Bellevue Chamber Chorus will present “Upon A Midnight Clear,” a program of Christmas treasures old and new, and the first concert series of its 30th anniversary season.
The program will include Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols, featuring a return appearance by Naomi Kato, harpist. Also on the program is the sensation of riding camels with the Magi with Steve Barnett’s arrangement of Fum, Fum, Fum, and the Puerto Rican carol De Tierra Lejana Venimos. In addition, the chorus will perform Renaissance masterworks and contemporary pieces by William Hawley (O magnum mysterium), Robert Young (There Is No Rose), and Stephen Paulus’ haunting Gabriel’s Message, a Basque carol also covered by Sting. It also will preview two pieces featured on its newly released Christmas CD, available at the concert.
Performances take place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at Bothell United Methodist Church, 18515 92nd Ave. N.E.; 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, at Grace Lutheran Church, 9625 N.E. Eighth St., Bellevue; and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 3030 Bellevue Way N.E.
Single ticket prices are $18 for adults, $14 for students and seniors, and $9 for children 12 and under. Group sales are also available. To order tickets, or for more information, call 425-881-0445, or go to the chorus website at BellevueChamberChorus.org. Tickets are also available through Brown Paper Tickets at 800-838-3006 or www.BrownPaperTickets.com.
