Themes of home and hope permeate the holidays as we visit relatives, and give thanks for each other. The choir explores these themes – both the comfort we find in them and the discomfort of their absence – through poetry and music. Carols old and new respond to the poetry that describes the human need for music, the longing for a distant home, the relief of acceptance, and questions what makes home, home. Works about snow and angels, home and loss, and love and acceptance create a space to open our hearts and our homes. Morten Lauridsen’s O Magnum Mysterium and Franz Biebl’s Ave Maria anchor a program that promises to bring hope to all who long for home.

This concert will last 90 minutes including one intermission.