Carols & Lullabies: A Kantorei Christmas

LO, HOW A ROSE E'ER BLOOMING MICHAEL PRAETORIUS (1571 - 1621) (Es ist ein Ros entsprungen) ARR. JAN SANDSTRÖM WEXFORD CAROL ARR. SARAH QUARTEL Alicia Rigsby, piano

SING LULLABY

(from Three Carol-Anthems)

HERBERT HOWELLS (1892 - 1983)

A CHRISTMAS LULLABY

DAN FORREST (B. 1978)

THE THREE KINGS HEALEY WILLAN (1880 - 1968) HUSH! MY DEAR

GABRIEL JACKSON (B. 1962)

Emma Tebbe, mezzo-soprano; Matt Weissenbuehler, baritone

SUSSEX CAROL Alicia Rigsby, piano

CAROLS AND LULLABIES: CHRISTMAS IN THE SOUTHWEST

ARR. ELAINE HAGENBERG CONRAD SUSA (1935 - 2013)

Janet Harriman, harp; Alex Komodore, guitar; Michael Tetreault, marimba

I.

OH, MI BELEN!

II. EL DESEMBRE CONGELAT III. ALEGRIA Ryan D. Garrison & Adam Cave, baritones

IV. A LA NANITA NANA V. LAS POSADAS

Zachariah Smith, tenor; Scott Horowitz & John Bartley, baritones; Jordan Black, bass

VI. CAMPANA SOBRE CAMPANA VII. EN BELEN TOCAN A FUEGO

Sarah Harrison, mezzo-soprano; Christianna Sullins, soprano; Matthew Eschliman, tenor

VIII. EL NOI DE LA MARE

Sara Michael, soprano; Laura Tribby, mezzo-soprano; Keith Harrison, tenor; Scott Horowitz, baritone

IX. CHIQUIRRIQUITIN X. EL RORRO To make a general contribution to Kantorei, text “Kantorei” to 44321 Thank you!

PROGRAM NOTES The late Renaissance German composer Michael Praetorius (1571–1621) contributed significantly to the development of musical forms based on Protestant hymns, among them the Christmas carol and Marian Hymn “Est ist ein Ros entsprungen” (1609), most commonly translated in English as “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming.” In 1990, the Swedish composer Jan Sandström (b. 1954) reimagined the carol as a soothing minimalist hymn by taking the four-part setting and, line by line, suspending it in slow motion. His eight-voice setting juxtaposes a smaller SATB choir, singing Praetorius, with a larger SSAATTBB group, which hums throughout.

The Wexford Carol, sometimes known by its first verse “Good people all this Christmas time,” is a traditional Irish Christmas carol originating from Enniscorthy in County Wexford. The Enniscorthy composer and musicologist William Grattan Flood popularized the tune in 1928 when he transcribed the carol from a local singer and had it published in The Oxford Book of Carols. This 2021 arrangement by Canadian composer Sarah Quartel (b. 1982) offers a refreshing take on an old carol by introducing a sparkling piano part to enrich the modal harmonies of the original tune.

The English composer, organist, and teacher Herbert Howells ch cbe (1892–1983) was a prominent figure in England’s modern musical renaissance alongside contemporaries Arthur Bliss, Arthur Benjamin, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Unable to serve in the First World War due to complications from Graves’ disease, Howells instead assisted the Westminster Cathedral choir director R.R. Terry in editing the Latin Tudor repertoire for a series of scholarly editions. This work, supported by the Carnegie Trust, provided Howells an opportunity to absorb the English Renaissance style that is readily apparent in the Three CarolAnthems he composed between 1918 and 1920. Howells and Terry hoped to restore elements of sixteenth-century polyphony to twentieth-century English church music, a meeting of periods and styles that characterizes the lilting third carol-anthem “Sing Lullaby.”

Of his 2011 piece “A Christmas Lullaby,” American composer Dan Forrest (b. 1978) writes, “When my ‘A Basque Lullaby’ was first published, many choirs wanted to incorporate its style into Christmas concerts, and asked for a set of Christmas lyrics for it. I rarely, if ever, re-text a musical setting, but in this case, the music really seemed to belong at Christmas, and some choirs were adapting their own lyrics

Notes by Dr. Leah Weinberg

for it, with less sophistication than I would have preferred.

Since Charles Anthony Silvestri had re-texted Eric Whitacre’s ‘Sleep’ not too many years prior, I asked him to re-text this music for me. We collaborated on the text, making it fit the music, via a lengthy Facebook message conversation late one night in 2010, and a new Christmas piece was born.”

Born and raised in England, the Anglo-Canadian organist and composer James Healey Willan cc (1880–1968) is best known for his long and illustrious expatriate career in Toronto. Dubbed “the Dean of Canadian composers,” Willan served at two of Toronto’s most prominent churches, St. Paul’s Bloor Street and the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, as well as teaching at the Toronto Conservatory and the University of Toronto. The majority of Willan’s extensive output is sacred in nature, including anthems, hymns, and mass settings. His 1928 Christmas motet “Three Kings,” which appropriately features a choral men’s trio, focuses on the arrival of the three kings at the manger in Bethlehem, where a weary gate porter invites them to “Come in, come in, ye kings, and kiss the feet of God.” The Bermuda-born English composer Gabriel Jackson (b. 1962) is a three-time winner of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors British Composer Award and served as associate composer to the BBC Singers 2010–2013. His appropriately hymn-like Christmas song “Hush! my dear” sets the words of the poem “Cradle Song” by the seventeenth-century English hymn writer Isaac Watts, of “Joy to the World” fame.

The Sussex Carol, sometimes referred to by its first line “On Christmas night all Christians sing,” is a popular English Christmas carol whose words were first published by the Irish bishop Luke Wadding in Small Garland of Pious and Godly Songs (1684). Choral composer Elaine Hagenberg’s 2018 arrangement of the carol captures the joyful character of the original tune, enriched by the addition of piano or chamber orchestra accompaniment.

Born and raised outside Pittsburgh, the American composer Conrad Susa (1935–2013) attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology and the Juilliard School before embarking on a career first as composer-in-residence at San Diego’s

PROGRAM NOTES Old Globe Theater (1959–1994), then as a professor of composition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music from 1988 until his death. Susa is best known for his five operas, as well as his incidental music for plays, and choral works.

