Christmas, Limelight
Winter's Night, Skylark Vocal Ensemble

Winter’s Night
Music by Distler, Allegri, Howells, Warlock, Tavener et al
Skylark Vocal Ensemble
skylarkensemble.org/winters-night.html

Here’s a pretty thing indeed for fans of acapella choral music who want to listen to something just a little bit different at this time of year. American vocal ensemble Skylark was founded in 2011 and this, their third recording shows the same attention to thoughtful programming as Crossing Over, their imaginative CD of music inspired by the idea of near death experiences.

In 1933, the little-known German composer Hugo Distler wrote Die Weihnachtsgeschichte, a Christmas...