Wrapped in Song, A Christmas Portrait

Wrapped in Song, A Christmas Portrait

Description

The singers in the USM Chamber Singers represent the most outstanding vocal performers at the University of Southern Maine. Chosen through a careful audition process, the singers rehearse two and a half hours each week. Committed to choral excellence, these students have accepted a responsibility to musical distinction through a focus on warmth of tone, precise intonation, and the artistry of understanding the nuance of text. The Chamber Singers perform a diverse repertory centered on a cappella literature of the Renaissance era and the twentieth century. Robert Russell, professor of music and music director of Portland's Choral Art Society, is the director of choral music at the University of Southern Maine.

Publication Date

1998

Publisher

University of Southern Maine

Keywords

University of Southern Maine Chamber Singers, Corthell Concert Hall

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Music | Musicology | Music Performance | Music Practice

Comments

1. Ave Maria (Angelus Domini) / Jason Brook, Jason Plourde, John Hildreth (soloists), Franz Biebl

2. Jesus Christ the Apple Tree / Elizabeth Poston

3. O Magnum Mysterium / Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

4. Sing Me to Heaven / Daniel E. Gawthrop

5. Bogoroditsye Devo (All-Night Vigil) / Sergei Rachmaninoff

6. Slava v Vishnih Bogu (All-Night Vigil) / Sergei Rachmaninoff

7. I Wonder as I Wander (Appalachian carol) / Janice Sullivan (soprano), arr. John Rutter

8. In the Bleak Mid-Winter / Gustav Holst

9. Two Latvian Carols / Andrejs Jansons

10. There is a Flower / Dorothy Mercier (mezzo soprano), John Rutter

11. A New Year Carol / Benjamin Britten

12. O Little Town of Bethlehem / Lewis Rednew

13. Silent Night / Franz Gruber, arr. David Willcocks

14. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen / Traditional English Carol

15. O Holy Night / Adolphe Adam

16. Do You Hear What I Hear? / Noal Regney & Gloria Shance, arr. Harry Simeone

17. Deck the Hall (Welsh traditional carol) / arr. David Willcocks

18. Jingle Bells / J. Pierpont, arr. David Willcocks

19. A Merry Christmas (English traditional carol) / arr. Arthur Warrell

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Wrapped in Song, A Christmas Portrait


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