Before Dawn: A Christmas Recital
$15
Hugh MacColl — Noel Sketches
Edgar Bainton — Ring Out Wild Bells
Arnold Bax — A Christmas Carol
Arthur Benjamin — Before Dawn
William Bergsma — Lullee Lullay
Gordon Binkerd — What Sweeter Musick
Benjamin Britten — The Birds
Ivor Gurney — Carol of the Skiddaw Yowes
Charles Ives — A Christmas Carol
Normand Lockwood — Joseph Dearest Joseph
Peter Warlock — The First Mercy
Juliana Brandon, vocalist
Peter Nelson-King, piano
Ross Lee Finney – Piano Sonata No. 4, "Christmas 1945"
Hugh MacColl – Noel Sketches
Edgar Bainton – Ring Out Wild Bells
Arnold Bax – A Christmas Carol
Arthur Benjamin – Before Dawn
William Bergsma – Lullee Lullay
Gordon Binkerd – What Sweeter Musick
Benjamin Britten – The Birds
Ivor Gurney – Carol of the Skiddaw Yowes
Charles Ives – A Christmas Carol
Normand Lockwood – Joseph, Dearest Joseph
Peter Warlock – The First Mercy
Join vocalist Juliana Brandon and pianist Peter Nelson-King for a unique program of modern classical music about Christmas, based on themes of intimacy, mystery and memory. Featured on the program are eight art songs by British and American composers, including Charles Ives, Peter Warlock, and the Seattle-based William Bergsma, as well as two rare, large-scale piano works by Ross Lee Finney and Hugh MacColl. Seattle's Queen Anne Christian Church offers a sonorous and intimate venue for this one-of-a-kind concert.
Juliana Brandon is the founder of the Paper Puppet Opera and Operadisiac, as well as a member of the Seattle Bach Choir. Peter Nelson-King is the founder of Cursive, and a member of Brass Band Northwest, the Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra, and the Ensign Symphony and Chorus.