From Heaven Above #1450
…we borrow from an international collective of music old and new in celebration of the Christmas holiday.
Hour 1
JOHANN PACHELBEL: Prelude, Vom Himmel hoch. GARTH EDMUNDSON: Toccata, Vom Himmel hoch –Christopher Herrick (1992 Klais/Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland) Hyperion 66917
HENIRICH SCHEIDEMANN: Vom Himmel hoch –Joseph Kelemen (2001 GOART/Örgryte New Church, Göteborg, Sweden) Oehms 682
SIGFRID KARG-ELERT: Vom Himmel hoch (Op. 78, no. 20; Op. 65, no. 10) –Natalie Clifton-Griffith, soprano; Rachel Gough, violin; Rupert Gough (1931 Compton/Abbey of St. Gregory, Downside, England) Lammas 186
GEORG VOGLER: Hosianna. JEAN SIBELIUS: Give me no splendor, Op. 1, no. 4 –Peter Mattei, baritone. GUNNAR WENNERBERG: Psalm 24 –Orphei Dränger/Robert Sund, director; Bengt Forsberg (Bälinge Church, Sweden) BIS 533
EVERETT TITCOMB: Puer natus est –Scott Foppiano (1928 Robert-Morton/Arlington Theater, Santa Barbara, CA) SBTOS 2008
FELIX NOWOWIEJSKI: Fantasie Polonaise, Op. 9, no. 1 –Felix Raczkowski (1788 Wulff-1968 Kaminski/Oliwa Cathedral, Poland) Olympia 314
LEROY ANDERSON: A Christmas Festival –Allentown Band/Donald Demkee, director; George Boyer (2002 Allen/Octave Hall, Macungie, PA) Allentown Band 17
Hour 2
JEREMY FILSELL: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day –Vasari Singers/Jeremy Backhouse, director; Jeremy Filsell (1995 Marcussen/’Tonbridge School Chapel, Kent, England) Naxos 8.573111
GERALD NEAR: Ding! Dong! merrily on high. CARL SCHALK: Before the marvel of this night. JOHN GARDNER: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day –Trinity Choir/Brian Jones, director; Michael Kleinschmidt (1956-62 Aeolian-Skinner/Trinity Church, Boston, MA) Dorian 93240
JEAN LANGLAIS: In dulci jubilo –Ann Labounsky (1863 Walcker-1947 Aeolian-Skinner/Memorial Music Hall, Methuen, MA) Voix au Vent 2011
PAUL FISHER: Noël Nouvelet –Kevin Bowyer (1969 Walker-2002 Wood/Blackburn Cathedral, England) Lammas 182
THEODORE DUBOIS: 2 Pieces (Noël & Fiat Lux) –Stephen Tharp (2001 Seifert/St. Johanns Church, Troisdorf-Sieglar, Germany) Organum 210126
PAUL SIFLER: Christmas Nocturne –Norberto Guinaldo (1966 Reuter/United Methodist Church, Garden Grove, CA) Guinaldo 2008
STEPHEN PAULUS: Pilgrim Jesus. DAVID CONTE: A Bell –Harvard University Choir/Edward Jones, director; Christian Lane (1929 Skinner/Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) Harvard 101
