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Christmas 2008 Benefit Concerts
This December, a cappella vocal ensemble InVocation presents its third annual Christmas concert series, “Let Heaven and Nature Sing!”
The music will ring with the joy of all creation at the birth of Christ. Songs of stars, angels, animals, and people like us will tell the Christmas story as heard in Australia, China, France, Hungary, Africa, and the Huron Nation -- as well as through the music of local composers, including J. David Moore and Stephen Paulus.
Come and share the quiet glory and dazzling brilliance of the season, while helping to support the mission of our 2008-09 charity partner, Second Harvest Heartland.
Concert Dates and Locations
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Dark Is the Night
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Text and Arrangement: Jodi Gustafson;
Tune: William Rowan |
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A Christmas Round
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Denis Mason |
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’Twas in the Moon of Wintertime
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Huron traditional;
Arr. Eleanor Daley |
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All This Night
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Text: William Austin;
Music: Gerald Finzi |
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O Magnum Mysterium
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Text from the Divine Office;
Music: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina |
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Madonna and Child
from Four Christmas Vignettes
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Text: Jeanne deLamarter Bonnette;
Music: Edwin Fissinger |
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A Spotless Rose
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Text: 16th century, anonymous;
Music: Graeme Morton |
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Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head
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Appalachian traditional;
Arr. Bradley Ellingboe |
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Where Riches Is Everlastingly
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Text: 16th century, Balliol College, Oxford;
Music: Peter Warlock |
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Llega la Navidad
(Christmas Is Coming)
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Text and Tune: Ramón Díaz;
Arr. Juan Tony Guzmán |
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Joy to the World
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Text: Isaac Watts, based on Psalm 98;
Tune: ANTIOCH by George F. Handel;
Arr. Stephen Paulus |
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Sheng-ye qing, sheng-ye jing
(Holy Night, Blessed Night)
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Text: Weiyu Zhu and Jingen Wu, based on Luke 2;
Tune: Qigui Shi;
Arr. Pen-li Chen and Mark Weiler |
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Quem vidistis pastores dicite
from Quatre Motets pour le temps de noël
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Francis Poulenc |
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Puer natus in Bethlehem
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Gábor Lisznyai |
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Il est Né le Divin Enfant
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French traditional;
Arr. J. David Moore |
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Amuworo ayi otu nwa
(For unto us a child is born)
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Text: Isaiah 9;
Music: Christian Onyeji |
Accolades
Attendees of our previous concerts have had this to say:
- “Your harmonies were right on.”
- “What delightful and fresh music.”
- “The readings were so thought-provoking and reflective.”
- “What a great way to welcome in Advent!”
Past Concerts
To view information about our Spring 2008 concerts, click here.
To view information about our Christmas 2007 concerts, click here.
To view information about our Spring 2007 concerts, click here.
To view information about our Advent 2006 concerts, click here.
Song Samples
Click any of the links below to hear brief samples of InVocation in performance.
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