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 The Constellation Choir & Ensemble Ensemble
 
 Sir John Eliot Gardiner Conductor
 
 
Program
 
“Once as I Remember”

A Christmas Story Spanning Five Centuries

The Annunciation
Robert Cooper, “Gloria in excelsis Deo”
Anonymous, *Angelus ad virginem* (14th century)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina “Alma redemptoris mater”
Anonymous Gabriel’s Message. Folk song from the Basque Country
The Appearance of the Angels to the Shepherds
Giovanni Bassano Hodie Christus natus est
Anonymous, “Jolly Shepherd”

Past three o'clock
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Hodie Christus natus est. Motet for five-part choir and basso continuo
The Birth
Michael Praetorius “Es ist ein Ros entsprungen” (1609)
Anonymous There is no rose of such virtue
Lajos Bardos, “Ave maris stella”
Richard Dering “Quem vidistis pastores?”
William Byrd “O magnum mysterium.” Motet (1607)
Intermission
The angels and shepherds greet the newborn child
Anonymous Guillô, Play Your Tambourine

Psallite. French chanson (Ho la hé)

Between the ox
Anonymous This holy night
The Rocking of the Cradle
Robert Lucas de Pearsall In dulce jubilo
Anonymous He Smiles Within
William Byrd Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby
Anonymous El Rorro
Johann Gottfried Walther Joseph, my dear Joseph
The Adoration of the Magi
John Gardner: Entry of the Three Kings
Anonymous The King of All Kings
Epilogue
Jacobus Clemens non Papa O Mary, blooming rose
Robert Armstrong Ring Out, Ye Crystal Spheres
Thomas Weelkes, “Gloria in excelsis”

Subject to change.