Monadnock Chorus will add to the joy of the holiday season with concerts December 14th and 15th celebrating musical traditions from around the world. This selection of heart-warming holiday music features traditional English Christmas carols, as well as carols from Ukraine and Venezuela, Gospel music from the African-American tradition, a piece celebrating Asian Mahayana Buddhism, winter songs from Norway, a Chanukah celebration in the Jewish Tradition, a hymn from Russian Slavonic Vespers and an Old Scots secular folk song celebrating winter solstice. The program will be anchored by Misa Criolla, a mass based on Argentine and Bolivian folk dances and tunes.