Susa’s Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest (1992), commissioned by Philip Brunelle and the Plymouth Music Series of Minnesota, is a collection of ten songs for choir, harp, guitar, and marimba that celebrates Spanishlanguage Christmas carols from Europe and the Americas.

At the time of the work’s publication, Susa wrote: “Four or five years ago, Philip Brunelle suggested I write him a companion to [Benjamin] Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols. To a composer, this tempting offer was another way of asking

“How’s about writing us a hit?” After several years of me writhing in doubt, a friend, Gary Holt, showed me a collection of traditional Spanish carols he had sung as a boy in Arizona.

Excited, I juggled them around to form a narrative. I noted their many connections with Renaissance music along with their homey, artful simplicity. Finally, the overriding image of a Southwestern piñata party for the new baby led me to add guitar and marimba to Britten’s harp and to compose connective music and totally re-conceive the carols.”

The carols and lullabies originate from various countries and regions, including pronunciation differences. The second and eighth songs, in particular, “El Desembre Congelat” and “El Noi de la Mare,” come from the Catalonian region of Spain and are written in French-influenced Catalán.

Notes by Dr. Leah Weinberg

Joel M. Rinsema joined Kantorei in 2014, becoming the second conductor in its history. During his tenure, Kantorei has experienced tremendous growth of its audiences, nearly tripled its budget size, and launched an ambitious recording strategy. A frequent collaborator and champion of new works for chorus, Joel has commissioned and premiered work of many of today’s leading composers including Kim André Arnesen, Mason Bates, René Clausen, Ola Gjeilo, Jocelyn Hagen, Mark Hayes, Cecilia McDowall, David Montoya, Sarah Quartel, Jake Runestad and Eric Whitacre. In the summer of 2018, Joel conducted the Central American premiere of Ola Gjeilo’s “Dreamweaver” in Guatemala City and Antigua, Guatemala with Capella Cantorum de Guatemala.

Joel is a passionate advocate for the professional choral art form, and he frequently consults with other choral arts organizations around the country. Because of his leadership in his field, he received the Louis Botto Award for “Innovative Action and Entrepreneurial Zeal” from Chorus America, the industry’s advocacy, research, and leadership development organization for choruses, choral leaders, and singers.

JOEL M. RINSEMA Managing Artistic Director

He is an accomplished conductor of major works for choir and orchestra and was one of eighteen conductors chosen nationally through audition to participate in master classes and workshops presented by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association and Chorus America. As a tenor soloist, Joel performed across the United States, in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic.

Joel is also the Director of Music and Technology in Worship at First Plymouth Congregational Church in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado and served as the North American Choral Promotion Manager for Oxford University Press based in Oxford, England from 2017 to 2020. He holds music degrees from Arizona State and Whitworth Universities and is a member of the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Grammys), American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and Colorado Music Educators Association (CMEA).

Joel came to Kantorei from the Grammy Award-winning Phoenix Chorale. Throughout his 23-year tenure with the Phoenix Chorale, he served in nearly every capacity with the organization including his last 15 years as President & CEO and Assistant Conductor. He negotiated an ongoing recording contract with the prestigious U.K.based Chandos Records, and Phoenix Chorale recordings earned a total of eight Grammy nominations and two Grammy wins during his tenure. Joel appears on all of the Phoenix Chorale recordings and was a soloist on the Grammy Award-winning “Spotless Rose: Hymn to the Virgin Mary.”

In addition to his work with the Phoenix Chorale, Joel served as the Director of Music at Church of the Beatitudes United Church of Christ in Phoenix for 15 years, and was the founding chorus master of the Arizona Musicfest Chorus.

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A soloist, chamber musician, and orchestra soloist, his Spring 2019 European solo concert tour included performances and master classes in Greece, Turkey, France, and Scotland. Previous tours have included the Dominican Republic, Victoria Island BC, Portugal, and all over the US. A versatile musician, he has performed with classical, steel string, Hawaiian slide guitar, theorbo, mandolin, and as tenor banjo soloist with many of the finest orchestras, chamber choirs and Opera companies across the U.S.

THE CHOIR SOPRANO

ALTO

TENOR

BASS

Mary Christ Kimberly Dunninger Christina Graham Heather Gunnerson Stacie Hanson Shannon Lemmon-Elrod Sara Michael * Martina Richardson Alicia Rigsby ◊ Pearl Rutherford Christianna Sullins Laura Tribby

Emily Alexander Lindsey Aquilina Lizabeth Barnett Lyn Berry-Helmlinger Sarah Harrison * Melissa Menter Erin Meyerhoff Jennifer Moore Tegan Palmer Allison Pasternak Emma Tebbe Andrea Ware-Medina Jane Wright

Benjamin Corwyn Joshua Corwyn Kai Berry-Helmlinger * Matthew Eschliman Keith Ferguson Mason France Keith Harrison Bryce Kennedy Samuel Low Alex Menter Jonathan Meyer Zachariah Smith John Wright

John Bartley Michael Bizzaro * Jordan Black Michael Boender Adam Cave Garth Criswell Ryan D. Garrison Scott Horowitz Brad Jackson Brad Larson John Ludwig Marc Petersen Kirk Schjodt John Schaak Griffin Sutherland Matt Weissenbuehler

* Section leader ◊ Collaborative Pianist

ALEX KOMODORE Featured Guitarist

STAFF MEMBERS Sarah Harrison

Assistant Conductor

Photo courtesy of Alex Komodore

Alicia Rigsby

Accompanist, Collaborative Pianist

Sara Michael

Business Manager

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jennifer Moore

Matthew Gierke

Leslie Britton

Melissa Menter

President

Vice President

Treasurer

Secretary & Development Committee Chair

MEMBERS AT LARGE John Bartley

Keith Ferguson

Judy Bloomberg Schenkein

J. Scott Pusey

Alex Komodore is a Denver-based virtuoso guitarist.

His powerful interpretations, formidable technique, and natural musicianship have won unanimous praise from many prominent international critics, audiences, and the world’s finest guitarists.

