adolph, Cheryl (Soltysiak) Bruder, Christine (Porter) Collins, Mary Flewelling, Margaret Fontaine, Valerie Grzesiak, Jennifer Harvey, Gloria Heimbecker, Jennifer Lloyd-Smith, Gloria (Schumacher) Scheerer, Margaret St. Pierre, Sylvia Stahle, Lynn (Lathey) Vannatter, Dianna Weltz.
Alto
Gloria Cardey, Ginny Ehrlich, Carol Gilpin, Mary Jane Lanteigne, Martha Leonard, Anne Lowe, Leslie O'Dell, Lorna Schwartzentruber, Lynn Souliere.
Tenor
Paul Brubacher, Neil Hunt, Bruce Weber.
Bass
Joe Bruder, Philip Cochrane, Terry Green, Rodger Seeley, Milton Williams.
