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The Apple Tree: Christmas with Seraphic Fire
Seraphic Fire Media

The Apple Tree: Christmas with Seraphic Fire

Contemporary Spiritual Serene Uplifting
$18.99

Details

Composer
Patrick Dupre Quigley
Artist
Seraphic Fire
Format
CD
Label
Seraphic Fire Media
Released
Nov 17, 2023
Catalog #
SFMCD17
UPC
641444213429

About

For nearly 20 years, Seraphic Fire’s Christmas concerts have heralded the change of seasons for our audiences in South Florida, and there is no piece more associated with these yearly musical celebrations than Jesus Christ the Apple Tree. Written by Elizabeth Poston, English composer and purported World War II spy for the Allies, Jesus Christ the Apple Tree takes a Federal-era American text and clothes it in music so simple, that it could easily be an 18th-century colonial hymn. With its elegant treble-voice verse and luxurious ending canon, Jesus Christ the Apple Tree has become an indispensable part of Christmastide for thousands of our friends in our hometown of Miami, FL, and beyond.

With Poston’s masterpiece as our polestar, this new holiday recording by Seraphic Fire celebrates the simple and the authentic. From Praetorious’s double choir setting of In dulci jubilo and Gottfried Wolter’s spine-tingling Maria durch ein Dornwald ging, to familiar American carols arranged by composer contemporaries of Seraphic Fire (including Susan LaBarr, Edwin Fissinger, Timothy Takach, and Seraphic Fire’s founder Patrick Dupre Quigley), this new recording hopes to introduce new settings of old melodies that will hopefully become instant classics in your Christmas soundscape. Each Seraphic Fire Christmas program is special, and we hope that The Apple Tree: Christmas with Seraphic Fire will continue our tradition of bringing peaceful, tuneful contemplation to our beloved audiences, near and far. – James K. Bass

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 I Saw Three Ships (arr. E. Fissinger) 02:20
    Track
    1
    Title
    I Saw Three Ships (arr. E. Fissinger)
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Seraphic Fire
    Conductor
    James K. Bass
  2. 2 Adam lay ybounden 02:14
    Track
    2
    Title
    Adam lay ybounden
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    John Ireland
    Ensemble
    Seraphic Fire
    Conductor
    James K. Bass
  3. 3 Adam lay ybounden 03:35
    Track
    3
    Title
    Adam lay ybounden
    Duration
    03:35
    Composer
    Matthew Martin
    Performer
    Matthew Goinz, Luc Kleiner
    Ensemble
    Seraphic Fire
    Conductor
    James K. Bass
  4. 4 Maria durch ein Dornwald ging (arr. J.K. Bass) 03:55
    Track
    4
    Title
    Maria durch ein Dornwald ging (arr. J.K. Bass)
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Gottfried Wolters
    Ensemble
    Seraphic Fire
    Conductor
    James K. Bass
  5. 5 'Twas the Moon of Wintertime 04:16
    Track
    5
    Title
    'Twas the Moon of Wintertime
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Timothy C. Takach
    Ensemble
    Seraphic Fire
    Conductor
    James K. Bass
  6. 6 The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came 03:18
    Track
    6
    Title
    The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Susan LaBarr
    Ensemble
    Seraphic Fire
    Conductor
    James K. Bass
  7. 7 All Beautiful the March of Days 03:16
    Track
    7
    Title
    All Beautiful the March of Days
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    James Kallembach
    Ensemble
    Seraphic Fire
    Conductor
    James K. Bass
  8. 8 In dulci jubilo (arr. J.K. Bass) 02:53
    Track
    8
    Title
    In dulci jubilo (arr. J.K. Bass)
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Michael Praetorius
    Performer
    Chelsea Helm, William Duffy, Nickolas Karageorgiou
    Ensemble
    Seraphic Fire
    Conductor
    James K. Bass
  9. 9 Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head (arr. P.D. Quigley for choir) 04:03
    Track
    9
    Title
    Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head (arr. P.D. Quigley for choir)
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    John Buffett
    Ensemble
    Seraphic Fire
    Conductor
    James K. Bass
  10. 10 I Wonder as I Wander (arr. P.D. Quigley for choir) 03:01
    Track
    10
    Title
    I Wonder as I Wander (arr. P.D. Quigley for choir)
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    John Jacob Niles
    Performer
    Tivoli Treloar
    Ensemble
    Seraphic Fire
    Conductor
    James K. Bass
  11. 11 Jesús en pesebre (Away in a Manger) (arr. P.D. Quigley) 04:09
    Track
    11
    Title
    Jesús en pesebre (Away in a Manger) (arr. P.D. Quigley)
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    William J. Kirkpatrick, James Ramsey Murray
    Performer
    Alexandra Colaizzi
    Ensemble
    Seraphic Fire
    Conductor
    James K. Bass
  12. 12 Jesus Christ the Apple Tree 05:32
    Track
    12
    Title
    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
    Duration
    05:32
    Composer
    Elizabeth Poston
    Performer
    Chelsea Helm, Elisse Albian
    Ensemble
    Seraphic Fire
    Conductor
    James K. Bass
  13. 13 Away in a Manger (arr. O. Gjeilo) 04:34
    Track
    13
    Title
    Away in a Manger (arr. O. Gjeilo)
    Duration
    04:34
    Composer
    William J. Kirkpatrick
    Performer
    Elisse Albian
    Ensemble
    Seraphic Fire
    Conductor
    James K. Bass
  14. 14 Mary Had a Baby (arr. W.L. Dawson) 03:28
    Track
    14
    Title
    Mary Had a Baby (arr. W.L. Dawson)
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Addy Sterrett
    Ensemble
    Seraphic Fire
    Conductor
    James K. Bass
  15. 15 Ain' -a that Good News! (arr. W.L. Dawson for choir) 02:00
    Track
    15
    Title
    Ain' -a that Good News! (arr. W.L. Dawson for choir)
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Seraphic Fire
    Conductor
    James K. Bass