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O Rising Dawn, an Opus 7 concert

St. James Cathedral Resident Ensemble Opus 7 welcomes the holiday season with a stunning program of choral music for Advent and Christmas. Opus 7 has a longstanding tradition of performing settings of the seven Great O Antiphonsancient texts that are sung during the last week of Advent. This year, they will perform antiphons settings by seven different composers, representing the Eastern European countries of Poland, Latvia, Slovenia, as well as the United States, including two works from Seattle area composers. Four of the piecesby Tadja Vulc, Rihards Dubra, Melissa Dunphy, and Kile Smithwill be Northwest premieres. The other half of the program features Samuel Scheidts jubilant A Child is Born in Bethlehem; Georg Schumanns chorale motet, Vom himmel hoch; Pawe ukaszewskis Ave Maria for double choir; two luminous Christmas works by Russian composer Georgy Sviridov; and the popular setting of O nata lux by Morten Lauridsen. Please join Opus 7 under the baton of Artistic Director Loren Pontén as they present sublime choral sounds for the holiday season. For more information, visit www.opus7.org or find our Facebook page.