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An old-fashioned holiday concert takes place at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 2, at the Theatre at Washington, in the popular Smithsonian at Little Washington series.
Traditional Virginia Christmas tunes, early English carols from the collection “Country Pastimes,” French Noels, and a set of Sephardic songs are combined in the program with dazzling variations for recorders by the 17th-century Dutch composer Jacob van Eyck. Cantatas for Advent by J.S. Bach and by Telemann are balanced by well known and much loved carols. Even the best known carols can produce some surprises, as when the words of “1 Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In” are sung to the “Furry Day Carol.”
Three master musicians combine to present this second Smithsonian holiday celebration in Washington: tenor Robert Craig; Scott Reiss, playing soprano and alto recorders; and James Weaver, on the harpsichord.
Robert Craig received his training at the Juilliard School. He has sung on Broadway and in opera productions at the Aldeburgh Festival and in New York. While living in Vienna, he performed and recorded regularly throughout Europe. He is heard frequently with such early music ensembles as Concert Royal, the New York Ensemble for Early Music, Ensemble Five/One and the Smithsonian Chamber Players.
Scott Reiss is founder and artistic director of Hesperus and co-director
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