REJOICING IN HIS BIRTH
For many years on the Sunday before Christmas the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus has presented a concert dedicated to the seasonal music of an ethnic tradition, drawing full-house audiences to many different churches in the city. This disc is a compilation taken from five years of professional archival recordings of these holiday concerts offering a retrospective of repertoire, of the distinctive acoustics of the performance sites, and of the sound of the Chamber Chorus from season to season. The tracks on this CD are listed below. Welcome to Christmas with the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus!
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Release date: November 14, 2004
For sound samples of selected tracks, click on the play button in front of the title to hear the first 45 seconds of the piece.
England (recorded in the Third Baptist Church, December 2003):
1. Alleluya, A New Work — Peter Wishart
2. Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child (from Three Carols, Op. 25) — Kenneth Leighton
3. Lullaby My Jesus — Peter Warlock, arr. Andrew Carter
Australia (recorded in the Christ Church Cathedral, December 1999):
4. Hodie Christus Natus Est — John Winstanley
5. The Little Town Where Christ Was Born — William G. James
6. Sing Gloria — William G. James
7. Mary Hushed The Little Jesus — E.C. Burchett
8. The Boar's Head Carol — Malcolm Williamson
Latin America (recorded in the St. Francis de Sales Church, December 2001):
9. El Niño Perdido — Joaquin Nin-Culmell
10. Villancico — Juan Orrego-Salas
Canticos de Navidad — Juan Orrego-Salas
11. Villancico
12. Aleluya
13. Danza
Scotland (recorded in the St. Margaret of Scotland Church, December 2000):
14. There Is No Rose — Thomas Wilson
15. Balulalow — arr. Kenneth Elliot
16. Christmas Medley — Anonymous, 14th Century
17. Queen of Heaven — Frederick Rimmer
18. Whence is That Goodly Fragrance? — French Carol, arr. George McPhee
Vienna (Recorded in the Saint Louis Abbey, December 2002):
19. Ecce Virgo Concipiet — Heinrich Isaac
20. Leise rieselt der Schnee — Clare Maclean
21. Pueri, Concinite — Johann Ritter von Herbeck
22. Als ein Behutsam Licht — Otto Strobl
23. Still, Still, Still — Traditional Carol, arr. John Rutter