17 women of note (3-1st sopranos; 4-2nd sopranos; 5-altos; 5-tenors) will chant Compline at historic Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Nevada City, CA, 7p.m. on the 1st Sunday in Advent. The center piece is the chanting of Peter Hallock's deeply moving "Rorate caeli desuper" arranged for 6-part women's choir: SSSAAT plus soprano and alto soloists. Many of my colleagues believe this to be Hallock's finest work. Here's the program, and a Medieval German Illumination of Rorate in Gregorian Chant:
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