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December 4 at 5:30 PM and 6:45 PM Carmina & Illuminare Join both ensembles for a 45-minute program of seasonal early music. Seating is limited and will be available only on a first-come, first-served basis. There is ample standing room. For more information, call (703) 532-9356. December 5, 6, 11, 12, and 13 The Washington Revels with Piffaro For our 27th Christmas Revels in Washington, D.C., we travel to Renaissance Italy to visit the workshop of Leonardo da Vinci. It is the end of the 15th century, an age of new exploration of man's relationship to nature, an intoxicating elevation of the human imagination. We celebrate the age and Leonardo with glorious music, rousing dance, a Roman Saturnalia, and much more! Special guests include the world-renowned early music ensemble Piffaro, The Renaissance Band. For more information, call (202) 994-6800. 
December 5 at 8:00 PM Chantry with Modern Musick Medieval conductus and Renaissance motets for St. Nicholas With soloists Esther Brazil, soprano; John Bradford Bohl, countertenor; Adam Hall, tenor; and James Shaffran, bass For more information, call (202) 625-2855.
December 6 at 3:00 PM The Ron Freeman Chorale Our first concert of the season, Noe, Noe, Psallite Noe (“Noel, Noel, Sing Noel”), consists of a parody mass and sacred motets from French, Italian, and German composers (view concert flyer). Some selections will be performed by the entire Chorale and feature soloists and small groups. Other selections are composed for double choir and will be performed in an antiphonal setting. Missa Noe, Noe – Jacques Arcadelt For more information, call 703-750-1408. December 6 at 7:00 PM at the Church of the Epiphany, Herndon, Virginia Master Singers of Virginia This exciting Master Singers performance begins with early chants from John Dunstable and Tomás Luis de Victoria. Following the 15th and 16th-century compositions, the ensemble performs pieces influenced by such chants, including “Quatre Motets” by Maurice Duruflé, two works by Arvo Pärt and Morten Lauridsen’s unforgettable “O Magnum Mysterium.” The concert concludes with breathtaking arrangements of traditional favorites such as “Coventry Carol,” “We Three Kings,” “Let All Mortal Flesh,” “Angels We Have Heard on High,” and “Silent Night.” For more information, call (703) 655-7809.
December 9 at 5:30 PM and 6:45 PM Musica Oriana December 10 at 7:30 PM Peabody Renaissance Ensemble For more information, call (410) 234-4800. December 11-20 Folger Consort The Consort celebrates the holidays in the Elizabethan Theatre with the festive music of Michael Praetorius, the most prolific German composer of the early 17th century. The son of a Lutheran minister, he more than anyone else was responsible for combining the wonderful north German Lutheran chorale tradition with the new Italian developments of the Baroque. In 1610, the last volume of his collection of over 1000 Lutheran chorale settings, Musae Zioniae, was published. The Consort performs some of the great Christmas favorites from this collection, including In Dulci Jubilo, Es ist ein Rose, and Puer Natus Est. For more information, call (202) 675-0379.
December 16 at 7:30 PM The Waverly Consort The Waverly Consort’s eight singers and five instrumentalists recount the events of Christmas with the timeless spirit of medieval church dramas. For more information, call (800) 444-1324.
December 19 at 7:00 PM at Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, Washington, DC The Suspicious Cheese Lords For more information, call (877) 278-5973. December 20 at 3:00 PM The Washington Bach Consort Building on the success of last season's An International Christmas, we are pleased to continue this festive tradition, showcasing the virtuoso talents of our outstanding singers as well as the brilliant keyboard skills of organist Edward Moore on one of Washington’s most magnificent pipe organs. This holiday performance also features harpist Caroline Gregg in Benjamin Britten’s colorful Ceremony of Carols, a classic holiday favorite sure to delight young and old. Join us on a musical journey highlighting holiday repertoire from around the world including premieres of new works by modern composers and, of course, the music of Bach. For more information, call (202) 429-2121. December 20 at 6:30 PM National Gallery of Art Vocal Arts Ensemble Rosa Lamoreaux, Barbara Hollinshead, Robert Petillo, and Peter Becker, with instrumentalists Risa Browder, Leslie Nero, Annie Loud, John Moran, Colin St. Martin, and Geoffrey Burgess. For more information, call (202) 842-6941. December 21 at 7:30 PM Baltimore Consort For more information, call (410) 385-2638. December 30 at 5:30 PM and 6:45 PM The Suspicious Cheese Lords For more information, call (877) 278-5973. December 31 at 7:00 PM, 8:30 PM, and 10:00 PM Bundle up and ring in the New Year with the sounds of days gone by. For more information, call (703) 746-3299.
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