WONDROUS LOVE

Lorelei Ensemble presents a luminous holiday performance of music for the season—journeying from darkness to light, filled with warmth, peace, and hope. Enjoy the impeccable artistry of Lorelei in this century-spanning program including Medieval chant, Renaissance polyphony, Appalachian melodies, shape-note tunes from The Southern Harmony, contemporary works by living composers David Lang and Adam Jacob Simon, and new arrangements of traditional carols by Lorelei artists.

PROGRAM

William DUCKWORTH Wondrous Love from The Southern Harmony                                                                                                                                                                                         

PLAINSONG Veni, veni Emanuel   
15th-century France                                                                                                                                                                                     

David LANG evening morning day                                                                                   

Cristóbal MORALES O Magnum Mysterium                                                                   

Vicente LUSITANO Ave spes nostra                                                                              

Michaël PRAETORIUS Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming   

Stephen FOSTER Slumber my darling                                                                             

American TRADITIONAL O Mary and the baby, sweet lamb!

William WALKER The Babe of Bethlehem
from The Southern Harmony                                                                         

Sarah BRAILEY The Shepherd’s Star                                                                                             
from The Southern Harmony                                                                                                     ,

Adam Jacob SIMON Nativity Hymn                                                                                   

John MASSENGALE Oxford       
from Juvenile Harmony                                                                                                           

Gustaf NORDQVIST  Jul, jul, strålande jul                                                                                                 

Irish TRADITIONAL Wexford Carol  
arr. Michael McGlynn                                                                                                   

Appalachian TRADITIONAL I wonder as I wander / Veni Veni Emanuel             
PLAINSONG, 15th century