Victorian Christmas for Brass

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Album Summary

Performer

• Constanze Backes (Soprano)

Ensemble

• Passion des Cuivres

Composers

• Recorded Sound
• Christmas Traditional
• Lewis Redner (1831 - 1908)
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
• Arthur Sullivan (1842 - 1900)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• John Francis Wade (1711 - 1786)
• Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856)
• Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874)
• Henry John Gauntlett (1805 - 1876)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Mykola Leontovych (1877 - 1921)
• Lowell Mason (1792 - 1872)

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Works Details

Sound, Recorded : Bells of St. Andrew's Church - Christmas Bells at Sea

• Ensemble: Passion des Cuivres
• Notes: Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Forsten-Tading (09/04/2006-09/07/2006)
• Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Christmas

Sullivan, Arthur : Hearken unto me, anthem for chorus & organ

• Performer: Constanze Backes (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Passion des Cuivres
• Notes: Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Forsten-Tading (09/04/2006-09/07/2006)
• Running Time: 5 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: circa 1877

Gauntlett, Henry John : Once in Royal David's City, carol

• Performer: Constanze Backes (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Passion des Cuivres
• Notes: Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Forsten-Tading (09/04/2006-09/07/2006)
• Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1850

Traditional, Christmas : God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English)

• Performer: Constanze Backes (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Passion des Cuivres
• Notes: Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Forsten-Tading (09/04/2006-09/07/2006)
• Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas

Mendelssohn, Felix : Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"

• Performer: Constanze Backes (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Passion des Cuivres
• Notes: Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Forsten-Tading (09/04/2006-09/07/2006)
• Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1840

Handel, George Frideric : Der Messias :: Sinfony

• Performer: Constanze Backes (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Passion des Cuivres
• Notes: Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Forsten-Tading (09/04/2006-09/07/2006)
• Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Handel, George Frideric : Der Messias :: He Shall Feed His Flock

• Performer: Constanze Backes (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Passion des Cuivres
• Notes: Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Forsten-Tading (09/04/2006-09/07/2006)
• Running Time: 4 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Handel, George Frideric : As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel) :: O Ruddier Than the Cherry

• Performer: Constanze Backes (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Passion des Cuivres
• Notes: Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Forsten-Tading (09/04/2006-09/07/2006)
• Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1718

Redner, Lewis : O Little Town of Bethlehem

• Performer: Constanze Backes (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Passion des Cuivres
• Notes: Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Forsten-Tading (09/04/2006-09/07/2006)
• Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1868

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

• Performer: Constanze Backes (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Passion des Cuivres
• Notes: Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Forsten-Tading (09/04/2006-09/07/2006)
• Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1751

Leontovych, Mykola : Carol of the Bells

• Performer: Constanze Backes (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Passion des Cuivres
• Notes: Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Forsten-Tading (09/04/2006-09/07/2006)
• Running Time: 1 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1910

Purcell, Henry : An Evening Hymn to the Ground, "Now that the sun hath veiled his light"

• Performer: Constanze Backes (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Passion des Cuivres
• Notes: Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Forsten-Tading (09/04/2006-09/07/2006)
• Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: circa 1687

Adam, Adolphe : Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night")

• Performer: Constanze Backes (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Passion des Cuivres
• Notes: Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Forsten-Tading (09/04/2006-09/07/2006)
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1851

Sullivan, Arthur : It came upon the midnight clear, for chorus (NOT a setting of "Noel;" from "5 Sacred Partsongs")

• Performer: Constanze Backes (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Passion des Cuivres
• Notes: Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Forsten-Tading (09/04/2006-09/07/2006)
• Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Mason, Lowell : Joy to the World

• Performer: Constanze Backes (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Passion des Cuivres
• Notes: Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Forsten-Tading (09/04/2006-09/07/2006)
• Running Time: 1 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas

Traditional, Christmas : Coventry Carol (2) :: "Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child"

• Performer: Constanze Backes (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Passion des Cuivres
• Notes: Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Forsten-Tading (09/04/2006-09/07/2006)
• Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1498

Holst, Gustav : In the bleak mid-winter

• Performer: Constanze Backes (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Passion des Cuivres
• Notes: Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Forsten-Tading (09/04/2006-09/07/2006)
• Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1904-1905

Traditional, Christmas : O Come Emmanuel

• Performer: Constanze Backes (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Passion des Cuivres
• Notes: Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Forsten-Tading (09/04/2006-09/07/2006)
• Running Time: 1 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval

Cornelius, Peter : The Three Kings

• Performer: Constanze Backes (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Passion des Cuivres
• Notes: Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Forsten-Tading (09/04/2006-09/07/2006)
• Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1856

Sullivan, Arthur : Work(s) :: Care is All Fiddle-De-Dee

• Performer: Constanze Backes (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Passion des Cuivres
• Notes: Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Forsten-Tading (09/04/2006-09/07/2006)
• Running Time: 1 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Sound, Recorded : Bells of St. Andrew's Church - Christmas Bells at Sea

• Performer: Constanze Backes (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Passion des Cuivres
• Notes: Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Forsten-Tading (09/04/2006-09/07/2006)
• Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Christmas