Christmas carols from all countries with Dionne Brussee and Elena Manevska

Elena Manevska - pianist

Elena has been playing the piano since she was young and graduated from the Conservatory of Amsterdam. She forms a duo with guitarist/singer Wim Rozendaal and is affiliated with the Binnenwaai church on IJburg. Elena enjoys working with singers, exploring different musical styles and improvising. Recently she has been working with Dionne Brussee.

Dionne Brussee - singer

Dionne studied at the Conservatory in The Hague. She took singing lessons with opera singer Charlotte Margiono, and was also coached by Elly Ameling. She has performed extensively as a soloist in religious repertoire, including masses by Mozart and Haydn and oratorios by Mendelssohn and Handel. More than 10 years ago, she began to specialize in opera repertoire and sang in Opera per Tutti and in Gluck's opera Orfeo. In addition to singing, Dionne works part-time at the OLVG, where she organizes concerts for patients and has founded her own staff choir.

Program

- French Christmas songs by Gounod, Pierné, Poulenc, etc.

- English Christmas songs by John Rutter and others

- German Christmas songs by Peter Cornelius

- Christmas-oriented songs by Fauré and Kurt Weill

- a mix of Dutch and English sing-along Christmas songs, including The Shepherds Lay at Night , Come All Together ,

First nowell , ending with Jinglebells .