12/12/2024
Christmas cantatas are intended to bring comfort, joy, and a sense of wonder to listeners. They celebrate the true essence of Christmas of unity, love, and hope through the power of music. Experience this!
Award-winning Crescendo presents festive Baroque holiday music for chorus, soloists and orchestra here at Saint James Place on Sunday, December 29. Crescendo Chorus of thirty singers will be joined by soprano Paulina Francisco (Canada), winner of the 11th edition of Les Jardin des Voix with Les Arts Florissants; countertenor Nicholas Tamagna (Germany); Gene Stenger (Connecticut), tenor, hailed as an “impressive tenor” (The New York Times) who sings with “sweet vibrancy” (The Cleveland Plain Dealer); bass-baritone Douglas Williams (Massachusetts), who has appeared as a soloist with some of the great orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic and Boston Symphony. The performances are led by Crescendo’s Founding Artistic Director, Christine Gevert.
Learn more and get tickets are available online at https://buff.ly/4it4awN, or on a first come, first served basis at the door, 45 minutes prior to the concert.