Cantica Nativitatis
Cantica Nativitatis: A Thousand Years of Christmas Music
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
No Tradition has yielded a greater collection of music than that of Christmas. Historian and Musician Richard Franklin Donohue explores this extraordinary repertoire from the 10th through 19th centuries. Hear carols presented in their original languages of German, Latin, Middle English, French, and Modern English, sung a cappella and with harpsichord accompaniment.
Richard Franklin Donohue is a singer, private music instructor, and historian. Vocally, he is a tenor who specializes in historic music ranging from Middle English Carols to 19th century romantic music. He has been teaching Piano, Voice, and Music Theory since 1992. Richard is the Town Historian of his hometown of Cromwell, Connecticut and has been the President and Program Director of the Cromwell Historical Society for nearly twenty years. He is the author of “Rosetown Review,” a monthly history article published in the Cromwell Life newspaper, and presents historical lectures throughout New England on various topics.
Donations will be accepted at the Door
Litchfield Community Center
421 Bantam Road
Litchfield, CT 06759
860-567-8302