A much sought-after master teacher, Komodore has been the guitar coordinator at Metropolitan State University of Denver since 1985, where he is a Full Professor of Music.

He has judged in many of the world’s most prestigious Guitar Festivals and Competitions, including the Portland International Guitar competition, Denver International Guitar Competitions, Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival, and Guitar Foundation of America International Youth Guitar Competitions. He has been invited to teach and perform at many international conservatories throughout the world.

A guitar prodigy at an early age, Komodore performed in New York’s Town Hall at the age of 11, his first solo recital in New York City’s St. Paul’s Chapel at the age of 16, and an appearance at the United Nations at 19. His First Prize in the 1985 MTNA Collegiate Artists Guitar Competition resulted in subsequent appearances on National Public Radio and PBS Television broadcasts. John Dileberto of NPR Echoes gave his 1990 CD Redstone with flutist Rod Garnett a rare “highest rating”, which also earned the coveted “Best of Westword” award for best classical recording of 1990.

His 1994 solo debut recording Passport won praises from several of the world’s most prominent guitarists, including Christopher Parkening, who hailed his cd as “Terrific!”, and Grammy Award Winner David Russell remarked, “This CD is played with beautiful atmosphere and great skill.”

His 16 CD credits include the Etherean, Folk Era, Delos, Salt, and Poco a Poco labels, with heavy global distribution, including worldwide airplay at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

His newest solo recording, “Remembering” was released in 2016 - with the hope of helping all people grieving the loss of their loved ones.

Komodore was honored to host the Guitar Foundation of America 2016 International Convention and Competition held on the MSU Denver campus in 2016. This event is the largest and most prestigious classical guitar festival in the world and brought 600 guitar enthusiasts from 35 countries to Denver. As the founder of the “Guitar Celebrations at MSU Denver”, since 1985 he has hosted many of the finest classical guitarists in the world.

Janet Harriman began her harp studies with her mother, Jean Harriman. She continued her harp studies with Alice Chalifoux while she attended the College of Wooster, the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Salzedo harp Colony.

Harriman has performed as soloist, chamber player, opera and orchestral member in Ohio, Florida, Georgia, New York, Colorado and internationally in South America, Europe and Asia. She is currently principal harpist with the Central City Opera Festival, a position she has held since 1993, and performs regularly as Principal Harpist with Opera Colorado and the Boulder Philharmonic. She is also the instructor at the Harp Studio at the University of Colorado Boulder.

JANET HARRIMAN Featured Harpist

She is Co-Founding Director of Scale the Summit, a summer music program that offers educational opportunities for the kids of Summit County. She has been an active board member of the Summit Community Orchestra for over twelve years and currently serves on the board of the Summit Youth Orchestra.

Photo courtesy of Janet Harriman

On sale now at kantorei.org/sing-wearing-the-sky Michael Tetreault holds a Bachelor of Music from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY and a Master of Music Degree from the Royal Academy of Music in London, UK. Michael is currently a member of four professional orchestras in the Rocky Mountain region and is also part of the percussion faculty at the University of Colorado (Boulder). Michael has performed domestically and abroad with many ensembles including the London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Toronto Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Utah Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Orchestre de Paris, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Roomful of Teeth, Quattro Mani and Alarm Will Sound among many others.

MICHAEL TETREAULT Featured Marimbist

Photo courtesy of Michael Tetreault

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TEXT & TRANSLATIONS Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (Es ist ein Ros entsprungen)

Traditional German; English text by Theodore Baker Lo, how a rose e’er blooming, From tender stem hath sprung.

Of Jesse’s lineage coming, As men of old have sung; It came, a flow’ret bright, Amid the cold of winter, When half spent was the night.

Es ist ein Ros entsprungen, aus einer Wurzel zart, wie uns die Alten sungen, von Jesse kam die Art Und hat ein Blümlein bracht mitten im kalten Winter, wohl zu der halben Nacht.

Wexford Carol Traditional Irish Good people all, this Christmas time, Consider well and bear in mind What our good God for us has done In sending his beloved son.

With Mary holy we should pray To God with love this Christmas Day; In Bethlehem upon that morn There was a blessed Messiah born.

Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep Their flocks of lambs and feeding sheep; To whom God’s angels did appear, Which put the shepherds in great fear.

With thankful heart and joyful mind The shepherds went the babe to find, And as God’s angel had foretold, They did our Saviour Christ behold.

There were three wisemen from afar, Directed by a glorious star, And on they wandered night and day Until they came where Jesus lay.

And when they came unto that place Where our beloved Messiah lay,

They humbly cast them at his feet With gifts of gold and incense sweet.

Good people all, this Christmas time Consider well and bear in mind What our good God for us has done In sending his beloved son, Blessed child, beloved son.

Sing Lullaby Frederick William Harvey Sing lullaby, sing lullaby, While snow doth [gently] fall, Sing lullaby to Jesus Born in an oxen-stall.

Sing lullaby to Jesus, Born now in Bethlehem, The naked blackthorn’s growing To weave His diadem.

Sing lullaby, sing lullaby While thickly snow doth fall, Sing lullaby to Jesus The Saviour of all.

A Christmas Lullaby Charles Anthony Silvestri Lullaby, Lullaby, Rest now my darling, Close your eyes, dreaming is nigh.

Lullaby, Lullaby, Angel voices softly singing Carols for their newborn King.

Lullaby, Lullaby, Whisper and sigh, Lullaby, Lullaby, Lullaby.

Lullaby, Lullaby, Silently waiting, All creation greets the Child; Lullaby, Lullaby, Holy Child, fulfill our longing, Our foretold salvation bring.

Lullaby, Lullaby, Whisper and sigh, Lullaby, Lullaby, Lullaby.

The Three Kings

Sussex Carol

Laurence Housman

Traditional English

“Who knocks tonight so late?” the weary porter said.

Three kings stood at the gate, Each with a crown on head.

The serving man bowed down, The inn was full, he knew.

Said he, “In all this town Is no fit place for you.”

A light the manger lit: There lay the Mother meek.

Said they, “This place is fit: Here is the rest we seek!”

Come, come.

They loosed their latchet strings; So stood they all unshod.

