Napa Valley Chorale Historical Performances

Sunday, December 14, 2008
3:30 and 7:00 p.m.
First United Methodist Church, Napa

La Fiesta de la Posada (Festival of the Inn)
by renowned jazz pianist & composer
Dave Brubeck

&
"Light the Legend" arr. Isaacson
"Drey Dreydeleh" arr. Jacobson
"Riu, Riu, Chiu (Tres Villancicos, No. 2) Anonymous, arr. Ben Allaway
"Ding Dong! Merrily on High" arr. Stephen Paulus
"O Holy Night" arr. René Clausen
"All My Heart This Night Rejoices" by Z. Randall Stroope
"Sure on This Shining Night" by Morten Lauridsen
Trilogy for Christmas by Jerry Brubaker

Napa Valley Chorale
with
Napa Valley Youth Chorus
Soloists
Brass & Percussion

** "Brubeck's most frequently performed choral concert work is an evocation of a Mexican Christmas festival. The piece is a wonderful piece of music that works for several reasons -- a tight structural game plan, marvelous tunes injected with Mexican folk material, catchy off-kilter rhythms and a youthful naive exuberance that masks the rigors of counterpoint and all the other technical stuff that went into its writing." -->MORE

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December 18, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
First United Methodist Church, Napa

Candy Cane Carol Sing-Along
Free Admission

**2008-12-15**