Chrysalide unboxes a new Christmas album

On November 15, the release of the album will be accompanied by a music video, a big novelty for the choir, which is releasing its sixth album in thirty-five years of existence. “An album that is intended to be a bit like a sequel to “And if we celebrated Christmas””, mentions Stéphanie Dos Santos, one of the people responsible.

“The songs from this next album, just like the first, are designed to be sung with family or in churches, as the holidays approach.” In addition to compositions by local singers and performers, the children’s choir benefited from the participation of renowned artists on several titles, notably Matt Marvane, David and Bettina Prigent (Antydot) and Benoît Dubray, in addition to a original text by regional pastor Philip Ribe. If all the other compositions are original, the listener will discover, at the very end of the album, a cover of “Oh come, adore it”.

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“The way things fell into place for the making of this album is quite remarkable. A year and a half before the dates on which we imagined recording the album, I wrote to Matthias Heimlicher, our producer, without much hope, knowing that he is very busy and that we have to go about it carefully. “I’m moving forward to work with him,” says Stéphanie Dos Santos. “But to our great surprise, within half an hour of sending my email, I received a positive and encouraging response from him, mentioning that he still had some room, “especially for a group like Chrysalis!”

Then very quickly, Pascal Crelier, musician asked for the arrangements, also indicated that he was available. The project was therefore launched in September 2023 and registered in May 2024. “For the launch, we are organizing a small festive evening at the Chrysalide premises, in Tavannes (Switzerland), on November 15,” notes the manager. And subsequently, the children’s choir will perform at the praise evening in Reconvilier (Switzerland) on November 17, then on a few occasions in churches and retirement homes in the Bernese Jura.