READINGS & CAROLS (RE)IMAGINED
December 19-21, 2025
Roots in the Sky
Andrew Major, conductor
Matthew O'Sullivan, organ
Eventide, our single star,
One looking star, this night.
We look for You,
Forgiving light, our guide.
— Rebecca Gayle Howell
Montana's premiere chamber choir presents a seasonal reflection of the snow and winter, of the star and seeking, of the mother and service, of the child and sacrifice, and of hope and peace
Program:
Prelude: Organ Voluntaries
Procession: Good-will to men and peace on Earth by Dobrinka Tabakova
Exordium: In Principio by Motshwane Pege
I. Of the Snow & Winter
- Reading: “Snow” by Philip Levine
- Carol: Shepherd’s Carol by Bob Chilcott
- Carol: Halcyon Days by Melissa Dunphy
- Hymn: In the Bleak Midwinter
II. Of the Star & Seeking
- Reading: “Why Not a Star” by Margaret Gooding
- Carol: We look for you (from A Winter Breviary) by Reena Esmail
- Carol: How Fair and Bright the Morning Star by Kile Smith
III. Of the Mother & Service
- Reading: “If I Sleep While My Baby Sleeps” by Alice B. Fogel
- Carol: Magnificat (from the Gloucester Service) by Herbert Howells
- Carol: Antiphon for a Virgin by Tina Davidson
- Hymn: What Child is this?
IV. Of the Child & Sacrifice
- Reading: “White-Eyes” by Mary Oliver
- Carol: A tender shoot by Kerensa Briggs
- Carol: God would be born in thee by Judith Bingham
- Hymn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
V. Of Hope & Peace
- Carol: sleeper’s prayer by David Lang
- Carol: Littlemore Tractus by Arvo Pärt
- Hymn: O Come, All Ye Faithful
- Postlude: Exodus by Alex Berko
