Gloriae Dei Cantores offers a joyful Christmas gift! Paraclete Press is pleased to present the choir's new recording of Christmas music that everyone will love. Be Merry! Captures that wonder of Christmas - its joys, mysteries and sheer delight! Listeners can sing along as the choir shares new arrangements of familiar and beloved Christmas carols like What Child is This? and Deck the Hall with contributions from Gabriel V Brass and Extol Handbell Choir. The beautiful and festive 24-page booklet enhances each carol, providing a meaningful gift ensemble.
What cheer? / Seagull Seven (3:46) -- Adam lay y-bounden / Boris Ord (1:11) -- Nöel nouvelet / arr. John Rutter (2:49) -- Down in yon forest / arr. John Rutter (4:15) -- Today the Virgin / John Tavener (2:41) -- Gaudete / arr. Richard Lakey (3:01) -- Go tell it on the mountain / arr. Cynthia Dobrinski (3:17) -- Patapan / arr. Reginald Jacques (1:07) -- All this time / William Walton (1:51) -- A celebration of carols. Immortal babe, who in thine own way / David Campbell (2:11) -- Shepherd's pipe carol / arr. John Rutter (3:01) -- In a humble cattle shed / Theodora Hall ; arr. Seagull Seven (4:24) -- God rest ye merry, gentlemen / arr. Valerie W. Stephenson (3:18) -- What child is this? / arr. Seagull Seven (4:51) -- A boy was born / Benjamin Britten (2:26) -- My dancing day / Gerald Near (1:41) -- Joys seven / arr. Stephen Cleobury (3:18) -- Rise up, shepherd, and follow / arr. Cynthia Dobrinski (3:22) -- Go tell it on the mountain / arr. John Rutter (3:28) -- The snow lay on the ground / arr. Beth P. McCoy (3:13) -- The Alfred Burt carols. Ah, bleak and chill the wintry wind (1:54) ; We'll dress this house (1:37) ; Caroling, caroling (1:14) -- Deck the halls / arr. Seagull Seven (3:41).
Language (note)
Sung in English except for 3rd work (sung in French) and 6th work (sung in Latin).
Author
Gloriae Dei Cantores. Performer
Title
Be merry! : celebrate Advent and Christmas with Gloriæ Dei Cantores and friends.
Publisher
[Orleans, Mass.] : Gloriæ Dei Artes Foundation, [2008]
Distributor
Brewster, MA : Distributed by Paraclete Press
Copyright date
℗2008
Playing time
010751
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Performer
Various soloists ; Gloriæ Dei Cantores (choristers and instrumentalists) ; The Extol Handbell Choir ; Gabriel V Brass Quintet ; Elizabeth C. Patterson, Richard K. Pugsley, conductors.
Language
Sung in English except for 3rd work (sung in French) and 6th work (sung in Latin).
Source record: Gloriae Dei Cantores. Be merry! [Orleans, Mass.] : Gloriæ Dei Artes Foundation ; Brewster, MA : Distributed by Paraclete Press, p2008 9781557256256 (DLC) 2013621052 (OCoLC)294848279