CHRISTMAS WITH HARP AND VOICE
I Cantori, Savannah’s Professional Chamber Choir of twenty-four auditioned singers, will perform its 21st season of Christmas Concerts on Friday, December 2, 2011, at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church on Skidaway Island and on Saturday, December 3, 2011, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Abercorn and 34th St. Both concerts will start at 7:30 PM.
A highlight of this year’s concert will be the outstanding harpist from Atlanta, Patricia Anderson, who will accompany the entire program. She has been principal harpist for orchestras from Minnesota to Atlanta, Charleston, Hilton Head and Spoleto and now performs regularly with the Savannah Philharmonic and the Greenville and Augusta Symphony Orchestras.
In the first half, the women will sing Benjamin Britten’s beautiful harp and voice composition, “Ceremony of Carols”, which presents a new approach to texts that are more than 500 years old.
The second half of the program includes the entire choir in “Anniversary Carols,” a new work by Jackson Berkey. This delightful medley of favorite Christmas carols has been written in the style of the traditional English lessons and carols with surprises in rhythm, meter, voicing and harmonies. “Each selection presents a challenge for the singers to make it sound easy and a treat for the audience to experience,” says Dr. Harris.
Included in “Anniversary Carols” are “O, Come, All Ye Faithful,” “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” “Silent Night,” “Joy to the World,” “Jesu, Son Most Sweet and Dear,” “The Silent Word,” “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus,” “A Day in the Manger,” “ Angels We Have Heard on High,” and “Il est ne le divin enfant”.
Tickets will be available at the door or by calling 925-7866. They are $15 for adults and $10 for students.
