Cantata Sunday

Plan to be in worship on Sunday, December 14, as the custom of “Cantata Sunday” continues! The Chancel Choir, with soloists from its ranks, and orchestra will offer the exuberant Gloria by Antonio Vivaldi. Running about 25 minutes, it is a setting of one of the liturgical canticles, the Gloria in excelsis. Its opening lines come from Luke 2:14: the angel’s announcement to the shepherds.

In addition, the orchestra will offer the first movement of the Oboe Concerto in D Minor (op. 9, no. 2), by Tomaso Albinoni (a contemporary of Vivaldi, also living in Venice), and the “Rondeau” by Henry Purcell, made famous as the opening music in The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, by Benjamin Britten.

Following the service, a festive reception will take place in the Assembly Room. Cantata Sunday is made possible through the generosity of four families: Marian and Richard Bott, Susan and Dod Fraser, Amber Nee, and Mary and David Versfelt. Thank you!