A Classical Christmas on The Third Floor, Part One: #279

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The Third Floor
Christmas favorites from around the world and across the centuries, with particular emphasis on the holiday choral tradition.

TTF Program 279

November 29, 2020

Hour One 

Carols:  Ding Dong Merrily on High (The Cambridge Singers, dir. John Rutter) 1:55  Deck the Halls (Norwich Cathedral Choir) 1:05  A Spotless Rose (Choir of New College, Oxford, dir. Edward Higginbottom) 3:15 There is no rose of such virtue (Choir of New College, Oxford, dir. Edward Higginbottom) 2:20  Sussex Carol (Choir of New College, Oxford, dir. Edward Higginbottom) O Little Town of Bethlehem (Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; dir. Stephen Cleobury, David Briggs, organ) 3:19 Silent Night (Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; dir. Stephen Cleobury, David Briggs, organ) 2:30 Away in a Manger (Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; dir. Stephen Cleobury, David Briggs, organ) 2:00 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; dir. Stephen Cleobury, David Briggs, organ) 3:30 I wonder  as I wander (The Cambridge Singers, dir. John Rutter) 2:45 Three Kings of Orient (The Cambridge Singers, dir. John Rutter) 4:55 O little one sweet (The Cambridge Singers, dir. John Rutter) 2:40 We wish you a Merry Christmas (The Cambridge Singers, dir. John Rutter) 1:45 Total 35:07

Tchaikovsky:  Nutcracker Suite, op. 71 (LA Guitar Quartet) 20:51

Hour Two 

Rutter:  Dancing Day (St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys; Sara Cutler, harp; dir. John Scott) 25:30

Bach Cantata #61 for the First Sunday in Advent, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, Now come, Savior of the heathens  (Joanne Lunn, soprano; Jan Kobow, tenor; Dietrich Henschel, bass;  The Monteverdi Choir; The English Baroque Soloists; dir. John Eliot Gardiner) 15:00

Choir of Queen’s College, Oxford; dir. Owen Rees; Judith Weir, Drop down, ye heavens, from above; Michael Praetorius, Es ist ein Ros entsprungen; David Blackwell, Lo, how a rose e’er blooming; Michael Praetorius, Resonet in laudibus -- 11:00

Hour Three 

De Lassus, Desprez, Ockeghem, Byrd:

Creator of the Stars: Pomerium, dir. Alexander Blachly(In dulci jubilo -- Resonet in laudibus -- Praeter rerum seriem -- O Sapientia -- Alma redemptoris mater -- Reges Tharsis et insulae) 18:36 

Britten: Ceremony of Carols; Choir of Queen’s College, Oxford; Lucy Wakeford, harp; dir. Owen Rees; 23:16

 Poulenc: Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël (The Elora Festival Singers, dir. Noel Edison) 11:45

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