CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS
CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS
December 15–17, 2023
Music Director Daniel Hope on “Christmas Ornaments”
Friday, Dec 15, 2023: 7:30pm
First Congregational Church, Berkeley
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Saturday, Dec 16, 2023: 3:00pm
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Belvedere Tiburon
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Sunday, Dec 17, 2023: 3:30pm
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, San Francisco
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There will be a free open rehearsal for this program on Thursday, December 14, 2023 from 10:00am–12:30pm at Forest Hill Christian Church (250 Laguna Honda Boulevard, San Francisco). The open rehearsal is at capacity and closed to further RSVPs.
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Daniel Hope
Music Director and concertmaster
Usher in the holiday season with the glittering opulence of the Baroque era, as Daniel Hope and New Century are joined by French trumpeter Lucienne Renaudin Vary for a vibrant Christmas program whose charms are more than ornamental. Festive favorites like Corelli’s Christmas Concerto and J.S. Bach’s third Brandenburg Concerto mingle with rare gems like Neruda’s Trumpet Concerto, creating a blizzard of music that delivers audiences to the hushed, wintry soundscape of Copland’s Quiet City. Hope and Vary close out the program with a medley of popular holiday tunes certain to bring glad tidings and good cheer.
Lucienne Renaudin Vary
Trumpet
Jesse Barrett
English Horn
PROGRAM:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A-minor, BWV 1041
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 6, no. 8, “Christmas”
Johann B.G. Neruda
Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major
Aaron Copland
Quiet City
Traditional
Festive Christmas Medley
(arr. Paul Bateman)
Note: This program will be performed without intermission
Listen to Selections from “Christmas Ornaments”
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Lucienne Renaudin Vary performs a selection from Hummel's Trumpet Concerto
A Selection from Corelli's Christmas Concerto
Daniel Hope Performs a Selection from J.S. Bach's Violin Sonata in C Minor