This Week
"Choral Director Alan Eleazer will lead the ensembles in a setting of Missa Festiva by John Leavitt. Portions of this stunning setting of the Mass are already well-known. Using the previously composed Kyrie, Festival Sanctus and Agnus Dei as pivotal points, Leavitt's powerful settings of the Gloria and Credo round out the Mass setting with strength and dignity. The chorus will also perform "Mary's Lullaby" and "Candlelight Carol" by John Rutter."
The University of Tennessee School of Music presents its Holiday Choral Concert on Tuesday evening, December 1, 8:00 p.m., in the James R. Cox Auditorium in the Alumni Memorial Building on the UT Campus. The concert will include five different choral groups: the UT Men's Chorale, the UT Singers, the UT Concert Choir, the UT Women's Chorale, and the UT Chamber Singers. The program covers a vast array of holiday music, from popular contemporary secular pieces like Sleigh Ride, to contemporary sacred works like Lauridsen's O magnum mysterium and Franz Biebl's Ave Maria, to traditional works and carols.
(Free)
Next Week
The Orchestra at Maryville College and the Maryville College Community Chorus will present a Holiday Festival on Monday, December 7, at 7:30 p.m., at the Maryville First Baptist Church (202 West Lamar Alexander Parkway). The concert will feature works of modern composers known for sacred music: John Leavitt, Dan Goeller, and John Rutter.
(Free/$)
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