Host
Ian Coleman, Chair of the Department of Performing Arts at William Jewell College
Program
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
by Calvin Hampton
Ann Marie Rigler, organ
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 661
by Johann Sebastian Bach
Ann Marie Rigler, organ
Rise, Shine
Trad. arr. by Marques Garrett
Anthony J. Maglione and the William Jewell College Concert Choir
Miracles
Poem by Walt Whitman
Read by Dick Brown
O Holy Night - Ave Maria
Trad. arr. by Jon Schmidt and Steven Sharp Nelson
Leanna Crenshaw, soprano
Ellen Sommer, piano
Postscripts - after The Christmas Letter by John N. Morris
Poem written and read by Huascar E. Medina, Poet Laureate of Kansas
Six Variations on Est ist ein Ros entsprungen
by Gerald Near
Ann Marie Rigler, organ
Fecit potentiam from Magnificat in D major H. 772
by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Louis Tiemann, baritone
Ellen Sommer, piano
Winter Branches
Poem by Margaret Widdemer
Read by Dr. Loretta Britton
Weihnachten, Op. 79, No. 1
by Felix Mendelssohn
Anthony J. Maglione and the William Jewell College Concert Choir
The Oxen
Poem by Thomas Hardy
Read by Leo Edwards
Silent Night
Franz Gruber, arr. by Mark David Johnson
Anthony J. Maglione and the William Jewell College Concert Choir
Toccata on Veni Emmanuel
by Adolphus Hailstork
Ann Marie Rigler, organ
Love Came Down at Christmas
by Jessica French
Anthony J. Maglione and the William Jewell College Concert Choir
The City Come Again 2021 is dedicated to the memory of Leona Schaefer, a long-time supporter of The City Come Again and advocate for the arts in Kansas City and beyond.
You can learn more about the Department of Performing Arts at William Jewell College at jewell.edu/music.
