Superiorland Concerts: Carols in the Cathedral
With the Marquette Choral Society
Features the annual community Christmas holiday concert performed by the Marquette Choral Society at St. Peter’s Cathedral in Marquette, Michigan. Floyd Slotterback who was music director for 28 years retired after the 2014 performance. The group’s new music director, Erin Colwitz, will conduct her first Carols in the Cathedral concert in 2015. During December we will feature encore presentations of previous years as well as the 2015 concert. Each program is 2 hours.
Carols in the Cathedral 2012:
8pm Fri., Dec. 4 & 1pm Tue., Dec. 8
Carols in the Cathedral 2013:
8pm Fri., Dec. 11 & 1pm Tue., Dec. 15
Carols in the Cathedral 2014:
8pm Fri., Dec. 18 & 1pm Tue., Dec. 22
Carols in the Cathedral 2015:
8pm Fri., Dec. 25 & 1pm Tue., Dec. 29
Caroling with The Singers
Thursday, Dec. 17 at 11am
You’re invited to a live Christmas carol sing-along! Led by The Singers at Minnesota Public Radio, you’re invited to sing along wherever you may be.
Carols the World ’Round
Friday, Dec. 18 at 10am
A celebration of the music and traditions that make up the Christmas season from the plains of Africa to the hills of Appalachia and beyond.
An Operavore Christmas
Saturday, Dec. 19 at 4pm
Naomi Lewin presents Christmas and holiday music from the world of opera and oratorio sung by great singers past and present including Marilyn Horne, Leontyne Price, Bryn Terfel, Thomas Hampson, Joan Sutherland and more.
A Rose in Winter: A Garden of Music for the Nativity
Monday, Dec. 21 at 10am
Amidst familiar stories of wise men and shepherds, ancient Christmas legends also describe a midnight blooming of plants, trees, and flowers. The acclaimed Rose ensemble explores this miracle of new life amid the cold of winter through gorgeous music honoring the Madonna and Child.
A Handel & Haydn Society Christmas
Monday, Dec. 21 at 11am
Join host Cale Wiggins to celebrate the season with Christmas choral music from the 15th century to the late 20th from America’s oldest continuously performing ensemble, Boston’s Handel & Haydn Society.
Paul Winter Consort: Winter Solstice Celebration
Monday, Dec. 21 at 8pm
John Schaefer hosts this all-new performance, featuring the Paul Winter Consort with Paul McCandless, gospel singer Theresa Thomason, Danny Rivera the “National Voice of Puerto Rico,” and Abdel Salaam’s Forces of Nature percussion and dance ensemble. (2 hrs) Advent Voices Tuesday, Dec. 15 at 11am Join Lynne Warfel for an hour of the most beautiful vocal music inspired by and written for Advent, a time of quiet contemplation and waiting for darkness to become light and for hopes to be realized.
Slavic Wonders: Christmas with the Rose Ensemble
Tuesday, Dec. 22 at 10am
A stunning celebration of the season featuring gems from the libraries and monasteries of Krakow, Prague and Moscow. An engaging and curious mixture of chant, carols, and glorious polyphony.
A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols Live
Thursday, Dec. 24 at 11am
Hosted by Michael Barone, this is a live service with choral and organ music from the chapel of King’s College in Cambridge, England. The King’s College Choir performs the legendary Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. (2 Hrs)
A Rochester Festival of Lessons & Carols
Thursday, Dec. 24 at 1pm
Third Presbyterian Church Choir director Peter DuBois leads the Chancel Choir in a traditional Lessons and Carols service, including music by Boris Ord, Z. Randall Stroope, Bryan Kelly, Richard Purvis and Johann Von Herbeck.
St. Olaf Christmas Festival
Friday, Dec. 25 at 7am
Includes hymns, carols, choral works, as well as orchestral selections celebrating the Nativity and featuring more than 500 student musicians and the St. Olaf Orchestra. (2 Hrs)
Christmas with the Morehouse & Spelman Glee Clubs
Friday, Dec. 25 at 9am
Two of the most prestigious historically black institutions in the nation get together to present a spine-tingling concert featuring encores of the best works of the last several years. It’s a joyous celebration of the schools’ tradition of singing excellence, with their trademark mixture of spirituals and carols. Korva Coleman hosts.
Christmas with The King’s Singers
Friday, Dec. 25 at 10am
It’s an a cappella Christmas from England with one of the world’s most celebrated vocal ensembles. The male sextet — consummate entertainers with a delightfully British wit — perform timeless carols, Christmas classics and new arrangements in their impeccable vocal blend.
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Friday, Dec. 25 at 11am
Join the world-renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir, accompanied by the Orchestra at Temple Square, for their annual Christmas concert.
Christmas with Madrigalia
Friday, Dec. 25 at Noon
Centered on the 16th century mass by Spanish composer Tomas Luis de Victoria, this program includes seasonal music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Anton Bruckner, Herbert Howells, Boris Ord and Darmon Meador.
Hope College Vespers
Friday, Dec. 25 at 1pm
Thousands of members of the Holland, Michigan and Hope communities gather for the services each year. Includes Hope’s Chapel Choir, College Chorus, and Symphonette, as well as organists, the flute choir and brass ensemble.