Come in, come in, ye Kings!

And kiss the feet of God.

On Christmas night all Christians sing, To hear the news the angels bring; News of great joy, news of great mirth, News of our merciful King’s birth.

Then why should men on earth be sad, Since our Redeemer made us glad; When from our sin he set us free, All for to gain our liberty.

When sin departs before his grace Then life and health come in its place.

Angels and men with joy may sing, All for to see the newborn King.

All out of darkness we have light, Which made the angels sing this night, “Glory to God in highest heav’n, Now and for evermore,” Amen!

Hush! my dear

Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest

From “Cradle Song” by Isaac Watts Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber; Holy angels guard thy bed!

Heavenly blessings without number Gently falling on thy head.

Soft and easy is thy cradle, Coarse and hard thy Saviour lay When his birth-place was a stable And his softest bed was hay.

See the kindly shepherds round him, Telling wonders from the sky!

Where they sought him, there they found him, With his Virgin Mother by.

May’st thou live to know and fear him, Trust and love him all thy days; Then go dwell for ever near him, See his face and sing his praise!

I. ¡Oh, mi Belén!

Biscayan ¡Oh, mi Belén!

Llegó tu hora bien amada, ¡oh, mi Belén!

La luz que irradias sin cesar, es como un faro que nos guía en nuestra ruta, noche y día.

Oh, my Bethlehem!

Your well-beloved hour has arrived!

The light you shine unceasingly Is like a beacon that guides us On our way, night and day.

Oh my Bethlehem!

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TEXT & TRANSLATIONS II. El Desembre Congelat Catalonian El desembre congelat, confús es retira.

Abril de flors coronat, tot el món admira.

Quan en un jardí d’amor neix una divina flor; D ‘una rosa bella, fecunda y poncella.

El primer Pare causà la nit tenebrosa.

Que a tot el món ofuscà la vista penosa; Mes en una mitja nit, brilla el sol que n’és eixit.

D ‘una bella aurora que el cel enamora.

El mes de maig ha florit, sense ser encara.

Un lliri blanc y polit, de fragrància rara.

Que per tot el món se sent, de Llevant fins a Ponent.

Tota sa dulrçura i olor, amb ventura.

In frozen December, confusion itself retreats It is like April, crowned with flowers, admired by all, When, in a garden of Jove, a divine flower is born Of a beautiful, fruitful, budding rose.

The first Father caused the dark night.

Which for everyone obscures painful sight.

But one midnight, the sun shines without ceasing From a beautiful dawn with which the heavens fall in love.

The month of May has flowered, without it being May. A lily white and gentle, of rare fragrance Which everyone senses, from East to West, All its sweetness and bouquet, with great good fortune.

III. Alegría Puerto Rican Hacia Belén se encaminan María con su amante esposo, Llevando en su compañía un Dios todo poderoso. ¡Alegría, alegría, alegría, Alegría, alegría y placer!

Que la Virgen va de paso Con su esposo hacia Belén.

En cuanto Belén llegaron, Posada al punto pidieron, Nadie los quiso hospedar, Porque tan pobres les vieron.

¡Alegría, alegría, alegría, Alegría, alegría y placer!

Que la Virgen va de paso Con su esposo hacia Belén.

Los pajarillos del bosque Al ver pasar los esposos Les cantaban melodias Con sus trinos armoniosos. ¡Alegría, alegría, alegría, Alegría, alegría y placer!

Que la Virgen va de paso Con su esposo hacia Belén.

Towards Bethlehem Mary and her loving husband set off Bringing along an all-powerful God. Joy,joy,joy, Joy, joy and pleasure!

That the Virgin goes With her husband towards Bethlehem.

Just as soon as they arrived in Bethlehem They asked around for lodgings But no one wanted to put them up Because they looked so poor.

Joy, joy, joy, Joy, joy and pleasure!

That the Virgin goes With her husband towards Bethlehem.

On seeing them pass by, The little birds of the forest Were singing them melodies With their harmonious trills.

Joy, joy, joy, Joy, joy and pleasure!

That the Virgin goes With her husband towards Bethlehem.

IV. A la Nanita Nana Spanish Mi Jesús tiene sueño, bendito sea.

Fuentecilla que corres clara y sonora, Ruiseñor que en la selva, cantando lloras, Callad mientras la cuna se balancea.

My Jesus is tired, blessed may he be.

Little fountain, you run clear and resonant Nightingale, in the forest, singing, you weep Hush while the cradle is rocked.

V. Las Posadas Spanish ¿Quieres que te quite, mi bien, de las pajas? ¿Quieres que te adoren todos las pastores?

A rurru, niño chiquito, ya está arrulladito el niño.

Mi querido Padre, mi Dias y señor, Que sufriste alegre del frío su rigor A rurru, niño chiquito, ya está arrulladito el niño.

Shall I take you from the straw, my treasure?

Shall all the shepherds come adore you? Coo coo, little child, the child has fallen asleep.

My dear Father, my God and Lord, who gladly suffered the harshness of the cold.

Coo coo, little child, the child has fallen to sleep.

VI. Campana sobre Campana Andalusian ¡Campana sobre campana, Y sobre campana una!

Asómate a la ventana, Y verás al Niño en la cuna.

Belén, campanas de Belén Que los ángeles tocan ¿Que nuevas me traéis?

Recogido tu rebaño, ¿Adónde vas pastor cito?

Voy a llevar al portal requesón, manteca y vino.

Si aún las estrellas alumbran, ¿Pastor, dónde quieres ir?

Voy al portal por si el Niño Con Él me deja dormir.

Bell after bell After bell!

Come to the window, And you’ll see the Child in His cradle.

Bethlehem, bells of Bethlehem Which the angels play

What news do you bring me?

Now that your flock is gathered, Where are you going, little shepherd?

I’ll carry to the manger farmers’ cheese, butter, and wine.

If the stars still shine Where do you want to go, shepherd?

I go to the manger in case the Child Lets me sleep beside Him.

VII. En Belén Tocan A Fuega Castilian En Belén tocan a fuego, Del portal salen las llamas.

Porque dicen que ha nacido El Redentor del las almas.

