When Grace Obert takes the stage as part of a musical ensemble at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, she will be playing an instrument that dates its historical origin to 60,000 years ago during the Neanderthal Age..
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It has been since March, the last time the Bach Choir of Bethlehem sang together, but in October, the choir s 65 members got together for the first time in more than six months at Little Pond Arts in Moore Township, Northampton County, where the group â socially distanced and outdoors - recorded music for its first-ever virtual Christmas concert.
The choir s concert, Opening Up Our Hearts: The Music and Inspiration of Christmas, will premiere online at 4 p.m. on Sunday.
The event is the result of 52 separate rehearsal sessions of small groups of eight led by choir director Greg Funfgeld.
The program includes Robert Parsons Ave Maria; traditional favorite Ding Dong Merrily on High; Go Tell It on the Mountain; as arranged by Paul Sjolund; and the choir s traditional concert closer, Franz Xaver Gruber s Silent Night.