Classical Christmas on The Third Floor

TTF Program 226

November 24th, 2019

Hour One

Best of the English choral tradition

Carols:  Ding Dong Merrily on High (The Cambridge Singers, dir. John Rutter) 1:55  Deck the Halls (Norwich Cathedral Choir) 1:05  A Spotless Rose (Choir of New College, Oxford, dir. Edward Higginbottom) 3:15 There is no rose of such virtue (Choir of New College, Oxford, dir. Edward Higginbottom) 2:20  Sussex Carol (Choir of New College, Oxford, dir. Edward Higginbottom) O Little Town of Bethlehem (Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; dir. Stephen Cleobury, David Briggs, organ) 3:19 Silent Night (Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; dir. Stephen Cleobury, David Briggs, organ) 2:30 Away in a Manger (Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; dir. Stephen Cleobury, David Briggs, organ) 2:00 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; dir. Stephen Cleobury, David Briggs, organ) 3:30 I wonder  as I wander (The Cambridge Singers, dir. John Rutter) 2:45 Three Kings of Orient (The Cambridge Singers, dir. John Rutter) 4:55 O little one sweet (The Cambridge Singers, dir. John Rutter) 2:40 We wish you a Merry Christmas (The Cambridge Singers, dir. John Rutter) 1:45

Total 35:07

Nutcracker with LA Guitar Quartet

Tchaikovsky:  Nutcracker Suite, op. 71 (LA Guitar Quartet) 20:51

Hour Two

TTF mix of choral, vocal, and instrumental #2

The Little Drummer Boy (Arthur Fiedler Orchestra and Chorus) 2:27 The First Noel (Robert Shaw Chorale and RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra) 2:26 O Tannenbaum (Musica Sacra, dir. Richard Westenburg) 2.22 Carol of the Bells (New York Choral Artists) 1:27 Ave Verum Corpus (Vienna Boys Choir; Vienna Symphony) 2:48 Coventry Carol (Robert Shaw Chamber Singers) 2:44  MacMillan:  O radiant dawn (The BBC Singers, dir. Stephen Cleobury) 4:37 

Total 19:05

Choral music from North America:  NY Polyphony, Elora Festival Singers, St. Thomas

Coventry Carol (NY Polyphony)  O Holy Night -- Wassail Song -- Hodie Christus Natus Est (Elora Festival Singers) Es ist ein Ros entsprungen -- I Saw Three Ships -- Nova! Nova! -- Come Thou Redeemer of the earth -- in the bleak mid-winter -- The Lamb (The Choir of St. Thomas Church, NYC) 32:00 

Hour Three

Creator of the Stars: Pomerium, dir. Alexander Blachly

De Lassus, Desprez, Ockeghem, Byrd

In dulci jubilo -- Resonet in laudibus -- Preter rerum seriem -- O Sapientia -- Alma redemptoris mater -- Reges Tharsis et insulae 18:36 

Leroy Anderson and the BBC Concert Orchestra Carol Medley featuring different sections of the orchestra

Christmas Medley (BBC Concert Orchestra, dir. Leonard Slatkin) 32:08