2019—2020 Concert Season
LAUDA
Respighi’s Laud to the Nativity
Sunday, December 15, 2019
St. Raymond de Penafort Church
Elmhurst Ave. & Lincoln St., Mt. Prospect
3:30 p.m. Pre-Concert Chat
4:00 p.m. Concert
Desirée Hassler,
soprano
Sarah Ponder,
mezzo-soprano
Hoss Brock,
tenor
NWCS presents our popular annual holiday concert, opening with Ottorino Respighi’s beautiful, rarely heard Christmas cantata, Lauda per la Natività del Signore (“Laud to the Nativity”)—a hymn of praise to the birth of Jesus, as told from the point of view of the shepherds, the angels and Mary. With stellar soloists and instrumentalists from the Chicago area, our multi-faceted program also features a joyous variety of anthems, carols and popular songs for Christmas.