Choral Society of Durham

Resources — 2010 Christmas Concert —
Saint-Saëns Christmas Oratorio
& French Carols

Chamber Choir Concert (Feb. 6)
Bach: Cantatas 134 & 198

Winter Concert (Feb. 27) Bruckner: Mass in E Minor
Hindemith: Apparebit Repentina Dies
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms

Spring Concert (May 7)
Haydn: Creation Mass
Nielsen: Springtime on Funen

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Christmas Concert —
Saturday, December 11, and Sunday, December 12, 2010


Camille Saint-Saëns: Christmas Oratorio

Text & translation plus program notes by Werner Blau (Goethe-Institut Choir

Recording on YouTube

Buy CD or MP3 (album or tracks) at Amazon.com (Dresden Kreuzchor & Dresden Philharmonic, Martin Flämig)

Buy CD or MP3 (album or tracks) at Amazon.com (Bachchor und Bachorchester Mainz, Diethard Hellmann)

Composer’s biography at Classical Net


French carols

Links are to biographical information about composers and arrangers and to audio samples (or complete recordings) of works (on some of the linked pages, you will need to scroll down to find the links to audio samples).

Masters in this hall arr. Alice Parker & Robert Shaw
Ding dong! Merrily on high arr. Charles Wood
The rarest gift (Noël nouvelet) arr. Edwin Fissinger
A maiden most gentle arr. Andrew Carter
Il est né arr. Alice Parker
Away in a manger arr. Reginald Jacques
Entre le boeuf et l'âne gris arr. Derek Holman
Quelle est cette odeur agréable arr. David Willcocks
Touro-louro-louro arr. Alice Parker & Robert Shaw
Un flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle arr. John Rutter
March of the three kings

arr. Rodney Wynkoop

Quittez, pasteurs arr. John Rutter
Angels we have heard on high arr. Gabriel Dumitrescu
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Chamber Choir Concert (Feb. 6)
Bach: Cantatas 134 & 198

Winter Concert (Feb. 27) Bruckner: Mass in E Minor
Hindemith: Apparebit Repentina Dies
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms

Spring Concert (May 7)
Haydn: Creation Mass
Nielsen: Springtime on Funen