Magic of Christmas / Rutter, Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir

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	Adeste fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful) (arr. D. Willcocks and J. Rutter) - O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) (arr. D. Willcocks and J. Rutter)
	Adam lay y-bounden - Adam lay y bounden
	Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen - Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
	Dancing Day - Tomorrow shall be my dancing day (arr. J. Rutter)
	Gabriel's message (arr. D. Willcocks) - Gabriel's message (arr. D. Willcocks)
	Magnificat - Magnificat
	I Sing of a Maiden - I sing of a maiden
	Still, still, still - Still, still, still (arr. J. Rutter)
	I saw a maiden (arr. E. Pettman) - I saw a maiden
	Silent Night (Stille Nacht) (arr. J. Rutter) - Silent Night (Stille Nacht) (arr. J. Rutter)
	Huron carol (arr. R.B. Anderson) - Huron carol (arr. R.B. Anderson)
	What is this lovely fragrance? (arr. H. Willan) - What is this lovely fragrance (arr. H. Willan)
	Rise up, shepherd, and follow (arr. J. Rutter) - Rise up, shepherd, and follow (arr. J. Rutter)
	In the Bleak Mid-Winter - In the Bleak Midwinter
	Weihnachtslieder, Op. 8 (arr. I. Atkins) - The Three Kings (arr. I. Atkins)
	Carol of the Children - Carol of the Children
	What Sweeter Music - What sweeter music
	Hodie Christus natus est - Hodie Christus natus est
	The Twelve Days of Christmas (arr. J. Rutter) - The Twelve Days of Christmas (arr. J. Rutter)
	Personent hodie (arr. J. Rutter) - Personent hodie (arr. J. Rutter)
	God is with us - God is with us
	In dulci jubilo - In dulci jubilo
	Friday Afternoons, Op. 7 - Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: No. 5: A New Year Carol
	We Wish You a Merry Christmas - We wish you a merry Christmas (arr. J. Rutter)

Album Summary

Performers

• Edward Moroney (Organ)
• Judy Loman (Harp)
• Marion Samuel Stevens (Soprano)
• Russell Braun (Baritone)
• Stuart Laughton (Trumpet)
• James Gardiner (Trumpet)

Conductor

• Rutter, John

Ensembles

• Hannaford Street Silver Band
• Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir

Composers

• Michael Praetorious (1571 - 1621)
• Patrick Hadley (1899 - 1973)
• Peter Cornelius (comp.) (1824 - 1874)
• Anonymous
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
• John Francis Wade (circa 1711 - 1786)
• Traditional
• Franz Xaver Gruber (1787 - 1863)
• John Rutter (1945 - )
• John Tavener (1944 - )
• Boris Ord (1897 - 1961)
• Arvo Pärt (1935 - )
• Harold Edwin Darke (1888 - 1976)
• Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562 - 1621)
• Samuel Scheidt (1587 - 1654)

Notes & Reviews:

"A winner on all counts. The repertoire is gloriously evocative of what the Christmas season is supposed to be about...The choir is terrific, led by the best conductor the planet has to offer for this kind of program...A better-sounding Christmas anthology has never been recorded." - Greenfield, ARG

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Works Details

Wade, John Francis : Adeste fideles

• Performer: Edward Moroney (Organ)
• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir
• Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1782
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Ord, Boris : Adam lay ybounden

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir
• Running Time: 1 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1957
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Praetorious, Michael : Musae Sioniae :: Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1609
• Language: German
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

• Performer: Judy Loman (Harp)
• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir
• Running Time: 2 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 16th Century
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : Gabriel's message

• Performer: Marion Samuel Stevens (Soprano)
• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir
• Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Pärt, Arvo : Magnificat

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir
• Running Time: 6 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1989
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Hadley, Patrick : I sing of a maiden

• Performers: Edward Moroney (Organ); Judy Loman (Harp)
• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir
• Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1936
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : Still, still, still

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir
• Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : I saw a maiden

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Gruber, Franz : Silent Night

• Performers: Judy Loman (Harp); Edward Moroney (Organ)
• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1818
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : The Huron carol

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir
• Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 16th Century
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : Quelle est cette odeur agréable?

• Performers: Edward Moroney (Organ); Russell Braun (Baritone)
• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir
• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 17th Century
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : Rise up, shepherd, and follow

• Performer: Russell Braun (Baritone)
• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Darke, Harold Edwin : In the bleak mid-winter

• Performers: Edward Moroney (Organ); Russell Braun (Baritone)
• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir
• Running Time: 4 min. sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1911
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Cornelius, Peter : Weihnachtslieder (6), Op. 8 :: no 3, Die Könige

• Performer: Russell Braun (Baritone)
• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1856/1870
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Rutter, John : Carol of the Children

• Performer: Judy Loman (Harp)
• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir
• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Christmas
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Rutter, John : What sweeter music

• Performer: Edward Moroney (Organ)
• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir
• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1987
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon : Hodie Christus natus est

• Performer: Edward Moroney (Organ)
• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: Hannaford Street Silver Band
• Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : The Twelve Days of Christmas

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Anonymous : Personent hodie

• Performer: Edward Moroney (Organ)
• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: Hannaford Street Silver Band
• Running Time: 1 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1582
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Tavener, John : God is with us

• Performers: Russell Braun (Baritone); Edward Moroney (Organ)
• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir
• Running Time: 5 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1987
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Scheidt, Samuel : In dulci jubilo

• Performers: Edward Moroney (Organ); Stuart Laughton (Trumpet); James Gardiner (Trumpet)
• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir
• Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1650
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Britten, Benjamin : A New Year Carol

• Performer: Judy Loman (Harp)
• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir
• Running Time: 2 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1971
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : We wish you a merry Christmas

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: Hannaford Street Silver Band
• Running Time: 1 min. 46 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Studio/Live: Studio