Sing Noel!! / The Washington Chorus

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	Personent Hodie (arr. R. Shafer) - Personent Hodie (arr. R. Shafer)
	L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25 - L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25: Part II: The Flight into Egypt: The Shepherd's Farewell to the Holy Family
	Ding Dong! Merrily on High (arr. D. Willcocks) - Ding Dong! Merrily On High (arr. D. Willcocks)
	Christmas Night (arr. J. Rutter) - Christmas Night (arr. J. Rutter)
	Christmas Cantata - Quem vidistis pastores?
	Christmas Cantata - O magnum mysterium et admirabile
	Christmas Cantata - Gloria in excelsis Deo
	Coventry Carol - Coventry Carol
	Bell Carol - Bell Carol
	A Child Is Born In Bethlehem - A Child Is Born In Bethlehem
	In the Bleak Mid-Winter - In the Bleak Mid-Winter
	Adeste fidelis (O Come All Ye Faithful) (arr. D. Willcocks for choir) - Adeste fidelis (O Come All Ye Faithful) (arr. D. Willcocks)
	Silent Night (Stille Nacht) (arr. R. Shafer) - Silent Night (Stille Nacht) (arr. R. Shafer)
	Unto us is born a Son (arr. D. Willcocks) - Unto us is born a Son (arr. D. Willcocks)
	Sweet Little Jesus Boy - Sweet Little Jesus Boy
	The First Nowell - The First Nowell (arr. David Willcocks)
	Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night) (arr. Mitchell) - Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night) (arr. Mitchell)
	Hark! the herald angels sing (arr. D. Willcocks) - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (arr. D. Willcocks)

Album Summary

Performers

• William Neil (Organ)
• Susan Lin
• Peter Doherty
• Michael Forest (Tenor)

Composers

• Leo Nestor (1948 - )
• Franz Gruber (Composer) (1787 - 1863)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Daniel Pinkham (Organ) (1923 - 2006)
• Harold Darke (Organ/Composer) (1888 - 1976)
• Robert MacGimsey (1898 - 1979)
• Christmas Traditional
• William Mathias (1934 - 1992)
• John Francis Wade (1711 - 1786)
• Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856)
• Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)

Notes & Reviews:

Traditional Christmas carols on the release include 'O Holy Night', 'Hark the Herald Angels Sing', and other contemporary arrangements. A 2000 Grammy Award Winner, The Washington Chorus is one of the foremost choruses in the nation and a cultural leader in the D.C. area.

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Works Details

Traditional, Christmas : Personent hodie (On this day Earth shall ring) (Piae Cantiones)

• Performer: William Neil (Organ)
• Notes: Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD (05/19/1996-05/22/1996)
• Running Time: 1 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1582

Berlioz, Hector : L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25

• Performer: William Neil (Organ)
• Notes: Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD (05/19/1996-05/22/1996)
• Running Time: 5 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 10/1850-07/1854

Traditional, Christmas : Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French)

• Performer: William Neil (Organ)
• Notes: Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD (05/19/1996-05/22/1996)
• Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1588

Traditional, Christmas : Christmas Night (French)

• Performer: William Neil (Organ)
• Notes: Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD (05/19/1996-05/22/1996)
• Running Time: 5 min. 58 sec.
• Form: Christmas

Pinkham, Daniel [Organ] : Christmas Cantata (Sinfonia Sacra)

• Performer: William Neil (Organ)
• Notes: Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD (05/19/1996-05/22/1996)
• Running Time: 9 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas

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

• Performer: William Neil (Organ)
• Notes: Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD (05/19/1996-05/22/1996)
• Running Time: 3 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1498

Mathias, William : Bell Carol

• Performer: William Neil (Organ)
• Notes: Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD (05/19/1996-05/22/1996)
• Running Time: 4 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Nestor, Leo : A Child Is Born :: Variations on "Puer natus in Bethlehem"

• Performer: William Neil (Organ)
• Notes: Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD (05/19/1996-05/22/1996)
• Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Darke, Harold Edwin : In the Bleak Midwinter

• Performers: Susan Lin; Peter Doherty; William Neil (Organ)
• Notes: Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD (05/19/1996-05/22/1996)
• Running Time: 5 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 19th Century

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

• Performer: William Neil (Organ)
• Notes: Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD (05/19/1996-05/22/1996)
• Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1751

Gruber, Franz : Silent Night

• Performers: William Neil (Organ); Michael Forest (Tenor)
• Notes: Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD (05/19/1996-05/22/1996)
• Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1818

Traditional, Christmas : Unto Us Is Born A Son (Puer nobis nascitur; Piae Cantiones, 1582)

• Performer: William Neil (Organ)
• Notes: Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD (05/19/1996-05/22/1996)
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Choral
• Written: 13th Century

MacGimsey, Robert : Sweet Little Jesus Boy, carol for voice & orchestra

• Performers: William Neil (Organ); Michael Forest (Tenor)
• Notes: Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD (05/19/1996-05/22/1996)
• Running Time: 5 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1934

Traditional, Christmas : The First Nowell (English)

• Performer: William Neil (Organ)
• Notes: Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD (05/19/1996-05/22/1996)
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1823

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

• Performer: William Neil (Organ)
• Notes: Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD (05/19/1996-05/22/1996)
• Running Time: 4 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1851

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

• Performer: William Neil (Organ)
• Notes: Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD (05/19/1996-05/22/1996)
• Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1840