BYRD
ENSEMBLE
THE HOLLY AND THE IVY
Dates & Tickets
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2022
7:30 PM Performance
Trinity Parish Church
609 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104
You are welcome to park in the Trinity-designated spots in the Skyline parking garage, entrance along Columbia between 8th and 9th.
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All ticket buyers will receive access to the livestream, available for two weeks after the performance.
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Information
A festive Christmas program of traditional carol arrangements by John Rutter, David Willcocks, and Ralph Vaughan Williams; featuring organist Christopher Stroh. Accompanying the carols is a reading of Dylan Thomas's A Child's Christmas in Wales, narrated by Classical KING FM host Dave Beck. A family-friendly event, join us this holiday season for an evening of carols and storytelling.
*Due to unforeseen circumstances, our original reader Lin Wilson will not be joining us. In his place, we are delighted to welcome Dave Beck as the reader for the event.
Running Time
1 hour, 29 minutes, includes intermission
Doors Open
30 minutes prior to performance
Location
Trinity Parish Church
609 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104
Program
arr. H. Walford Davies
The Holly and the Ivy
arr. John Rutter
Somerset Wassail
arr. David Willocks
Sussex Carol
arr. John Rutter
Still, Still, Still
Kenneth Leighton
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
John Rutter
Love came down at Christmas
arr. Robert Pearsall
In dulci jubilo
Michael Praetorius
In dulci jubilo
intermission
arr. Johann Georg Ebeling
All my heart this night rejoices
arr. Charles Wood
Ding dong! merrily on high
arr. John Joubert
There is no rose
Ralph Vaughan Williams
This is the truth sent from above
arr. John Rutter
I wonder as I wander
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645
Gustav Holst
Christmas Day
PROGRAM
Artists
The Byrd Ensemble
Markdavin Obenza
Soprano
Margaret Obenza
Ruth Schauble
Christina Siemens
Alto
Sarra Sharif Doyle
Joshua Haberman
Tenor
Orrin Doyle
David Hendrix
Bass
Clayton Moser
Willimark Obenza
Charles Robert Stephens
Organist
Christopher Stroh
Reader
Dave Beck
Sponsors
This project was supported, in part, by 4Culture/King County Lodging Tax
This program is supported, in part, by a grant from the Washington State Arts Commission.
Dave Beck
Dave Beck joined Listener Supported Classical KING in 2013. He is Chief Content Officer at the station and midday host. For 28 years Dave was an award–winning producer, interviewer and host at KUOW Public Radio. His national and regional broadcast honors include the Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) Award for Best Interview and the Society of Professional Journalists Northwest Regional Excellence Award. An active musician (cellist) as well as broadcaster, Dave was a founding member of the Auburn Symphony Orchestra and played in the orchestra for 25 years. He has been principal cellist of the Bellevue Philharmonic and Seattle Philharmonic Orchestras. Dave is past president of the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras board of directors and has served since 2009 as pre-concert speaker for the Cascade Symphony Orchestra. A University of Washington graduate, his cello teachers have included Toby Saks, Raymond Davis and Cordelia Wikarski-Miedel.