A Christmas Concert
Saturday December 17th 7pm
Foley Community Hall
60 Rankin Lake Road, Foley, ON
Program
Christmas Carols Sing-along
Whispering River Orchestra
Whispering River Orchestra
Whispering River Chorus
Whispering River Orchestra
Deck the Halls
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (with Celine Cascanette)
God Rest Ye Folk
Angels We Have Heard On High
Serenade for Strings in E major (Antonin Dvorak)
I. Moderato
IV. Larghetto
V. Finale: Allegro vivace
The Christmas Song - Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire (arr. James Kazik)
Nochebuena (traditional)
El Nacimiento (Ariel Ramírez)
Carol of the Bells (arr. Michael Hopkins)
Intermission
Christmas Carols Sing-along
Adeste Fideles (O Come, All Ye Faithful)
Silent Night
Whispering River Orchestra and Chorus
Selections from Messiah (George Frideric Handel)
1. Overture
2. Comfort Ye (Recitative)
3. Every Valley (Aria)
4. And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed (Chorus)
5. Thus Saith the Lord (Recitative)
6. But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming (Aria)
7. And He Shall Purify (Chorus)
8. Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive (Recitative)
9. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion (Aria and Chorus)
10. (12) For Unto Us a Child is Born (Chorus)
11. (13) Pastoral Symphony
12. (42) He That Dwelleth in Heaven (Recitative)
13. (43) Thou Shalt Break Them (Aria)
14. (44) Hallelujah Chorus (Please Join Us!)
About Celine Cascanette, Alto Originally from Parry Sound, Celine recently completed a master’s degree in vocal pedagogy at the University of Toronto under the supervision of Professor Lorna MacDonald. Currently, Celine is living, teaching, and performing in Hamilton, Ontario. While Celine specializes in Western Classical, she loves to perform in a variety of genres and is as comfortable singing with her guitar as she is in a gown. Most recently Celine has performed with the Bach Elgar Choir, the Hamilton Children's Choir, and Chorus Hamilton. Celine is excited to join the Whispering River Orchestra once again for a great December concert!
About Fabián Arciniegas, Tenor Fabian Arciniegas, is a versatile Colombian-Canadian singer-actor and an intuitive, knowledgeable voice coach. He divides his career between bringing to life a wide range of repertoire from Baroque to Contemporary, and helping artists to reach their singing goals. Deeply committed as a chamber singer, he discovered a passion for new composers and has successfully toured in Canada and internationally as part of the series Crossing Borders with soprano Maureen Batt and pianist Claire Harris, featuring living Latin American and North American composers. The 2021-2022 season saw Fabian’s premiere of composer Chia Yin Wu’s song cycle Blood and the Moon, Leo Herrera’s song cycle Canciones nocturnas. After having premiered the song cycle Orbit by Saman Shahi in 2015, Fabián was invited by the composer to perform and record the songs again for his debut album released in September 2020. He has also premiered works from latin composers Mario Gómez-Vignez and Leo Herrera. In past seasons he has performed as part of the chorus with the Canadian Opera Company in Verdi’s Aida (canceled due to COVID 19), Otello and Wagner’s Götterdämmerung and was Le Remendado for Julie Nesrallah's production Carmen on Tap! He has performed under the baton of conductors such as Johannes Debus, Kevin Mallon, Derek Bate, Sandra Horst, Miah Im, Andres Posada, Miguel Caballero, Alberto Guzmán anf Dmitri Manolov. Mr. Arciniegas holds a Master's Degree in Opera Performance from the University of Toronto.
Our Orchestra and Choir
Artistic Director Brenda Margaret Muller
Conductor Catherine Maguire
Violin I
David McFadden, concertmaster
Peter Culjak
Katja Mathys
Anna Nuedling
Violin II
Tatiana Bouts
Pat Poole
Nancy Reagan
Esther Stone
Viola
Alex Andrews
Rob White
Brian Oxley
Sofiia Livinska
Cello
Brenda Margaret Muller
Shannon Lai
Linda Gibson
Judith White
Louise Nicksy
Contrabass
Val Wilshynsky
Zach Louch
Soprano
Judith White
Janet Fellner
Barb Williams
Vi Rahusaar-Detlor
Margaret Kamermann
Heather Gilchrist
Charis Foster
Alto
Celine Cascanette
Kit O'Brien
Anne Kingma
Holly Cascanette
Tenor
Fabian Arciniegas
Stan Hunter
Paul Gasztold
Bass
Frank De Jong
Brad Hunkin
Zach Louch
Len Ballantine
Harpsichord
Dan McCoy
Trumpet
Ryan Wettlaufer
Our Students
Veronica Gilchrist
Sofiia Livinska
Olivia McKinnon
Nora Shurr
Percy Shurr
William Wettlaufer