GAUDETE!
Joyous Music for Christmastime
December 15, 2003
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Durham, North Carolina
GAUDETE!Joyous Music for ChristmastimeDecember 15, 2003St. Paul's Lutheran Church
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Photo by Marc Banka |
— Performers — back row: Steven Peretti, Florence Nash, Jim Sackett, David Howell middle row: Sara Miller, Dave Stuntz, Carol Sackett, Katherine Register, Marc Banka front row: Geoff Register, Scott Hill, Patricia Bartlett, Elizabeth Clark Peretti, Charles Register |
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| Lullaby for the Christ Child | Traditional Scottish Highlands carol | 
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| soloist: Elizabeth Clark Peretti | |||
| Gaudete! Riu riu chiu | Piae Cantiones, 1582;Jistebnice Cantional, 1420 Mateo Flecha the elder? (1482-1553) (Villancicos de diversos autores, 1556) |
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| soloists: David Howell and Charles Register | |||
| In dulci jubilo | Anonymous (Michael Vehe, Gesangbuch, Leipzig, 1537) |
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| Lo, How a Rose e'er blooming | Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) arr. Marshall Barron |
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| O Magnum Mysterium | Tomas Luis de Vittoria ca. 1540-1611) |
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| solo choir: Elizabeth Clark Peretti, Patricia Bartlett, Dave Stuntz, David Howell | |||
| Psallite unigenito | Michael Praetorius, arr. E. Harold Geer |
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| Angelus ad virginem | Anonymous (XIVth century) |
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| Dave Stuntz, Elizabeth Clark Peretti | |||
| There is no Rose | Anon. (ca. 1420), arr. LaNoue Davenport |
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| Scott Hill, Elizabeth Clark Peretti | |||
| Veni, veni Emmanuel | French missal (XVIII c.)
arr. Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967) |
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Oh Little Town of Bethlehem / It Came upon the Midnight Clear | Benjamin Keaton (b. 1935) |
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| Hark the Herald Angels Sing | Benjamin Keaton |
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| soloist: Dave Stuntz | Premiere performance | ||
| A Hymn to the Virgin | Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) |
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| echo choir: Sara Miller, Katherine Register, Dave Stuntz, Marc Banka | |||
| Il est né le divin Enfant | Traditional French (ca. 1874) |
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| Shepherds rejoice! Lift up your eyes | Isaac Watts (1674-1748) “Oxford” — from The Sacred Harp |
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| Jesus Born in Bethlea | Traditional Southern folk carol
arr. Annabel Morris Buchanan (1889-1963) |
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| soloist: Elizabeth Clark Peretti | |||
| Hark the Herald Angels Sing | Charles Wesley, 1735 “Cookham” — from The Sacred Harp |
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| encore: Stille nacht | Franz Grueber (1787-1863)
harm. by Carl Reinecke |
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| descant: Elizabeth Clark Peretti | |||
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voices: Marc Banka, Patricia Bartlett, Scott Hill, David Howell, Sara Miller, Florence Nash, Elizabeth Clark Peretti, Steven Peretti, Charles Register, Katherine Register, Carol Sackett, Jim Sackett, Dave Stuntz, Scott Hill, director | 
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instruments: David Howell, treble and bass recorders • Charles Register, baroque flute, treble, descant and sopranino recorders • Geoff Register, guitar, percussion • Katherine Register, tenor and descant recorders, percussion welcome and remarks: Jim Sackett | |
This performance was recorded live by Scott D. Laird and Trauma South Studios, Durham, NC.
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* Several songs were re-typeset for clarity.
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