Choral concert: works by Lysenko and Vaughan Williams
Sunday, December 8, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Mykola Lysenko (1842-1912):
Taras Bulba: Overture <1880–1891>
Maxim Kuzin, conductor
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Hodie (This Day) <1953–1954>
Susan Rosenstein, conductor
Movements:
1. Prologue: Nowell! Nowell!, 4'
2. Narration: Now the Birth of Jesus Christ, 5'
3. Song: It Was the Winter Wild, 5'
4. Narration: And It Came to Pass in Those Days, 2'
5. Chorale: The Blessed Son of God, 3'
6. Narration: And There Were in the Same Country, 7'
7. Song: The Oxen (Christmas Eve and Twelve of the Clock), 3'
8. Narration: And the Shepherds Returned, 1'
9. Pastoral: The Shepherds Sing, 3'
10. Narration: But Mary Kept All These Things, 1'
11. Lullaby: Sweet Was the Song the Virgin Sang, 3'
12. Hymn: Bright Portals of the Sky, 4'
13. Narration: Now When Jesus Was Born, 3'
14. The March of the Three Kings: From Kingdoms of Wisdom, 8'
Brentwood Palisades Chorale
Palisades Symphony Orchestra
Palisades Methodist Church
801 Via de la Paz
Pacific Palisades, California 90272