Chatham Chorale A Candlelight Christmas

The Chatham Chorale and Chambers Singers once again offer a bounty of seasonal music in the beautiful space and great acoustics of Chatham’s United Methodist Church. Led by Music Director Joe Marchio, the singers will be joined by Chorale accompanist Donald Enos on piano and organ, and the string players of Quartett Giocosa in a program of traditional and surprising selections from many eras, to lift spirits and warm this holiday season.

The program includes pieces arranged by contemporaries Mack Wilberg, David Herman, Dan Forrest, and Mark Hayes.” As well as classic like the David Willcocks arrangements of “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing” and “O Little Town of Bethlehem.” Handel’s Messiah is represented this year by the thrilling chorus “For Unto Us a Child Is Born,” and Marchio will lead a singalong of Franz Gruber’s “Silent Night.” The Chamber Singers contingent is featured in the Renaissance gem “Cantate Domino” by Heinrich Schütz, new arrangements of “Who Are These Like Stars Appearing” and “In the Bleak Midwinter,” and the second movement of Schubert’s Magnificat in C Major, D. 486 (joined by the full Chorale in the two outer movements).