Music of the Baroque

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.

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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

Praetorius

"Es ist ein Ros entsprungen"
   

Gabrieli

"Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2"
   
note "Angelus ad pastores ait"
   

Anonymous

note "Cum ortus fuerit"
   

Music of the Baroque
Chorus and Brass Ensemble

Edward Zelnis, Conductor


 

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.

 

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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