AN ITALIAN CHRISTMAS: A Light in the Darkness
Schedule
Fri, 19 Dec, 2025 at 07:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Christ Church Cathedral | Cincinnati, OH
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Journey back in time and across the globe as the voices of VAE guide you through the music of the Italian Baroque and Renaissance eras. The program’s three parts unfurl from the shadows of winter in a multi-sensory holiday experience unlike any other. Beginning in darkness surrounded by the most powerful organ sounds imaginable, voices, brass, strings and winds unite with the music of Dupré, Caccini, Palestrina and Gabrieli. Guerrero’s triple-choir grandeur and the music of Monteverdi and Corelli draw us closer to the source of light, building with the sound of Cincinnati’s own Verdin Bell. Gabrieli’s O Magnum Mysterium brings the journey to rest in awe and soul-stirring celebration.PROGRAM
Oliver Messian: “Dieu parmi nous” (“God Among Us”) from "La Nativité du Seigneur" (“The Birth of the Lord’)
Giulio Caccini: Ineffabile ardore a6 from "All’imperio d’Amore"
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Ave Maria
Giovanni Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo, omnis terra, a11 from "Symphoniae Sacrae II"
Francisco Guerrero: Duo Seraphim a12
Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine
Claudio Monteverdi: Duo Seraphim
Arcangelo Corelli: Vivace from Concerto grosso in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 8, "Christmas Concerto"
Giovanni Gabrieli: O Magnum Mysterium
Kirkpatrick (arr. Willcocks) Away in a Manger
Arr. Hugo Jungst: How Great Our Joy
Arr. Ben Owen: Noel Nouvelet
Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon III
Nathan Jones: In the Bleak Midwinter
Traditional: Ninna nanna
Fredrik Sixten: Mary’s Lullaby
Traditional: Joy to the World
Louis Vierne: Final from Symphony No. 1, Op. 14
VENUE
Christ Church Cathedral
318 E. Fourth St.
Cincinnati, OH 45202
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