Benjamin Britten 1913–76

A Boy was Born

A 20th-Century English Christmas

Jan 7 San Francisco
St. Gregory's Episcopal 7:30pm
Jan 8 Oakland
St. Paul's Episcopal 4pm
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Extend your holiday festivities with Benjamin Britten's exuberant a cappella choral variations on 15th- and 16th-century Christmas and Epiphany carols, A Boy Was Born. Boy trebles of Chapel College Men and Boys Ensemble join the professional mixed choir of Pacific Collegium for this rarely performed masterpiece—composed when Britten was only 19 years old!

Plus holiday selections by English composers Leighton, Howells, Walton, and more.