2024-2025
December 1, 2024, "Come Sing Christmas!"
Advent:
Ecce Virgo & Veni, veni, Emmanuel, Anonymous
Christmas Fanfare, Jay Althouse
Noël Alleluia, Diane Loomer
Angels’ Carol, John Rutter
Tollite Hostias, Camille Saint-Saëns
Christmas Day:
Dormi Jesu!, Mark Sirett
Il est né le divin enfant, Trad. (arr. Ernest Gagnon)
Entre le bœuf et l’âne gris, Thierry Escaich
Adeste Fideles, Arr. David Willcocks
Petit Papa Noël, Martinet/Vincy/arr. Brice Legée
Beyond Christmas:
Stars, Erik Ešenvalds
D’où viens-tu bergère?, Trad. (arr. Georges Moineau)
Noël existe-t-il encore?, France Levasseur-Ouimet (arr. Allan Bevan)
Toast pour le Nouvel An, Gioacchino Rossini
White Christmas, Irving Berlin (arr. Roy Ringwald)
Auld Lang Syne, Trad. (arr. Desmond Earley)
2023-2024
April 7, 2024, "Da Venezia nach Salzburg"
Sing we and chant it, Thomas Morley
Gloria, Antonio Vivaldi
Ave verum corpus, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Coronation Mass, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
December 3, 2023, "An Afternoon at the Opera"
Act I:
Marche des toréadors (Carmen), Georges Bizet
Habanera (Carmen), Georges Bizet
Humming Chorus (Madama Butterfly), Giacomo Puccini
Casta Diva (Norma), Vincenzo Bellini
Barcarolle (Les contes d’Hoffmann), Jacques Offenbach
Séguedille (La Périchole), Jacques Offenbach
Duo des fleurs (Lakmé), Léo Delibes
O soave fanciulla (La Bohème), Giacomo Puccini
Galop infernal (Orphée aux enfers), Jacques Offenbach
Brindisi (Traviata), Giuseppe Verdi
Act II:
Avec la garde montante (Carmen), Georges Bizet
Prayer (Hansel & Gretel), Engelberg Humperdinck (arr. Julie Knowles)
Et la garde descendante (Carmen), Georges Bizet
(chœur d’enfants)
Va pensiero (Nabucco), Giuseppe Verdi
Chantez, chantez, Magnanarelles (Mireille), Charles Gounod
Serenade (The Student Prince), Sigmund Romberg
La farandole (Mireille), Charles Gounod
Prendero (Cosi fan tutte), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Anvil Chorus (Il Trovatore), Giuseppe Verdi
Champagne song (Fledermaus), Johann Strauss
2022-2023
March 31, 2023 with the University of Ottawa Orchestra and student choirs (Calixa-Lavallée Ensemble and Choral Ensemble)
Symphony no. 6 "Pastorale", Ludwig van Beethoven
University of Ottawa Orchestra
Golden Harvest, Larysa Kuzmenko
December 4 2022, "Spotlight on Canadian Composers"
The Past:
Lead, Kindly Light, Charles A. E. Harriss
Kyrie (from Messe de Noël "Deo Infanti"), Joseph-Julien Perrault
Hodie, Christus natus est, Healy Willan
Miniwanka or The moments of water, R. Murray Schafer
Adonai, Adonai (from Triumph of the Spirit), Srul Irving Glick
The Present:
Cantate Domino, Ruth Watson Henderson
Who Knows Where the Seasons Go?, Larry Nickel
Nouvel Espoir / Neue Hoffnung (from Enchantement du monde), François-Hugues Leclair
The Blessing of Light, Mark Sirett
Loyal Hearts, Eleanor Daley
J’écoute la neige (from Tranquilles épiphanies), Rachel Laurin
The Future:
Qilak, Andrew Balfour
Voici mon secret, George Chung
Emmène-moi, Marie-Claire Saindon
Now Boarding, Nicholas Ryan Kelly
Papillon, Rémi St-Jacques
How Can I Keep from Singing (from In Song), Laura Hawley
2021-2022
December 11 2021, "Noël ROYAL Christmas"
Noël à Versailles:
Messe de minuit pour Noël, Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Christmas at Windsor Castle:
There Shall a Star Come out of Jacob, Felix Mendelssohn
Christmas Day, Gustav Holst
O Tannenbaum, Melchior Franck (arr. Jim Clements)
The Snow, Edward Elgar
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Felix Mendelssohn (arr. Dan Forest)
2020-2021
May 2021, "Jubilate!" virtual concert
Laetentur Caeli, Kentaro Sato
Carson Becke, piano
Zueignung, op. 10 no. 1, Richard Strauss
