Medieval Christmas

3pm and 8pm — Saturday December 23 (also December 25)

• WHERE:Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue at 112th St
• COST:$40
• SUMMARY:”Celebrate the holiday season with EM/NY’s traditional holiday presentations in the festooned Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Recorded on the Ex cathedra label, this concert will feature perennial highlights including Hildegard von Bingen’s De innocentibus (a poignant plaint to the Holy Innocents); the hauntingly beautiful Beata viscera by Notre Dame’s Master Perotin, Angelus ad virginem; a Latin hymn of the Annunciation referenced by Chaucer in the Canterbury Tales; lively 13th-century Italian laude and Spanish cantigas – all accompanied by a trove of medieval instruments.”