Airs Friday, December 25, at 11 a.m. A celebration of the season as told through the glorious voices of Chanticleer, the 12-voice San Francisco-based men's choir.
Program
Virga Jesse floruit — Plainsong
O Virgo virginum — Josquin des Prez
Sa qui turo zente pleta — Anonymous, 17th Century Portuguese
There is no rose of such vertu — Fredrik Sixten
Molitva ("Prayer") from Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich — Georgy Sviridov:
Die Stimme des Kindes — Jaakko Mantyjarvi
Un flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle! — Traditional French (arr. Hugh Keyte/Andrew Parrott)
Fum, fum, fum! — Traditional Spanish (arr. Ken Malucelli)
Jul, jul, stralande jul — Gustaf Nordqvist
Quelle est cette odeur — Traditional French (arr. David Willcocks)
Ave Maria — Franz Biebl
Larger view
San Francisco-based Chanticleer, a premier mens chorus. (Lisa Kohler / Courtesy the Artist)