Meaningful aspects of the season will be explored and celebrated by structuring the concert around four different musical settings of one of the most famous Christmas texts, O Magnum Mysterium. Each section explores one of the 4 lines of text – the mystery of this gift, the animals present at the birth, that sacrifice and love of the mother, and finally, “Alleluia,” a song of praise and joy. Spanning more than 10 centuries, the music expresses the meaning of Christmas from generations past and present, including with a new commission by our composer in residence James Eakin III and a newly commissioned text by famed poet Charles Anthony Silvestri.