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In Excelsis Gloria: Sesquie for Canada's 150th is a TSO co-commission with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. Canada Mosaic is a Canada 150 Signature Project. This project was funded in part by the Government of Canada.
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"When asked to compose a “Christmas-inspired” Sesquie for Canada’s 150th, it certainly seemed appropriate to be influenced by the powerful and deeply resonant “Huron Carol”. In writing this piece, I used fragments of the melody and created musical images inspired by the text of this ubiquitous part of the Canadian psyche.
The “Huron Carol” speaks to us of the land and peoples before colonization and of a pure spirituality that seeks a common language. The melody has a compelling dramatic flow that is as simple as it is moving. And “Glory in the Highest” (In excelsis gloria) is a universal message of opening up to the light, love, beauty, and grace of our world, and exalting in that which sustains, nurtures, and connects all peoples and all life."
"Quand on m’a demandé de composer une pièce pour Canada 150 qui s’inspirerait de Noël, le chant « Jesous Ahatonhia », connu aussi sous le nom « Noël huron », si puissant et évocateur, m’est venu à l’esprit. Pour composer cette pièce, je me suis servi de fragments de la même mélodie et j’ai créé des images musicales inspirées par le texte de cet élément incontournable du paysage musical canadien.
« Noël huron » parle du territoire et de ses habitants avant la colonisation, et d’une spiritualité sincère, en quête d’une langue commune. À la fois simple et émouvante, la mélodie possède un élan dramatique irrésistible. De son côté, la prière In excelsis gloria (« Gloire au Très-Haut ») constitue un message universel d’ouverture – à la lumière, à l’amour, à la beauté et à la grâce de notre monde –, mais aussi un hommage à ce qui soutient, nourrit et regroupe tous les peuples et tous les êtres vivants."
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