Ständchen (Serenade), op. 17 no. 2, Richard Strauss
Carson Becke, piano
December 20, 2020 - January 15, 2021, "Hodie!" virtual concert
Hodie Christus Natus Est, Healey Willan
Petit papa Noël, arr. Brice Legée
J'écoute la neige, Rachel Laurin
Angel's Carol, John Rutter
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht, Joseph Mohr / Franz Xaver Gruber
2019-2020
April 5, 2020 with the Calixa-Lavallée Ensemble and Choral Ensemble (School of Music)
(Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
Meeres Stille und Glückliche Fahrt, Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata no. 32 in C Minor (1st movement), Ludwig van Beethoven
Opferleid, Ludwig van Beethoven
A Silence Haunts Me, Jake Runestad
Elegischer Gesang, Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet no. 10 in E-flat Major, Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio no. 4 in B-flat Major (3rd movement Tema con Variazioni), Ludwig van Beethoven
Bundeslied, Ludwig van Beethoven
Christus am Ölberge (last movement Hallelujah), Ludwig van Beethoven
Der glorreiche Augenblick (6th movement Finale), Ludwig van Beethoven
December 1, 2019
Gloria, Francis Poulenc
Magnificat, John Rutter
November 16-17, 2019 with the Choeur classique de l'Outaouais, University of Ottawa's Calixa-Lavallée Ensemble, and the Choral Ensemble
50th Anniversary Concert of the School of Music
University of Ottawa Choir: A sampling of December 1 concert
2018-2019
March 21, 2019 with the University of Ottawa Orchestra and student choirs (Calixa-Lavallée Ensemble and Choral Ensemble)
Lobgesang, Felix Mendelssohn
December 2, 2018
Yanaway Heyona, arr. Brian Tate
Ononyatakaka Place of the Rock, Mark Sirett
Chinese Folk Songs (excerpts), Chen Yi
- Fengyang Song -
- Diu, Diu, Deng -
Four Hanukkah Songs (excerpts), David Ludwig
- Al Hanisim -
- Maoz Tzur -
A Glimpse of Malaysia (Canadian Premiere), Geneviene Wong
Desh, an Indian Raga, arr. Ethan Sperry
Janger (trad. Balinese), arr. Budi Susanta Yohanes
Gamelan, R. Murray Schaffer
Kaana Kameme (trad. Oshivambo), arr. Scott Leithead
Ubi Caritas, Ola Gjeilo
Zulu Mama, arr. Jimmy Makwenda
Song of the Angels (Gloria), Mark Sirett
Veni, Veni Emmanuel, Michael J. Trotta
The Seal Lullaby, Eric Whitacre
Ding! Dong! Merrily on High, arr. Mack Wilberg
Venez, Divin Messie, arr. Andrew Ager
2017-2018
April 8, 2018
Remember (from Two Rossetti Songs), Stephen Chatman
Cantate brève « Tranquilles épiphanies », Rachel Laurin
Words of Chief Seattle, Amy Stephen
Where Have All the Flowers Gone, arr. Marc Sirett
The Stars Are With the Voyager, Eleanor Daley
Carmina Burana, Carl Orff
December 3, 2017
Vesperae solennes de confessore, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2016-2017
April 9, 2017
Ononyatakaka, Mark Sirett
The Salish Song, Derek Healey
The Wonder Song, Harry Somers
Sunset (de Northwest Trilogy), Imant Raminsh
She's Like the Swallow, arr. Stephen Chatman
À la claire fontaine, arr. Stephen Smith
Un Canadien Errant, arr. Mark Sirett
Ave Maria, Elise Letourneau
Peace Prayer, Elise Letourneau
Sound Canticle on Bay Psalm 23, Gregg Smith
Rise Up My Love, My Fair One, Healey Willan
Ave Verum Corpus, Imant Raminsh
Deux madrigaux mexicains, Manuel de Zumaya
December 4, 2016
Gloria, John Rutter
Coronation Anthems, George Frideric Handel
2015-2016
April 3, 2016
Liebesleider Walzer, op. 52, Johannes Brahms
Two Butterflies; Ample Make This Bed, Martin Sedek
A Boy and a Girl, Eric Whitacre
Trois chansons de Charles d'Orléans, Claude Debussy
Rise Up My Love, My Fair One, Healey Willan
Ce beau printemps, Mark Sirett
If Music Be the Food of Love, David Dickau
Der 42 Psalm, Felix Mendelssohn
November 25, 2015
Cantate de Noël, Daniel Pinkham
Chesterton's Carol, Brian Holmes
