ockingham Choral Society
Christmas 2010
The Christmas Concert will feature
"L'enfance du Christ"
part 2 and 3
and selected traditional Christmas Carols
(English: The Childhood of Christ), Opus 25, is a choral work by the French composer Hector Berlioz, based on the story of the Holy Family's flight into Egypt. Berlioz wrote his own words for the piece. Most of it was composed in 1853 and 1854, but it also incorporates an earlier work La fuite en Egypte (1850). It was first performed at the Salle Herz, Paris on 10 December 1855, with Berlioz conducting and soloists from the Opéra-Comique: Jourdan (Récitant), Depassio (Hérode), the couple Meillet (Marie and Joseph) and Bataille (Le père de famille).
Berlioz described L'enfance as a Trilogie sacrée (sacred trilogy). The first of its three sections depicts King Herod ordering the massacre of all newborn children in Judaea; the second shows the Holy Family of Mary, Joseph and Jesus setting out for Egypt to avoid the slaughter, having been warned by angels; and the final section portrays their arrival in the Egyptian town of Sais where they are given refuge by a family of Ishmaelites
Advance Tickets are $8.00 for Seniors and Students and $10:00 for Adults (children under 6 are free)
Tickets at the door are $10.00 for Seniors and Students and $12.00 for Adults (children under 6 are still free)
Advance Tickets may be purchased at Water Street Books, 125 Water St. in Exeter.
They may also be purchased online below and will be held at the door in your name. You will not recieve tickets in the mail.
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