NOV 28/29: SILENT NIGHT

Program Info

Featuring carols on our new Christmas album, “Silent Night,” released November 2026. 

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The program pairs traditional carols with modern settings of the same source: Praetorius's Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming alongside Sandström's Es ist ein Ros entsprungen, two settings of the same rose hymn centuries apart. Holst's In the Bleak Midwinter is followed by Gjeilo's arrangement of the same carol. Silent Night arrives first in its original German as Stille Nacht, then again in world-premiere arrangements by Kerensa Briggs and Ēriks Ešenvalds. Whitacre's Lux Aurumque and Pärt's Nunc Dimittis provide a moment of stillness.

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The largest work on the program is Rutter's Dancing Day, for treble voices and harp — a 25-minute cycle weaving together eight traditional carols, including Coventry Carol, Personent Hodie, and Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day, into a single continuous arc.

Running Time

1 hour, 30 minutes, includes intermission

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Doors Open

30 minutes prior to performance

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