Tyrley, Tyrlow, Brian Holmes
In the Bleak Midwinter, Ola Gjeilo
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, Ola Gjeilo
Gloria, Jonathan Willcocks
Hodie Christus natus est, Jan Sweelinck
The Kings, Peter Cornelius
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming, Steven Sametz
Das Neugeborne Kinderlein, Dietrich Buxtehude
2014-2015
March 29, 2015
Ein deutsches Requiem, Johannes Brahms
November 30, 2014
Magnificat, John Rutter
Christmas Fanfare, Nancy Telfer
Hodie Christus Natus Est, Giovanni Gabrieli
In Dulci Jubilo, Dietrich Buxtehude (arr. Michel Rondeau)
Hodie Christus Natus Est, Healey Willan
I Sing the Birth, Stephen Chatman
A Spotless Rose, Herbert Howells
There is No Rose, Connor Koppin
The Huron Carol, arr. Robert B. Anderson
Angels We Have Heard on High, Stephen Chatman
The First Noël, Stephen Chatman
2013-2014
April 6, 2014 with Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica Choir
Coelos Ascendit Hodie, Charles Stanford
Heilig, Felix Mendelssohn
Faire is the Heaven, William Harris
Messe pour double choeur, Frank Martin
Two Hymns to the Mother of God, John Taverner
Fest- und Gedenksprüche, Johannes Brahms
Pater Noster, Jacob Handl
Duo Seraphim Clamabant, Francisco Guerrero
Cantate Domino, Heinrich Schütz
O La, O Che Bon Echo, Roland de Lassus
Jauchzet dem Herren, Heinrich Schütz
December 6, 2013
Motet: O Magnum Mysterium, Tomás Luis de Victoria
Mass: O Magnum Mysterium, Tomás Luis de Victoria
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen, Michael Praetorius
Riu, Riu, Chiu, arr. Noah Greenberg
Gaudete, arr. Steven Sametz
Mid-winter, Bob Chilcott
L'adieu des bergers, Hector Berlioz
Puer Natus, Michael Praetorius
Ein Kindelein so löbelich, Michael Praetorius
In dulci jubilo, Samuel Scheidt
Puer Natus in Bethlehem, Michael Praetorius
2012-2013
May 26, 2013
Abendlied, Josef Rheinberger
Selig sind die da Leid tragen, Heinrich von Herzogenberg
Ubi Caritas, Michel Guimont
Totus Tuus, Henryk Górecki
Le pont Mirabeau, Lionel Daunais
A la volette; O Prairie Land, Stephen Chatman
An Old Man He Courted Me, Stephen Chatman
She's Like a Swallow; Lukey's Boat, Stephen Chatman
Irish Blessing, Bob Chilcott
Ave Maria, Elise Letourneau
Peace Prayer, Elise Letourneau
Due North V: Mosquitoes, Stephen Chatman
March 10, 2013
A Pentatonic Alleluia, Ross Whitney
Alleluia, Eric Whitacre
Water Night, Eric Whitacre
Evening, Erik Esenvalds
Amazing Grace (trad.), arr. Erik Esenvalds
The Seal Lullaby, Eric Whitacre
Put Vejini (Blow, Winds), Imant Raminsh
Mid-Winter Songs, Morten Lauridsen
November 24, 2012
Salve Regina, Moritz Hauptmann
Ave Maria, Franz Biebl
Magnificat, Francisco Lopez Capillas
Magnificat, John Tavener
Magnificat, Arvo Pärt
Magnificat, Dietrich Buxtehude
Cantata 10, Johann Sebastian Bach
Magnificat, Anonymous - Bolivia
2011-2012
March 3, 2012
Locus Iste, Anton Bruckner
Os Justi, Anton Bruckner
Ave Maria, Anton Bruckner
Inveni David, Anton Bruckner
Ecce sacerdos, Anton Bruckner
Mass no. 2 in E Minor, Anton Bruckner
November 13, 2011
Ave Maria, Tomás Luis de Victoria
Hymn to the Virgin, Benjamin Britten
Her Sacred Spirit Soars, Eric Whitacre
Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge, Ralph Vaugan Williams
Cantus Missae (Mass in E Major), Josef Rheinberger
2010-2011
March 25, 2011
Ein deutsches Requiem, Johannes Brahms
November 28, 2010
Song for Athene, John Tavener
In Remembrance, Eleanor Daley
O Nata Lux, Morten Lauridsen
Lux Aurumque, Eric Whitacre
Agneau de Dieu, Rupert Lang
O Gladsome Light, Kurt Sander
Requiem, op. 9, Maurice Duruflé
2009-2010
March 26, 2010
Fantasia, op. 80 (Choral Fantasy), Ludwig van Beethoven
Lobgesang, Felix Mendelssohn
December 5, 2009
Theresienmesse, Joseph Haydn
