THE BOSTON CECILIA PRESENTS "THIS LITTLE BABE" - A NEW ERA EMERGES

December 1, 2011 — Conductor Donald Teeters will lead The Boston Cecilia in Benjamin Britten’s "A Ceremony of Carols" and Daniel Pinkham’s "Christmas Cantata" in concerts on Friday, December 16, in Boston and Sunday, December18, in Brookline. The Cecilians, at midpoint in their 136th season, will revive these two 20th century Christmas classics, both of which they successfully recorded under Teeters' leadership in recent years, in a program that also includes excerpts from Berlioz' oratorio "L’Enfance du Christ," a cappella works by Górecki and Bruckner, and a sampler of ever popular British Carols.

Teeters, now in his final season as Cecilia music director, said about this concert: "There is so much glitz surrounding the celebration of Christmas these days, so much that is tawdry. Maybe it's time to dig deep into the season's solid gold treasures in the excellent company of The Boston Cecilia singers."

"This Little Babe" - A New Era Emerges
Donald Teeters, conductor
Jessica Cooper, soprano
Mary Gerbi, mezzo-soprano
Ina Zdorovetchi, harpist
Joshua Collier, tenor
Barbara Bruns, organist

Friday, December 16, 2011 at 8:00 PM
Church of the Advent
30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA 02108

Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 3:00 PM
All Saints Parish
1773 Beacon St., Brookline, MA 02445

Tickets are $15, $27, $42, $62

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