Holiday Brass & Choral Concerts
Thursday, December 18, 8 PM
Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest
ket Prices: $65, $50, $40
Friday, December 19, 8 PM
St. Michael's Church, Chicago
(Old Town)
Ticket Prices: $65, $50, $40
Saturday, December 20, 3 PM
Saturday, December 20, 8 PM
Sunday, December 21, 3 Pm SOLD OUT
Divine Word Chapel,
Techny/Northbrook
Ticket Prices: $65, $50, $40
The 2007 Holiday Brass & Choral Concert will be broadcast on WTTW public television at 7:30 PM on Thursday, December 11, and on WFMT 98.7 FM radio at 8 PM on Friday, December 12, 2008.
PROGRAM
Vierdanck
Capriccio a 3 cornetti
Introit for Midnight Mass, Christmas
Dominus dixit ad me
Byrd
An Earthly Tree a Heavenly Fruit
Grillo
Canzona quarta
Handl
Ecce concipies
Gabrieli
Canzon in double echo
Stoltzer
O admirabile commercium
Scheidt
Puer natus in Bethlehem/
Angelus ad pastores ait
Ciconia
Regina gloriosa
Praetorius
In dulci jubilo
Gabrieli
Canzona per sonare (La Spiritata)
Hildegard
Hodie aperuit
Palestrina
Hodie Christus natus est
Anonymous
Nova, Nova
Gabrieli
Quem vidistis pastores
Grillo
Misericordias Domini
Schutz
Der Gott Abrahams
Solemn tone
Te Deum laudamus
HEAR MUSIC FROM
PAST PROGRAMS
| "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen" | |
Gabrieli
| "Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2" | |
| "Angelus ad pastores ait" | |
Anonymous
| "Cum ortus fuerit" | |
Music of the Baroque
Chorus and Brass Ensemble
Joyful carols, solemn chant and vibrant works for brass create a pageant of sound as voices rise to the rafters and bells ring out in the night. Celebrate the season with inspiring music in soaring spaces.

PROGRAM NOTES
The Christmas story has inspired centuries of beautiful music. In the medieval era, liturgical texts provided the basis for plainchant and traditional tunes poignant in their simplicity. Read more