The vocal ensemble Cantus offers Into the Light – its first holiday album in over a decade. The group is widely known for its warmth and blend and innovative programming of music ranging from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Into the Light reflects Cantus’ commitment to diversity of repertoire with works spanning five languages by a broad range of composers and arrangers. The album also offers six pieces created specifically for Cantus. The singers say about the program, “Each December, we find ourselves surrounded by winter’s darkness at the fulcrum between the old year and the new. In the shadowy stillness of these short, cold days, December is the darkroom that focuses our gaze squarely on the bright promise and growing light of the imminent new year.”