Evento

Buon Natale: An Italian Christmas

PLEASE NOTE: OUR ONLINE SALES WILL END AT 12:00 NOON ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2017. TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR AT 7:00 PM ON SATURDAY, BUT THE EVENT MAY SELL OUT SOON AFTER. EARLY ARRIVAL IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.

Concert begins at 8:00 p.m.
Pre-concert talk hosted by director Freddie Coleman at 7:00 p.m.
Family carol sing-along with the Flentrop Organ at 7:30 p.m.

Buon Natale says Merry Christmas in Italian.

Take a musical tour to Italy this holiday season, no passport needed! From sheep-covered hillsides to majestic cathedrals, let the glorious voices of the Seattle Choral Company take you through centuries of Italian masterworks singing Renaissance motets, popular Italian carols, and works by Italian and Italian-American opera composers.

Youll be transported by the works of Italian masters, including Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Giovanni Gabrieli, Giuseppe Verdi, Luca Marenzio, Gioacchino Rossini, as well as Italian-Americans Gian Carlo Menotti, and Dominick Argento.

Seasonal works on our program will include:

O magnum mysterium by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Jubilate Deo by Giovanni Gabrieli
Magnificat by Luca Marenzio
Ave Maria by Giuseppe Verdi
Petite Messe Solennelle (excerpts) by Gioacchino Rossini
Choruses from Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti
Choruses from The Masque of Angels by Dominick Argento

. . . and popular Italian carols:

Gesú Bambino
Ninna Nanna, Gesú Bambino
Tu scendi dalle stelle
Santa Lucia