The Vermont Choral Union is a group that keeps getting better and better each year!
This Sunday, December 8th at 3PM, the Vermont Choral Union presents a concert at St Paul’s Cathedral in Burlington.
Several Jericho and Underhill neighbors are performing in this concert.

Tickets in advance at the Flynn Box Office (FlynnTix.org), at Hopkins Bookshop at St. Paul's Cathedral in Burlington, or at the door are $17 or $12 for senior citizens/students. More information about the Choral Union and the group’s performances can be found at www.vtchoralunion.org.

The mellifluous ancient chant "Puer natus est nobis" (Unto us a child is born) sets the stage for works by Renaissance composers Cristóbal Morales and Thomas Tallis, who draw upon its melody for inspiration in works full of lush imitative counterpoint for three to seven voice parts. In similar fashion, sixteenth-century composer John Sheppard creates a stunning polyphonic setting of "Verbum caro factum est," the fulfillment of the prophesy of the word made flesh. From early medieval times, Hildegard of Bingen creates an ethereal, soaring song that vividly depicts a beautiful and sweet young woman who gladly carries God's word into this world.

Across the centuries and the continents, the Choral Union juxtaposes works of historic and modern composers. From Russia, we hear Tchaikovsky's hymn to the Virgin Mary; from Austria, Anton Bruckner's "Virga Jesse" tells how the rod of Jesse blossoms with the virgin birth of one who restores peace; from Estonia, contemporary composer Arvo Pärt hauntingly sets the ancient song of Mary, the "Magnificat." From Israel, "Aleih Neiri" (Arise, Light) by modern composer-poet Chaim Parchi reminds us of the wondrous lights glowing at Chanukah. From England, John Rutter sets the American folk hymn "I wonder as I wander" in a flowing arrangement. And, New York Voices' jazz singer-saxophonist-composer Darmon Meader arranges the ancient chant "O come, O come, Emmanuel" in a surprising style for voices and percussion.

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