Friday Special Blend
Friday December 5th, 2025 with Susan Johnston. Micah Petti. Gianluca Petti.
Beverly Glenn-Copeland. Studio de musique ancienne de Montreal/Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa - A German Christmas. Gianluca's Best of 2025. Brian Doyle's Angel Square.

In Hour One, Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal (SMAM) artistic director Andrew McAnerney joins us to talk about the German Christmas celebration taking place in Ottawa this Saturday afternoon. "Come celebrate the magic of Christmas with some of the most beautiful traditional German carols, choral masterpieces by J. S. Bach, Jacobus Handl, and Michael Praetorius, as well as beloved holiday classics like Silent Night and O Christmas Tree. Timeless melodies, shimmering polyphonies, and familiar hymns come together in a joyful experience where the audience is invited to sing along with the choir — joined for the occasion by special guests, the Christ Church Cathedral Choir — to rekindle the festive and heartwarming spirit of Christmases past." www.smamontreal.ca Next, Gianluca will start to share his Best of 2025 collection. In Hour Two, we'll here about Skeleton Key Theatre, Easy Street Productions and Horseshoes and Hand Grenades Theatre collaboration to present Angel Square: A Staged Reading on December 12th. Angel Square is an adaptation of Brian Doyle's novel by Janet Irwin. Brian Doyle is a beloved local author who writes stories about the people and communities of Ottawa and the surrounding areas. The staged reading is a fundraiser to support the continued adaptation of Mary Ann Alice (The Beginning of the End) another Brian Doyle novel being adapted for stage by Janet Irwin.