Celebrate the holiday season with a lush selection of sacred music from soprano Esther Rayo and pianist Peter Grünberg at St. Stephen’s, Belvedere!
LIEDER ALIVE! presents (and records) Sacred Joy! We invite you to join us for a very special and festive concert at St. Stephen’s, Belvedere featuring a concert of sacred classical vocal music featuring soprano Esther Rayo and pianist Peter Grünberg, showcasing their long-standing musical partnership. The performance will also be recorded live for release in 2026.
Program
Traditional
Once in Royal David’s City
Traditional
Away in a Manger
Traditional
Adeste fideles- O Come, All Ye Faithful
MICHAEL PRAETORIUS
(1571 – 1621)
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen – Lo, How a Rose
FRANZ XAVER GRUBER
(1787 – 1763)
Stille Nacht – Silent Night
ADOLF ADAM
(1803 – 1856)
Cantique de Noël–O Holy Night
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
(1685 – 1750)
arr. CHARLES GOUNOD
(1818 – 1893)
Méditation sur le 1er Prélude de J.S. Bach – Ave Maria
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Fugue No.1, BWV 846
FRANZ SCHUBERT
(1797 – 1828)
Ellens Gesang III – Ave Maria, D.839
INTERMISSION
Traditional Andalucian
¡Ay del chiquirritín!
Traditional Puerto Rican
El santo niño
Traditional Catalonian
El decembre congelat
Traditional Mexican
El rorro
Traditional Spanish Carol
A la nanita nana
PYOTR ILYCHTCHAIKOVSKY
(1840 – 1893)
arr. DUKE ELLINGTON
(1899 – 1974)
Miniature Overture to The Nutcracker
WALTER KENT
(1911 – 1994)
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
IRVING BERLIN
(1888 – 1989)
White Christmas
