A Joyful Noise

with The Menlo Brass Quintet and T. Paul Rosas, Organ

Nov. 30, Dec. 1, 2, 2007

Join Cantabile Chorale and special guest artists The Menlo Brass Quintet, and T. Paul Rosas, organ, as we initiate the holiday season! Shimmering brass and rich organ accompany Cantabile's voices in an array of familiar Christmas anthems. The spotlight moves in turn from favorites by Renaissance Masters Palestrina, Schütz and Praetorius to classic French carols and Regina Caeli by Jonathan Willcocks; then on to contemporary works by our three local composers and performers. In an a cappella turn, the Chorale sings Hodie Christus Natus Est and O Magnum Mysterium by Sanford Dole, Cantabile Artistic Director, and Five Medieval Carols by French horn player Brian Holmes of the Menlo Brass Quintet. T. Paul Rosas performs his solo organ work, Festive Gigue, and we cap this festive program with Daniel Pinkham’s rollicking Christmas Cantata! See the detailed program below.

San Francisco:
Fri, Nov 30, 8:00pm
Lakeside Presbyterian Church
201 Eucalyptus Dr. at 19th Ave.

Campbell:
Sat, Dec 1, 8:00pm
Campbell United Methodist Church
1675 Winchester Blvd.

Palo Alto:
Sun, Dec 2, 7:30pm
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
600 Colorado Ave.

Join us for a preview lecture a half hour before each concert.

Tickets:

$25 general, $20 senior, $6 student
Call 650-424-1410, email info@cantabile.org, or order online

Read the program notes by artistic director Sanford Dole.

Read more about the local composers on this program.

PROGRAM
Italian/German Renaissance Motets for Double Choir
Giovanni da Palestrina	Hodie Christus natus est
Michael Praetorius	Ein Kindelein so löbelich
Heinrich Schütz	Deutsches Magnificat, SWV 494
Michael Praetorius	In dulci jubilo
Spotlight on Bay Area Composers
T. Paul Rosas	Festive Gigue (T. Paul Rosas, organ)
Brian W. Holmes	Five Medieval Carols Good Cheer The Moor Maiden Nay, Ivy, Nay I Saw a Fair Maiden Jolly Jankin
Sanford Dole	Two Christmas Motets O magnum mysterium Hodie Christus natus est
INTERMISSION
English/French Anthems and Carols
Jonathan Willcocks	Regina Caeli
trad. English, arr. Keith Snell	The Coventry Carol (Menlo Brass Quintet)
arr. Paul Trepte	Classic French Carols D’où vien-tu bergère? Dans cette étable Les anges dans nos campagnes Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle Célébrons la naissance
Modern American Classic
Daniel Pinkham	Christmas Cantata Quem vidistis, pastores? O magnum mysterium Gloria in excelsis Deo

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See also the press release for this concert (pdf), and our plans for the rest of this season.

Cantabile Choral Guild
953 Industrial Avenue, Suite 122, Palo Alto CA 94303
650.424.1410 info@cantabile.org

Christmas CD
Cantabile Chorale's first commercial recording, The Seasons of Christmas.
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