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Lux Cantorum Chicago Holiday Blessings
Four opportunities to hear Lux Cantorum this holiday season:
https://luxcantorum.org/upcoming
December 3,5,11, and online.
Want to sing Christmas music in St. Louis’s Grand Center?
Experienced choral singers with reading skills are invited to join the choir of Third Baptist Church in Grand Center, next to Powell Symphony Hall, for its annual selection of Christmas repertoire, sung at several services over the holiday period. This year’s repertoire features especially selections by the British composer, John Ireland. Rehearsals are on Wednesday evenings.
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Hailstork, Holiday, & A Little Hallelujah
Join Fairfield County Chorale and tenor Anthony P. McGlaun this upcoming holiday season as we gather together for the first time since March 2020 to offer our holiday favorites – some old, some new, some unexpected. With so much to honor and remember, FCC begins with Mendelssohn’s sacred cantata Verleih uns Frieden, a heartfelt plea to ‘Grant us peace.’
FCC is fortunate and honored to participate in the birthday celebration of Chorale friend and composer Dr. Adolphus Hailstork, who turns 80 this year. (And who will be visiting in person!) Born in Rochester and educated in New York and Michigan, Dr. Hailstork, whose current composition tally tops 300, is an heir to the midcentury American style, writing vibrant forward-looking pieces threaded with internal emotion. He has written so many pieces in so many styles that his work is impossible to pigeonhole, getting inspiration from the sacred, the spiritual, contemporary events, and the other arts. His commitment to cross-fertilization is very much in keeping with FCC’s two online performances from last year.
The program will include Dr. Hailstork’s beautiful and moving A Christmas Canticle, and continuing with the sacred cantata theme, I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes, composed in 1997 in memory of American composer Undine Smith Moore, the “Dean of Black Women Composers.” In a recent interview, Dr. Hailstork discussed the inspirational options available to him, saying, “it’s a great time to be a composer; so many things that are acceptable to try out now.”
With a festive selection of international holiday favorites, FCC builds on this past year’s experience, incorporating multimedia components. The entire program spotlights the spirit of strength and affirmation in navigating the past year’s difficulties. As is our tradition, we end the evening by inviting the audience to join us in singing Silent Night.
Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 at the door, $5 for students. Advance tickets are encouraged; Norwalk City Hall is following local covid-related protocols regarding seating, so there may be limited availability. To purchase tickets online, please visit the Chorale’s website at www.fairfieldcountychorale.org
SOMEBODY TO LOVE – CORO CALICANTUS
Dear all,
enjoy this wonderful video of “Somebody to love” with Coro Calicantus and friends.
Services of Advent Lessons & Carols with Gloriæ Dei Cantores
Join us for candle-lit services of Advent Lessons & Carols with Gloriæ Dei Cantores. Enter this Season of Advent with readings, prayers, and carols—a beloved tradition for over thirty years. Services will take place November 26 & 27, 4:30 p.m. at the Church of the Transfiguration, Orleans, MA. The service will also be livestreamed on November 27.
Doors will open one hour before the service; no tickets required.
To learn more call 508-240-2400