In praise of short stories
Danny Johnson
Pumpkin Cornbread photo and recipe by Healthy Seasonal Recipes
I was thinking of following up September’s ode to Molly Bloom and pumpkin spice with a Tolkien-inspired epic about the perils of shopping/traveling/surviving during the holiday season. I came to my senses when I looked at my calendar and realized the vast number of tasks I have to begin/undertake/improve/finish in the next couple of weeks, so I’ll leave you with this: Happy Thanksgiving, and may we all have pumpkin cornbread with our meals!
By the by, we’re giving a concert in December. I think you should come! Details below.
-Danny
Joy & Light:
Delights of the Season
Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 7:30 pm
&
Sunday, December 15, 2024, 3:00 pm
Redeemer Presbyterian Church, 2111 Alexander Avenue
Hosted by Arts on Alexander on the campus of Redeemer Presbyterian Church,
2111 Alexander Ave, Austin, TX 78722.
Visit the Arts on Alexander 2024-2025 events on the AoA website.
Admission $35 general; $30 seniors (60+); $5 students with ID
Tickets available in advance online or by cash, check, or credit card at the door.
For more information, email boxoffice@early-music.org.
Join Texas Early Music Project for its annual multilicious feast of diverse holiday music through the ages. Cultures across the centuries have celebrated this season of expectation and rebirth, and we are contributing our share with medieval chant and joyous carols, magnificent motets, sweet Celtic songs, exuberant folk-tunes, and more.
Much of the music for this concert comes from Northern Europe, including folk tunes and chant from the Czech Republic, Germany, and Hungary that have remained popular through modern times. We have chosen three enchanting Sephardic songs for the Chanukah section, two secular and one sacred. In addition, we will present music by the “newly discovered” Vicente Lusitano, a mixed-race Portuguese composer. Active in the 16th century, Lusitano has been described as the first published Black composer.
One of the central composers of the French Baroque, Marc-Antoine Charpentier was a master at composing graceful and exciting Christmas pastorales. We have combined one of his most popular pastorales and one of his most popular oratorios into a seamless, shorter work, featuring his intimate orchestration, solos, and choral airs. Enjoy the audio teaser from our Gaudete CD below.
Visit our Recordings page to view all of our CDs. They make great holliday gifts!
The British Isles are represented by a variety of popular ballads and folk songs from England and Ireland, all penned by that long-lived composer, Anonymous. As usual, there will be a few pieces composed and arranged in the last few years using some of the styles of Medieval and Baroque repertoire.
Cayla Cardiff, Joel Nesvadba, Erin Calata, Page Stephens, Jeffrey Jones-Ragona, Jenny Houghton, Ryland Angel, and Jenifer Thyssen are among the featured soloists, and we are happy to have both acclaimed harpist Therese Honey and kantele virtuoso Viktoria Nizhnik featured in our small orchestra.
Join Texas Early Music Project for a splendid and enriching evening of music. Encompassing 700 years of festive creativity and beauty, this music is sure to delight your ears and warm your heart. We coined a new word to describe the concert: multilicious!