Der Stern von Bethlehem, Josef Rheinberger
2008-2009
April 3, 2009
Rhapsody for alto, male chorus, and orchestra, Johannes Brahms
Te Deum, Anton Bruckner
December 6, 2008
Feel the Spirit, John Rutter
Mass in Blue, Will Todd
2007-2008
April 4, 2008
Uncommon Prayers, J.G. Armstrong
Petite messe solennelle, Gioachino Rossini
December 1, 2007
Locus Iste; Ave Maria; Libera me, Domine, Anton Bruckner
Mass no. 2 in E Minor, Anton Bruckner
September 25, 2007 with the National Arts Centre Orchestra
Symphony no. 9 in D Minor, Ludwig van Beethoven
2006-2007
April 12, 2007
Serenade to Music, Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, Karl Jenkins
December 2, 2006
A Feast of Carols; Gloria; Exultate Justi, Randol Bass
Advent Carol, Peter Niedmann
The Guiding Star, Daniel Pinkham
Chesterton's Carol; Tyrley, Tyrlow, Brian Holmes
2005-2006
April 2006
Requiem, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
December 3, 2005
Puer Natus Est, Kunle Owolabi
Make We Joy Now, Mark Sirett
Gloria, Jonathan Willcocks
O Magnum Mysterium, Morten Lauridsen
From Darkness to Light, Ruth Watson Henderson
November 21, 2005 with the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra under David Currie
O Canada, Calixa Lavallée
Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1, Edward Elgar
Hymne des Marseillais, C.-J Rouget de Lisle / Hector Berlioz
Daphnis and Chloé, Maurice Ravel
O Canada, Calixa Lavallée
2004-2005
May 5, 2005 with the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra under David Currie
Grande Messe des morts, Hector Berlioz
January 27-29, 2005 with the National Arts Centre Orchestra and the Winnipeg Ballet
Carmina Burana, Carl Orff
December 3, 2004
Das neugeborne Kindelein, Dietrich Buxtehude
Magnificat in C Major, Jan Dismas Zelenka
Gloria in D Major, Antonio Vivaldi
2003-2004
July 22-23, 2004 with the National Arts Centre Orchestra
The Lord of the Rings Symphony, Howard Shore
May 2, 2004 with the Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir and the University of Lethbridge Singers
Songs by Lionel Daunais, David McIntyre, and Donald Patriquin
April 2, 2004
Te Deum, op. 103, Antonín Dvořák
December 7, 2003
Petite messe solennelle, Gioachino Rossini
October 6, 2003 with the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra under David Currie
Carmina Burana, Carl Orff
2002-2003
April 4, 2003
Te Deum en do, Joseph Haydn
Schicksalslied, Johannes Brahms
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Felix Mendelssohn
December 7, 2002
Les Chansons des roses, Morten Lauridsen
The Hour Has Come, Sril Irving Glick
Songs of Creation, Sril Irving Glick
2001-2002
April 7, 2002
Mass No. 3 in F Minor, Anton Bruckner
December 1, 2001
Chichester Psalms, Leonard Bernstein
Mid-Winter Songs, Morten Lauridsen
An Irving Berlin Christmas, Irving Berlin
A Musicological Journey Through the Twelve Days of Christmas, Craig Courtney
2000-2001
April 6, 2001
Exultate, jubilate K. 165, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem, Luigi Cherubini
December 3, 2000
Mass in G Major, Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata 140 (Wachet auf), Johann Sebastian Bach
1999-2000
April 8, 2000
Die Jahreszeiten (Les saisons), Joseph Haydn
December 4, 1999
Messe de Noël (Deo Infanti), J.J. Perrault
Consolatio, Edwin Wendler
Magnificat, John Rutter
1998-1999
April 10, 1999
Lobgesang, Felix Mendelssohn
December 5, 1998
Laudate Dominum, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Zadok the Priest, George Frideric Handel
Mass in D Minor (Nelson Mass), Joseph Haydn
1997-1998
April 3, 1998
Die sieben Wörte des Erlösers, Joseph Haydn
Requiem, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
December 6, 1997