Brincan y bailan los peces en el río, Brincan y bailan de ver a Dios nacido.

Brincan y bailan los peces en el agua, Brincan y bailan de ver nacida del alba.

En un portal de Belén Nació un clavel encarnado Que por redimir el mundo Se ha vuelto lirio morado.

La Virgen lava pafinales Y los tiende en el romero.

Los pajarillos cantaban Y el agua se iba riendo.

In Bethlehem they light a fire, The flames leave the manger.

Because they say he is born, The Redeemer of Souls.

The fish in the river are leaping and dancing, They leap and they dance to see God born.

The fish in the water are leaping and dancing, They jump and dance to see the dawn born.

In a manger in Bethlehem A carnation incarnate was born Who to redeem the world has become a lily stained with purple.

The Virgin washes swaddling clothes And hangs them on the rosemary bush.

The little birds were singing And the water ran laughing.

TEXT & TRANSLATIONS VIII. El Noi de la Mare Catalonian ¿Qué Ii darem a n’el Noi de la Mare? ¿Qué li darem que li sápiga bo?

Li darem panses en unes balances, Li darem figues en un paneró. ¿Qué li darem a n’el Noi de la Mare? ¿Qué li darem a l’hermos Infantó?

Panses i figues anous i olives, Panses i figues i mel i mató.

Tam patantam que les figues son verdes, Tam patantam que ja madurarán.

Si no maduren el día de Pasqua, Madurarán en el día del Ram. What shall we give to the Mother’s Child?

What shall we give that will delight him?

We’ll give him raisins in baskets, We’ll give him figs in a hamper.

What shall we give to the Mother’s Child?

What shall we give to the beautiful infant?

Raisins and figs and walnuts and olives, Raisins and figs and honey and curd.

Even if the figs are green Even so, they’ll ripen.

If they don’t ripen on Palm Sunday They’ll ripen on Easter.

IX. Chiquirriquitín Andalusian ¡Chiquirriquitín, Metidito entre pajas, Ay, del chiquirriquitín!

Queridito del alma.

Por debajo del arco del portaliño Se descubre a María, José y el Niño. ¡Chiquirriquitín, Metidito entre pajas, Ay, del chiquirriquitín!

Queridito del alma.

Entre el buey y la mula Dios ha nacido, Y en un pobre pesebre lo han recogido.

YOUR DONATIONS & SUPPORT Little baby boy!

Placed in the straw, Oh, the little baby boy!

Tiny beloved of the soul.

Under the arch of the little manger Mary, Joseph and the Child are revealed.

Little baby boy!

Placed in the straw, Oh, the little baby boy!

Tiny beloved of the soul.

Between an ox and a mule God has been born And they’ve placed him in a lowly manger.

X. El Rorro

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Mexican A la rurru, niño chiquito.

Duérmase ya, mi Jesucito.

Del elefante hasta el mosquito Guarden silencio, no le hagan ruido.

Noche venturoso, noche de alegría.

Bendita la dulce, divina María.

Coros celestiales, con su dulce acento, Canten la ventura de este nacimiento.

A la rurru, little baby boy.

Sleep now, my little Jesus.

From the elephant to the mosquito Stay silent, don’t disturb Him. Fortunate night, night of joy.

Blessed be the sweet, divine Mary.

Heavenly choirs, with your sweet accent, Sing of the good fortune of this birth.

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Donors who contributed between December 1, 2020 and November 30 ,2021 are recognized in this program * Singers ^ Board & Staff ~ Volunteers

DONORS Platinum Baton ($25,000–$49,999) Olson-Vander Heyden Foundation SCFD - Arapahoe County Gold Baton ($15,000–$24,999) Judy Fredericksen Silver Baton ($10,000–$14,999) SCFD - Denver County Founder's Circle ($7,500 - $9,999) Colorado Creative Industries Director’s Circle ($5,000-$7,499) Eric & Leslie^ Britton Keith*^ & Susan Ferguson Sarah Harrison*^ & Joel Rinsema^ Virtuoso’s Circle ($2,500–$4,999) Mark & Lindsey* Aquilina Susan~ & William Lewkow John Ludwig* Ruth McCollum Huff Alex* & Melissa*^ Menter LibertyGives Foundation Soloist’s Circle ($1,000–$2,499) Judy Bloomberg Schenkein^ & Ed Schenkein Michael* & Donna Boender Charles Schwab Garth Criswell* & T Mark Kraft First Plymouth Foundation Matt Gierke^ Kevin & Heather* Gunnerson Brad Jackson* & Mark Jennison King Soopers Jennifer*^ & David~ Moore Kent Mueller & Elizabeth Izant Schwab Charitable Jay & Michelle Tombre Rev. Dr. S. Patrice Von Stroh

Jonathan* & Jenny Von Stroh Andrea* & Patrick Ware-Medina Aria ($500–$999) American Endowment Foundation Kathryn Bollhoefer Paul Boulis Michael & Jennifer Bradford Bristol-Meyers Squibb Foundation Community First Foundation Matthew Eschliman* Don & Lil Filegar Christina Graham* & Jason Merryman Jim & Annette Gunnerson Stacie* & Jason Hanson Lynn Hardcastle Stephen & Graciela Hooper Brad Larson* Renee McClaugherty & John Schaak* Elaine Menter David & Kirsten Morgan COR Legal, LLC Lois Siegel~ Keith Small U.S. Bank Foundation Christina Von Stroh Cantata ($200–$499) Alexandra Barba & Michael Bizzaro* Lizabeth Barnett* John Bartley*^ David & Barbara Belina Boyd & Sharon Berry Kai* & Lyn* Berry-Helmlinger Sarah Bjornebo Sharon & Reggie Bradford Howard & Kathleen Brand Constance Branton Bright Funds Foundation Jim & Joanie Calhoun Margie Camp Jeffrey Campbell CenturyLink George Chrest Mary O’Neill Christ* Kate Criswell Kimberly* & Michael~ Dunninger Julie Durst

