Descends the Snow Holiday Concert December 11, 2011

December 11, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.; December 14, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The East Bay's award-winning WomenSing kicks off the holiday season with a concert entitled "Descends the Snow." Under the direction of conductor Martin Benvenuto, WomenSing will perform a broad range of seasonal favorites and music celebrating the mystery and beauty of the winter landscape. This concert will include two pieces by internationally acclaimed Australian composer Sandra Milliken, the featured composer throughout WomenSing's 2011-2012 concert season. Ms. Milliken's composition, "Snowflakes," is an evocative and haunting musical interpretation of the Longfellow poem. We will be one of the first choruses to perform Ms. Milliken's lively "Hodie Christus Natus Est," just composed and published within the last year. Also on the program is "Five Hebrew Love Songs" by well-known American composer, Eric Whitacre. Along with other beautiful pieces depicting a winter landscape, WomenSing will present David Conte's delightful "Christmas Intrada," a festive medley of carols for treble chorus and four-hand piano.

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