Baltimore Choral Arts Society
Digital Concert Program
presents
Christmas with Choral Arts
Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Baltimore Basilica
409 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD
Anthony Blake Clark, Music Director and Conductor
Leo Wanenchak, Associate Conductor and Organist
The Baltimore Choral Arts Orchestra
CoroLab Students, Kellie Zephir, director
Kati Harrison, narrator
Repertoire
SECTION ONE
A Yule Fanfare
Anthony Blake Clark
Reading: Advent
Maaike VanderMeer
“Bogorodice Devo, radujsja” from All-Night Vigil
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Reading: The Road to Bethlehem
Mia Schilling Grogan
Audience Carol: The First Nowell*
arr. David Willcocks
Gloria
Randol Alan Bass
SECTION TWO
Joy to the World
arr. Howard Arman
Reading: Some Children See Him
Wihla Hutson
Our Merry Land
Anthony Blake Clark
Audience Carol: Silent Night*
arr. Leo Wanenchak
Deck the Hall
arr. Louis Halsey
SECTION THREE
Saint Joseph, Meek and Mild
Howard Arman
Canzona Sopra Gathering Peascods
Howard Arman
Reading: The Carol of the Poor Children
Richard Middleton
New Star Carol
Anthony Blake Clark
Have You Seen the Baby Jesus?
Rosephanye Powell
Jennifer Simone Smith, soprano
SECTION FOUR
Candlelight Carol
John Rutter
Reading: Light the Festival Candles
Aileen Lucia Fischer
Reading: The Holly
Edith King
Cum Sancto Spiritu
Antonio Lotti
Have You Seen the Baby?
Ruth Morris Gray
CoroLab Students, Kellie Zephir, director
SECTION FIVE
Audience Carol: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing*
arr. David Willcocks
A New Year Carol
Benjamin Britten, arr. Anthony Blake Clark
Reading: Ring Out, Wild Bells
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Audience Carol: O Come, All Ye Faithful*
arr. John Rutter/David Willcocks
“Hallelujah Chorus” from Messiah
George Frideric Handel
Support for this concert is provided by the William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund, creator of the Baker Artist Portfolios.
Additional support is provided by the Maryland State Arts Council (msac.org) and the Citizens of Baltimore County.
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Members of the Board
Jeffrey A. Austin
Polly E. Behrens
Charles Berardesco
Ellen N. Bernard
Sandra D. Boyd
Jonathan Ceci
Christine M. Collins
Richard A. Dellheim, Esq.
Mellasenah Edwards
David Frankenberger, Jr.
Gordon H. Glenn
Nathanael D. Hartland, Esq.
Melanie Hood-Wilson
Julia Keller
Lauren Madsen
Scott H. Marder
Jean Mellott
Neal J. Naff
Anne Bear Powell
Russell R. Reno, Jr., Esq.
Peter V. Savage
Alan Sweatman, M.D.
John Tracey
Roberto Vela, Esq.
Officers
Charles Berardesco, president
Christine Collins, vice president
Jonathan Ceci, secretary
Dennis P. Cole, Jr., treasurer
Staff
Anthony Blake Clark, music director
Leo Wanenchak, associate conductor
Tom Hall, music director emeritus
Jack A. Fishman, executive director
Andrew Creech, development director
Rachel Tanenblatt, communications director
Thomas Beckwith, accountant
Kelly Buchanan, chorus manager
Max Kuzmyak, sound engineer
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Baltimore, MD 21217
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