The 60-voice Palo Alto, CA-based PWC is known for adventurous programming, seeking out music written especially for women, and frequently commissioning new works. 'Winter Patterns' is a Christmas collection of sacred works such as Chesnokov's 'Dostoyno yest' (It is truly fitting) and 'Svete tihiy' (Gladsome Light), Daniel Pinkham's 3-part 'Christmas Cantata,' Rebecca Clarke's 'Ave Maria,' Charles Griffin's 'Agnus Dei,' Poulenc's 'Litanies a la Vierge Noire' and Veljo Tormis' 4-part 'Talvemustrid' (Winter Patterns). There are also carols, Franz Gruber's 'Silent Night,' and the lesser-known 'Salvator Mundi, A Carol Sequence' by William Mathias, which includes 'Make we Merry,' 'Mirabile Mysterium,' 'Susanni,' 'Lullay' and 'Welcome, Yule.' 'Patterns' is a rare and beautiful collection of sacred music from one of the world's best women's choral ensembles. Some accompaniment.

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