Over three decades the Chamber Chorus has sponsored new songs for the season, and at this concert we present an impressive selection of ‘our’ commissions, together with fresh arrangements of some favorite carols. Composers represented include Bob Chilcott, Eriks Esenvalds, and Sasha Johnson Manning.

We declare that love triumphs over hate with settings of Catullus’s verse, “Odi et Amo,” and through Roxanna Panufnik’s song, “Love Endureth.” We step outside our practice of singing a cappella to reprise a past SLCC commission for choir and piano, “Ardor Amoris,” by Francis Potts.

The early days of spring are hailed in seasonal songs from Dvorak, Mendelssohn, and E. J. Moeran. Composer-in-Residence Kerensa Briggs contributes a new work for the Chorus to collaborate with choir students from the St. Louis area.