Winter Songfest is performed twice, with the same program.

Saturday, December 6, 2025, 3:00 p.m. 

Where: St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 3 Maple St, Framingham (directions)

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Sunday, December 7, 2025, 3:00 p.m. 

Where: First Congregational Church, 2 East Central St, Natick (directions)

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Program:

Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen, Michael Praetorius (1609) 

Nowel, Owt of Your Slepe Aryse, Anonymous (1415)

Riu, Riu, Chiu, Mateo Flech El Viejo (ca. 1556), arr. Linda Spevacek (1995)

The Holy Infant’s Lullaby, Norman Dello Joio (1961)

The Coming of Light, Erik Gustafson (2016) , commissioned by The A Cappella Singers and funded by the Natick Cultural Council

The Snow, Edward Elgar (1895), ed. Robert Carl (1983)

S’vivon, Betty Bertaux (1984)

Upright,  Brad Hart (2025), commissioned by The A Cappella Singers and funded by the Natick Cultural Council

INTERMISSION

Benedictus,  from Missa O Admirable Commercium, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1599) 

Ave Maria, Daniel Pinkham (1962) 

What Sweeter Music, Daniel Pinkham (2004)

Three Selections from Winter Cantata,  Vincent Persichetti (1964)

• • So Deep

  • Gentlest Fall of Snow

  • Fallen Leaves

Bashana Haba’ah,  Nuri Hirsch (1969), arr. John Leavitt (1970) 

The Holly and the Ivy, arr. Edna Currie (1969)

The Christmas Waltz, Jule Styne (1954), arr. Pete Schmutte

Grown-up Christmas List, arr. Gary Gilpin

SING-A-LONG

• • Jingle Bell Rock

  • Deck the Halls

  • We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Stille Nacht, Franz Xaver Gruber (1818)