Pomerium
Alexander Blachly, Director

Creator of the Stars

All Souls Church
East 80th Street & Lexington Avenue
New York, NY

5:00 p.m.
21 December 2008  

Alma redemptoris mater Alma redemptoris mater II Conditor alme siderum Conditor alme siderum Puer natus est Puer natus est Preter rerum seriem Preter rerum seriem Quem vidistis pastores Quem vidistis pastores

Sarum Chant (England, ca. 1260) Guillaume Du Fay (ca. 1397-1474) Chant, Rome BAV MS 18 (Italy 16th cent.) Costanzo Festa (ca. 1490-1545) Sarum Chant (England, ca. 1260) William Byrd (1543-1623) Paris, BN, MS Lat. 1107 (France, 1254) Josquin Desprez (ca. 1452-1521) Paris, BN, MS Lat. 12044 (France, 12th cent.) Cipriano de Rore (ca. 1515-1565)

INTERMISSION

A solis ortus cardine A solis ortus cardine Enixa est puerpera Dies sanctificatus Descendit sicut pluvia Reges Tharsis et insule Reges Tharsis et insule Resonet in laudibus Resonet in laudibus

Hymni totius anni (Rome, 1589) Giov. Pierl. da Palestrina (1525-1594) Adrian Willaert (ca. 1490-1562) Giov. Pierl. da Palestrina Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594) Sarum chant (England, 13th cent.) William Byrd Vienna 4494 (Austria, ca. 1460) Orlande de Lassus

Pomerium
Kristina Boerger, Melissa Fogarty, Michele Kennedy, Dominique Surh - sopranos
Silvie Jensen - mezzo-soprano
Robert Isaacs - countertenor
Thom Baker, Neil Farrell, Michael Steinberger - tenors
Mark Duer, Jeffrey Johnson - baritones
Kurt-Owen Richards, Peter Stewart - basses