Readings & Carols (Re)imagined

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