Christmas with the Chorale

The Santa Cruz Chorale begins their 2016-2017 season with the December holiday concert, the best of “Christmas with the Chorale.”


Maestro Grube has chosen favorites from Christmas concerts of the past ten years. The Chorale hopes that each audience member finds several well-loved pieces included in this selection.
Music from the 1500s to 21st century is presented:
German, Spanish, Latin American, Latvian and French carols celebrate Christmas with melodies and rhythms representative of those cultures. Sometimes playful, sometimes dramatic, they span a range of styles from the stately verses of Kodály’s “Veni Emmanuel,” the festive “Confitebor tibi” by Monteverdi, to the spare, tender verses of Taverner’s “The Lamb.” “O Magnum Mysterium” by Morten Lauridsen and Eric Whitacre’s transcendent “Lux Aurumque” reflect the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
The Chorale will again be joined by the Monterey Bay Sinfonietta and organist Vlada Moran.