Harvard Memorial Church at Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
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Set 198th Carols Service, December 2007 performance, excerpts:
with Harry Lyn Huff, organ
In dulci jubilo
(traditional, German and Latin text attributed to Heinrich Seuse ca.1328)
Tyrley, Tyrlow (Peter Warlock [Philip Arnold Heseltine, 1894-1930], 1922)
My Guardian Angel (Judith Weir, 1997; text by William Blake)
Carol of the Bells
(Mykola Leontovych, 1904 after the traditional Ukranian song "Shchedrk";
English text by Peter J. Wilhousky, 1930s)
Round the Glory Manger (Keaton Lee Scott, b.1950)
The Three Kings (Steve Pilkington arrangement)
traditional Welsh carol
Convivando está la noche (Juan García de Zéspedes, ca.1619-1678)
Crown of Roses (music: P.I. Tchaikovsky, 1883)
Evergreen (Daniel Pinkham, text by Robert Hillyer)
with Harry Lyn Huff, organ
In dulci jubilo
(traditional, German and Latin text attributed to Heinrich Seuse ca.1328)
Tyrley, Tyrlow (Peter Warlock [Philip Arnold Heseltine, 1894-1930], 1922)
My Guardian Angel (Judith Weir, 1997; text by William Blake)
Carol of the Bells
(Mykola Leontovych, 1904 after the traditional Ukranian song "Shchedrk";
English text by Peter J. Wilhousky, 1930s)
Round the Glory Manger (Keaton Lee Scott, b.1950)
The Three Kings (Steve Pilkington arrangement)
traditional Welsh carol
Convivando está la noche (Juan García de Zéspedes, ca.1619-1678)
Crown of Roses (music: P.I. Tchaikovsky, 1883)
Evergreen (Daniel Pinkham, text by Robert Hillyer)
Set 2
Set 3
Set 1105th Carols Service, December 14, 2014 performance, excerpts:
with Thomas Sheehan, organ
radio intro
O Radiant Dawn (James MacMillan, b.1959)
Alma Redemptoris Mater
(Giovanni Palestrina, 1525-1594; text by Hermann Contractus, 1013-1054))
Love Came Down at Christmas
(Leo Sowerby, 1895-1968; text by Christina Rossetti, 1830-1894)
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
(German Catholic hymn ca.1599, harmonized in 1609 by Michael Praetorius)
Behold a Lovely Vine
(Jeremiah Ingalls, 1764-1828; text from "Divine Hymns", edited by Joshua Smith, 1800)
What Sweeter Music
(John Rutter, b.1945; text by Robert Herrick, 1591-1674)
Gloria, in excelsis Deo (from the Christmas Cantata, Daniel Pinkham, 1923-2006; traditional text from the Latin Mass and Psalm 1-3)
Ding Dong Merrily on High
(traditional English carol, arranged by Charles Wood, 1866-1926; text by George R. Woodward, 1848-1934))
Angels We Have Heard on High
(traditional French carol, harmonized by Edward Shippen Barnes, 1887-1958)
I Wonder as I Wander
(Carl Rutti, b.1949; text attributed to John Jacob Niles, 1892-1980)
A Soldier's Carol [world premiere, Harvard University Choir commission 2014]
(Ronald Perera, Harvard class of 1963; text by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807-1882)
Wise Men Came Journeying [world premiere, Harvard University Choir commission 2014]
(Carson P. Cooman, Harvard Class of 2004; text by Shirley Erena Murray, b.1931)
Lux aurumque
(Eric Whitacre, b.1970, Latin translation by Charles Anthony Silvestri, b.1965)
Suo-gân (traditional Welsh carol, arranged by Edward Elwyn Jones, b.1977)
Look-a That Star (Jay Althouse, b.1951)
Postlude, organ outro: Improvisation on "Adeste Fidelis"
(Francis Pott, b.1957); Thomas Sheehan, organ
radio outro
with Thomas Sheehan, organ
radio intro
O Radiant Dawn (James MacMillan, b.1959)
Alma Redemptoris Mater
(Giovanni Palestrina, 1525-1594; text by Hermann Contractus, 1013-1054))
Love Came Down at Christmas
(Leo Sowerby, 1895-1968; text by Christina Rossetti, 1830-1894)
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
(German Catholic hymn ca.1599, harmonized in 1609 by Michael Praetorius)
Behold a Lovely Vine
(Jeremiah Ingalls, 1764-1828; text from "Divine Hymns", edited by Joshua Smith, 1800)
What Sweeter Music
(John Rutter, b.1945; text by Robert Herrick, 1591-1674)
Gloria, in excelsis Deo (from the Christmas Cantata, Daniel Pinkham, 1923-2006; traditional text from the Latin Mass and Psalm 1-3)
Ding Dong Merrily on High
(traditional English carol, arranged by Charles Wood, 1866-1926; text by George R. Woodward, 1848-1934))
Angels We Have Heard on High
(traditional French carol, harmonized by Edward Shippen Barnes, 1887-1958)
I Wonder as I Wander
(Carl Rutti, b.1949; text attributed to John Jacob Niles, 1892-1980)
A Soldier's Carol [world premiere, Harvard University Choir commission 2014]
(Ronald Perera, Harvard class of 1963; text by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807-1882)
Wise Men Came Journeying [world premiere, Harvard University Choir commission 2014]
(Carson P. Cooman, Harvard Class of 2004; text by Shirley Erena Murray, b.1931)
Lux aurumque
(Eric Whitacre, b.1970, Latin translation by Charles Anthony Silvestri, b.1965)
Suo-gân (traditional Welsh carol, arranged by Edward Elwyn Jones, b.1977)
Look-a That Star (Jay Althouse, b.1951)
Postlude, organ outro: Improvisation on "Adeste Fidelis"
(Francis Pott, b.1957); Thomas Sheehan, organ
radio outro
Set 2
Set 3
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