Enter HERE to win 2 Adult tickets (kids under the age of 18 are free with adult ticket up to 2 children) to Candlelight Concert Society Presents Calmus Vocal Ensemble on Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 7:30pm at The Horowitz Center. This will be a great way to get into the holiday spirit!
Calmus Ensemble offers choral-rich holiday traditions of England, Germany, Ireland, Canada and Puerto Rico. They are the voice of music and will lighten your Holiday spirits.
Calmus Vocal Ensemble
Saturday, December 14, 2019, 7:30 pm
“Stunning in its vocal variety and mastery.” (The Washington Post)
Candlelight Concerts brings to the stage a vocal ensemble of rare distinction – a unique combination of a pure soprano voice with four male voices ranging from counter-tenor to bass, with the most impressive of pedigrees and a plethora of prize-winning performances. Calmus embodies the rich choral tradition of its hometown of Leipzig, Germany, the city of Bach, Mendelssohn and Robert and Clara Schumann. All members are graduates of Leipzig’s renowned St. Thomas Church Choir School and are shaped by the centuries-old tradition of German boys’ choirs.
Calmus will be sharing with Candlelight concertgoers a program of seasonal song, featuring holiday music from around the world, from the carol- and choral-rich traditions of England and Germany, to a traditional piece from Puerto Rico. Having won many of Europe’s most distinguished choral competitions, including the International Robert Schumann Choral Competition and Germany’s national a cappella contest, they will win you over too. “Nothing short
of remarkable... they, quite simply, bring whatever they sing to glorious life.” (Desert Morning News)
Program: Features songs and carols from the Christian and the Jewish traditions:
Calmus Holiday A Cappella
Veni Emanuel Traditional, 14th century, arr: Calmus
Nun komm der Heiden Heiland Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 599/659
Johann Fischer, from: “Missa in Contrapuncto”
Johann H. Schein/Michael Praetorius
Gunnar Eriksson “Kristallen den fina”
Collage
Coventry Carol Traditional from England, 16th century
O Nata Lux Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)
Mirabile Mysterium Jacobus Gallus (1550-1591)
Maria durch ein Dornwald ging Traditional from Germany, 19th century
arr: Ludwig Böhme
Singet frisch und wohlgemut Hugo Distler (1908-1942) op. 12/4
Today the Virgin John Tavener (1944-2013)
Huron Carol Traditional from Canada,
Jean de Brébeuf (1642), arr: Calmus
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Maos tsur Traditional, arr. Louis Lewandowski (1821-1894)
Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g’mein Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Hanukkah Menashe Ravina, arr. Heribert Fromm
Dos lidl fun goldenem land Mordechaj Gebirtig, arr. Philip Lawson
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Hark! The Herald angels sing Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
arr: Philip Lawson
Wexford Carol Traditional from Ireland,
William Grattan Flood (1859-1928),
arr: Naomi Crellin
O Tannenbaum Traditional from Germany, 16th century
arr. Ludwig Böhme
De tierra lejana venimos Traditional from Puerto Rico
arr: Juan Garcia
La Peregrinacion Ariel Ramirez (1921-2010)
arr: Gregor Meyer
Tickets can be purchased on-line at www.candlelightconcerts.org or by calling the box office at 410-997-2324; Adults $40, Students $10. Season subscriptions are still available. Candlelight proudly continues its “One Buy One” program, whereby each paying adult may receive a complimentary ticket for one child (ages 9-17). Group tickets (minimum 10) are available one week in advance for $30 each. The concert will be held in Smith Theatre of the
Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Howard Community College.
About Candlelight Concert Society
Candlelight Concert Society presents world-class chamber music by today’s leading artists to the Howard County community and beyond. Experience the magic of transformative, live chamber music in a comfortable setting without the commute or parking fees. Founded in Columbia by local music lovers in 1972, Candlelight’s mission extends to its CandleKids series to spark children’s interest in the performing arts and to its Educational Outreach programs to
build future audiences through performances, lectures, workshops and master classes. In addition, Candlelight offers Community Outreach performances for Howard County residents unable to attend a formal concert setting. For more information, visit www.candlelightconcerts.org.
