With all the cooking, conviviality, and hopefully clean-up winding down, settle in for an hour of reflection, with two works inspired by the first Christmas: Sir Hubert Parry’s Ode on the Nativity and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Nativity play The First Nowell. It’s pastoral music for a pastoral scene, this Sunday at a special time, 11 pm.
The Lost Chord: December 25 - A Play in a Manger
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