David Johns & Jim East Scott Elrod~ & Shannon Lemmon-Elrod* Sydney Enders Robert & Ruth Fanslow Beverly & Bruce Fest Nancy & Peter Fogg Roger & Mary Beth France Diane Goodwin & Rush Pierce Pam & Jim Grange Nancy~ & Russ~ Gregory Annette Gunnerson Carol Hainsey Suzanne & Will Helmlinger Marjorie & Preston Hofer Alan & Shirley Horowitz Dallas Ingold Sarah Jamieson Marcia Jory & Ray Kennedy Brett & Tami Krichiver James LeMieux Samuel Low* Ann & Mike Ludwig Valerie & Mike Lunka Grace Martin Jerry & Carol Mayer Roger & Jean Meier Erin Meyerhoff* Sara Michael*^ Microsoft Bruce Miller Laurie Miyauchi Tegan Palmer* Roberta Pepper Judd & Linda Rinsema Charity Fitness Challenge Jenny & Shannon Shultz-Thomas Shelly Ezzard Smith Barb & Erik Stone Judi Thomas Laurence and Deborah Weinberg Matt* & Annell Weissenbuehler Pam & Stanley Whitaker John Wilson Anna & Nathan Wubbena Operetta ($100–$199) Roberta R. Larson Margaret & Norman Aarestad Diana Aberchah

Greg Anderson & Phyllis Krumholz Emily Anderson Ken & Nancy Atkinson Jacob Barba Elizabeth Bauer Jill & Robin Beemer John Bell Benevity Community Impact Fund Lisa & Tim Bizzaro Howard & Kathleen Brand Beth Buettner Borrelli Bunch Sharon Butz Jim Calhoun Liz & Dmitri Calvert Lisa Cameron Gayle Carey David & Bonnie Carlson Amy Champion Bob & Chris Chase Allie Christ Andrew Christ Mary Priscilla Christ Mark Christman Lisa & William Chumley Mackenzie Cohen Ruth Conn Linda & Kees Corssmit Landon Covington & Jason Hindman Rhonda & Bill Crossen Christopher Davis Wendy Demartini Jena Dickey Stacy Dille Kimberly* & Michael~ Dunninger Sarah Ecker Kaye Edwards Marilyn Elrod Rick & Lori Faber Ronald Fanslow Arielle & Beryl* Fanslow Wilson Joy Fest Tom & Ruth Friesen Elaine & Mike Gardner Ryan Garrison* Steve & Becky Gierke Larry Graham Christine Greco Ankush Gupta Carolyn & Vaughn Hanson

Ed & Jeanie Hardey Keith Harrison* Penny Harrison George Haskins Kat & Stuart Haskins Carole Hedrick Jennifer A Heglin Ken & Diane Hoagland Ed Holloway Brent & Connie Holtzen Scott Horowitz* & Leah Weinberg Jonathan Horowitz Sara Horton Deutsch Jade & Saul Howard Antoinette Hubbard Regina Hunt Carolyn & Lanny Hunter Lucretia Jackson Karl & Deanna Johnson Bryce Kennedy* & Josh Larson Carol Lanaghen Cathleen Leavitt Anker Lerret Tori Huynh & Paige Lewkow Dennis~ & Nancy~ Lintvedt Betsy & Tad Lyle M. D. C. Holdings, Inc. John Hoffman & Jody Mathie Laura McCleary Bev & Ed McLaughlin Nancy Mergler Jonathan Meyer* Elizabeth Montgomery & Matthew Brown Mikki & Matt Morris Deborah & Dale Morsefield Alexander Munsch Lori Naes Ruth Neil Keith & Angela Nofziger Juli Orlandini Kathy Osvog Daniel Paredes Linda & Mark Pasternak Timothy & Allison* Pasternak Nathaniel Hess & Marc Petersen* Andy & Marybeth Pettitt JaNae Pingree Timothy Robinson Alice & Dan Robinson

Ashley Rodgers Ann & Jerry Roemer Optical Matters David Romness Terry Saracino Edmund & Jennifer Scheiber Kirk Schjodt* Lynne Scholfield Luetta Schroeder Lynn Selby & Roger Kleckner Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Small Gregory & Marcia Smith Jeffrey Smith Jeff & Pam Snauwaert Dave Spear Susan Spencer Kathryn Stewart Charles Sullins Christianna* & Jeff Sullins Sharyl Sullivan Peter Sutherland Jeff & Lisa Swenson T Rowe Price Charitable Anu Tate Frederick K Trask Debby Trissel Alec Urquhart Jennifer & Jonathan* Von Stroh Jill and Bob von Trebra Julia & Michael Wadle Marnie Ware Tammy Weatherly & Deb Hubbard Tom Westbrook Kathy Whitney Clara Winter Scott & Karen Yarberry Susan Yarbrough Faye Yoder Ensemble ($1–$99) Harry Adair Julie Affleck Albemarle Foundation Frank Albinder Lynn & Jean Albuquerque James & Laurie Alexander Emily* & Zach Alexander Beatrice Allen David Ammann

Donors who contributed between December 1, 2020 and November 30 ,2021 are recognized in this program * Singers ^ Board & Staff ~ Volunteers

DONORS Jeff Andersen Caren Anderson Arthur Anderson Frankie Anderson Adrienne Andrews Glenn Lynda Aquilina Deborah Arca Kara Arnold Mike Asarch Chad Atkins Pat Babcock & Dianne Calhoun Megan Backman David & Lori Bailey Vicki Bailey* G P Bailey Audrey Bakke Andrew Baldwin Latisha Baraka Sandi Barbour Mona Barsotti Penelope Bartko Barbara Bartley Bill & Carol Bartley Connie Bartram Jeremy Bautista Lanita Bell MaryEllen & Todd Beltracchi Davis Benson Geof Benson Ann-Charlotte Bentley Dan Bergman Scott Bernard Brooke Berry-Wolf Christina & Nick Bishop Sonya Black Gordon & Terry Bloomberg Michael Boney Jeff Bontrager Kayla Booth Cher & Tom Borrelli Trudy Boulter & Patrick Hynes Jacinda & Art Bouton Susan L. Bowles Judy Bowman Anna Branton Rachel Breen Jerry Brewster Lois Brick Michael Bright Dale Britt

