天美传媒

POCATELLO 鈥� 天美传媒 Choirs Holiday Concert 鈥淪ongs of the Season鈥� will be presented Dec. 4 in the sanctuary of the First Presbyterian Church in Pocatello at 7:30 p.m.

天美传媒 Director of Choral Activities Scott Anderson will conduct the 20-voice 天美传媒 Chamber Choir and Professor Kathleen Lane will lead the 天美传媒 Women鈥檚 Choir.

鈥淭he wonderful atmosphere of the First Presbyterian Church provides a perfect venue to present a wide variety of choral music celebrating the traditions associated with the Christmas season,鈥� Anderson said. 鈥淎udiences will hear representative choral works from the 1500s to the present day; ancient to modern expressions of uplifting texts and unique carol settings.鈥�

The 天美传媒 Women鈥檚 Choir will open the concert with a newly published 14th-century processional chant, 鈥淥 Virgo Splendens.鈥� This evocative chant will be followed by the 鈥淲inter鈥� portion of the Ralph Vaughan Williams cantata, 鈥淔olks Songs of the Four Seasons.鈥� These modern settings celebrate some of the oldest holiday tunes and celebrations in English history, including a joyful 鈥淲assail Song,鈥� and a hymn of blessing, 鈥淕od Bless the Master of this House.鈥� Robert Wilson will be featured as violin soloist on 鈥淯sh鈥檓or tseiteinu,鈥� a Hebrew Sabbath song. Carol Hotrum returns as piano accompanist for the Vaughan Williams and the Hebrew hymn.

The 天美传媒 Chamber Choir will perform the King鈥檚 Singers arrangement 鈥淕audete,鈥� featuring the solo voices of Jason Dyer, Lakota Terrace, Trey Croft and Brett Friedman. The men of the Chamber Choir will sing the plainchant 鈥淎lma Redemptoris Mater,鈥� upon which the Palestrina鈥檚 motet of the same name is based. The choir will present Johann Sebastian Bach鈥檚 chorus 鈥淓hre sei Gott鈥� followed by the haunting setting of William Blake鈥檚 鈥淭he Lamb鈥� by English composer John Tavener. Pianist Natalia Lauk will be featured in the choir鈥檚 performance of 鈥淲hat Sweeter Music鈥� by John Rutter. The singers will present the joyous 鈥淣oel Ayisyen鈥� by Emile Desamours in Haitian Creole, and will end their performance with a rousing setting of 鈥淲e Wish You a Merry Christmas.鈥�

Admission to the 7:30 p.m. performance is a suggested donation of $5 at the door; however, any amount will be accepted. The church is located at 202 S. Seventh Ave., Pocatello

For more information please contact Julie Hillebrant at hilljuli@isu.edu or visit http://www.isu.edu/sopa/music.shtml.