December 2009 - A Glint of Brass!

December 5 at 7pm and December 6 at 4pm

Lutheran Church of the Reformation
2nd and East Capitol, NE

A classic holiday concert with a brass octet to accompany the Chorale’s 90 voices. The program features Daniel Pinkham’s Christmas Cantata and John Rutter’s Gloria. Additional works by Monteverdi, Gabrieli and Schuetz make this concert a perfect way to introduce the holiday season.

Program

1. Domine ad adjuvandum from Vespro Della B. Vergine da Concerto, Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643).
2. Magnificat from Sacrae Simphoniae 1597, Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1613).
3. Alleluja! Lobet den Herren in seinem Heiligtum (Psalm 150) SWV 38, Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672).
4. In Dulci Jubilo from Musae Sioniae, Part II – 1607, Michael Praetorius (1571-1621).
5. In Dulci Jubilo (BuxWV52) Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707).
6. Christmas Cantata (Sinfonia Sacra), Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006).
   1. Quem vidisti pastores?
   2. O Magnum Mysterium
   3. Gloria in Excelsis Deo

Intermission

7. Ts’mindao ghmerto, traditional Georgian Orthodox chant for the Divine Liturgy
8. Shen Khar Venkhi, Zakaria Paliashvili (1871-1933).
9. Offertorium: Afferentur regi (1861) Anton Bruckner (1824-1896).
10. Trilogy for Christmas, Jerry Brubaker (b. 1946).
11. Gloria, John Rutter (b. 1945).
    1. Gloria in Excelsis Deo
    2. Domine Deus, Rex caelestis.
    3. Quoniam to solus sanctus