L'Hymne au Printemps

Live Recording, Catalogue No. (released 1999)
Distributed by Independent
Recorded in Vancouver, BC

In 1998 Chor Leoni gained the reputation of "the choir that sings in French." Our insistence on performing the bilingual version of "O Canada" at a Vancouver Canucks hockey game against the wishes of the team's owners, led to an appearance for Chor Leoni on national TV. Invitations followed: to sing for the Alliance Française at the Festival Francophonie, for the French Consulate General for Bastille Day, and for the Bordeaux wine merchants fall wine festival. Of course the controversy also inspired us to perform an entire spring concert in French, which was recorded live and made available as L'Hymne au Printemps.

A limited independent pressing, this disc has sold out and is no longer available.

Reviews

• CD Review: L'Hymne au Printemps (Vancouver Courier, July 1999) (July 18, 1999) The live performance energy jumps right out at you through the clarity and immediacy of the recording. ...

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Playlist

1. L'Hymne au Printemps Félix Leclerc
2. O mes très chers frères (from Quatre petites prières de Saint François d'Assise) Francis Poulenc
3. Magnificat Healey Willan
4. Beata Viscera Perotin
5. Sicut Lilium Antoine Brumel
6. Sanctus & Benedictus (from Messe à trois voix) André Caplet
7. Ave Maris Stella Guillaume Dufay
8. Agnus Dei (from Messe à trois voix) André Caplet
9. O Salutaris (from Messe à trois voix) André Caplet
10. Beata Viscera Perotin
11. Cantique de Jean Racine Gabriel Fauré
12. Psaume 121 Darius Milhaud
13. O proles (from Laudes de Saint Antoine de Padua) Francis Poulenc
14. L'isle joyeuse Claude Debussy
15. How Sweet the Moonlight Sleeps Michael Head, arr. Stephen Smith
16. Le Pont Mirabeau Lionel Daunais
17. Mon coeur se recommande à vous Roland de Lassus
18. L'amour de moy French folk song
19. Trinque l'amourette Québec folk song, arr. Guy Isabelle
20. Le lion ancien
21. Chanson Franglais Bob Bossin