Welcome Christmas Highlights 2023

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Welcome Christmas highlights 2023

Feliz Navidad, Happy Christmas, God Jul, and Veselykh Svyat—this year’s Welcome Christmas features music for all to enjoy! Experience the passion of all four VocalEssence ensembles singing together on one stage presenting carols from around the world. Hear new and familiar favorites, including the world premiere of three beloved Latvian carols by composer Ēriks Ešenvalds, who The Boston Globe says “is emerging as perhaps the world’s hottest young choral composer.” Let the sounds of more than 200 voices, brass and percussion inspire you along with Northrop’s famous Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ, and a rousing sing-along to put you in the holiday spirit and leave you feeling festive!

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Concert Program

Enjoy the following highlights from Welcome Christmas 2023 including:

CHRISTMAS IS HERE
Jonathan Dove (b. 1959)
VocalEssence Singers Of This Age

GLORIA
Ily Matthew Maniano (b. 1988)
VocalEssence Chorus & Ensemble Singers

O TANNENBAUM (O CHRISTMAS TREE)
arr. Naji Hakim (b. 1955)
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers

AVE MARIA
Pärt Uusberg (b. 1986)
VocalEssence Chorus & Ensemble Singers
Katie Boardman & JoAnna Johnson, soloists

THREE LATVIAN YULETIDE FOLKSONGS, CAROL ONE
Ēriks Ešenvalds (b. 1977)
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers

WE THREE KINGS
arr. Stuart Nicholson (1975)
VocalEssence Chorus & Ensemble Singers

AUDIENCE SING: JOY TO THE WORLD
arr. John Rutter (b. 1945)
VocalEssence Chorus, Ensemble Singers, Singers Of This Age, & Vintage Voices

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CONCERT PROGRAM

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