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Bid the Night Be Peace
Recorded live in concert*
December 8 & 9, 2007
Rodney Wynkoop conducting
The Choral Society of Durham
Jane Lynch, accompanist
Our 2007 Christmas Concert, featuring the world premiere of “Thou Whose Birth,” commissioned from American composer Steven Sametz in honor of Rodney Wynkoop’s 20th anniversary as conductor.
Program:
Midnight Mass for Christmas (Messe de minuit pour Noël), by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
| Thou Whose Birth (Part I) |
Steven Sametz |
| Jeg er saa glad |
Peder Knudsen; arr. Paul Christiansen |
| In the lonely midnight |
Gilbert M. Martin |
| Strålande jul |
Gustaf Nordqvist |
| ’Twas in the moon of wintertime |
Huron carol; arr. Antony Baldwin |
| That wondrous night of Christmas Eve |
Robert Ward |
| Stille Nacht |
Franz Gruber; arr. Ian Humphris |
Chill of the nightfall |
Waldo Beach |
| Long, long ago |
Herbert Howells |
Oh, how beautiful the sky |
Danish carol; arr. Paul Christiansen |
| O holy night |
Adolphe Adam; arr. Michael L. Meyer |
| Thou Whose Birth (Part I) |
Sametz |
*Please note that, as this is a live concert recording, some audience noise can be heard.
Click here for an on-line review of the December 9, 2007, concert in Classical Voice of North Carolina.
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A
Tribute to Robert Shaw
Recorded
live in concert*
December 7 & 8, 2001
Rodney
Wynkoop conducting
The Choral Society of Durham
Jane Lynch, accompanist
Arrangements of carols, hymns, and spirituals by Robert Shaw and Alice Parker, plus works associated with Shaw and performed at his 1999 memorial concert in Atlanta.
| Carols: |
Spirituals: |
| Masters
in this Hall |
I'm
Goin’ To Sing |
| Here,
Mid the Ass and Oxen Mild |
John
Saw Duh Numbuh |
| Tour-louro-louro |
Deep
River |
| Il
est né |
Shaw
memorial concert: |
| What
Child is This |
Ain’-a
That Good News (arr. Dawson) |
| Good
King Wenceslaus |
Soon
Ah Will Be Done (arr. Dawson) |
| Christ
Was Born on Christmas Day |
Bogoroditse
Devo |
| Hacia
Belén va un borrico |
(from Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil) |
| Ya
viene la vieja |
How
lovely is thy dwelling place |
| Fum,
fum, fum |
(from
Brahms’s A German Requiem) |
| I
Saw Three Ships |
Sing
to God, ye hosts unnumbered |
| Early
American hymns: |
(from
Haydn’s Creation) |
| Begin,
My Soul |
|
| Saints
Bound for Heaven |
|
*Please
note that, as this is a live concert recording, some audience
noise can be heard.
“One of the best ‘local-issue’ recordings to date.”
Click here for the full on-line review in Classical Voice of North Carolina.
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Carl
Orff’s
Carmina Burana
Recorded
live in concert*
February 26, 2000
Rodney
Wynkoop conducting
The Choral Society of Durham
The Duke University Chorale
The North Carolina Boys Choir
and guest choristers from
area schools**
with full orchestra
Grant
Youngblood, baritone
Jo Anne Greene-Beatty, soprano
John Daniecki, tenor
“This
recording may well long serve as a yardstick for ‘measuring’
other choral-orchestral presentations here. The concert was that
good. So, too, is the CD.”
Click
here for the full on-line review in
Classical Voice of North Carolina.
*Please
note that, as this is a live concert recording, some audience
noise can be heard, and the dynamic range is very wide.
**As
part the Choral Society’s outreach efforts, choir directors
at area public schools were invited to select students to participate
in the performance. Twenty-six students sang in the chorus, from
the Durham School of the Arts, Durham’s Jordan, Northern,
and Riverside high schools, and East Chapel Hill High School.
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A
Christmas Concert
of Carols from Many Lands
Recorded
live in Duke Chapel
Rodney
Wynkoop conducting
The Choral Society of Durham
Jane Lynch, accompanist
Highlights
of Christmas concerts,
recorded 1990, ’91, ’93 & ’94.
Program:
| Welcome,
Gay Kolyada (Russian) |
Hush,
My Little Child (Polish) |
| Il
Est Né le Divin Enfant (French) |
He
Is Sleeping in a Manger (Polish) |
| Villancico
(Puerto Rican) |
See
the Radiant Sky Above (Grundtvig) |
| Companions
All Sing Loudly (Basque) |
Sang
til Juletreet (Grieg) |
| Gabriel’s
Message (Basque) |
Strålande
Jul (Nordqvist) |
| O,
Bethlehem (Basque) |
O
Yule, Full of Gladness (Norwegian) |
| Hacia
Belén Va un Borrico (Spanish) |
Ave
Maris Stella (Grieg) |
| The
Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy (West Indian) |
A
Cradle Song (Waldo Beach) |
|
Mary
Had a Baby (spiritual)
|
Still,
Still, Still (Austrian) |
| Glory,
Hallelujah! to the New-Born King (spiritual) |
Lo!
How a Rose E’er Blooming (German, arr. Distler) |
|
Three
Selections from Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil:
|
O
Come, Let Us Worship
Glory Be to God
Laud Ye the Name of the Lord
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