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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) Missa brevis
Arjan van Baest (b. 1969) Perfice gressus meos
Congregational service music and hymns
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Richard Farrant (c. 1530-1580) Nunc dimittis from Short Service
Gregor Aichinger (c. 1565-1628) Missa de Beata Virgine
Peter Philips (c. 1560-1628) Hodie Beata Virgo Maria à5
Congregational service music and hymns
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Charles Wood (1866-1926) Missa Portae honoris in F
Wood O Thou, the central orb
Congregational service music and hymns
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) Quatrième messe solennelle:
Messe chorale sur l’intonation de la liturgie catholique
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) Almighty and Everlasting God
Congregational service music and hymns
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Messe basse
Melchior Vulpius (c. 1570-1615) Jederman gibt zum ersten guten Wein
Congregational service music and hymns
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

César Franck (1822-1890) Messe Solennelle à trois voix, FWV 61a
Andreas de Silva (c. 1478-c. 1530) Intonuit de celo Dominus
Congregational service music and hymns
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Jacobus Gallus (1550-1591) Missa Ich stund an einem Morgen à5
Scott Villard (b. 1971) Omnes de Saba venient, from Five Magi Antiphons (2011)
Villard Stella ista sicut flamma, from Five Magi Antiphons
Villard Lux de luce, from Five Magi Antiphons
Congregational service music and hymns
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Er ist auf Erden kommen arm/Wer will die Liebe Recht erhöhn, from Weihnachts-Oratorium, Part 1
Jacobus Gallus (1550-1591) In nomine Jesu
Congregational service music and hymns
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Peter Warlock (1894-1930) Benedicamus Domino
Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) Verbum caro factum est à6
Congregational service music and hymns
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) Missa Aeterna Christi munera
Andrea Gabrieli (c. 1532-1585) Angelus ad pastores ait
John Tavener (1944-2013) The Lamb (1982)
Congregational service music and hymns
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo (“Kleine Orgelmesse”)
Rosephanye Powell (b. 1962) The Word Was God (1996)
James MacMillan (b. 1959) In splendoribus sanctorum (2005) from The Strathclyde Motets
Congregational service music and hymns
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan conductor
Yulia Van Doren soprano
Reginald Mobley countertenor
Ben Bliss tenor
Dashon Burton bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe chorus director

William Byrd (c. 1540-1623) Mass for Three Voices
Gilles Binchois (c. 1400-1460) Magnificat tertii toni
Franz Xaver Witt (1834-1888) Ave Maria
Congregational service music and hymns
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan conductor
Yulia Van Doren soprano
Reginald Mobley countertenor
Ben Bliss tenor
Dashon Burton bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe chorus director

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan conductor
Yulia Van Doren soprano
Reginald Mobley countertenor
Ben Bliss tenor
Dashon Burton bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe chorus director

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan conductor
Yulia Van Doren soprano
Reginald Mobley countertenor
Ben Bliss tenor
Dashon Burton bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe chorus director

Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901) Messe in A, op. 126
Anon. 16th century Rejoice in the Lord Alway
Adrian Batten (c. 1590-1637) Lord, we beseech thee
Congregational service music and hymns
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

adapted from Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) Matin Responsory
Paul Manz (1919-2009) E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come (1953)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Deo gracias, from Ceremony of Carols (1942)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) O thou that tellest, from Messiah
Bob Chilcott (1955-) O Emmanuel, from Advent Antiphons (2004)
arr. Barry Rose (b. 1934) People, Look East
arr. Stefan Claas Maria durch ein Dornwald ging (2007)
Kathryn Rose (b. 1980) Advent (2015)

Healey Willan (1880-1968) Missa Brevis No. XI (Missa Sancti Johannis Baptistae)
Johann Joseph Fux (c. 1660-1741) Deus tu convertens
Ludovico Balbi (c. 1545-1604) Jerusalem surge
Congregational service music and hymns
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

The celebrated Music of the Baroque Chorus makes its first regular season appearance since December 2019 in Handel’s most iconic oratorio: Messiah. Nicholas Kraemer leads the Music of the Baroque Chorus, Orchestra, and soloists in the ensemble’s first performance of the work in over a decade. Herald the holiday season with the dramatic tour de force that has captivated audiences since 1741.

Music of the Baroque Chorus and Orchestra
Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
Sherezade Panthaki, soprano
Allyson McHardy, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Brook, bass-baritone
Richard Croft, tenor
Benjamin Rivera, guest chorus director