Christmas in Europe

Traditional — Still, Still, Still
Leroy Anderson — Pastores á Belén
Traditional — O Yule Full of Gladness
Ralph Vaughan Williams — Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Michael Praetorius — Selected works
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Selected works
Gioachino Rossini — Selected works
Jan Sandström — Selected works
Francis Poulenc — Selected works
Tomás Luis de Victoria — Selected works

Buon natale and Joyeux Noël! Join Bellevue Chamber Chorus as we enter our fourth decade of performances with the 2014 Holiday program, "Christmas in Europe"!

Our program features a diverse sample of European treasures for Christmas and the New Year. Enjoy lush arrangements of traditional carols including "Still, Still, Still" (Austria), "Pastores á Belén" (Spain), "O Yule Full of Gladness" (Norway) and more!

Cellist Nathan Whittaker (Seattle Baroque Orchestra, Cornish College of the Arts) joins the chorus for Ralph Vaughan Williams' marvelous "Fantasia on Christmas Carols."

Renaissance counterpoint weaves beautiful tapestries of sound in music by de Victoria (Spain), Dering (England) and Praetorius (Germany), and more modern harmonies entrance the ears in anthems by Tchaikovsky (Russia), Rossini (Italy), Sandström (Sweden) and Poulenc (France).

Celebrate the season with us as we wish you God Jul and Feliz navidad!

About Bellevue Chamber Chorus

Bellevue Chamber Chorus, founded in 1984, performs a minimum of three major concerts each season, encompassing a variety of choral literature from the classical standards and contemporary works to world music, Broadway hits, and vocal jazz. The Chorus often joins other ensembles in performances of major choral/orchestral works, such as Mozart’s Vespers and Requiem, Faure’s Requiem, Verdi’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Brahms’ Requiem, Rutter's Mass of the Children, and Ariel Ramirez' Misa por la Paz y la Justicia. The ensemble has premiered works by regional composers, including commissioned works for the Washington State Centennial Celebration, the grand opening of the Theatre at Meydenbauer Center, a special 20th anniversary season commissioned piece, That Music Always Round Me, by Seattle composer, John Muehleisen, and co-commissions of pieces by Andre Thomas and Eric Whitacre. The Chorus has released three CDs, “Timeframes”, “Retrospective”, and our 2013 holiday CD, “Christmas Visions, Winter Dreams”. Bellevue Chamber Chorus tours often and has performed in Carnegie Hall, various locations in Europe, the International Music Festival (2000) in Sydney, Australia, and twice at the invitational Kathaumixw International Choral Festival in Powell River, British Columbia, where they won first place in 2008 in the adult mixed chorus category. Other performances include the Leavenworth International Choral Festival, the international “Rolling Requiem” in memory of September 11th, as one of the regional choruses in the NEA sponsored American Masterpieces Choral Festival in Seattle, and in Kelowna, B.C. as part of the Okanogan Choral Society Series. The Chorus toured the south of France in the summer of 2017 and participated in the 22nd International Choir Festival in Provence, and the 9th International Choir Festival in Aveyron. The Chorus has been selected as one of only six choirs to perform in a special GSCC event “Welcome Home Morten Lauridsen” in October 2019. Bellevue Chamber Chorus has active memberships in the Bellevue Downtown Association, Greater Seattle Choral Consortium (GSCC) and Chorus America. The Chorus is supported in part by the Bellevue Arts Commission and 4Culture.

http://bellevuechamberchorus.org/