SILENT NIGHT (Virtual Concert)

About this event

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.

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.

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Running Time

1 hour 30 minutes, includes intermission

Doors Open

30 minutes prior to performance

Program

arr. Michael PRAETORIUS: Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

arr. Jan SANDSTRÖM: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

Eric WHITACRE: Lux Aurumque

Arvo PÄRT: Nunc Dimittis

Franz Xaver GRUBER: Stille Nacht

arr. Kerensa BRIGGS: Silent Night

Herbert HOWELLS: A Spotless Rose

arr. David WILLCOCKS: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

John RUTTER: What Sweeter Music

Gustav HOLST: In the Bleak Midwinter

arr. Ola GJEILO: In the Bleak Midwinter

John RUTTER: Dancing Day

arr. Ēriks EŠENVALDS: Silent Night

From The Byrd Ensemble