Musica della Sera

Classical Music from 7:00 to 9:30

December 20, 2007

Hosted by: Meera Collier-Mitchell

Time (approx.)	Composer	Selection	Performers	Record Title	Label
7:00	George Frederik Handel	Messiah: selections o For unto us a child is born o Pifa (“Pastoral Symphony”) o There were shepherds abiding in the field o Glory to God o Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion	London Symphony Orchestra Tenebrae Choir Sir Colin Davis, cond. Susan Gritton, Soprano	Handel: Messiah	LSO
	G.P. da Palestrina	Hodie Christus natus est	The Cambridge Singers John Rutter, dir.	Images of Christ	Collegium
	Jacob Handl	Omnes de Saba venient
	Gregorian Chant	Alma Redemptoris Mater		Ave Gracia Plena: Music in honour of the Virgin Mary
	Francisco Guerrero (1528-99)	Ave Virgo sanctissima
7:30	15^th C. English Carol	There is no rose of such virtue
	Richard Dering (c. 1580-1630)	Ave Virgo gloriosa
	Italian lauda, 14^th C.	Verbum caro factum est	The Waverly Consort Michael Jaffee, dir	The Christmas Story	The Waverly Consort ©1999
	From “Carmina Burana, 13^th C.	Fulgen dies celebris
	Worcester Cathedral, c.1310	Sanctus and Benedictus
	Johann Rosenmüller (c. 1619-1684)	Es waren Hirten auf dem Felde bei den Hürden	Cantus Cölln, Concerto Palatino Konrad Junghänel, dir.	Weinachtshistorie	Harmonia Mundi
	Morten Lauridsen	O magnum mysterium	Polyphony Stephen Layton, cond.	A Christmas Present from Polyphony	Hyperion
8:00	Peter Warlock	Bethlehem Down
	Herbert Howells	A Spotless Rose
8:30	John Jacob Niles	I Wonder as I Wander	The Eaken Piano Trio John Eaken, violin Nancy Baun, cello Gloria Whitney, piano	I’ll Be Home for the Holidays	Naxos
	Beryl Antony	The Oxen	The Earlham College Concert Choir Daniel H. Graves, cond.	Singing Out of the Silence	Earlham College Press
	Jeffrey Reid Baker	The First Noel Gymnopedie for Solo Piano	Jeffrey Reid Baker, piano	A Composer’s Christmas	JRB, ©1996
	Andrew York	Jubilation	Christopher Parkening, guitar Kathleen Battle, soprano	Angels’ Glory	Sony
	Trad. arr: Jacqueline B. Hairston	Wasn’t that a Mighty Day
	Traditional	The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
		Coventry Espagnol	John Stover & Jeff Wells, Duo Guitar	A Virtuoso Christmas	A Legend Road Production
	Franz Biebl (b. 1906)	Ave Maria	Chanticleer, Joseph Jennings, cond.	Our Heart’s Joy	Chanticleer Records
	Anonymous (English, 15^th c.)	There is no rose
	Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)	A hymn to the Virgin
	Arr. Dale Grotenhuis	Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
	Traditional French Carol	Short Fantasy on a Neapolitan Carol	Yolanda Kondonassis, harp Jurij Konje, percussion	Dream Season	Telarc
	Traditional Indian Carol, 17^th C.	Huron Indian Carol
9:00	Traditional	The Cherry Tree Carol	Robert Shaw Chamber Singers Robert Shaw, cond.	Songs of Angels	Telarc
		We Three Kings
		Touro-louro-louro!
		So Blest a Sight
	Traditional Austrian Folk Carol, 19^th C.	Still, Still, Still	Yolanda Kondonassis, harp Jurij Konje, percussion	Dream Season	Telarc
	Yolanda Kondonassis	Dream Season
	Traditional	Hacia Belén va un borrico	Robert Shaw Chamber Singers Robert Shaw, cond.	Songs of Angels	Telarc
		The Holly and the Ivy	John Stover & Jeff Wells, Duo Guitar	A Virtuoso Christmas	A Legend Road Production
		France: Les Anges Dans Nos campagnes; Germany: O Tannenbaum; France: Bel Astre que J'adore	Swingle Singers Arrangements by Ward Swingle	Christmastime	Philips
		Spain: El Noi de la Mare; Czech: Hanej, Nynej, Jezisku; Canzone Dei Zampognari
		USA: We Three Kings; England: The Holly and the Ivy; Argentina: La Peregrinacion
		Oh Tannenbaum	Wynton Marsalis	Crescent City Christmas Card	Columbia