Midwinter Songs

WINTER CONCERT

Saturday, December 13, 2025 •  5:00pm
First Congregational Church of Evanston
1445 Hinman Ave, Evanston

Sunday, December 14, 2025 •  3:00pm
St. Paul’s UCC
2335 N Orchard St, Chicago

Concert Broadcast
Sunday, December 21, 2025

Concert Receptions
Join your fellow audience members, singers, CCC board and staff for a light wine & cheese reception following each Saturday evening performance! Have a chance to catch up with singers, talk about your favorite piece on the program, and enjoy the CCC community. 

Thank you to our reception sponsors ROGERS PARK SOCIAL AND PROVISIONS

This winter, bask in the love for one another that sustains us, against the dying light of December. 

This winter’s program is a journey, following the path through freshly fallen snow. Lauridsen’s Midwinter Songs are interspersed throughout, anchoring the program. While other familiar pieces that take us on a journey, sometimes without words, into a space of reflection and peace.  

Featuring works by Juhi Bansal, Meredith Monk, Benjamin Britten, and Mendelssohn, the concert progresses toward hope, peace, unity. The program ends with a work for double choir by Hieronymus Praetorius incorporating numerous Christmas carols, signaling our arrival, as we find our peace within nature's wintery landscape.

Program

passage - Meredith Monk

Midwinter Songs - Morten Lauridsen

First Snow - Bo Holten

A Hymn to the Virgin - Benjamin Britten

What Child is This? – Andrew Gant

Winter’s Vow - Juhi Bansal

Weihnachten - Mendelssohn

Virga Jesse - Bruckner

Magnificat Quinti Toni - H. Praetorius

Tickets

  • Adult: $32

  • Student (13+): $15

  • Kids 12 and under: FREE

  • Group (11 people or more): $25

  • Broadcast: $15 suggested donation

Parking and Transit Options

Saturday at First Congregational Church of Evanston

The building is just east of Raymond Park, between Grove and Lake streets.

Parking

Ample street parking is available on the streets around the church.

Transit

We are walking distance from the Dempster Purple Line stop.

Sunday at St. Paul’s UCC, Chicago

Parking

The church parking lot is at 634 W Kemper Pl.

  • All parking is first-come, first-served, with the below exceptions. 

  • The east half of the parking lot is rented to Lincoln Elementary on school year weekdays from 8am to 4pm.

  • There are reserved parking spaces on the west side of the parking lot for renters, from 4pm to 8am. 

  • Additional parking is available at the Lincoln Common Parking Garage, located just a block away at 2316 N. Lincoln Ave. Rates and additional information can be found on Parking.com.

Transit

Accessible from the Fullerton station with the Brown, Red, and Purple lines.

Support

This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council.

The Cliff Dwellers Arts Foundation