Monadnock Chorus Presents: Hope for the Holidays

Monadnock Chorus will add to the joy of the holiday season with concerts December 14th and 15th celebrating musical traditions from around the world. This selection of heart-warming holiday music features traditional English Christmas carols, as well as carols from Ukraine and Venezuela, Gospel music from the African-American tradition, a piece celebrating Asian Mahayana Buddhism, winter songs from Norway, a Chanukah celebration in the Jewish Tradition, a hymn from Russian Slavonic Vespers and an Old Scots secular folk song celebrating winter solstice. The program will be anchored by Misa Criolla, a mass based on Argentine and Bolivian folk dances and tunes.