Toensing: Kontakion for the Nativity of Christ

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Cappella Records
Release Date
September 18, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      TOENSING, RICHARD
    • PERFORMER
      Cappella Romana, Lingas
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 18, 2020
    • UPC
      614511744621
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CR405-CD
    • LABEL
      Cappella Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Proïmion: The Virgin gives birth today

      Composer: Richard Toensing

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: LeAnne DenBeste, Kari Ferguson, Mark Powell, Blake Applegate, Aaron Cain, David Stutz

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    2. I. Stanza 1: Bethlehem has opened Eden

      Composer: Richard Toensing

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: LeAnne DenBeste, Kari Ferguson, Mark Powell, Blake Applegate, Aaron Cain, David Stutz

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    3. I. Stanza 2: The Father of the Mother by intent became her Son

      Composer: Richard Toensing

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: LeAnne DenBeste, Kari Ferguson, Mark Powell, Blake Applegate, Aaron Cain, David Stutz

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    4. I. Stanza 3: O High King, what is there for you among the beggars?

      Composer: Richard Toensing

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: LeAnne DenBeste, Kari Ferguson, Mark Powell, Blake Applegate, Aaron Cain, David Stutz

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    5. II. Stanza 4: As she says such things in the presence of the Ineffable

      Composer: Richard Toensing

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: LeAnne DenBeste, Kari Ferguson, Mark Powell, Blake Applegate, Aaron Cain, David Stutz

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    6. II. Stanza 6: As Mary heard all these astonishing words

      Composer: Richard Toensing

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: LeAnne DenBeste, Kari Ferguson, Mark Powell, Blake Applegate, Aaron Cain, David Stutz

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    7. II. Stanza 7: Since they are your people, O Child

      Composer: Richard Toensing

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: LeAnne DenBeste, Kari Ferguson, Mark Powell, Blake Applegate, Aaron Cain, David Stutz

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    8. III. Stanza 8: Jesus, who is truly the Christ and also our God

      Composer: Richard Toensing

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: LeAnne DenBeste, Kari Ferguson, Mark Powell, Blake Applegate, Aaron Cain, David Stutz

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    9. III. Stanza 9: Receive, then, O Holy Lady

      Composer: Richard Toensing

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: LeAnne DenBeste, Kari Ferguson, Mark Powell, Blake Applegate, Aaron Cain, David Stutz

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    10. IV. Stanza 10: The Magi hastened at once to the inner room

      Composer: Richard Toensing

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: LeAnne DenBeste, Kari Ferguson, Mark Powell, Blake Applegate, Aaron Cain, David Stutz

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    11. IV. Stanza 11: "I will tell you," said Mary to the Magi

      Composer: Richard Toensing

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: LeAnne DenBeste, Kari Ferguson, Mark Powell, Blake Applegate, Aaron Cain, David Stutz

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    12. IV. Stanza 22: Now when She who is blameless saw the Magi

      Composer: Richard Toensing

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: LeAnne DenBeste, Kari Ferguson, Mark Powell, Blake Applegate, Aaron Cain, David Stutz

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    13. IV. Stanza 24 (Epilogue): Save the World, O our Savior

      Composer: Richard Toensing

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: LeAnne DenBeste, Kari Ferguson, Mark Powell, Blake Applegate, Aaron Cain, David Stutz

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    14. O Nations, Let Us Now Prepare

      Composer: Richard Toensing

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    15. Isaiah, As He Watched By Night

      Composer: Richard Toensing

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    16. In Olden Days

      Composer: Richard Toensing

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    17. What Shall We Call You

      Composer: Richard Toensing

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: Stephanie Kramer, Wendy Steele, Brian Francis, Adam Steele

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    18. Now hear, O Bethlehem

      Composer: Richard Toensing

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: Gayle Neuman, Daniel Burnett

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    19. The Virgin, As Was Said of Old

      Composer: Richard Toensing

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    20. O Let Creation All Rejoice

      Composer: Richard Toensing

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    21. Now Christ Is Born Upon the Earth

      Composer: Richard Toensing

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    22. The Rod of Jesse's Root has Bloomed

      Composer: Richard Toensing

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    23. The Shepherds in the Fields

      Composer: Richard Toensing

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: Stephanie Kramer, Tuesday Rupp, Leslie Green, David Krueger

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    24. Once Sorrow Had Silenced Zion's Harps

      Composer: Richard Toensing

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    25. Make Glad, You Righteous

      Composer: Richard Toensing

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas


American composer Richard Toensing creates a vibrant musical synthesis of East and West with new settings of ancient Orthodox Christmas texts. Indebted to Slavic traditions, his virtuosic Choral Concerto for unaccompanied double choir and multiple soloists uses the dramatic words of St. Romanos the Melodist (6th c.) to recount the mystery of Jesus' birth. Toensing's more intimate New Orthodox Carols for the Nativity of Christ alternate between exuberant celebration and joyful contemplation as they bridge the gap between Byzantine and American hymnody. American composer and music educator Richard Toensing (1940-2014) received numerous award for composition during his lifetime, most notably from Columbia University, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts, and BMI.