MOB: Holiday Brass & Choral Concert in River Forest Dec. 15

Music of the Baroque celebrates the season with its most beloved and enduring tradition: the Holiday Brass & Choral Concerts. This year’s program, “A Rose in Winter,” will be conducted by Andrew Megill and performed Dec. 15-18 in River Forest, Chicago’s Old Town, Winnetka and Evanston locations.

In his first conducting appearance since being named Music of the Baroque’s chorus director, Megill leads a mix of joyful carols, solemn chant, and jubilant works for brass from the Medieval era to the 20th century.

“We are thrilled that eminent conductor Andrew Megill will lead these concerts after his critically acclaimed debut last year,” commented Executive Director Declan McGovern. “His work with the chorus this year has been stellar, and the exquisite program he has compiled covers every facet of the holiday season, from contemplation to celebration.”

The program for all four concerts will include the following works:

A Spotless Rose

• Samuel Scheidt: Canzon cornetto a 4
• Anon: “There is No Rose”
• Herbert Howells: “A Spotless Rose”

Giovanni Gabrieli: Sonata pian e forte

Felix Mendelssohn: “Frohlocket ihr Volker auf Erden”

A Lily Among Thorns

• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Sicut lilium inter spinas
• Leonora d’Este: Sicut lilium inter spinas

Lodovico da Viadana: Sinfonia "La bergamasca"

Jeremiah Ingalls: “Glory to God on High”

The Rose Blossoms

• Distler: "Lo How a Rose”
• Benjamin Britten: “Hymn to the Virgin”
• Anton Bruckner: “Virga Jesse”

Johann Sebastian Bach: "Christmas Oratorio": " Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein”

Tielman Susato: Suite from “La Danserye”

The Lily of the Valley

• Melchior Vulpius: “Lo How a Rose”
• Claudio Monteverdi: “Ego flos campi”
• Rafaella Aleotti: “Ego flos campi”

Mateo Flecha: “Riu riu chiu”

A New World Mass

• Juan Gutierrez de Padilla: “Missa ego flos campi”
• Anonymous: Te Deum

Music of the Baroque celebrates the season with four “A Rose in Winter:” Holiday Brass & Choral Concerts conducted by Andrew Megill, Dec. 15-18.

• 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 15, at Grace Lutheran Church, 7300 Division St., River Forest, Ill.(graceriverforest.org)
• 7:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 16, at St. Michael Church, 1633 N Cleveland Ave., Chicago (st-mikes.org)

Tickets: $25-$100. Visit baroque.org or call 312.551.1414

• 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec.17, at Saints Faith, Hope, & Charity Church, 191 Linden St., Winnetka, Ill. (faithhope.org)
• 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, at Alice Millar Chapel- Northwestern University, 1870 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, Ill. (northwestern.edu/millarchapel)

Tickets: $40-$105. Visit baroque.org or call 312.551.1414

For tickets or more information, visit baroque.org.