Discover the enchantment of winter with the Czars to the pristine sound of a children’s choir singing Russian Christmas songs! In this concert filled with magic and wonder, revel to Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera Christmas Night, along with works by Sviridov, Leontovych, and a suite from the irresistible Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky (1840-1893).
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Kent Nagano, conductor
Hélène Guilmette, soprano (role of Oksana)
Michael Weinius, tenor (role of Vakula)
Tomislav Lavoie, bass (role of Chub)
Alice Morel-Michaud, narrator
Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal
Andrew Gray, chorus master
Charles Dauphinais, writing narrative texts
PROGRAM:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker Suite, op. 71a
Georgy V. Sviridov (1915-1998)
Snow is Falling, miniature cantata
Mykola D. Leontovych (1877-1921)
Carol of the Bells (arr. É. Lagacé)
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Christmas Eve (short version)
Concerts on 14 and 16 of December