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Sunday, March 26

Basilica of Our Lady, Guelph

GUELPH CHAMBER CHOIR

with

Amadeus Choir of Toronto
Kathleen Allan, Artistic Director

Program

All-Night Vigil (1915) Sergei Rachmaninoff
1. Priidite, poklonimsya (Come, Let Us Worship)
2. Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Ghospoda (Bless the Lord, O My Soul)
Soloist – Anna Babenko
 3. Blazhen muzh (Blessed is the Man)

Alleluia (2020) (Canadian Premiere)
Soloists – Katie Hatanaka, Emily Steers

Shavon Lloyd
Sviatyij Bozhe (Holy God) (2018) Larysa Kuzmenko
The Way Children Sleep (2017) Uģis Prauliņš

Intermission

Swallow Carol (2017, 2023)
Pianist – Alison MacNeill

Mykola Leontovych, arranged by Kathleen Allan

will I, night (2023)
(World Premiere)
Ian Cusson
All-Night Vigil (1915) Sergei Rachmaninoff
 6. Bogoroditse Devo (Rejoice, O Virgin)
 7. Maloe slavosloviye (Glory be to God)

8. Khvalite imya Ghospodnye (Sing Praises to the Lord)

Holy is the Lord of Hosts (2010) Iryna Aleksiychuk
Dona nobis pacem (2011) Jon Washburn

The Canadian premiere of “Alleluia” by Shavon Lloyd
was generously sponsored by

The world premiere of “will I, night,” a Canadian/Metis commission,
by Ian Cusson with lyrics by Cree-Metis poet, Marilyn Dumont,
was generously sponsored by