Christmas With The Cincinnati May Festival Chorus

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Label
Fanfare Cincinnati
Release Date
October 6, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Cincinnati May Festival Chorus
    • PERFORMER
      Conlon, Porco, Macphail
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 06, 2017
    • UPC
      870362000129
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FC-012
    • LABEL
      Fanfare Cincinnati
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Christmas / Chanukkah
    Works ⌄

    1. Joy to the World (arr. J. Rutter for choir)

      Composer: Lowell Mason

      Ensemble: Cincinnati May Festival Chorus

      Performer: Heather MacPhail

      Conductor: Robert Porco

    2. Adeste fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful) (arr. D. Willcocks for choir)

      Composer: John Francis Wade

      Ensemble: Cincinnati May Festival Chorus

      Performer: Heather MacPhail

      Conductor: Robert Porco

    3. Festgesang, MWV D4, "Gutenberg-Kantate": No. 2. (adap. W.H. Cummings as Hark! The Herald Angels Sing) (arr. D. Willcocks for choir)

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Cincinnati May Festival Chorus

      Performer: Heather MacPhail

      Conductor: Robert Porco

    4. Angels We Have Heard on High (arr. A. Parker and R. Shaw for choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Cincinnati May Festival Chorus

      Conductor: Robert Porco

    5. Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

      Composer: Elizabeth Poston

      Ensemble: Cincinnati May Festival Chorus

      Conductor: Robert Porco

    6. Masters in This Hall (arr. A. Parker and R. Shaw for choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Cincinnati May Festival Chorus

      Conductor: Robert Porco

    7. Wassail Song (arr. R. Vaughan Williams for choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Cincinnati May Festival Chorus

      Conductor: Robert Porco

    8. In the bleak midwinter

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: Cincinnati May Festival Chorus

      Conductor: Robert Porco

    9. O Little Town of Bethlehem (arr. for choir)

      Composer: Lewis H. Redner

      Ensemble: Cincinnati May Festival Chorus

      Conductor: Robert Porco

    10. O Magnum Mysterium

      Composer: Morten Lauridsen

      Ensemble: Cincinnati May Festival Chorus

      Conductor: Robert Porco

    11. Carol of the Bells (arr. P.J. Wilhousky for choir)

      Composer: Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych

      Ensemble: Cincinnati May Festival Chorus

      Conductor: Robert Porco

    12. Ave Maria (Angelus Domini)

      Composer: Franz Xaver Biebl

      Ensemble: Cincinnati May Festival Chorus

      Conductor: Robert Porco

    13. The Blessed Son of God

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Cincinnati May Festival Chorus

      Conductor: Robert Porco

    14. Noel, Noel, Bells Are Ringing

      Composer: Wilbur Chenoweth

      Ensemble: Cincinnati May Festival Chorus

      Performer: Heather MacPhail

      Conductor: Robert Porco

    15. All-night Vigil, Op. 37, "Vespers": Rejoice, O Virgin

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Cincinnati May Festival Chorus

      Conductor: Robert Porco

    16. A Hymn to the Virgin

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Cincinnati May Festival Chorus

      Conductor: Robert Porco

    17. Lo how a rose e'er blooming (Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen)

      Composer: Michael Praetorius

      Ensemble: Cincinnati May Festival Chorus

      Conductor: Robert Porco

    18. Tomorrow shall be my dancing day, Op. 75, No. 2

      Composer: John Gardner

      Ensemble: Cincinnati May Festival Chorus

      Performer: Heather MacPhail

      Conductor: Robert Porco

    19. Caroling, Caroling (arr. H. Ades for choir)

      Composer: Alfred Burt

      Ensemble: Cincinnati May Festival Chorus

      Conductor: Robert Porco

    20. We Wish You A Merry Christmas (arr. A. Warrell for choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Cincinnati May Festival Chorus

      Conductor: Robert Porco


The Cincinnati May Festival Chorus, the official chorus of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops, performs a capella traditional Christmas carols under the direction of Robert Porco. The May Festival Chorus has earned acclaim locally, nationally, and internationally for its musicality, vast range of repertoire and sheer power of sound. The Chorus of 145 professionally trained singers is the core artistic element of the Cincinnati May Festival as well as the official chorus of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops. Founded in 1873, the annual May Festival is the oldest, and one of the most prestigious, choral festivals in the Western Hemisphere. In this release, the Chorus performs sublime a capella arrangements of traditional Christmas hymns and carols.