10, 11 + 12 DEC
Specials
Paul Brandt’s Country Christmas This concert is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Taylor Family Foundation SPONSORS + SUPPORTERS Associate Conductor Supporter: Mary Rozsa de Coquet Conductor Couturier: Umberto Custom Tailors Ltd.
PROGRAMME Karl Hirzer, conductor Paul Brandt, vocals + guitar Featuring songs from the set list below. Performance includes a 20-minute intermission. Overture from Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss) | Small Towns Big Dreams | My Heart Has a History | I’m Gonna Fly | All About Her | I Do | The King | Out Here On My Own | Arioso from Cantata, BWV 156 (J.S. Bach) | Sleigh Ride (Anderson) | Winter Wonderland | Let It Snow | Mary Did You Know | Go Tell It On the Mountain | Didn’t Even See the Dust | Convoy | White Christmas Programme and artists subject to change without notice
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At these concerts, $10 from each ticket sold will be donated to #NotInMyCity. Learn more on page 25. Karl Hirzer biography on page 7
Norman Wong; Paul Brandt
Wednesday 11 December 2019 / 7:30PM Thursday 12 December 2019 / 7:30PM Jack Singer Concert Hall
Concert photo
Tuesday 10 December 2019 / 7:30PM Bella Concert Hall
Paul Brandt is the most awarded male Canadian country artist in history. His 11 albums have spawned hit singles, multiple awards, and Gold, Platinum, and multi-Platinum performances. According to Nielsen BDS, six of the Top 25 Canadian Country songs were released by Brandt, and his single My Heart Has a History is the most played Canadian Country song since the chart began. Brandt’s For You (Brandt/ Rosen), selected to promote the 2002 film We Were Soldiers, was performed by Dave Matthews and Johnny Cash. Brandt’s recent EP Frontier was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2016 Juno Awards, and the hit single I’m An Open Road is certified Gold. In 2017, Brandt was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and Western Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame. During the Canadian Country Music Awards in September 2019, he received the Slaight Music Humanitarian of the Year Award in recognition of his #NotInMyCity (notinmycity.ca) initiative, which seeks to end human trafficking with a focus on preventing childhood sexual exploitation. Brandt lives with his wife Liz and their two children on The Buckspring Ranch in the foothills of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains.
Jon Taylor Sweet
PAUL BRANDT Vocals
