Voices of Musica Sacra sings "Carols Old and New", featuring traditional carols from France and Spain, works by Jacobus Gallus (Handl) from Germany, 15th and 16th century carols from England, recent pieces by Gustav Holst and John Rutter, and American carols ranging from shape-note singing to Charles Ives and Alfred Burt, and even one from Canada.  Our  program concludes with a carol sing-along. 

John Kendall Bailey, music director. 

Saturday, December 3, 2011, 2:00 pm, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 860 Oak Grove Rd., Concord

Sunday, December 4, 2011, 2:00 pm, St. Stephen Catholic Church, 1101 Keaveny Ct., Walnut Creek

www.vmschorus.org  Tickets: $20 adults, $15 seniors/students, children 5-12 free

French trad:  Il est né, le Divin Enfant (arr. Main)

French trad:  Quelle est cette odeur agréable (arr. Willcocks)

French trad:  Noël Nouvelet (arr. Alain)

Spanish trad:  A La Nanita Nana (arr. Luboff)

Handl:  Resonet In Laudibus

Handl:  O Magnum Mysterium

English trad:  The Boar's Head Carol

English trad:  Coventry Carol

English trad:  Gaudete

Barber:  Chorale Prelude on Silent Night

Shape Note Hymn:  Sherburne

Ives:  A Christmas Carol

Burt:  The Star Carol

Burt:  Caroling, Caroling

Hopson:  Thou Shalt Know Him When He Comes

Willan:  Hodie, Christus Natus Est

Holst:  In the bleak mid-winter

Rutter:  Angels' Carol

Rutter:  Nativity Carol