Mon plus beau Noël Maîtrise Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens de Bulle, Prague Symphonic Ensemble & Jérôme Kuhn

• Franz Xaver Gruber (1787 - 1863):
• 1Gruber: Douce nuit (Orch. Batchelar)03:33
• Traditional:
• 2Traditional: Il est né le divin enfant (Orch. Pegg)02:18
• 3Traditional: Les anges dans nos campagnes (Orch. Batchelar)03:10
• Henry John Gauntlett (1805 - 1876):
• 4Gauntlett: Verbum caro factum est (Orch. Pegg)03:03
• Traditional:
• 5Traditional: Mon beau sapin (Orch. Stornetta)02:31
• César Franck (1822 - 1890):
• 6Franck: La Vierge à la crèche (Orch. Pegg)02:49
• Traditional:
• 7Traditional: Bel astre que j'adore (Orch. Batchelar)02:22
• Adolphe Adam (1903 - 1856)
• 8Adam: Minuit chrétien (Orch. Batchelar)02:04
• Traditional:
• 9Traditional: Entre le bœuf et l'âne gris (Orch. Pegg)02:57
• 10Traditional: Dans cette étable (Orch. Pegg)02:51
• Max Reger (1873 - 1916):
• 11Reger: Mariä Wiegenlied (Orch. Kuhn)02:22
• Traditional:
• 12Traditional: Dors ma colombe (Orch. Pegg)02:57
• Total Runtime32:57

Info for Mon plus beau Noël

"Mon plus beau Noël" has been recorded with the prestigious Prague Symphonic Ensemble and the children's choir of the Maîtrise Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens de Bulle.

It features timeless French Christmas melodies – such as “Douce Nuit”, “Les Anges dans nos Campagnes”, and “Mon Beau Sapin” – rearranged and re-orchestrated in exceptional symphonic versions.

The composers and arrangers Martin Batchelar, Samuel Pegg, Jérôme Kuhn, and Nathan Stornetta have given these marvellous works new depth and emotion.

Maitrise Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens de Bulle
Prague Symphonic Ensemble
Jerome Kuhn, conductor

Maitrise Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens de Bulle
The "Chœur St-Pierre-aux-Liens" of the parish of Bulle is a large liturgical vocal ensemble, comprising the liturgical choir, the concert group, as well as the choir school (Maîtrise), made up of about 40 children. The choir is mainly responsible for the musical animation of liturgies and festive masses at Christmas and Easter. At the same time, it presents various concerts a capella or with instrumental accompaniment. The choir expresses itself through a varied repertoire. It performs Gregorian chant, Renaissance compositions, and works from the classical, romantic and contemporary periods.

In association with various choirs of the region, the choir had the pleasure to perform Carl Orff's Carmina Burana in March 2009 as well as the main arias from Bizet's opera Carmen in March 2011, thanks to the Corps de Musique de la Ville de Bulle. In October 2012, the choir gave a concert performance of the Gloria and various pieces by Vivaldi. In 2013, the Choir participated in the anniversary concert of Lionel Chappuis' 20 years of conducting the Club des accordéonistes de la Ville de Bulle: the two groups performed the Polovstian Dances of Prince Igor, a piece composed by Alexander Borodin. In 2016, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the reconstruction of the church of Bulle, the choir performed, among others, Les Sept dernières paroles du Christ en Croix by César Franck.

Jerome Kuhn
is conductor and artistic director of both the Prague Symphonic Ensemble and Ensemble Vocal de Villars-sur-Glâne. He has been a regular guest conductor at Nouvel Opéra Fribourg (NOF) since 2018 and was previously musical director of Opéra Louise (2011 - 2017).

On the opera stage, he has distinguished himself in contemporary repertoire such as Powder Her Face by Thomas Adès (acclaimed by Le Monde, Télérama and France Info), and The Importance of Being Earnest by Gerald Barry, having conducted the Parisian premieres of these works - The latter was also broadcast on OperaVision. Other opera successes include the Paris premiere of Shostakovich's operetta Moscow Paradise at the Théâtre de l'Athénée Louis-Jouvet, and the Swiss premiere of Marius Felix Lange's Snow White.

In the 22/23 season, he will make his debut at the Theater Magdeburg in Germany, with the German premiere of Gerald Barry's Alice's Adventures Underground and will conduct a double bill of Poulenc's La voix humaine and Ravel's L'Heure espagnole with Nouvel Opéra Fribourg. He will also return to conduct the Academy of Ancient Music performing Mozart's Great C minor mass.

Jérôme has collaborated with numerous orchestras throughout Europe, such as the Academy of Ancient Music, the Orchestre de Chambre fribourgeois, the Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain NEC de la Chaux-de-Fonds and the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Also active in the field of recording, he collaborates on projects for Netflix and HBO productions, having recorded at AIR Studios in London, La Seine Musicale in Paris, Smecky Music Studios in Prague.

Also a trained pianist, during his studies Jérôme was a winner of the "Prix de Musique Contemporaine" of the Haute école de musique Lausanne-Fribourg.

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