Cascadian Chorale: This Shining Night
$20 ($15 student/senior)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Selected works
Anton Bruckner — Selected works
Hugo Distler — Selected works
Samuel Barber — Selected works
William Walton — Selected works
Benjamin Britten — Selected works
Rick Asher — Selected works
Joy DeCoursey-Porter — Selected works
Bronwyn Edwards — Selected works
Christopher Lee Fraley — Selected works
Gary D. Cannon, director
A choral celebration of the Christmas season. Classic favorites mingle with lesser-known beauties, including works by Palestrina, Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Distler, Barber, Walton, Britten, and others. Plus works by local composers Rick Asher, Joy DeCoursey-Porter, Bronwyn Edwards, and Christopher Lee Fraley.
Founded in 1964, Cascadian Chorale is a Bellevue-based, mixed-voice chamber choir dedicated to the performance and promotion of fine choral music. The Chorale’s membership comprises thirty-five of the greater Seattle area’s most skilled choral singers. Since 2008, Cascadian Chorale has been conducted by its Artistic Director, Gary D. Cannon. The Chorale regularly performs some of the most engaging and challenging works for chamber choir, ranging from Renaissance madrigals to Bach motets to new premieres.