All the recordings on this album come from live performances of our annual holiday show, “To All A Good Night”, between 2015 and 2019.
"When we first decided to present a holiday show I wanted it to be like no other - expressing a much wider spectrum of emotions and sentiments than just holiday cheer - a concert that would speak not only to the warmth and joy of being with loved ones but also to the loneliness
and reflection of being alone. I wanted it to be subversive and daring and most importantly, a concert that would celebrate and feature the stellar talent on stage." - Andrew Burashko, Artistic Director
YOU’RE A MEAN ONE, MR. GRINCH — THEODORE GEISEL & ALBERT HAGUE featuring TOM WILSON & THE CANADIAN CHILDREN’S OPERA
COMPANY
THERE ARE MUCH WORSE THINGS TO BELIEVE IN — STEPHEN COLBERT & ELVIS COSTELLO featuring LIAM RUSSELL & DAVID WALL
SILENT NIGHT/CHRISTMAS CARD FROM A HOOKER IN MINNEAPOLIS — TRADITIONAL/TOM WAITS featuring JACKIE RICHARDSON & JESSICA MITCHELL
(I’M SPENDING) HANUKKAH IN SANTA MONICA — TOM LEHRER
featuring DAVID WALL
CHRISTMAS IN PRISON — JOHN PRINE featuring TOM WILSON
HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) — JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO featuring LIAM RUSSELL & THE CANADIAN CHILDREN’S OPERA COMPANY
SANTA BABY — JOAN JAVITS, PHILIP & TONY SPRINGER featuring JESSICA MITCHELL
CHRISTMAS IN WASHINGTON — STEVE EARLE featuring LIAM RUSSELL
I PRAY ON CHRISTMAS — HARRY CONNICK JR. featuring JACKIE RICHARDSON
STILLE NACHT — ALFRED SCHNITTKE
credits
released October 20, 2022
JUSTIN ABEDIN, guitar (track 4)
BRYDEN BAIRD, arranger (track 7)
ANDREW BURASHKO, musical director & piano
CANADIAN CHILDREN’S OPERA COMPANY (tracks 1 & 6)
DAVIDE DI RENZO, drums (tracks 3, 6 & 7)
VERN DORGE, woodwinds (tracks 1 & 9)
ANDREW DOWNING, double bass (tracks 3, 4, 6, 7)
KEVIN FOX, arranger (track 6)
NICK FRASER, drums (track 4)
JOHN JOHNSON, woodwinds (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7)
DREW JURECKA, violin/mandolin
MARK KELSO, drums (tracks 1 & 9)
AMY LAING, cello (tracks 1, 4, 7, 8 & 9)
STEVEN MacKINNON, arranger (track 3)
JIM McGRATH, arranger (tracks 1, 4 & 9)
RACHEL MERCER, cello (tracks 3 & 6)
JESSICA MITCHELL, singer (tracks 3 & 7)
DOUGLAS PERRY, viola
JOE PHILLIPS, double bass (tracks 1, 8 & 9)
ROB PILTCH, guitar (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 & 9)
JACKIE RICHARDSON, singer (tracks 3 & 9)
LIAM RUSSEL-TITCOMB, singer (tracks 2, 6 & 8)
STEPHEN SITARSKI, violin
KEVIN TURCOTTE, trumpet
DAVID WALL, singer (tracks 2 & 4)
TOM WILSON, singer (Tracks 1 & 5)
Recorded and mixed by Earl McCluskie
Produced by Andrew Burashko
Design & cover illustration by Scott McKowen, Punch & Judy Inc.
Founded and led by pianist Andrew Burashko, Art of Time Ensemble is a Toronto-based music collective comprised of some of the best Canadian musicians from the worlds of classical, jazz and popular music.
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