Following the Star
Sunday, December 21 — 4pm
pre-concert talk at 3:30pm
First Presbyterian Church
1001 NW 25th Street, Oklahoma City, 73106
In the darkest time of the year, we bring music of hope and renewal, celebrating the Christmas season and the winter solstice.
“When the swallow takes her flight,
When the day is filled with night:
Light a flame to guide you through.
Spring will surely come to you.”
—Anna Tabbush, from Winter Song
Featuring the seamlessly blended voices of the Tactus Vocal Ensemble joined by harp, piano and strings, the concert includes:
—traditional Christmas carols like “In the Bleak Midwinter” and “I Wonder as I Wander”
—Meditations on the darkness of winter, including a selection from Franz Schubert’s “Winter’s Journey,” “Winter Song” by Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson, and Randall Thompson’s setting of Robert Frost’s poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
—Ethereal choral music by Eric Whitacre, Benjamin Britten, and Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo, and a world premiere of a piece by Tactus Music Director Warren Puffer Jones.
(K-12 student tickets are free!)
Musicians
Warren Puffer Jones conductor and composer
Viola
Donna Cain
Cello
Yoo-Jung Chang
Harp
Catherine Caton
Piano
Taylor Hutchinson
The superb musicians of Tactus join their voices for this masterpiece of sacred music.
With clarity, expression and beauty, the Tactus vocal ensemble presents a sublime concert experience.
