The Festival Chorale: This Christmastide
Saturday, December 7, 3:00 PM PST
$25
December 7 and 8 the Festival Chorale will present a joy-filled concert in the Mendocino Presbyterian Church Sanctuary under the direction of Matthew Evans. This year’s musical selections include songs familiar and unusual, including some “classics” in four-part harmony. All will be sure to delight and help kick off your festive holidays. After each concert we’ll celebrate the season and each other next door in Preston Hall, with hot cider and homemade Christmas cookies. Please join us, and bring a friend or two!
Matthew Evans, Director; Robin Knutson, Accompanist; Marcia Sloane, Cello
People Look East – arr. Malcolm Archer
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly – arr. David Willcocks
Carol of the Bells – arr. Peter Wilhousky
What Sweeter Music – Sir John Rutter (b. 1945)
Jesus Christ, the Apple Tree – Traditional
A Spotless Rose – Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
In Dulci Jubilo – arr. Robert Pearsall (1795-1856)
Myn Lyking – Richard R. Terry (1865-1938)
This Christmastide – Donald Fraser (b. 1947)
Here We Come A’Wassailing – arr. John Rutter
Pat-a-pan – arr. Shawn Kirchner
Wintertide – Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978)
All Hayle to the Days – English Traditional
I’ll Be Home For Christmas – arr. Paul Langford
Moonlight In Vermont – arr. Julien Neel
White Christmas – arr. Molly James
The Christmas Song – arr. Audrey Snyder & John Higgins
- Soprano: Claire Armstrong, Barbara Barkovich, Cynthia Frank, Rachel Lahn, Katharine O’Shea, Laura Vague
- Alto: Cathy Boxell, Jo Britton, Deborah Farmar, Evelyn Harris, Cathy Jordan, Bessy Krause
- Tenor: Ann Cole, Kom Dixon, Pamela Hudson, Ernest Witt
- Bass: James Blanton, Paul Friesen, Jason Kirkman, Randy Knutson
Saturday, December 7, 2024 and Sunday, December 8, 2024, at 3:00 PM.
Both performances will be followed by cookies and cider in Preston Hall.
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The Mendocino Music Festival Chorale was formed in 2018 as an offshoot of the much larger Festival Chorus, whose members were invited to audition. The work has been ongoing, even throughout the pandemic, creating heart-warming and memorable concerts. If you’d like to support this excellent singing, please consider joining the Friends of the Chorale.
Festival Artistic Director Allan Pollack: “I’ve been touched by the dedication of the members of the Festival Chorus, and so have wanted to create an opportunity for people who are ready to take their choral singing to the next level.”