WHAT SWEETER MUSIC: Christmas with The Singers

Sunday, Dec. 6, 3:00pm – Wayzata Community Church, Wayzata
Saturday, Dec. 12, 7:30pm – St. Olaf Catholic, Minneapolis
Sunday, Dec. 13, 2:00 PM – Nativity of Our Lord, St. Paul

Uplifting music inspired by the Christmas holiday fills the concert halls in what has now become an annual favorite for hundreds in our community. Maybe it’s a lively Go, Tell it On the Mountain or The Wexford Carol that gets you in the holiday spirit – or maybe you need Franz Biebl’s Ave Maria or works by Rachmaninoff and Poulenc. As always, nobody greets the holidays like The Singers!

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What Sweeter Music Concert Program

I.

Sing We Now of Christmas – arr. Fred Prentice

Today, Heaven Sings – Kenneth Jennings

Wexford Carol – arr. Matthew Culloton (world premiere)

II.

Four Motets of Christmas – Francis Poulenc

• O magnum mysterium
• Quem vidistis pastores dicite
• Videntes stellam
• Hodie Christus natus est

III.

O Frondens Virga – Drew Collins (SSAA)

Ave Maris Stella – Jocelyn Hagen (SSAA)

Ave Maria – Franz Biebl (TTBB)

IV.

Vespers, op. 37 no. 6 (Bogoroditse Dyevo – Rejoice, O Virgin) – Sergei Rachmaninoff

Vespers, op. 37 no. 11 (Velichit dusha moya Ghospoda – Magnificat) – Sergei Rachmaninoff

Vespers, op. 37 no. 15 (Vzbrannoy voyevode – To Thee, Victorious Leader ) – Sergei Rachmaninoff

V.

All My Heart This Night Rejoices – Z. Randall Stroope

The Three Kings – Healey Willan

Benedicamus Domino – Peter Warlock

VI.

Thy Little Ones – arr. Matthew Culloton (world premiere)

In dulci jubilo – arr. Matthew Culloton

Go! Tell It on the Mountain – arr. Carolyn Jennings