Works by Johannes Brahms and Franz Schubert
1996-1997
April 13, 1997
Magnificat in D, Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in C, Ludwig van Beethoven
December 7, 1996
Operissima
Opera choruses by Bizet, Wagner, Cilea, Mascagni, Puccini, Verdi, and Borodin
1995-1996
April 12, 1996
Psalm 95, Felix Mendelssohn
Mass in D Major, Antonín Dvořák
December 3, 1995
Gloria in escelsis Deo, Johann Sebastian Bach
In nativitatem Domini nostri Jesu Christi canticum, Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Magnificat, John Rutter
October 25, 1995
Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile, Charles Gounod
Requiem, Gabriel Fauré
1994-1995
April 7, 1995
Ein deutsches Requiem, Johannes Brahms
December 4, 1994
Te Deum, Joseph Haydn
Missa Sancti Nicolai, Joseph Haydn
Psalm 42, Felix Mendelssohn
1993-1994
May 16, 1994 with the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra under David Currie
Der Mond, Carl Orff
April 10, 1994
Pavane, Gabriel Fauré
Requiem, Gabriel Fauré
December 1993
Stabat Mater, Joseph Haydn
Requiem, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1992-1993
April 4, 1993
Der Stern von Bethlehem, Josef Rheinberger
Magnificat, John Rutter
December 1992
Mass in C major, Franz Schubert
Stabat Mater, Gioachino Rossini
1991-1992
April 6, 1992
Mass in C major, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Te Deum in D major, Jan Dismas Zelenka
December 1991
Hodie Christus Natus Est, Healey Willan
O Magnum Mysterium, Giovanni Gabrieli
Ein Kindelein so löbelich, Michael Praetorius
1990-1991
March 1991
Carmina Burana, Carl Orff
December 1990
Theresienmesse, Joseph Haydn
Cantata 61, Johann Sebastian Bach
Three Motets, Charles Villiers Stanford
1989-1990
March 1990
Gloria, Francis Poulenc
December 1989
Oratorio de Noël (extraits), Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantate de Noël, Daniel Pinkham
Hodie Christus Natus Est, Healey Willan
O Magnum Mysterium, Giovanni Gabrieli
Ein Kindelein so löbelich, Michael Praetorius
1988-1989
May 11, 1989
Requiem, Andrew Lloyd Webber
April 11, 1989
The Creation, Joseph Haydn
1987-1988
December 1987
O Magnum Mysterium, Tomás Luis de Victoria
Hodie Christus Natus Est, Giovanni Gabrieli
Ein Kindelein so löbelich, Michael Praetorius
Quatre motets de Noël, Francis Poulenc
1986-1987
March 27, 1987
Mass in C Minor, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
December 1986
Messe de minuit, Marc-Antoine Charpentier
1985-1986
April 1986
Die Jahreszeiten (Les saisons), Joseph Haydn
1984-1985
March 1985
St Matthew Passion, Johann Sebastian Bach
1983-1984
April 8, 1984
Fantasia, Op. 80 (Choral Fantasy), Ludwig van Beethoven
April 2, 1984
Magnificat, Johann Sebastian Bach
December 4, 1983
Works by Schütz, Praetorius, Verdi, Willan, Poulenc, Berlioz, Bruckner, and Bales
1982-1983
November 8, 1982
Les Noces, Igor Stravinsky
1981-1982
March 1982
Requiem, Johannes Brahms
December 1981
Mass in C Minor, Ludwig van Beethoven
1980-1981
December 6, 1980
Cantata 150, Johann Sebastian Bach
Jephté, Giacomo Carissimi
Magnificat, Francesco Durante
1979-1980
April 12, 1980
Requiem, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
December 10, 1979
A Ceremony of Carols, Benjamin Britten
Dix Lieder, Robert Schumann
1978-1979
April 8, 1979
Mass No. 3 in F Minor, Gabriel Fauré
Acht geistliche Gesänge, Max Reger
Behold the Tabernacle, Healey Willan
Gloria Deo per Immensa Saecula, Healey Willan
December 1978
Ave Verum Corpus, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Magnificat, Dietrich Buxtehude
Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Johann Sebastian Bach
Jubilate Deo, Benjamin Britten
Chants de Noël, arr. John Rutter
Motets de l'Avent, Josef Rheinberger