Performances World Premiere peerformances:  San Francisco Choral Artists, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, California, December 10, 2016; St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Oakland, California, December 11, 2016; St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, San Francisco, California, December 18, 2016. The recording here is from a reading by

Performances Alma redemptoris mater (selection), Choir of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, December 6, 2009 and December 24, 2009 Texts Alma Redemptoris Mater Alma Redemptoris Mater, quae pervia coeli Porta manes, et stella maris, succurre cadenti, Surgere qui curat, populo: tu quae genuisti,

Program Note This harmonically interesting and uplifting arrangement of the traditional American Christmas carol is in four parts with some divisi.