The Concert Singers

Winter Concert: “Caroling, Caroling”

December 9, 2018, 4:00 p.m.

Westchester United Methodist Church

Program

• Selections from The Alfred Burt Carols, Set 1 <YouTube>
  • “Caroling, Caroling” (1954: w. Wihla Hutson) <TCS_2013> <TCS_2007>
  • “We’ll Dress the House” (1954: w. Wihla Hutson) <TCS_2013>
• O Admirabile Commercium (Thomas Stoltzer) <YouTube> <TCS_2004>
• Josef, Lieber Josef Mein (Eng. tr. Margita Haberlen; setting by Leonhart Schröter [1540-95]; arr. James McKelvy, 1978) <YouTube : This audio follows our music for pages 1-2, then somewhat continues in German (not English as our music does), then totally does something different towards the end.  Hopefully, it will be beneficial just to get the feeling for the piece.>
• Hark the Herald Angels Sing (w. Charles Wesley et al.; m. Samuel Arnold; arr. William Lock, 2008) <YouTube>
• Ecce Novum (2018: m. Ola Gjeilo) <JWP>
• All Through the Night (2016: Traditional Welsh folk song; arr. & addl. words by Heather Sorenson; quoting “Joy to the World”) <JWP>
• I Saw Three Ships (wm. English Carol; arr. William Spencer)
• What Sweeter Music (w. Robert Herrick [1591-1674], alt; m. John Rutter, 1988) <YouTube> <JWP> <TCS_2004>
• Lo, How a Rose (John Leavitt)
• See Amid the Winter’s Snow (w. Edward Caswall, 1858; m. John Goss, 1871; arr. Dan Forrest, 2016) <JWP>

Intermission

• O Come, Little Children (w. Christoph von Schmid, 1794; m. German trad.; arr. David Giardiniere, incorporating material from J. S. Bach Cantata B.W.V. 140, Wachet auf) <JWP>
• The Shepherd’s Carol (wm. trad. Austrian; arr. Dan Forrest, 2010) <JWP>
• Ding Dong! Merrily on High! (w. George Woodward; arr. Kirby Shaw, 2013) <YouTube>
• The Huron Carol (Huron w. Jean de Brébuf, c. 1643; English w. Jesse Edgar Middleton, 1926; m. French carol Une jeune pucelle;  arr. Dan Forrest, 2018) <JWP>
• Irving Berlin’s Christmas (arr. Brymer & Brown) <YouTube: Band w solos> <YouTube: Band w youth chorale> <YouTube: choir w piano>
• Two Hanukkah Songs
  • Eight Days (m. Barbara Miller) <YouTube> <TCS_2004>
  • Hanukkah Flame (Linda Marcus, Vicki Tucker Courtney) <JWP>
• It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (wm. Eddie Pola & George Wyle, 1963; arr. Hawley Ades, 1971) <YouTube> <TCS_2004>
• Silent Night (German w. Joseph Mohr, 1816; Engl w. John Freeman Young, 1859; m. Franz Gruber, 1818; arr. Shawn Kirchner, 2016) <YouTube>

Note: The links in <angle brackets> lead to a recording: <JWP> on the J. W. Pepper web site; if TCS, it is a prior performance by The Concert Singers. 

Program notes