In 2016, Bernard Labadie had the idea of importing the tradition of Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King’s College Cambridge, born in 1918 from the trauma of the Great War, interpolation of Christmas carols and texts intended for meditation. On December 23, at 6 p.m., the Palais Montcalm opens to a unique moment of contemplation. On December 25, Radio-Canada television will show it to everyone. It was essential that The way to Christmas exists on disk. However, you should know that there are two versions: only the digital edition contains the narration, while the physical disc connects the songs, the reproduction of the texts is limited to the (luxurious) libretto. We were orphans from a great Quebec Christmas choral record since the availability ofOn the feast of Christmas, from the Little Band of Montreal and Martin Dagenais (Naxos, 1998), has become random. The arrangement and the quality of the songs are perfect, but Atma absolutely owes us a “prestige” version of two CDs which would mix songs and texts.
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