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Following the success of its December and January concerts, l’Ensemble Vocal Filigrane, one of Strasbourg’s most acclaimed choirs, is preparing to record its new Christmas CD.
Millie Lone ou l'ancienne foi will be released on 1st December 2018.
Following the success of its December and January concerts, l’Ensemble Vocal Filigrane, one of Strasbourg’s most acclaimed choirs, is preparing to record its new Christmas CD.
Millie Lone ou l'ancienne foi will be released on 1st December 2018.
Listen to the choir singing in the videos below.
Silent Night, arr. Jean-Philippe Billmann
a piece which the choir will record this autumn |
Wiegala, arr. Jean-Philippe Billmann
a piece from the first professional recording session, June 2018 |
THE PROJECT
Millie Lone ou l'ancienne foi
A diverse and original Christmas programme, Millie Lone combines the choral music of many different composers. The sounds of works by Francis Poulenc, Hugo Distler, and Sufjan Stevens, coupled with those of conductor Jean-Philippe Billmann’s choral arrangements of contemporary and traditional melodies, bring this creative Christmas tale to life. Millie Lone inspires many of the different feelings that are often felt during the winter months. Many of the pieces encapsulate the intense beauty and unremitting joy of Christmas, whilst others have a more melancholic and heartfelt side, capturing the tender, and sometimes fragile, nature of Christmas. But most of all, Millie Lone renews the meaning of Christmas, weaving the centuries-old message of the birth of a newborn King in Bethlehem with an upbeat message of hope and optimism.
"And again, Millie Lone noticed the fairy lights at the corner of the little window. She knew that Christmas had arrived. The cold and the snow confirmed to her that winter was here."
"Et une fois encore, les guirlandes électriques apparaissaient par le coin de sa petite fenêtre. Millie Lone se disait que le temps de Noël devait arriver. Le froid et la neige venaient confirmer le retour de l'hiver..."