Gina Bronley Michael Brooks Lara Bruce Chance Busey Melissa Butler Bob and John Denfield Ellen Bywaters Hannah Cammack John Cannon & Sara Fischer Doug & Jane Carlson Dustin & Stephanie Carr Marilyn Carson Maggie Carter Rogers Adam* & Emily Cave Martha H Cearley Viri Chacon Kelli & Steven Chan Laurie Chandler Andrew Chin Dinah Claytor Anna Clements Rebecca Cohen Clayton & Nancy Cole Craig Collins John & Ruth Connors Sean Cooper Barbara Cornell Barbara & Jim Corson Ann Coughenour Abby Crisafulli Kelsey Criswell John Culshaw Meaghan Curry Mark Curtis Nolibeth Dale Galen & Patty Darrough Carson De Fries Renee DeChatelets Cathy Decker Diana Decker Audrey Dellgren Tarah Demant Connie Dewlen Linda Dey~ Ashley Dinan Bob & Marcia Dodgion Mary Dooley Rosemary Downs Amanda Draheim Philip Drozda

Ladeana Dudley Rebecka Dudley Irma Dunninger Jaci Durrie Pamela Dymek Margaret & Theodore Eickhoff Kelly Elsensohn Sean Endsley Shane Endsley & Kali Paguirigan Stephanie Enright Bill Erickson Debra & Paul Eschliman Julie Eschliman Marcia Ann Fahrenbach Lisa Fallon Gerry & Patty Fanslow Rebecca Farris Jen Feldman Jacquelyn Feliciano Sara Ferguson Eleanor Finlay Mary H Fischer Karin Fischer Karen Fisher Tony Fleecs Margaret Flint Debbie Ford Dale Forrey Anne Foster Mason France* Molly Franks Mary & Jim Frinell Kerry Fritz Michelle P. Fulcher Mary Gardner Jerry Garland David & Jacqueline Garner Lauren Gattis Lindsay Gaughan Kristin Gerela Paul & Phyllis Gilbertson Mike Gillette Allie Golon Alyson Graves Jen Gravestock Nichole Green Kay Grice Steffanie Grogan Candace & Ken Grosz Jason Gruhl

Andrew Hafner Daren Hahn Andrew & Rachel Halladay Irenka Hammell Michael Hanley Marit Hanson Teresa Harstad Liam Harty Aniele Hawkins Kristen Healy Venus Heaps Caleb Heaton Derek Hebert Haley Heer Katie Heimbichner David Henderson Michelle Herd Mary Herrin Dara & Greg Hessee David Hodel Jenny & Steven Hoerger Ashley Hoffman & Barry Zink Michelle Hoffman Sarah Holder Andrew Holloway Gabriel Holloway Karen Hopper Arthur & Joni Howard J. Howell Steve Howie* Mary Hupp Lynn Hutchinson Sue Isselhard Christopher Jackson Virginia Jackson Natalie Jacobson Judi Jaeger Paula Jaworski Marie Jenkinson Graham Johnson Elizabeth Johnson David Floyd & Steve Jones Sarah Jones Michael Kadovitz Tammy Kakac Shelley Kauffman Brian Kavanagh Mary Keefe Conrad Kehn David Keller & Julie Meyers

Rebecca Kendall Tyler Kendall Chelsea Kendall Emily Kenney Krista Keogh Mary Kay Kernan Edi King David Kirkland Katherine Kjeldsen-Tullis Nathan Klein Allison Klettke Christine & William Kneeland Steve Koerwitz Cathy & Em Krall Maureen Krank Jessica Krank Josh Kravette Kevin Kriegel Lyssa Krumholz Betty Kulish Tani Kushner Karen & Tom Lafferty Rachel Lahr Colleen Lampron Cheryle A Lemmon Jill Larson Nathan & Tanya Larson Janice Lastrella Cammie Latta Doug & Julia Lazure Basil LeBlanc Karyn Ledbetter Hank Lee Anne Leichthammer Mark Leichthammer Justin Leimbach Aime Lemmons Adam Lessuck Michael Lewis Anthony Limon Richard Lindeborg Albert & Terri Link Curtis Lintvedt Terry Little Lilian Lope Carol Lovseth Tiersa Ludlow Debi & Pete Ludwig Hilary Cornelius & Kathy Ludwig Mary Luellen

Dean & Sally Lund Katie MacClean Judy Macomber Pamela Mahonchak Rene Marceau Anthony Martini Laurie Massa Caring Spaces, LLC Pamela McClune Beth McDowell Baldwin Dean McIntyre Kate Mckinzie Jennifer McMahon Katherine McMurrary Wendy McNevin Allison McQueen Lisa Medina Barbara Medina Mac Merchant Mike Merryman Todd & Maria Messenger Elizabeth Meurer Walt & Karyl Meyer Pam Midboe Edie Mitchell Megan Mitchell Emily Mizuki Laura & Mike Moes Susan Moore Teresa Morgan Lisa Mortell Ricki Moyer Daragh & Katherine Mulready Kayla Munoz Alan Murray Lorrie Myrick Niki Nadlonek Steven Newell Dora Newlin Bob & Mary Beth Noble Matt Novak Cissy Nuanes Brittany Nuttall Mary Onstad Valorie Ottenbreit Jennifer Ouellette Lauralyn Padglick Brett Paguirigan Jacqueline Paguirigan D R & Katie Palmer

Donors who contributed between December 1, 2020 and November 30 ,2021 are recognized in this program * Singers ^ Board & Staff ~ Volunteers

DONORS Julian Parish Jeff Parker Jo Parker Karen Parks James & Patricia Paull Annet Pearson Margo Pedrick Janice Perry Meredith Peters Brent Petersen Dave Petersen Ruth Peterson Brent Peterson Cori & Steve Peterson Karen Petroff Courtney Pettitt Elizabeth Pettus Cody Pfaff Matthew Phanco James & Lillian Phelps Jennifer Pike Laura Campbell Ann & Gary Polumbus Brian Porzel~ Barbara Poston Kathleen Poston Michele Price Peter Pursino Cindy & George Quinlan Kate Raabe Alison Radcliffe Hillary Ramaker Allegra Reiber Melanie Reiff Sue Reynard Liv Reynolds Sandra Rhodes Cheri Rice Alicia*^ & David Rigsby Derek Rinsema Rachel Rinsema Susan Rivedal Katie Robb Davis Travis Roberts Jennifer & Scott Robinson Mary Nelle Gage & Ruth Routten Collin & Meris & Sarah Rudkin

