2025-12-14-OctetPlus
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Sunday, December 14, 2025
15:00h
OctetPlus Christmas


Yet once again I was struck by a Seniors Moment an forgot to turn on the recorder until half way through the second song ('In The Bleak Midwinter'). Fortunatly though it was in time for Eduardo's tenor solo in that wonderfully evocative Christmas carol.




...Enough for him, whom cherubim
Worship night and day,
A breast full of milk,
And a manger full of hay.
Enough for him,
Whom angels fall down before,
The ox and ass
And camel which adore...





Come and See The Child


(Mark Patterson)
Quelle est cette Odeur Agréable

(Trad. French, arr. David Willcocks)


Sweet little Jesus Baby

(arr. Walter Ehret)
Before the night had turned to day,
Before the light of morn,
Before the stars did drift away,
Jesus Christ was born.

Before the shephards saw the star,
Before the angels song
Jesus Christ was born...

Jesus Christ Was Born

(Gene Grier & Douglas Wagner)
Angelus ad Virginem
(The Angel Came to the Virgin)

(arr. David Willcocks)


As the program stated, the concert was a benefit concert for two local organizations:
L'Abri en Villeand the West Island Mission. We were fortunate that Star Gale from L'Abri en Ville was available to speak to us about their organization.





A little child looks up to see
A star that hangs so peacefully;
A light that shines into his eye
So soft and warm in lullaby
The room is still
The lights aglow
The night alive with fallen snow,
And there he sleeps so silently...

Lullaby Love


On This Holy Night

(Don Besig & Nancy Price)
Noël cèst l'amour

H. Contet & N. Glanzberg
Arr. André Bellefeuille

Watts' Cradle Song

Hush! My dear lie still snd Slumber;
Holy angels guard thy bed!
Heav'nly blessings without number
Gently faling on thy head.
Sleep, my babe, thy food and raiment,
House and home, thy friends provide...

(Isaac Watts with music by Bert VanderHoek)

There is a Light

(Michael Barrett)


With thanks to André for this shot.


And once the dust had settled, so to speak, the concert had raised a whopping $1,400 for the two organizations!

Merry Christmas to all
and to all a GOOD NIGHT!



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