A Brandenburg Christmas

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Album Summary

Performers

• Paul Dyer (Harpsichord)
• Louise Prickett
• Christina Leonard (Saxophone)
• Belinda Montgomery (Soprano)
• Craig Everingham
• Richard Sanchez
• David Hayton
• Samantha Ellis
• Meinir Thomas
• Bryony Dwyer

Conductor

• Dyer, Paul

Ensemble

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Composers

• Tarquinio Merula (circa 1594 - 1665)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Katherine K. Davis (1892 - 1981)
• Christmas Traditional
• Juan Arañés (died 1649)
• Billy Joel (1949 - )
• Franz Gruber (Composer) (1787 - 1863)
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 - 1594)
• Hugh Ronzani
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983)
• Anonymous
• Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179)

Notes & Reviews:

MusicWeb International, November 2012
This seasonal offering reveals the quirky programming policy of artistic director Paul Dyer...I'm not sure anyone else has ever dared programme Angelus ad virginem and Billy Joel together, but the man who hymned his Uptown Girl shares stage space with Herbert Howells and Henry Purcell as well, and doesn't seem unduly to suffer.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney (12/18/2010).

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Works Details

Palestrina, Giovanni : Hodie Christus natus est

• Performers: Paul Dyer (Harpsichord); Louise Prickett; Christina Leonard (Saxophone)
• Conductor: Paul Dyer
• Running Time: 2 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral

Hildegard of Bingen : O ecclesia oculi tui

• Performers: Louise Prickett; Christina Leonard (Saxophone); Paul Dyer (Harpsichord)
• Conductor: Paul Dyer
• Running Time: 7 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Written: circa 1140-1179

Traditional, Christmas : Angelus ad virginem (English)

• Performers: Louise Prickett; Paul Dyer (Harpsichord); Christina Leonard (Saxophone)
• Conductor: Paul Dyer
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 13th Century

Ronzani, Hugh : Alma Redemptoris Mater, for chorus & orchestra

• Performers: Paul Dyer (Harpsichord); Christina Leonard (Saxophone); Louise Prickett
• Conductor: Paul Dyer
• Running Time: 6 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Merula, Tarquinio : Madrigals, Book 2, Op. 10

• Performers: Christina Leonard (Saxophone); Louise Prickett; Paul Dyer (Harpsichord)
• Conductor: Paul Dyer
• Running Time: 7 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Juan Arañés (died 1649) : A la vida bona, chacona for 4 voices

• Performers: Louise Prickett; Christina Leonard (Saxophone); Paul Dyer (Harpsichord); Belinda Montgomery (Soprano); Craig Everingham; Richard Sanchez
• Conductor: Paul Dyer
• Running Time: 4 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Purcell, Henry : Rejoice in the Lord Alway, Z 49 "Bell Anthem"

• Performers: David Hayton; Paul Dyer (Harpsichord); Richard Sanchez; Louise Prickett; Christina Leonard (Saxophone)
• Conductor: Paul Dyer
• Running Time: 7 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: circa 1683

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Vesperae solennes de confessore K. 339 :: Laudate Dominum

• Performers: Louise Prickett; Paul Dyer (Harpsichord); Christina Leonard (Saxophone)
• Conductor: Paul Dyer
• Running Time: 4 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1780

Joel, Billy : Lullabye "Goodnight, my angel"

• Performers: Louise Prickett; Christina Leonard (Saxophone); Paul Dyer (Harpsichord)
• Conductor: Paul Dyer
• Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

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

• Performers: Christina Leonard (Saxophone); Louise Prickett; Paul Dyer (Harpsichord)
• Conductor: Paul Dyer
• Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Choral
• Written: 12th Century

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

• Performers: Samantha Ellis; Christina Leonard (Saxophone); Meinir Thomas; Louise Prickett; Paul Dyer (Harpsichord)
• Conductor: Paul Dyer
• Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1498

Traditional, Christmas : Noël nouvelet, carol (French)

• Performers: Paul Dyer (Harpsichord); Louise Prickett; Christina Leonard (Saxophone)
• Conductor: Paul Dyer
• Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 16th Century

Howells, Herbert : Here is the little door

• Performers: Christina Leonard (Saxophone); Louise Prickett; Paul Dyer (Harpsichord)
• Conductor: Paul Dyer
• Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1918

Davis, Katherine K. : The Little Drummer Boy "Carol of the Drum"

• Performers: Belinda Montgomery (Soprano); Paul Dyer (Harpsichord); Bryony Dwyer; Christina Leonard (Saxophone); Louise Prickett
• Conductor: Paul Dyer
• Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1958

Gruber, Franz : Silent Night

• Performers: Christina Leonard (Saxophone); Louise Prickett; Paul Dyer (Harpsichord)
• Conductor: Paul Dyer
• Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1818

Anonymous : Come all you faithful Christians

• Performers: Paul Dyer (Harpsichord); Christina Leonard (Saxophone); Louise Prickett
• Conductor: Paul Dyer
• Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
• Form: Christmas