Santa Fe Women’s Ensemble Presents ‘In The Still Of December’ Holiday Concert Dec. 10-11 & 17-18

Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on October 24, 2022
- 7:36 am

Santa Fe Women’s Ensemble 2021. Courtesy/SFWE

SFWE News:

Celebrating its 42nd season, the Santa Fe Women’s Ensemble (SFWE) will present “In the Still of December” holiday concerts.

Joined by violinist Carla Kountoupes, along with Ensemble pianist Bill Epstein, SFWE will share familiar carols from Austria, Germany, France, Ukraine and Wales, as well new winter treasures like “Christmas Snowflakes” by Laura Hawley; “Winter Awakening” arranged by Erica Phare-Bergh; “Miles to Go Before I Sleep” by Larry Nickel; and a toe-tapping “Hodie Christus Natus Est” by Kelly-Marie Murphy.

The highlight of the concerts is the world premiere of “A Christmas Telling of St. Bride of the Isles” – this year’s commission by award-winning music director, piano teacher, accompanist and composer Sarah Jaysmith. The text is by poet Raymond Raney, who based his poem for the piece’s lyrics on the 1913 painting “St. Bride” by John Duncan.

Concerts are 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10; Sunday, Dec. 11; Saturday, Dec. 17 and Sunday, Dec. 18 at First Presbyterian Church, 518 Old Santa Fe Trail, Suite 1 #271. Seats on sale now via www.sfwe.org – available at the door if seats remain.