Songs of the New World

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Performers

Guelph Chamber Choir
Gerald Neufeld, conductor
Alison MacNeill, accompanist

Featured soloist

Kevin McMillan, baritone

Description

This collection of songs evokes the bygone spirit and character of parts of North America that were once known as the New World. They will take you on a journey through Upper Canada (Ontario), the New England states, the deep South, and the Maritime Provinces of Canada. Some of the ballads depict amusing events while others express the melancholy love and longing of people in hardship. Many of the songs are rousing expressions of love for the land of their origin.

Programme

Folk Songs of Ontario | Ruth Watson Henderson

Come all You Bold Canadians
The Maggie Hunter
The Banks of the Don
Les Raftsmen
Soloists: Marcus Kramer, Neil McLaren

The Spell of Times Long Past | Nancy Telfer

Love Song
Solitude
The Wind and the Flower
The Sailor's Sweetheart

Three Mountain Ballads | Ron Nelson

He's Gone Away
Will He Remember
Barbara Allen

Shenandoah | James Erb Spirituals

Deep River | arr. Roy Ringwald
Soon ah will be done | arr. Dianne Loomer
Witness | arr. Jack Halloran

Maritime Folk Songs | arr. John Beckwith

Farewell to Nova Scotia
The Banks of Newfoundland
Soloist: Kevin McMillan, Percussion: David Campion

Song for Canada | Paul Halley

Soloist: Kevin McMillan