Snyder & Associates LLP
presents
Oh Canada!
A Sesquicentennial Spring Celebration
with Greenwood Singers
Friday, April 7, 2017
All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral
(10035 103 Street)
8:00 PM
Oh Canada! - Facebook Event Page
Greenwood Singers, under the direction of Founder & Artistic Director Robert de Frece, presents Oh Canada! - A Sesquicentennial Spring Celebration on Friday, April 7, 2017 at All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral (10035 103 Street) at 8:00 PM. The choir will be joined by pianist Helen Stuart. This concert is proudly presented by Snyder & Associates LLP and CKUA Radio. This concert concludes the choir’s 37th Season.
Greenwood Singers celebrates Canada’s 150th Anniversary and the arrival of spring with a program featuring the music of Canadian composers Healey Willan (Rise Up, My Love, My Fair One), Ronald Hannah (“Song of Weeds”) and Stephen Chatman (An Elizabethan Spring) and arrangements of Canadian folk songs by Canadian composers Keith Bissell, Harry Somers, and Donald Patriquin. The concert will include three madrigals for the coming of spring by the Elizabethan composer, Thomas Weelkes, and will close with selections from the iconic Canadian musical, Anne of Green Gables.
| I |
| Rise Up, My Love, My Fair One |
Healey Willan |
| II |
| Three Madrigals for the Coming of Spring |
Thomas Weelkes |
- To Shorten Winter’s Sadness
- Cold Winter’s Ice Is Fled and Gone
- In Pride of May
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| III |
| To Daffodils |
Roger Quilter |
| Lovliest of Trees |
James Mulholland |
| Song of Weeds |
Ronald Hannah |
| Helen Stuart, Piano |
| IV |
| An Elizabethan Spring |
Stephen Chatman |
- Spring, the Sweet Spring
- There Is a Garden In Her Face
- The Urchins’ Dance
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| INTERMISSION |
| V |
| Ah! Si Mon Moine Voulait Danser |
French Canadian Folk Song, Arr. Donald Patriquin |
| Adieu de la Mariée a Ses Parents |
Métis Folk Song, Arr. Keith Bissell |
| J’entends le Moulin |
French Canadian Folk Song, Arr. Donald Patriquin |
| Helen Stuart, Piano |
| VI |
| The Old Mayflower |
Newfoundland Folk Song
Arr. Harry Somers |
| The Blooming Bright Star of Belle Isle |
Newfoundland Folk Song
Arr. Derek Healy |
| The Feller from Fortune |
Newfoundland Folk Song
Arr. Harry Somers |
| Helen Stuart, Piano |
| VII |
Choruses from
Anne of Green Gables |
Music by Norman Campbell
Lyrics by Donald Harron, Elaine Campbell, Mavor Moore & Norman Campbell
Choral Arrangement by Robert de Frece |
- Anne of Green Gables
- Gee, I’m Glad I’m No One Else But Me
- Summer
- Ice Cream
- Anne of Green Gables (Reprise)
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| Helen Stuart, Piano |
Tickets for Oh Canada! - A Sesquicentennial Spring Celebration are $20 for Adults and $18 for Students/Seniors (plus agency fees) and are available from TIX on the Square (9930 102 Avenue) 780.420.1757, from choir members, and at the door.
Greenwood Singers is very grateful to the following:
Presenting Sponsor
Snyder & Associates LLP
Silver Sponsor
Henry Bereznicki
Bronze Sponsor
Edmonton Vocal Arts
Media Sponsor
CKUA Radio Network
Ongoing Support Provided By:
The Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Edmonton Arts Council, City of Edmonton
The Greenwood Chamber Singers Society is a Registered Canadian Charity
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