The Rider University Choir, along with smaller vocal ensembles and soloists, will present its annual Christmas Season Concert on Sunday, December 5, at 3 p.m. in Gill Memorial Chapel on the University's Lawrenceville campus.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Blooming by Praetorius, Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's The Messiah , and White Christmas by Irving Berlin. Other featured works include the madrigal-like December Carol , two Gregorian Christmas chants Puer natus est nobis and Hodie Christus Natus Est , and the Hanukkah anthem Candleglow . The centerpiece of the concert will be the 30-minute Magnificat , composed by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. The text is the song of Mary in praise to God at the news of her conception of Jesus Christ. The composition focuses on the bass section in the choir.