Music For the Virgin Mary and the Nativity Bach Collegium San Diego (BCSD), one of the country’s leading baroque ensembles, celebrates the holiday season with a repertoire by Charpentier, Poulenc, and Villette covering a span of over three hundred years, yet connected aesthetically by way of musical sensuousness and elegance. BCSD welcomes Guest Director, Dana Marsh (Artistic Director of the Washington Bach Consort and Director of the Historical Performance Institute at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music). Charpentier - Litanies de la Vierge à 6 H. 83 - Magnificat pour 4 voix H. 79 - Selections from Pour un reposoir H. 208 - Selections from Missa Assumpta est Maria H. 11 Villette - Hymn à la Vierge - Jesu dulcis memoria - O magnum misterium Poulenc - Hodie Christus natus est - Videntes stellam - magnum mysterium - Quem vidistis pastores - Salve Regina Bach Collegium San Diego engages audiences with accessible, historically informed performances and educational programs featuring repertoire from the Renaissance, Baroque, and early Classical eras. The ensemble was founded in 2003 by Music Director Ruben Valenzuela to diversify the musical offerings of the San Diego community. For more information visit: bachcollegiumsd.org Stay Connected on Facebook and Instagram