Vanderbilt Sixteen: Ceremony of Carols

Name: Vanderbilt Sixteen: Ceremony of Carols
Start: 2025-10-24T19:30:00-05:00
Location: 2400 Blakemore Ave, Nashville, TN, United States, Tennessee 37212

Schedule

Fri, 24 Oct, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

2400 Blakemore Ave, Nashville, TN, United States, Tennessee 37212 | Nashville, TN

Gabriel Fauré - Messe Basse, with the Dobson organ
Benjamin Britten - A Ceremony of Carols with Rachel Miller, harp
Mia Makaroff - Spes
“Desert Song” and “Evergreen” - by säje
This lecture concert explores the breadth of treble-voice choral repertoire across centuries and styles. Fauré’s “low mass” had complicated origins, but over 25 years evolved into the version you’ll hear performed: for treble voices and organ. Britten’s “Ceremony of Carols” is one of the enduring masterworks from the mid 20th century and will feature Blair professor Rachel Miller on the harp. Closing the program are contemporary arrangements by the vocal ensemble säje, whose works bring a fresh, expressive voice to contemporary choral music.