"The Story of Christmas"
"…no other group approaches the style and verve of the Waverly Consort"
TIME Magazine
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For over 45 years, The Waverly Consort has been one of America's premier ensembles and a pioneer in the early-music revival. Each holiday season the thirteen-member ensemble of singers and players tours The Christmas Story, a program combining solemn and festive music, processions and simple gestures to dramatize the Biblical narrative as conveyed by music manuscripts and illuminated miniatures of the Middle Ages. Since its premiere at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1980, this seasonal offering has become a favorite of audiences .