La Chapelle de Quebec ; Bernard Labadie
Release Date: 10 December 2021
Label: Atma Classique
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0722056285421
Description
"The Road to Christmas is my ideal Christmas; it's made up of music that is often simple, but presented with the greatest care, and texts that allow us to dive into the roots of the event.
Everyone can find the Christmas of their dreams, whether through music, poetry, spirituality or a happy mixture of the three." - Bernard Labadie
(Founder of Les Violons du Roy and Musical Director of La Chapelle de Quebec)
For Bernard Labadie, Le Chemin de Noel is the realisation of a great dream inspired by the tradition of the annual Christmas concerts at the Chapel of King's College in Cambridge, England.
Named after the beloved annual concerts that Labadie has conducted in Quebec since 2016, Le Chemin de Noel is the conductor's deeply personal reflection on the meaning on Christmas.
This musical, spiritual, and poetic itinerary unfolds through traditional Nativity hymns that Labadie has carefully selected over the years. The sacred and secular repertoire is sung by La Chapelle de Quebec, with the participation of contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux, harpist Valerie Milot, and organist Richard Pare.
The program also includes the canticle Mais ou sont les neiges...?, a creation by François Dompierre on a text by Denys Arcand.
Two digital versions of the album will be released, one in French, the other in English. The French version includes a reading by Yves Jacques from Ernest Myrand's Noels anciens de la Nouvelle-France, the first historical study of a subject related to music in Canada.
The narrator for the English version is Colin Fox. The cover art for this album rooted in Christmas tradition features a painting by Quebec artist Patricia Bellerose.
Created in 1985 by founding conductor and music director Bernard Labadie, La Chapelle de Québec is one of North America's premiere vocal ensembles. The group is made up exclusively of hand-picked professional singers from all over Canada.
Tracklisting
Yannick Nezet-Seguin; Orchestre Metropolitain de Montreal
David Jalbert
David Jacques
Soloists; Orchestre classique de Montreal; Alain Trudel
Philip Chiu
Myriam Leblanc; Ensemble Mirabilia
Louise Bessette
Ensemble Caprice
