THE MUSIC BOX
December 26, 2021
Lisa Parente, soprano
Melinda Coffey Armstead, piano & organ
Prelude: Some Children See Him . . . James Taylor
Cradle Song . . . Ned Rorem
What Songs Were Sung . . . John Jacob Niles
Gesu Bambino . . . Pietro Yon
Offertory: O Magnum Mysterium . . . Morten Lauridsen
Postlude: The Shepherd’s Farewell from L’enfance du Christ . . . Hector Berlioz
What can I give Him poor as I am? If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb, If I were a wise man, I would do my part. Yet what I can, I give Him, Give my heart.
— Christina Rossetti
Adorazione del Bambino
Gerrit van Honthorst, detto Gherardo delle Notti
(Utrecht 1590-1656)
