Christmas: Then and Now

Apse Ensemble

Sanford Dole, director
with Claire Kelm & Helene Zindarsian, soprano / Sally Mouzon & Heidi Waterman, alto
Sanford Dole & Mark Mueller, tenor / Raymond Martinez & Richard Mix, bass

Part I: Music of the 16th & 17th centuries

Giovanni Gabrieli

Hodie Christus natus est

Today Christ is born

Tomás Luis de Victoria

O magnum mysterium

O great mystery

Hieronymus Praetorius

Joseph, lieber Joseph mein

Joseph, my dear Joseph

Hans Leo Hassler

Verbum caro factum est

The word became flesh

Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina

Ave Maria

Hail Mary, full of grace

Cristóbal de Morales

Puer natus est

A child is born to us

Johannes Eccard
Resonet in laudibus

Let praises resound

Michael Praetorius, Hieronymus Praetorius, Johann Walter
In dulci jubilo

In quiet joy

Part II: Music of the 20th & 21st centuries

Sanford Dole

Hodie Christus natus est

Today Christ is born

Morten Lauridsen

O magnum mysterium

O great mystery

John Tavener

Today the Virgin

Text: Mother Thekla

Benjamin Britten

A Boy Was Born

Sanford Dole

Ave Maria

Franz Gruber arr. Ivo Antognini

Silent Night

Trad. Catalan carol arr. Ken Malucelli

Fum, Fum, Fum!