Sweet Music of Christmas / Morrow, et al

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Album Summary

Performers

• Laura Koch
• Lisa Holt
• John Wiles
• Kaycee Young (Soprano)

Conductor

• Morrow, James

Ensemble

• University of Texas Chamber Singers

Composers

• Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930)
• Franz Gruber (Composer) (1787 - 1863)
• Geoffrey Shaw (Composer) (1879 - 1943)
• Kenneth Leighton (1929 - 1988)
• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
• Tomás Luis de Victoria (circa 1548 - 1611)
• James Sclater (1943 - )
• Jan Sandström (1954 - )
• Peter Wishart (Composer) (1921 - 1984)
• Jeffrey Nytch (1964 - )
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Arvo Pärt (1935 - )
• Christmas Traditional
• John Francis Wade (1711 - 1786)
• John Joubert (1927 - )
• Michael Praetorius (1571 - 1621)

Notes & Reviews:

The University of Texas Chamber Singers have been one of the premiere North American collegiate choral ensembles for nearly half a century, having been organized in 1957 by Dr. Morris J. Beachy. Since that time they have traveled extensively throughout the United States and much of Europe, the Middle East, and South America. Their most recent concert tour was to Brazil where they performed in historic venues in São Paolo and Rio de Janeiro. Recent performances include Terry Riley's Sun Rings with the Kronos Quartet, Delius' Appalachia with conductor Gunther Schuller, the North American premiere and first complete recording of Brazilian composer José Maurício Nunes Garcia's Missa de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, and concerts in 2005 for both the American Choral Directors Association National Convention in Los Angeles and the Texas Music Educators Association Convention in San Antonio. They have recorded two compact disc of American choral music for Naxos. This is their first recording for Koch International Classics.

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Traditional, Christmas : Il est né, le divin enfant (French)

• Conductor: James Morrow
• Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Singers
• Running Time: 1 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1875

Shaw, Geoffrey : How far is it to Bethlehem :: Stowey) (English)

• Conductor: James Morrow
• Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Singers
• Running Time: 2 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas

Sandström, Jan : Sanctus, for chorus

• Conductor: James Morrow
• Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Singers
• Running Time: 3 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1992

Wade, John Francis : O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles)

• Performer: Laura Koch
• Conductor: James Morrow
• Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Singers
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1751

Leighton, Kenneth : Carols (3), Op. 25

• Performer: Lisa Holt
• Conductor: James Morrow
• Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Singers
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas

Wishart, Peter : Carols (3), Op. 17

• Conductor: James Morrow
• Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Singers
• Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Traditional, Christmas : Of the Father's heart begotten (A Christmas Procession)

• Conductor: James Morrow
• Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Singers
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1582

Joubert, John : There Is No Rose, for chorus, Op. 14

• Conductor: James Morrow
• Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Singers
• Running Time: 2 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas

Holst, Gustav : Nunc Dimittis, for chorus, H. 127

• Performers: Lisa Holt; John Wiles
• Conductor: James Morrow
• Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Singers
• Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1915

Traditional, Christmas : O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol

• Conductor: James Morrow
• Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Singers
• Running Time: 2 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Choral
• Written: 12th Century

Traditional, Christmas : I Wonder As I Wander (American)

• Performer: John Wiles
• Conductor: James Morrow
• Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Singers
• Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
• Written: by 1933

Nytch, Jeffrey : Go Tell It, for chorus

• Conductor: James Morrow
• Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Singers
• Running Time: 2 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Praetorious, Michael : Musae Sioniae

• Conductor: James Morrow
• Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Singers
• Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 1600

Victoria, Tomás Luis de : O magnum mysterium

• Conductor: James Morrow
• Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Singers
• Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1572

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Ave Maria

• Conductor: James Morrow
• Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Singers
• Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Warlock, Peter : Benedicamus Domino

• Conductor: James Morrow
• Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Singers
• Running Time: 1 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1918

Traditional, Christmas : Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head (American)

• Conductor: James Morrow
• Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Singers
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Form: Christmas

Sclater, James : What Sweeter Music Can We Bring, for chorus

• Conductor: James Morrow
• Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Singers
• Running Time: 4 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Nytch, Jeffrey : A Child Is Born, for chorus

• Conductor: James Morrow
• Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Singers
• Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Pärt, Arvo : Magnificat

• Performer: Kaycee Young (Soprano)
• Conductor: James Morrow
• Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Singers
• Running Time: 5 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1989

Gruber, Franz : Silent Night

• Conductor: James Morrow
• Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Singers
• Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1818