With The Town Lay Hushed, we aim to push ourselves, exploring a different style of singing that lies at the roots of the contemporary music we love so much. This program includes Christmas and Advent music spanning nearly 400 years, all of which heavily influenced the choral music written today. It’s fitting that we begin the concert with Tomás Luis de Victoria, one of the most celebrated composers of the Renaissance period, who, along with Byrd and Tallis, deeply shaped the the way Western composers write for the voice to this day. We hope you enjoy this exploration of our choral roots.
Concert
The Town Lay Hushed
- Sunday, January 5, 2020
- 3:00 PM
- Calvary United Methodist Church
- Frederick, MD
Christmas music by Bruckner, Rachmaninoff, Howells, Byrd, and others
Program
- Victoria O magnum mysterium
- Vaughan Williams The Truth from Above
- Sweelinck Hodie Christus natus est
- Holst In the Bleak Midwinter
- Howells 1. A Spotless Rose (from Three Carol-Anthems)
- Josquin O virgo virginum
- Gabrieli Quem vidistis, pastores?
- Traditional English Coventry Carol
- Mendelssohn 4. Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe (from Die Deutsche Liturgie)
- Tchaikovsky Legend (The Crown of Roses)
- Clarke Ave Maria
- Byrd Lulla, Lullaby
- Tallis O Little Town of Bethlehem
- Bruckner Virga Jesse floruit
- Bruckner Ave Maria
- Rachmaninoff 5. Nyne otpushchayeshi (from All-Night Vigil, Op. 37)
Estimated runtime
1h 10mEnds around
4:10 PM-
Doors open
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Part one
30m
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Intermission
10m
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Part two
30m
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Concert ends
Season
Winter 2019-2020
Part of the series
The Town Lay Hushed
“The sheer joy they put into their work does much to make choral music exciting and accessible to the modern listener.”
Venue information
Calvary United Methodist Church
131 W Second Street
Frederick, MD 21701
Frederick, MD 21701