Kayla Rudy Jake Runestad Nancy Ruspini Barb & Chris & James Rutherford Pearl Rutherford* Burt Rutherford Hollie Ryckman Maya Sabatier & Family Barbara Sable Denise Saiz Catherine Sakanai Darin Sales Marc Sammartano Walter Sanders Ana Santana John Satterfield Mary Scheibe Heather Schenck Sam Schenkein Sarah Schenkein Tom Carlock & Rich Schirrmacher Emily Schmahl Sarah Schmiege Emily Schottenfels Oliver Scofield Beverly Sheldon Jo Sherrill Marcia Sikowitz Anna & Caleb Simpson Aline Skogstoe Katie Skovholt David Smith Deborah Smith Zachariah Smith* Wendy Smith Shellie Smith Rebekah Smith Jennie Soden Sue & Kelly Stacy Holly Stanton Vicki Steevensz Sharon Stephens Tom Stevens Michael Stewart Sharon Stokes Arthur Kraus & Michelle Stone Kraus

Mary Lou Strahm Mark Strahm Diane Strouse Elizabeth Stumbo Griffin Sutherland* Carole Tafoya Scott Taliaferro Jason Tangen Billie Tannen Jonathan Tatum Sarah Taylor Elizabeth Tebbe Henry Thaggert Tim Tharaldson Tenon Thompson Mary Thompson Ted Totorica Karen Town Spencer Traylor Thomas Trenney Patricia Tribby Heidi Tribby Laura Tribby* Bob Tynecki Frank Valdez Sarah & Travis Valentine Barb & Mark Van Hare Bryan & Marcia VanDriel Carol Vaughan Shannon Vento Lauren Vidak Deborah Viles Richard von Foerster Kristin Von Stroh Lisa Wade Ken & Lois Wadman Beth Wadman Jeff Warren Sally Waters Anthony Watkins Lynn Wearden Leanne Weinshenker Sarah Weissenbuehler Paula Wenger Melissa West Patricia Wetmore Alex Wheatland Hannah Wheeler Gail Wheeler

Tia Whitaker Sarah Whitnah Marsha Wiggins Mariko Wilcox Dana Willett LeeAnn & Laurence Williams Anne Williams Terry Williams Nancy Williams Katie Willsey Andrew Wilson Abbey Winter Eric & Susan Winterrowd Stephen Winters Eileen Wise Jennifer Wise Karen L Witt Larry Wood Carol Wood Shannon Wood Rothenberg Heather Wuobio Patti Wyatt Ken & Sue Zimmerman Stacey Zynen

Scholarship Fund Donors Judy Bloomberg Schenkein Kim & Michael Dunninger Carol Lanaghen Susan Lewkow Jennifer Moore Jim & Joanie Calhoun

In Kind

Kai Berry-Helmlinger Cherry Creek High School First Plymouth UCC Susan Lewkow John Schaak

In Memoriam and Honorarium Emily Anderson, in honor of Lindsey Aquilina Frankie Anderson, in honor of Judy Fredericksen Bill and Carol Bartley, in honor of John Bartley Sharon and Reggie Bradford, in honor of Michael Bradford Michael Bright, in honor of Matthew Eschliman Liz and Dmitri Calvert, in honor of John Ludwig Andrew Christ, in honor of Mary Christ Linda Dey, in honor of Richard Larson Jena Dickey, in honor of Simon Harrison Beverly and Bruce Fest, in honor of Christina Graham Judy Fredericksen, in honor of Melissa Menter Elaine and Mike Gardner, in honor of Alicia Rigsby Diane Goodwin and Rush Pierce, in honor of Genette and Bob Henderson Annette Gunnerson, in honor of Kevin and Heather Gunnerson Ken and Diane Hoagland, in honor of Joel Rinsema Sarah Jamieson, in honor of Sarah Harrison Elaine Johnson, in honor of Karl Johnson Michael Kadovitz, in honor of Matthew Eschliman Betsy and Tad Lyle, in honor of Jennifer Moore Pam Midboe, in honor of Kristi Midboe Sannes

Mary Nelle Gage and Ruth Routten, in honor of Michael Boender Jenny Shultz-Thomas, in honor of Joel Rinsema and Sarah Harrison Lois Siegel, in honor of Kai and Lyn Berry-Helmlinger Frederick K Trask, in honor of Keith Ferguson Rev. Dr. S. Patrice Von Stroh, in honor of Jonathan Von Stroh Laurence and Deborah Weinberg, in honor of Scott Horowitz Clara Winter, in honor of Sarah Harrison Larry Wood, in honor Michael Bradford Roberta R. Larson, in honor of Bryce Kennedy Michael Bizzaro, in memory of Bill and Gay Eustice Julie Durst, in memory of Don Durst Judy Fredericksen, in memory of Jack Fredericksen Mary Hupp, in memory of Frances Hupp Ruth McCollum Huff, in memory of Dr. Jerrald D. McCollum Elaine Menter, in memory of Robert Menter Teresa Morgan, in memory of Joy Post Andrea Ware-Medina, in memory of Charlott Ware

Andy and Marybeth Pettitt, in honor of Erin Pettitt Alice and Dan Robinson, inhonor of Heather Gunnerson Charity Fitness Challenge, in honor of Lindsey Aquilina

Kantorei would like to thank our sponsors for your generous and ongoing support!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS KANTOREI'S 202I-2022 SEASON

SATURDAY MARCH 5, 2022

SATURDAY MAY 2I, 2022

“Exile Lamentations”

“Journey to Freedom”

@ 7:30 pm

@ 7:30 pm

First Plymouth Congregational Church

First Plymouth Congregational Church

SUNDAY MARCH 6, 2022

SUNDAY MAY 22, 2022

“Exile Lamentations” @ 3:00 pm

Wellshire Presbyterian Church

“Journey to Freedom”

@ 3:00 pm

Wellshire Presbyterian Church

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