4649 Sunnyside Ave N
Seattle WA 98103
Come join us to create some additional holiday cheer through music on Saturday, December 20th at Good Shepherd Center! Enjoy holiday treats while listening to festive music and classics performed by LMC Members and special guests Maple Quartet, silver medalists at the 2025 Frances Walton Competition.
Please reserve your tickets so we know how many treats to prepare! Reserve tickets here. Tickets are free, and donations go toward our holiday drive to support our efforts to spread the joy of classical music in our community. We couldn’t do this without you!
LMC Members present: Music for the Holidays
Laudamus te (“We Praise You”) from Gloria by Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Dhanushi Wijeyakulasuriya and Rachel Anne Moore, sopranos
Sharon Wong, piano
Domine Deus (“The Lord God”) from Gloria by Antonio Vivaldi
Schlafendes Jesuskind (“The Sleeping Christ-Child”) by Hugo Wolf (1860–1903)
Cantique de Noël (“Song of Christmas”) – O Holy Night by Adolphe Adam (1803–1856)
Dhanushi Wijeyakulasuriya, soprano
Benjamin Sawrey, piano
The Holly and the Ivy – English traditional carol, arr. George Winston, Stasia Kulsa
Ave Maria by Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Stasia Kulsa, flute
Benjamin Sawrey, piano
In the Bleak Midwinter by Gustav Holst (1874–1934)
Sweet Little Jesus Boy by Robert MacGimsey (1898–1979)
Kathryn Vinson, mezzo-soprano
Sharon Wong, piano
No Candle Was There and No Fire by Liza Lehmann (1862–1918)
Gesù bambino by Pietro A. Yon (1886–1943)
Like Frosted Snow, the Sheep Lay There by Amy Worth (1888–1967)
Rachel Anne Moore, soprano
Sharon Wong, piano
— Intermission —
Maple Quartet presents: Selections by Haydn, Beethoven, and Sørensen
Christmas Medley, arr. for string quartet
String Quartet in D major, Op. 20, No. 4 by Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
I. Allegro di molto
II. Un poco adagio affettuoso, with 4 variations
III. Minuet. Allegretto alla zingarese – Trio
IV. Presto e scherzando
String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat Major, Op. 127 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
IV. Finale. Allegro
“Shine you no more” by Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (b. 1983)
Maple Quartet:
Isabel Chen, violin
Magali Pelletey, violin
John Crowley, viola
Gabriel Hennebury, cello
The finale: Holiday Singalong
Deck the Halls
Frosty the Snowman
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Everyone