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Ring in the holiday season with this jubilant special performance in the Gardner Museum Courtyard! George Steel, Abrams Curator of Music, leads music from across four centuries and multiple winter traditions. With choral performances by Vox Vocal Ensemble, the all-star American Brass Quintet, special guest Salar Nader on tabla, and carols for all to sing, you won’t want to miss this magical evening.
The Holiday Music program ranges from Renaissance treasures including William Byrd’s motet Vigilate and dances from Michael Praetorius’s Terpsichore, to the traditional carols “Gaudete” and “Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day” (arranged by David Willcocks), Richard Wayne Dirksen’s Chanticleer in a new arrangement by George Steel, and music by David Jason Snow. The evening features the world premiere of tzur hanevi’im, a new work by John Zorn composed expressly for the 16 singers performing, and closes with Steel’s own The Three Kings, newly revised for this year’s celebration.
The music and sing-along will run from 7–8 pm, and ticket holders can come early at 6 pm or stay late until 9 pm to enjoy the Museum galleries, shop at Gift at the Gardner, or purchase treats from Café G’s holiday menu of small plates and cocktails/mocktails. (Please note, this is not a seated concert.)