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Christmas Songs with Rafael Payare

Christmas Songs with Rafael Payare

Maison symphonique de Montréal

SEASON PARTNER

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Rafael Payare and the OSM celebrate the holiday season by performing symphonic works composed for the festive period. They are joined by the OSM Chorus and Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal for what is sure to be a merry and unifying concert! The public will even be invited to join the festivities and sing along with the artists for selected Christmas carols. A truly galvanizing experience!

ARTISTS AND PROGRAMME

Rafael Payare, conductor
Andrew Gray, chorusmaster
OSM Chorus
Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal
With the participation of young musicians from La musique aux enfants, an OSM initiative

Concert without intermission

Strauss II, Die Fledermaus [The Bat], Overture (8 min.)

Gilles Bellemare, Réjouissances, Orchestral Suite on traditional Quebec melodies (4 min.)

Lowell Mason, Joy to the World (arr. John Rutter, 3 min.)

Handel, Messiah, HWV 56: “Hallelujah” (4 min.)

Leopold Mozart, Toy Symphony (10 min.)

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Christmas Overture (6 min.)

Franz Xaver Gruber, Stille Nacht [Silent Night] (arr. Bob Chilcott, 4 min.)

Traditional Song, Il est né le divin enfant (arr. John Rutter, 3 min.)

Kodály, Dances of Galánta (16 min.)

Traditional Song, Les anges dans nos campagnes (arr. Anthony Rozankovic, 3 min.)

John Francis Wade, Adeste fideles (arr. David Willcocks, 3 min.)

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Rafael Payare

Rafael Payare’s prodigious musicianship, technical brilliance and charismatic presence on the podium have made him one of the world’s most sought-after conductors. Born in 1980 and a graduate of the celebrated El Sistema music education program in Venezuela, Mr. Payare began his formal conducting studies in 2004 with José Antonio Abreu. Since winning the prestigious Malko International Competition for Young Conductors in Denmark in 2012, Maestro Payare’s career has advanced rapidly. Since 2015, he has served as Principal Conductor of the Castleton Festival, founded by his mentor the late Lorin Maazel. He was Chief Conductor of the Uster Orchestra from 2014 to 2019 and in 2019, took up the position of Music Director of the San Diego Symphony. In recent years, Rafael Payare has conducted many of the world’s most prestigious symphony orchestras, in Berlin, Vienna, London, Munich, Chicago and Paris, among others. Beginning in the 2022-2023 season, he becomes the ninth Music Director in the history of the OSM.

Andrew Gray

Andrew Gray is the Musical and Artistic Director of Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal, the Artistic Director of the Montreal Choral Institute, conductor of chamber choir Voces Boreales, and founder of the choral education project Sing Montréal Chante. A native of Great Britain, Andrew was a chorister at Durham Cathedral from age 7. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in music and drama from the University of Birmingham. In 1997, he joined the internationally renowned The Swingle Singers and toured with them for five years. Since then, he has prepared choirs for various conductors and composers. In addition, he has directed vocal groups for popular music artists. Since his arrival at Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal in 2016, he has been involved in collaborations with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, the Montreal Bach Festival, Les Grands Ballets, Opera Montreal, the Schulich School of Music of McGill University and Orchestre Métropolitain, to mention only those.
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* Prices, artists, repertoire, and concert dates and times may be modified without notice. Prices include a non-refundable service fee of $12.00 per ticket. Some handling fees may be charged. See all terms and conditions.

This presentation is made possible thanks to the Gouvernement du Québec program Plan de relance économique du milieu culturel.