A program of Christmas music for voices, harp, marimba and piano is scheduled for presentation over the next two weeks.  The vocal octet, Nova Cantabile will kick off their 2009 series Christmas Concerts entitled “Carols and Lullabies” on Friday, December 11, 2009, at  7:00 pm in the Red Rock Center in Fairmont.  Other concerts scheduled are: Saturday, December 12, 2009, 7:00 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church in Owatonna; Sunday, December 13, 2009, 7:00 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blue Earth; and Sunday, December 20, 2009, 7:00 pm at First Lutheran Church in St. James.  The public is invited to attend and enjoy any of these concerts.  Tickets are available at the door. It would be great to see your friendly face in the audience! The program is:

   I
Hodie........................................................................John Leavitt
Ave Maria..........................................Tomás Luis de Victoria
Bogoroditse Devo.................................Sergei Rachmaninoff
Gloria...........................................Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
All My Heart This Night Rejoices.......Z. Randall Stroope
Selections from CHRISTUS...................Felix Mendelssohn
When Jesus our Lord was Born
Say, Where Is He Born, the King of Judea?
There Shall a Star Come Out of Jacob
   II
Joy to the World...............................................Philip Lawson
O Nata Lux...............................................................Tom Porter
Mary, Did You Know?...........Lowry & Greene/Mac Huff
This Christmastide (Jessye’s Carol).............Donald Fraser
Ule Lume Lagedale (Estonian Carol)..................Ken Berg
   III
Carols and Lullabies............................................Conrad Susa
I.  ¡Oh, mi Belén!  (Biscayan)
II.  El Decembre Congelat  (Catalonian)
III.  Alegría (Puerto Rico)
IV.  A la Nanita Nana (Spanish)
V.  Las Posadas (Spanish)
VI.  Campana Sobre Campana (Andalucian)
VII.  En Belén Tocan a Fuego (Castilian)
VIII.  El noi de la Mare (Catalonian)
IX.  Chiquirriquitín (Andalucian)
X.  El Rorro (Mexican)
   IV
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer.......Marks/Michele Weir
The Friendly Beasts...............................................Jeffrey Van
I’ll Be Home for Christmas....................Kent/Steve Zegree
Jingle Bell Rock.................................................Michele Weir
The Twelve Days of Christmas.....................Earlene Rentz

Feliz Navidad.........................José Feliciano/Paul Langford
Silent Night/Stille Nacht.........................Wolfgang Lindner

 

Best wishes,

Mike