Music at St. James Cathedral: Advent Readings & Carols
Free
Traditional — Betelehemu (arr. Andy Beck Beck)
Traditional — Do hory, do lesa, valasi (Slovakian)
Philip Wilby — Echo Carol
Michael Praetorius — Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen ("Lo how a rose e'er blooming")
Mateo Flecha — Ríu Ríu Chíu (Castillian villancico, 16th c.)
Traditional — The Seven Joys of Mary (arr. David Iliff)
Traditional — Still, Still, Still
This year's Readings and Carols features all of our Youth Music ensembles: Fratres Young Men's Ensemble, Jubilate! Young Women's Ensemble, Schola Cantorum, and Seraphim Choir, singing songs from around the world that lend a global voice to our Advent anticipation and Christmas joy.
Youth readers offer traditional readings from Holy Scripture heralding Christ's birth, and congregational carols are sung in the soft glow of candlelight. No tickets or reservations are required for this liturgy – all are welcome! A freewill offering to benefit the Youth Music Program will be collected.
About Fratres Young Men's Ensemble
Fratres, meaning brothers, is a new ensemble the Cathedral is opening to all young men with changing and changed voices (middle school through high school). Fratres offers an engaging, creative, and safe space to make music at the highest level for the changing adolescent voice.
https://www.stjames-cathedral.org/music/YouthMusic/fratres.aspx?LNID=3About St. James Schola Cantorum
http://www.stjames-cathedral.org/music/about/ChoralEnsembles/cantorum.aspx?LNID=6
About St. James Cherubim Choir
The Seraphim Choir, a training choir for children grades 1-3, gives an opportunity for younger singers to gain valuable musicianship skills while being mentored by their Schola Cantorum peers during rehearsals.
https://www.stjames-cathedral.org/music/youthmusic/seraphim.aspx?LNID=3