BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D
REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20171222T003000Z
DTEND:20171222T013000Z
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE
SUMMARY:A Skylark Christmas
DESCRIPTION:Skylark Vocal Ensemble\, one of Greater Boston's premier professional vocal ensemble\, presents its first Newburyport performance of A Skylark Christmas. Designed to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the death of composer Hugo Distler\, A Skylark Christmas features all seven of Distler's variations on the timeless Christmas hymn Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Lo\, How a Rose E'er Blooming) interwoven with works that share a historical or compositional connection to Distler's.\n\n\n\nThe annual journey includes selected excerpts of the Christmas story from the King James Bible. Music by Herbert Howells\, Reginald Jacques\, Jean Mouton\, Elizabeth Poston\, John Tavener\, Pierre Villette\, and Peter Warlock\, in addition to three world premieres seemingly forgotten by history: Salvatorem expectamus by Gregorio Allegri\, Salve Regina by Giovanni Bernandino Nanino\, and Marie ber ant l'Enfant J sus by Georges Dupuy de M ry is also featured.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<br />\n<span style="font-size:16px\;"><strong>Skylark Vocal Ensemble</strong></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; font-family:arial\,arial unicode ms\,arimo\,microsoft sans serif\,sans-serif !important\; font-size:12pt">\, one of Greater Boston&rsquo\;s premier professional </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; color:rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family:arial\,arial unicode ms\,arimo\,microsoft sans serif\,sans-serif !important\; font-size:12pt">vocal ensemble\,</span><span style="background-color:rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; font-family:arial\,arial unicode ms\,arimo\,microsoft sans serif\,sans-serif !important\; font-size:12pt"> presents its first Newburyport performance of </span><strong><em><span style="font-size:14px">A Skylark Christmas</span><font face="arial\, arial unicode ms\, arimo\, microsoft sans serif\, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px">.&nbsp\;</span></font></em></strong><span style="font-family:arial\,arial unicode ms\,arimo\,microsoft sans serif\,sans-serif !important\; font-size:12pt">Designed to commemorate the 75th</span><span style="font-family:arial\,arial unicode ms\,arimo\,microsoft sans serif\,sans-serif !important\; font-size:12pt"> anniversary of the death of composer Hugo Distler\,<span style="font-size:16px\;"><strong> </strong></span></span><span style="font-size:16px\;"><strong><em>A<em> </em>Skylark Christmas</em></strong></span><span style="font-family:arial\,arial unicode ms\,arimo\,microsoft sans serif\,sans-serif !important\; font-size:12pt"> features all seven of Distler&rsquo\;s variations on the timeless Christmas hymn </span><span style="font-size:16px\;"><em>Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Lo\, How a Rose E&rsquo\;er Blooming)</em></span><span style="font-family:arial\,arial unicode ms\,arimo\,microsoft sans serif\,sans-serif !important\; font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:16px\;"> </span>interwoven with works that share a historical or compositional connection to Distler&rsquo\;s.<br />\n<br />\nThe annual journey includes selected excerpts of the Christmas story from the King James Bible. Music by Herbert Howells\, Reginald Jacques\, Jean Mouton\, Elizabeth Poston\, John Tavener\, Pierre Villette\, and Peter Warlock\, in addition to </span><span style="font-family:arial\,arial unicode ms\,arimo\,microsoft sans serif\,sans-serif !important\; font-size:12pt">three world premieres</span><span style="font-family:arial\,arial unicode ms\,arimo\,microsoft sans serif\,sans-serif !important\; font-size:12pt"> seemingly forgotten by history: </span><span style="font-size:16px\;"><em>Salvatorem</em><span style="font-family: arial\, arial unicode ms\, arimo\, microsoft sans serif\, sans-serif !important\;"> </span></span><em><span style="font-size:16px\;">expectamus</span> </em><span style="font-family:arial\,arial unicode ms\,arimo\,microsoft sans serif\,sans-serif !important\; font-size:12pt">by Gregorio Allegri\,</span><em><span style="font-size:14px"> <span style="font-size:16px\;">Salve Regina</span></span> </em><span style="font-family:arial\,arial unicode ms\,arimo\,microsoft sans serif\,sans-serif !important\; font-size:12pt">by Giovanni Bernandino Nanino\, and</span><em> <span style="font-size:16px\;">Marie ber&ccedil\;ant l&rsquo\;Enfant J&eacute\;sus </span></em><span style="font-family:arial\,arial unicode ms\,arimo\,microsoft sans serif\,sans-serif !important\; font-size:12pt">by</span><em> </em><span style="color:rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family:arial\,arial unicode ms\,arimo\,microsoft sans serif\,sans-serif !important\; font-size:12pt">Georges Dupuy de M&eacute\;ry is also featured.</span>
LOCATION:St. Paul's Church\, 166 High Street\, Newburyport is an outstanding accoustic performance space.
UID:e.1189.51685
SEQUENCE:3
DTSTAMP:20260412T094427Z
URL:https://business.newburyportchamber.org/events/details/a-skylark-christmas-51685
END:VEVENT

END:VCALENDAR