St Mark's Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto, CA
*Includes Holiday Sing-Along
Mission Santa Clara, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA
*Includes Holiday Sing-Along
Program Highlights: Diemer’s O Viridissima Virga; Debussy’s Noël des enfants qui n’ont plus de maisons, Carter’s Maria Walks Amid the Thorn, and Poulenc’s Litanies à la Vierge Noire.
The Peninsula Women’s Chorus’ 49th season brings forth musical currents of joy, uncertainty, and exaltation, echoing the ever-changing facets of winter. Highlights include Diemer’s O Viridissima Virga, reflecting a majestic and breathtaking new beginning, followed by unexpected chaos and hardship in Noël des enfants qui n’ont plus de maisons, Debussy’s tale of Christmas as told by orphans of war.
We also sing about the tribulations of Mother Mary in Carter’s Maria Walks Amid the Thorn, a prelude to her transformation to the divine, and her presence as a guiding star and intimate friend in Poulenc’s Litanies à la Vierge Noire. With Hanget Soi (“Singing Snow”), the frost of winter finally begins to melt as warmth returns to the world. Lend your voice to this Winter Prelude in our sing-along set!
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Concert Program
- O viridissima virga
Emma Lou Diemer
text by Hildegard von Bingen
- Viriditas
Joan Szymko
text by Hildegard von Bingen
- Noël des enfants qui n’ont plus de maisons Claude Debussy
- Maria walks amid the thorn Andrew Carter
- Litanies à la Vierge Noire Francis Poulenc
- Gloria in excelsis Deo (from Gloria Kajoniensis)
Levente Gyöngyösi
1st movement of Gloria Kajoniensis
- Virgo virginum praeclara Fabio Fresi
- Hanget Soi
Heikki Sarmanto
Singing Snow, pub. 1978
- Veni, amica mea Pekka Kostiainen
- He Came Down
Arr: Nancy Grundahl
Traditional Cameroon song
- Once in Royal David's City
H.J. Gauntlett
Arr: David Willcocks
- Myn Lyking R.R. Terry
- Cantemos a Maria
Arr: J.T. Guzmán
Traditional Dominican Republic
- Stille Nacht
Franz Xaver Gruber