Blue Heron basks in medieval light

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From out of the darkness of the First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, Saturday night soared the words “Veni, veni, O Oriens!’’ - “Come, come, O Morning Star!’’ It was a reminder that, for medieval England, the star of Bethlehem was a symbol of the light that dispels the gloom of bleak winter. Blue Heron’s stellar “Christmas in Medieval England’’ program followed that trajectory, the choir collecting about the altar to sing “Veni, veni, Emmanuel!’’ before coming forward into the chancel and the light.

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