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Recorded Live on Friday, December 13th, 2024
Upper Canada Choristers' A Holiday Travelogue (Christmas concert)
A festive concert spanning centuries & cultures, featuring Fantasia on Christmas Carols by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Christmas carols from around the world, with guest baritone Bradley Christensen. Hye Won Lee, piano.
Recorded live on Friday, May 10th 2024.
Under the Artistic Direction of Laurie Evan Fraser. Celebrating our 30th Anniversary with four world premieres. Special Guests: The Boys' Choir of Maurice Cody Junior Public School of Toronto
Features four world premieres:
* We’ll Live in Harmony, with words and music by Maurice Cody School fifth grader Gwyneth Twyford, arranged for the school’s boys’ choir by Laurie Evan Fraser, and performed together with the Upper Canada Choristers’ tenors and basses.
* To Greet the Sun, a commissioned three-movement work by David Archibald, a University of Toronto Masters student in composition, who has woven fragments of three Canadian poems (The Heart of Night by Bliss Carmen, Day Dawn by E. Pauline Johnson/Tekahionwake, and Sunrise Along Shore by L.M. Montgomery) to embody and celebrate the hope and possibility in beginning anew.
* Little Robin, a song about new beginnings composed and conducted by choir member Matthew Secaur, with lyrics by his daughter, Fiona Ibaseta. The song reflects the concert theme of New Beginnings.
* Heartshine – Brilla Corazón, composed by Laurie Evan Fraser with lyrics in English and Spanish by Jacqui Atkin and Jacinto Salcedo.
Recorded on Friday, December 1st, 7:30 p.m.
Navidad Nuestra, a folk drama telling the story of the Nativity through the rhythms and traditions of Hispanic America, ushers in the holidays when the Upper Canada Choristers and their accomplished Latin ensemble Cantemos present A Seasonal Journey.
With Laurie Evan Fraser conducting, pianist Hye Won (Cecilia) Lee, and guest musicians, the performance took place at Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Road, Toronto. Special Guests: Sikuris St Lawrence.
Recorded on Friday, May 12, 2023
The Upper Canada Choristers and Cantemos, conducted by Laurie Evan Fraser, celebrate the 15th anniversary of Cantemos in a concert titled Our Voices Together: Corazones al Unísono. A highlight is the world premiere of El pájaro que espero (The Bird I Await) commissioned by Venezuelan composer César Alejandro Carrillo, whose music is often featured on Cantemos' programs.
Streamed on Friday, December 2nd, 2022.
Recorded on Friday, May 13th, 2022.
Recorded on Friday, December 3rd, 2021.
Recorded on Friday, October 1st, 2021.
Recorded on Friday, December 4th 2020
Recorded on Friday Oct 2nd, 2020 at 7:30 PM.
Grabado el Viernes 2 de Octubre de 2020, a las 7:30 PM.
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