Sergey Khvoshchinsky from Belarus and friend of music director, Dan Oie's family, gifts two original choral/orchestral works premiered during the concert.
Dan and Sergey share their 10 year story and pray with the audience.
"The Christmas Silence"
Poetry by Margaret Deland
Setting by Sergey Khvoshchinsky
"Hushed are the pigeons cooing low,
On dustry rafters of the loft;
The mild-eyed oxen, breathing soft,
Sleep on the fragrant hay below.
Dim shadows in the corner hide;
The glimmering lanterns' rays are shed
Where one young lamb just lifts his head,
Then huddles 'gainst his mother's side.
Strange silence tingles in the air;
Through the half-open door a bar
Of light from one low hanging star
Touches a baby's radiant hair.
No sound the mother, kneeling lays
Her cheek against the little face.
Oh, human love! Oh heavenly grace!
'Tis yet in silence that she prays!
Ages of silence end tonight;
Then to the long-expectant earth
Glad angels come to greet His birth
In burst of music, love and light!"
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