Friday, December 3, 2021 at 7:30pm & Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 2:30pm
Celebrate the holiday season with up-and-coming chamber choir Ensemble Altera in this beautiful program for voices, harp, and organ presented by Newport Classical. The program centers on Benjamin Britten's beloved Ceremony of Carols, a familiar and attractive work for audiences alongside works by five female composers including Hildegard von Bingen, medieval polymath and mystic, her music is best characterized as mysterious, sensuous, and ethereal Barbara Strozzi, 17th-century virtuoso singer and composer, whose sacred music is rarely performed 20th century British composer and conductor Imogen Holst, Gustav Holst's only child and student of Benjamin Britten Elizabeth Poston, who beautifully set the text of a poem which first appeared in a New Hampshire hymnal in the late 18th century and Joanna Marsh, one of the most exciting choral composers of today. To round out the concerts, the program will include a few well-known Christmas songs, which will include the harp and organ - a festive treat for everyone!
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