On Christmas Day #2251
. . . choral, instrumental, and organized treats make for a family-friendly festival.
Hour One
H. C. STEWART: On this day –Cathedral Choir/Douglas Major; Nicholas White (Aeolian-Skinner/Washington National Cathedral, DC) Gothic 49095
CLAUDE BALBASTRE: Noël, votre bonté –John Fenstermaker (1934 Aeolian-Skinner/Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA) Gothic 49120
RICHARD PURVIS: Greensleeves/What child is this?, fr Carol Rhapsody –John Longhurst (1948 Aeolian-Skinner/Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, UT) BWE Classics 9504
GERALD NEAR: My dancing day. ROBERT FROST: Stopping by the woods. LEO SOWERBY: Love came down at Christmas. EMILY DICKINSON: Heaven is what I cannot reach. CONRAD SUSA: Adam lay in bondage –Benjamin Pope & Cristina Wellford Scott, readers; Memphis Boychoir and Chamber Choir/John Ayer; David Kienzle (1988 Reuter/St. John’s Episcopal Church, Memphis, TN) Pro Organo 7039
PIOTR TCHAIKOVSKY: Nutcracker Ballet (Overture-March-Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy-Russian Dance) –Steven Ball (1929 Möller/Fox Theater, Atlanta, GA) SB 2009
FELIX MENDELSSOHN (arr. Webster): Hark, the herald angels sing –Plymouth Brass & Choir/Tom Trenny; Jeremy Bankson (1997 Schoenstein/First-Plymouth Congregational Church, Lincoln, NE) First-Plymouth 2014
EUGENE THAYER: Christmas Offertoire –Agnes Armstrong (1847 Ferris/Round Lake Auditorium, Round Lake, NY) Richardson 2002
HUGH MARTIN & RALPH BLAINE: Have yourself a merry little Christmas –Larry Kass (Wurlitzer/Kass Residence, Cleveland, OH) Razzmatazz 1998
TRADITIONAL (arr. Willcocks): Ding, dong merrily on high –Chapel Choir/Timothy Byram-Wigfield; Richard Pinel (1965 Harrison-2019 Nicholson/St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, England) Regent 374
Filler – MARTIN & BLAINE (see above)
Hour Two
CHARLES ORE (arr.): Joy to the World –Concordia Singers & Brass/Edmund Martens; Charles Ore (1968 Schlicker/St. John Lutheran Church, Seward, NE) Organ Works 02
J. S. BACH: Sinfonia, fr Christmas Oratorio –Philadelphia Brass Ensemble; Peter Richard Conte (Wanamaker Organ/Macy’s Department Store, Philadelphia, PA) Gothic 49264
SUSA: Serenade for a Christmas Night –Craig McNutt, marimba; Martha Moor, harp; Mark Dwyer (2017 Schoenstein/Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, MA) Arsis 130
HECTOR OLIVERA: Fantasy on Silent Night –Hector Olivera (1991 Casavant-1996 Rodgers/Bel Air Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, CA) Rodgers 876015
TRADITIONAL (arr. Bish): He is born –Diane Bish (1974 Ruffatti/Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Fort Lauderdale, FL) Artisan 1007
TRADITIONAL (arr. Bish): Angels we have heard on high. ADOLPHE ADAM: O holy night –Chuck Seipp, trumpet; Diane Bish (1976 Möller/National City Christian Church, Washington, DC) Joy of Music 1001
JOHN FRANCIS WADE (arr. Tuuk): O come all ye faithful –Chamber Choir of Grand Rapids/Larry Biser; Jonathan Tuuk (2003 Austin/Fountain Street Church, Grand Rapids, MI) GRCC 1035
Filler – STEWART (see above)
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