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Gloria

Celebrate the holidays with Valérie Sainte-Agathe and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale. Vivaldi’s Gloria—a joyful choral masterpiece—shines with new brilliance when performed on period instruments, transporting you to the festive sound world of 18th-century Venice.

What’s Interesting About This Concert

  • A holiday favorite with audiences for centuries, Vivaldi’s Gloria is full of jubilant choruses and moments of serene beauty.
  • Corelli’s Christmas Concerto evokes the stillness of a Baroque Christmas Eve, closing with a tender “Pastorale” that’s full of calm and light.
  • World premiere: Be among the first to hear Roderick Williams’ new choral work, Quem Pastores Laudavere (Him Whom Shepherds Praised), which was written especially for Philharmonia.
  • The U.S. premiere of Caroline Shaw’s The Holdfast offers shimmering harmonies and celebrates resilience, connection, and the beauty of holding on through change.
  • San Francisco only: Arrive by 6:45 PM to hear the San Francisco Girls Chorus perform a selection of holiday favorites before the concert.

Program

Valérie Sainte-Agathe, conductor and chorale director
Philharmonia Chorale

PRAETORIUS – Quem Pastores Laudavere (Him Whom Shepherds Praised)

RODERICK WILLIAMS – Quem Pastores Laudavere WORLD PREMIERE

CORELLI – Christmas Concerto

CAROLINE SHAW – The Holdfast U.S. PREMIERE

VIVALDI – Gloria

Performances

12/5/25
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
7:30 PM
LOW AVAILABILITY
12/6/25
First Congregational Church, Berkeley
2:30 PM
LOW AVAILABILITY
12/7/25
Bing Concert Hall, Stanford
2:30 PM
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