Saint Louis Chamber Chorus

In December our Choral Atlas poses the question, "where is the Holy Land?" The obvious answer is set in the Near East, as described by Virgil Thomson "Scenes from the Holy Infancy." The specific site of Christ's birth, Bethlehem, is described in carols by a Briton, Peter Warlock, and the American composer, Paul Nelson, while the journey to the stable, undertaken by the Three Magi is depicted in motets from different time periods: Orlandus Lassus from the Renaissance, Peter Cornelius in 19th century Germany, and Healey Willan, the dean of Canadian composers, who died in 1968.