The Concert Singers

Here We Come a-Caroling!
Carols from Around the World

Sunday, December 16, 2007, 4:00 p.m.

Covenant Presbyterian Church

Program

• Pastorale
• Here we come a-caroling (English; arr. Fred Waring)
• Angels we have heard on high (French; Eng. w. from "Crown of Jesus"; arr. David M. Cherwien)
• Lo, how a rose e'er blooming (Michael Praetorius; ed. Alice Parker & Robert Shaw)
• E la don don, Verges Maria (Spanish; Eng. w. Hubert Creekmore; ed. Noah Greenberg)
• Spanish Shepherd's Song (Eng. w. J. S. Jackman; m. trad. Spanish; arr. Goff Richards)
• Riu, riu, chiu: el lobo rabioso (1556: arr: The King's Singers)
• Hark! the herald angels sing (w. Charles Wesley, alt. Geoge Whitefield & R. H.; m. Felix Mendelssohn; arr. Robert Hunter)
• Dormi, dormi (Italian traditional; arr. Mary Goetze)
• Betelehemu (Nigerian [Yoruba] Carol: Via Olatunji and Wendell Whalum; arr. Barrington Brooks)
• The Boar's Head Carol (English; arr. David Overton)

Intermission

• Haleluya, haleli nafshi (w. Psalm 146; m. Salamone Rossi; arr. & Eng. w. Joshua R. Jacobson)
• Fantasia on Christmas Carols (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
• Ding, dong, merrily on high (w. George R. Woodward; m. French, 16th C; arr. Chester L. Alwes)
• Infant holy, infant lowly (Trad. Polish; Eng. w. Edith M. Reed; arr. John Rutter)
• Caroling, caroling (1954: w. Wihla Hutson; m. Alfred Burt)
• Sing-along & Carol Collection
  • Deck the Hall (1978: wm. Welsh traditional carol; arr. David Willcocks)
  • O Come, All Ye Faithful (arr. David Willcocks)
  • Joy to the World! (Arr. John Rutter)
  • Peace, Peace/Silent Night (Rick & Sylvia Porter; arr. Fred Bock)
• Silent Night, Holy Night (1818: Ger. w. Fr Joseph Mohr; Eng. w. John Freeman Young & anon.; m. Franz Gruber; arr. Wolfgang Lindner)
• We Wish You a Merry Christmas (1935: wm. trad. carol from the west of England; arr. John Rutter)