Los Angeles Master Chorale

Los Angeles Master Chorale Concludes Six-Year Bach Christmas Oratorio Cycle with Cantata No. 6 at “rejoice,”
Choir’s Annual Holiday Concert

Sunday, December 10, 7 p.m., at Walt Disney Concert Hall

Program, Conducted by Grant Gershon, Includes Wide Range of Holiday Music and Features Soloists Joanne Lee, Soprano; Helene Quintana, Alto; Cahen Taylor, Tenor; Pablo Corá, Tenor; and Scott Graff, Bass

The Los Angeles Master Chorale’s well-received six-year Bach Christmas Oratorio cycle concludes with Cantata No. 6 – written for the Feast of the Epiphany – at the choir’s annual holiday concert on Sunday, December 10, 2006, at 7 p.m., at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. The celebratory work, conducted by Music Director Grant Gershon, recounts the journey of the Wise Men who follow a star to the modest manger where Mary and Joseph’s newborn son lays. Featured soloists, all of whom are Chorale members, are soprano Joanne Lee, alto Helene Quintana, tenor Cahen Taylor (“Evangelist”), tenor Pablo Corá (Recit and aria), and bass Scott Graff. Gershon also conducts a bountiful array of Old World choral classics and seasonal favorites. William Beck is guest organist.

The program also includes Hodie nobis de coelo by Peter Phillips, Ave Maria by Franz Biebl, S’vivon arranged by Valerie Shields, Lux Aurumque by Eric Whitacre and Silent Night arranged by Paul Sjoland. In addition, Gershon conducts Sleigh Ride arranged by Michael Edwards and Go Where I Send Thee arranged by André Thomas and Ding Dong! Merrily On High arranged by C. Jennings.

Tickets to “rejoice” range from $19–$94. Group rates are available. For tickets and information for all Los Angeles Master Chorale concerts, please call (800) 787-5262 (outside California call 213-972-7282), log on to www.lamc.org or visit the box office at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Tuesday through Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. Walt Disney Concert Hall is located at 111 South Grand Avenue at First Street in downtown Los Angeles.

Event rejoice
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon, conductor
William Beck, organ
Joanne Lee, soprano
Helene Quintana, alto
Cahen Taylor, tenor
Pablo Corá, tenor
Scott Graff, bass
Performance Date Sunday, December 10, 2006, 7 p.m.
Program PETER PHILLIPS: Hodie nobis de coelo
FRANZ BIEBL: Ave Maria
J.S. BACH: Christmas Oratorio – Cantata No. 6
WILBUR CHENOWITH: Noel, Noel, Bells Are Ringing
arr. C. JENNINGS: Ding Dong! Merrily On High
arr. SHAWN KIRCHNER: Brightest and Best
arr. VALERIE SHIELDS: S’Vivon
ERIC WITACRE: Lux Aurumque
GASPAR FRENANDES: Dame albriçia mano Anton
arr. DAVID WILCOCKS: The First Nowell
traditional, arr. MARONEY: Mañanitas a la Virgen de Guadalupe
WILLIAM MATHIAS: A Babe Is Born
WILLIAM LLEWELLYN: De Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
arr. MICHAEL EDWARDS: Sleigh Ride
arr. ANDRÉ THOMAS: Go Where I Send Thee

+ holiday carols
Theater Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Ticket Prices $19–$94 (Student Rush may be available at box office two hours before performance)
Ticket Information 800-787-5262; outside California call 213-972-7282
www.lamc.org or at the Walt Disney Concert Hall Box Office

Program, prices and artists subject to change.

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2-23-06

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