The Concert Singers
Carols for Twelfth Night
January 12, 2003
4:00 p.m.
Tentative Program
- O come, O
come Emmanuel (Latin w. from Psalteriolum Cantionum Catholicarum,
1710, based on the ancient great "O" antiphons for Advent; English w. John Mason
Neale, 1851; m. 15th C. French; arr. Andrew Carter)
- Welcome, Yule! (15th century English carol; m. C. Hubert H. Parry, 1917)
- A Babe is Born in Bethlehem (w. Puer natus in Bethlehem,
trans. by George R. Woodward; m. Eric H. Thiman, 1970)
- The Holly and the Ivy (trad. English, arr. John Rutter)
- Balulalow
(w. James, John, and Robert Wedderburn, alt., based on "Vom
Himmel hoch da komm ich her" by Martin Luther; m. Louis Halsey)
- He Is Born (Il est né, trad. French, paraphrased by and
arranged by K. Lee Scott, 1970)
- Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (wm. traditional Polish carol; tr. Edith M. G.
Reed; arr. K. Lee Scott, 1991)
- Ding Dong
Merrily on High (w. George R. Woodward; m. French carol, arr. Chester L.
Alwes)
- Away
in a Manger (w. Anon., 19th C. American; m. J. E. Spilman; arr.
Paul Sjolund, 1984) [Dan on flute]
- Wassail
Song (wm. Traditional English; arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw, 1958)
- Bashana Haba'ah (w. Ehud Manor; m. Nurit Hirsch, 1970; arr. John Leavitt,
1994)
Intermission
- O Holy
Night ("Cantique de Noël": French w. Cappeau de
Roquemaure; English w. John Sullivan Dwight; m. Adolphe Adam; arr. John
Rutter, 1981)
- Angels We
Have Heard on High (w. Trad. French, trans. "Crown of
Jesus", 1862; arr. Craig Courtney, 2001)
- Silent
Night (1816, 1818, 1845: w. Joseph Mohr; w. Franz Gruber; transl. trad.;
arr. Wolfgang Lindner, 1992) [Tom; Dan on flute]
- In dulci jubilo (J. S. Bach) [David: organ solo]
- African Noel (1959, 1965: adapted and arranged from a Liberian Folk Song
by Aden G. Lewis) [Colin on congas]
- Go Tell It on
the Mountain (Negro spiritual, arr. Carolyn Jennings, 1970)
- Carol of the
Bells (Ukrainian Carol; m. M. Leontovich; words and arr. Peter J.
Wilhousky)
- Here mid the ass and oxen mild (trad. French; Eng. w. Alice Parker; arr.
Alice Parker and Robert Shaw, 1959) [Joanne]
- Winter Wonderland
(1934: w. Dick Smith; m. Felix Bernard; arr. Leo Arnaud; transcribed for
mixed chorus by Charles Naylor)
- Let It Snow (1945:
w. Sammy Cahn; m. Jule Styne; arr. Ed Lojeski)
Omitted from this performance:
- Do You
Hear What I Hear (1952: wm. Noel Regney and Gloria Shayne; arr. Harry
Simeone)
- I Saw
Three Ships (trad. English, arr. William Spencer)
- Note Well, My Heart (Andreas Hammerschmidt; English w. Elmer Kinsman; arr.
Walter Ehret)
- O admirabile commercium (w. antiphon for the feast of the
Circumcision; m. Thomas Stoltzer)
- Sleigh
Ride (1948, 1950: w. Mitchell Parish; m. Leroy Anderson; arr. Michael
Edwards)
- Still,
Still, Still (Austrian Carol; arr. David L. Brunner, 1995)
- The Twelve Days After Christmas (1968: wm. Frederick Silver)
- What
Child Is This? (w. W. C. Dix et al.; m. English trad., arr. David
Willcocks, 1978)
Extra rehearsals:
- Monday, December 30: 7:30 p.m.
- Friday, January 3: 7:30 p.m.
- Friday, January 10: 7:00 p.m.
Extra performance:
- Park Vista El Segundo Senior Housing, Saturday, January 4 (CANCELED)
Updated January 13, 2003
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