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