The Performance
An iconic Canadian story comes to the concert hall this holiday!
The Hockey Sweater by Abigail Richardson-Schulte brings Roch Carrier’s beloved story to life*. Sing along to festive favourites performed with the Hamilton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and the Hamilton Children’s Choir.
*Special thanks to Sheldon Cohen for allowing the HPO to share his original illustrations from The Hockey Sweater.
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Featuring
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Kalena Bovell
Conductor
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Tom Allen
Narrator
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Hamilton Children’s Choir
Guest Artists
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Hamilton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Guest Artists
Concert Program
- Johann Sebastian Bach, Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Christmas Overture
- Christopher Eastburn (Arranger), Jingle Bell Swing!
- Suresh Singaratnam, Canadian Christmas
- Sarah Quartel, Snow Angel
III. God will give orders/ IV. Sweet Child - Emile Waldteufel, Skaters Waltz
- Leroy Anderson, Sleigh Ride
- Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Selections from The Nutcracker
INTERMISSION
- Abigail Richardson-Schulte, The Hockey Sweater
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Dance of the Tumblers
- John Williams, Somewhere in my Memory
- James M. Stephenson, A Holly and Jolly Sing-Along