The Santa Fe Desert Chorale brings music and light to Albuquerque and Santa Fe with “Carols and Lullabies: Luminaria.”

“Our winter program is always a mix of seasonal favorites and things that people will recognize, carols that they associate with this time of the year,” Joshua Habermann, Santa Fe Desert Chorale artistic director, said.

The concert program is a mix of new works, modern pieces and historic music, he said.

“Carols and Lullabies: Luminaria” runs from Saturday, Dec. 13, through Sunday, Dec. 21.

“‘Luminaria’ is our title for this year, because being in New Mexico, that’s sort of a symbol of New Mexico Christmas,” Habermann said, “and we do think of it as sort of a light in the darkness this time of year.”

Jenna McLean, who has been with the choir for the last four years, said her favorite classic song is “Silent Night,” which closes out the concert every year. She loves how everyone’s voices come together at the very end.