Contributed by Nan Potts
A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY
12/12/2019 - 7:30PM Mat-Su Community Chorus
Farm Loop Christian Center
5900 N Farm Loop Rd. Palmer
FREE Admission
A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY
12/15/2019 - 4PM
Mat-Su Community Chorus
St. John Lutheran Church
440 E Elmwood Ave. Palmer
FREE Students & Seniors, $7 Adults
No snow blankets our stark landscape and fall still lingers; yet, the Holiday Season rapidly approaches. You know it well, the not so distant roar of the momentum building — so many things to do to prepare for entertaining and feasting! And of course, shopping! Why not take a break from your calendar and join us in a journey?
Although you won’t have to travel far to take it, you will journey far, both into the past and present. Entertaining during this time does not necessarily mean at home but entertainment you and family can enjoy away from home. This trip I invite you on is a musical one.
The Mat-Su Community Chorus has traveled far and wide, into their library, to present to you carols from around the world. From into the past with traditional carols and madrigals, through Christmas hits of recent history, to contemporary works celebrating Christmas, the Chorus is delighted to present, “A Christmas Journey”.
Christmas music has evolved over the ages. Beginning with liturgical chanting of the late Middle-Ages, the music and spirt of Christmas has blossomed into lively and loving tunes people around this globe celebrate to.
Directed by Amber Sumner and accompanied by Grace Page, the Chorus starts your journey with the rhythms of Africa, taking you trough sixteenth century Europe and its variations of styles and ceremonies, stopping briefly in the nineteenth century with Tchaikovsky’s “Russian Dance” and “Dance of the Sugar-Plumb Fairy” and highlighting Holst’s “Christmas Day”, arriving at our final destinations of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries with familiar tunes. Featured in this concert are two “O Magnum Mysterium”. One written during Victorian England times and the other contemporary.
Come listen and make our Christmas journey a part of yours. We’d love to have you.
Unable to attend the concerts? Well, you’ll catch us caroling around Palmer during Colony Christmas, from 2pm until 4pm. See you then!
A Christmas Journey is presented:
Thursday, December 12th, 7:30pm at the Farm Loop Christian Center in Palmer
5900 N Farm Loop Road, Palmer
This is a free-will offering concert.
Sunday, December 15th, 4pm at St. John Lutheran Church in Palmer
440 E Elmwood Ave., Palmer
Tickets are $7 at the door, students and seniors are admitted free
