Christmas At America's First Cathedral

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Label
Gothic
Release Date
September 28, 2010
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MCLACHLAN DALEY POWELL BRUB
    • PERFORMER
      Hall, Baltimore Choral Arts
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 28, 2010
    • UPC
      000334927721
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      G-49277
    • LABEL
      Gothic
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Paulus (St. Paul), Op. 36, Part I: Rise up! Arise! (Sung in English)

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Baltimore Choral Arts Orchestra

      Conductor: Tom Hall

    2. Gabriel's Message

      Composer: Eleanor Daley

      Ensemble: Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Baltimore Choral Arts Orchestra

      Conductor: Tom Hall

    3. Come Colours Rise

      Composer: Sarah McLachlan

      Ensemble: Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Baltimore Choral Arts Orchestra

      Conductor: Tom Hall

    4. I Saw Three Ships (arr. R. Shaw and A. Parker)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Baltimore Choral Arts Orchestra

      Conductor: Tom Hall

    5. Christmas Give: Christmas Memories (orch. J. Kessler)

      Composer: Rosephanye Powell

      Ensemble: Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Baltimore Choral Arts Orchestra

      Conductor: Tom Hall

    6. Precious Gift His Wondrous Birth

      Composer: Dave Brubeck

      Ensemble: Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Baltimore Choral Arts Orchestra

      Conductor: Tom Hall

    7. Christmas Give: Ring the Bells (orch. J. Kessler)

      Composer: Rosephanye Powell

      Ensemble: Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Baltimore Choral Arts Orchestra

      Conductor: Tom Hall

    8. A Clean Heart

      Composer: James Lee III

      Ensemble: Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Baltimore Choral Arts Orchestra

      Conductor: Tom Hall

    9. Christmas Give: Christus natus est (orch. J. Kessler)

      Composer: Rosephanye Powell

      Ensemble: Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Baltimore Choral Arts Orchestra

      Conductor: Tom Hall

    10. Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Part III: Rejoice, O Judah…Hallelujah, Amen

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Baltimore Choral Arts Orchestra

      Conductor: Tom Hall

    11. Christmas Give: Have You Seen the Baby Jesus?

      Composer: Rosephanye Powell

      Ensemble: Baltimore Choral Arts Society

      Performer: Janice Chandler-Eteme

      Conductor: Tom Hall

    12. L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25, Part II: La fuite en Egypte: Overture

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Baltimore Choral Arts Orchestra

      Performer: Sara Nichols, Anita Theisen, Jane Marvine, Leslie Starr

      Conductor: Tom Hall

    13. Jesus Child

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Baltimore Choral Arts Orchestra

      Conductor: Tom Hall

    14. Holy Night

      Composer: Rosephanye Powell

      Ensemble: Baltimore Choral Arts Society

      Conductor: Tom Hall

    15. Ogo ni fun Oluwa

      Composer: Rosephanye Powell

      Ensemble: Baltimore Choral Arts Society

      Conductor: Tom Hall

    16. Mary's Lullaby

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Baltimore Choral Arts Orchestra

      Conductor: Tom Hall

    17. Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Hallelujah!

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Baltimore Choral Arts Orchestra

      Conductor: Tom Hall


In addition to familiar seasonal music by Mendelssohn, Handel, Rutter, and others, Christmas at America’s First Cathedral features music from South Africa, Canada, and the United States, including the premiere recordings of seven new works by two of America’s most important African American composers, Dr. Rosephanye Powell and Dr. James Lee III. Dr. Lee’s motet, "A Clean Heart" is from a collection of four motets composed in 2009. The six selections by Dr. Powell comprise a suite called, Christmas Give, commissioned by Baltimore Choral Arts and given its world premiere December 1, 2009 at the Baltimore Basilica. - Gothic Records