Event

"Colors of Peace"

Saturday 12/17/2016, 7:30PM
Sunday 12/18/2016, 5:00PM
All Saints Episcopal Church | 555 Waverley Street, Palo Alto

Online*: $25 General | $18 Students/Youth
At-the-Door: $30 General | $18 Students/Youth

Soft white snow blankets the Winter ground, bringing calm and silence to our war-torn world. Above, the evergreen fir trees remind us that life still goes on, despite the red blood of battle. And from this chaos arises a Savior who will shed his blood, even as a crown of rose thorns pierces his flesh. And, peace shall he bring as a rainbow.

We raise our voices in joy at the wondrous blessings of this season as revealed in the music of many ages and nations, culminating in Benjamin Brittens A Ceremony of Carols, with harpist Dan Levitan accompanying the chorus and soloists in this marvelous setting of medieval Christmas poetry, instilling in us a hope for a peaceful New Year.

Program:
Veni, Emmanuel (Kodaly)
O nata lux (Forbes)
A Child is Born in Bethlehem (Scheidt)
The Crown of Roses (Tchaikovsky)
Mekletaja cels: The Christmas Rose (Jansons)
The Lamb (Taverner)
Tota pulchra es Maria (Durufle)
Bogoroditse Djevo (Paert)
Da pacem domini (Paert)
Beati quorum dia (Stanford)
In dulci jubilo (Bach)
A Ceremony of Carols (Britten)