Make We Merry #2050
. . . jubilant and celebratory selections for the Christmas holiday.
Hour One
J. S. BACH: In dulci jubilo, BWV 729 –Graham Barber (1868 Schulze/St. Bartholomew’s Church, Armley, England) Priory 909
EUGENE GIGOUT: Rhapsodie sur des noëls –Jack Mitchener (2001 Fisk/Finney Chapel, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH) Raven 936
TRADITIONAL (arr. Idenstam): Our savior has come –Emma Härdelin, soprano; Lisa Rydberg, violin; St. Jacob’s Chamber Choir/Gary Graden; Gunnar Idenstam (1976 Marcussen/St. Jacob’s Church, Stockholm, Sweden) Bis 5031
DAVID BEDNALL: Make we merry (excerpts) –Beneden Chapel Choir/Edward Whiting; David Bednall (1995 Marcussen/Tonbridge School Chapel, Kent, England) Regent 547
BOB CHILCOTT: The night he was born –Tewkesbury Abbey Schola/Simon Bell; Carleton Etherington (1997 Jones/Tewkesbury Abbey, England) Regent 440
HANS UWE HIELSCHER: 2 Christmas Improvisations (Vom Himmel hoch & O du fröhliche) –Hans Uwe Hielscher (1982 Oberlinger/Market Church, Wiesbaden, Germany) Hielscher 3
Filler – GIGOUT (see above)
Hour Two
JEAN-JACQUES BEAUVARLET-CHARPENTIER: 3 Noëls (Laisser paitre vos bétes; Pour l’amour de Marie; Dans le gout) –Marina Tchebourkina (1748 Dom Bedos-1997 Quoirin/Sacred Heart Abbey, Bordeaux, France) Natives 08
CARL RÜTTI: Tomorrow will be my dancing day –Cathedral Choir/Stuart Nicholson; David Leigh (1902 Willis/St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland) Regent 418
JEAN LANGLAIS: Puer natus est (Improvisation) –Jean Langlais (1969 Rieger/Marienstatt Abbey, Germany) Motette 10371
J. C. F. BACH: Morgen kommt der Weihnachtsmann –Wolfgang Baumgratz (1734 Silbermann/St. Peter’s Cathedral, Bremen, Germany) Aeolus 10241
JIRÍ ROPEK: Christmas Fantasy (In dulci jubilo) –Prague Philharmonic Chorus & Chamber Orchestra/Pavel Kühn; Jan Kalfus (1991 Rieger-Kloss/St. James Basilica, Prague, Czech Republic) Supraphon31 0263
Filler – LANGLAIS (see above)
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