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Discover anew colorful harmonies, infectious rhythms, and memorable melodies, the components of favorite Christmas choral music that enthralls audiences year after year.  Cantate Carlisle's talented singers bring you many of the most beautiful Christmas compositions and arrangements ever written for choirs, many of them hallmarks of the classic choral repertoire.

   **  Selections from Messiah, Amahl and the Night Visitors, and Ceremony of Carols
   **  O Magnum Mysterium by Morten Lauridsen, What Sweeter Music by John Rutter
   **  Ave Maria for mens' voices by Franz Biebl, O Holy Night by Adolphe Adam
   **  Beloved carols and spirituals
   **  Several less-known surprise selections to add to your list of classics.

Allow the subtle power of great music to open your heart to the potent emotions of Christmas.  Experience joy, comfort, humor, tenderness, and reverence, and share the intensity of that experience with friends and loved ones with a connection that only a live performance can provide!
 

Compassion: the Need & the Gift

A benefit concert for the Cumberland County American Red Cross 

Saturday, May 17^th at 8:00 PM

Sunday, May 18^th at 3:00 PM

Allison United Methodist Church

99 Moorland Avenue, Carlisle

Benjamin Britten’s intensely dramatic setting of the parable of the Good Samaritan (Cantata Misericordium) provides the centerpiece for this uplifting concert.  Baltimore-based soloists Jeffrey Fahnestock, tenor, and James Watson, baritone, portray the Samaritan and the traveler, while the choir acts as a Greek chorus, enhancing the story with pointed commentary.  Orchestra accompanies the cantata, as well as two other poignant selections: Gustav Holst’s setting of Psalm 86 for tenor, soprano and choir and John Rutter’s gorgeous setting of Psalm 122, I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes.  To round out the program Cantate Carlisle will perform several spirituals and inspirational selections with thought-provoking texts by today’s best composers and arrangers.

Originally composed in 1963 to celebrate the centenary of the Red Cross, Britten’s Cantata Misericordium provides a fitting tribute to the essential work and immediate need of our local Red Cross as it undertakes a new building project. 

$3.00  from each ticket sold goes to the
Cumberland County Chapter of the American Red Cross