St. Martin's Chamber Choir

A Boy Was Born

Program notes from Artistic Director Timothy J.  Krueger

   
Three Carol Arrangements arr. Terry Schlenker (b. 1957)
  O Come, O Come Emmanuel  
  Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence  
  Of the Father’s Love Begotten   

The Crib

Martin Shaw (1875-1958)

Settings of the poetry of Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894)
  In the Bleak Midwinter  Harold Darke (1888-1976)
  Love Came Down at Christmas Rodney Williams (b. 1941)
  Before Robert S. Cohen (b. 1945) 
  Christmas Eve Robert S. Cohen
  Sleep, Little Baby, Sleep Robert S. Cohen
  In the Bleak Midwinter Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
A Hymn to the Virgin  Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

A Boy was Born

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
 A Choral Theme and Six Variations, Op. 3  
  Theme
Var.I "Lullay, Jesu"
Var. II "Herod"
Var. III "Jesu, as thou art our saviour"
Var. IV "The Three Kings"
Var. V "In the bleak mid-winter"
Var. VI (Finale)
       

 

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