Christmas in Venice - Alaska Chamber Singers 2023

Filmed live at St. Patrick's Parish, December 9, in Anchorage, Alaska, and St. Andrew's in Eagle River on December 10, 2023
Alaska Chamber Singers
David Hagen, Conductor
Susan Wingrove-Reed, Piano and Keyboards
From Vespers of 1610 by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
00:00 1. Deus in Adjutorium
Luke Honeck, soloist
02:15 2. Dixit Dominus
Kimberly Hayes, Emilee Smith, Madison Van Ausdal, Luke Honeck, Jeremy Austin, Jon Rippe, soloists
11:49 In dulci jubilo, traditional German carol c. 1400 settings by Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
15:29 Venite, sitientes, ad aquas Domini by Monteverdi
Summer Rae Kuhns and Yan Lui, soloists
Bruce Wood, cello
20:13 Canzon septimi toni No.2, Gabrieli - Brass Ensemble (players below)
23:32 Hodie Christus natus est, Gabrieli, antiphon to the Magnificat at Second Vespers of Christmas
26:23 Psalm 150, Henrich Schütz (1585-1672) from the Luther Bible (1545)
36:40 A Virgin Unspotted (anonymous), William Billings (1746-1800)
38:35 Quelle est cette odeur agréable?, traditional French carol, arr. David Willcocks
Jeremy Austin, soloist
43:05 Carol of the Drum (The Little Drummer Boy), Katherine K. Davis
45:56 Ave Maria (from the Angelus, traditional Catholic prayer), Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Annie Herzog and Luke Honeck, soloists
50:55 Still, Still, Still, traditional Austrian Carol, arr. Norman Luboff
53:49 Esta Noche, traditional Spanish Carol, arr. Andrew Carter
Annie Herzog, soloist
55:59 Silent Night, Franz Gruber, arr. Malcolm Sargent
Summer Rae Kuhns, soloist
59:13 Carol of the Bells, Ukrainian New Year's Song, translation by Minna Louise Hohman, arr. Mykola D. Leontovich
1:01:22 We Wish You A Merry Christmas, traditional English carol arr. John Rutter
Singers
Soprano, section leader Kathy Jin Hagen
Amanda Boger
Apryl Cardwell
Jimberly Hayes
Summer Rae Kuhns
Yan Liu
Kim Martin
Alison Pogue
Meredith Rude
Emilee Smith
Stephanie Williams
Alto, section leader Annie Herzog
Elizabeth Astle
Mikayla Forbes
Katherine Huffman
Tamara McCoy
Amanda Myers
Heidi Schleif
Madison VanAusdal
Tenor, section leader Luke Honeck
Jeremy Austin
David Ianson
Mark Iverson
Braydon Perrupato (absent)
Jim Powell
Bardon Simons
Bass, section leader Phil Cheasebro
Ken Diemer
Tim Fosket
Evan Hagen
Lyndon Harder
Franco Nero
Jon Rippe
Bruce Wood
Student singers
Evelyn Austin, Soprano
Charlie Beltran, Alto
Madeleine Cannon, Alto
Clarie Evans, Alto
Teanekuma Pulini, Baritone
Brass Ensemble
Trumpet
Linn Weeda
John Cleveland
Hannah Johnston
Sean Evanick
David Hagen
Horn
Darrel Kincade
Evan Hagen
Trombone
Andy Sorensen
Mike Ottaviano
Tuba
Mike Martinson

[@timkinburn]

Thank you so much for such holiday cheer!

[@ellenmaccarrone4936]

Lovely, but what does this Alaskan concert have to do with Venice, I wonder.