Portraits for the Nativity #2550
. . . a collection of choral and solo organ works that inspire imaginative images for the Christmas festival.
Hour 1
TRADITIONAL (arr. Cavagnaro): Angels we have heard on high –Trinity Brass and Choir/Colin Lynch; Jerrick Cavagnaro (1926 Skinner+1963 Aeolian-Skinner/Trinity Church, Boston, MA) Acis 212374
JUNE NIXON: The holly and the ivy –Cathedral Choir/David Hardie; Ashley Wagner (1993 Nicholson/St. Philip’s Cathedral, Birmingham, England) Regent 590
HUGO WOLF: Schlafendes Jesuskind –Theresa Nelles, soprano; Winfried Bönig (1948-1956 Klais/Cologne Cathedral, Germany) Aeolus 11271
EDWARD BARISTOW: The blessed virgin’s cradle song –St. Thomas Choir/Jeremy Filsell; William Hanoian, treble; Maks Adach (2018 Dobson/St. Thomas Church, New York, NY) Acis 53981
MESSIAEN: La Vierge et l’Enfant, fr La Nativité –Olivier Latry (Cavaillé-Coll/Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France) DG 4861466
MESSIAEN: Le Bergers, fr La Nativité – Wolfgang Rübsam (1880 Cavaillé-Coll/Holy Cross Cathedral, Orléans, France) Bayer 100004
MESSIAEN: Desseins Eternels, fr La Nativité –Jennifer Bate (1871 Cavaillé-Coll/Trinity Church, Paris, France) Jade 47863619
MESSIAEN: Le Verbe, fr La Nativité –Mark Steinbach (1880 Cavaillé-Coll/St. François-de-Sales, Lyon, France) Aeolus 11401
Filler - TRADITIONAL (arr. Cavagnaro) (see above)
Hour 2
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY (arr. Cummins): Nutcracker Suite –Richard Cummins (1926 Skinner/Greene Memorial United Methodist Church, Roanoke, VA) Cummins 2002
MESSIAEN: Les Enfants de Dieu, fr La Nativité –Hans-Ola Ericsson (1987 Grönlund/Luleå Cathedral, Sweden) Bis 410
MESSIAEN: Les Anges, fr La Nativité –Jon Gillock (2011 Quoirin/Church of the Ascension, New York, NY) Raven 985
MESSIAEN: Jésus accepte la souffrance, fr La Nativité –Simon Preston (1937 Harrison/Westminster Abbey, London, England) London 425 616
MESSIAEN: Les Mages, fr La Nativité –Gillian Weir (1964 Möller-2001 Goulding & Wood/Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC) Decca 484 1435
MESSIAEN: Dieu parmi nous, fr La Nativité –Jonathan Biggers (1992 Ruffatti/Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA) PD Archive (r. 12/14/01)
Filler - TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz of the Flowers, fr Nutcracker (see above)
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