December 3, 8:00 PM 
First Pres Santa Monica

David Lang
  The Wood and the Vine, (2011) LA PREMIERE
Favorites from 16 best-selling CDs, include music of Hildegard von Bingen, John Taverner, and William Billings. Early holiday music will be performed from On Yoolis Night, The Cherry Tree, Wolcum Yule and Christmas Music from Medieval Hungary.
        
                                               
Anonymous 4



A quarter-century ago the early music movement took a remarkable turn with the advent of Anonymous 4. Never before had a vocal quartet of women combined scholarship with the strong ability to connect with audiences. The group's pure tone, precise ensemble singing and pioneering spirit created a sense of occasion. To celebrate this anniversary, The Wood and the Vine, a section of an evening length work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang will be given its Los Angeles premiere. Excerpts from such best-selling CDs as An English Lady Mass, American Angels, as well as 11,000 Virgins, which helped introduce audiences to Hildegard of Bingen, will also include holiday music from bestsellers On Yoolis Night and The Cherry Tree, among others.

The artists, Ruth Cunningham, Marsha Genensky, Susan Hellauer and Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek will be available after the concert to sign CDs including Secret Voices to be released in November 2011.