Goode Cheare (2003)
Performers
Guelph Chamber Choir
Gerald Neufeld, conductor
Alison MacNeill, accompanist
Featured Instrumentalists
Oliver Whitehead Jazz Ensemble
Henry Janzen, viola
Description
Much of the music on this compact disc is about the integration of the Christmas story into a society’s myths, and the mode of their presentation is an adaptation of old carols and texts to the jazz and world-music idioms of the 21st century. Accompanied by the Oliver Whitehead Jazz Ensemble, these carols, old and new, are alternately soulful and lively with instrumental improvisations that give them their distinctive character.
Programme
- Masters in this Hall/Bryan O’Lynn’s Jig | arr. Shaw/Parker/Oliver Whitehead – trad. French
- Carol of the Birds | arr. Oliver Whitehead – trad. Spanish
- Fum, Fum, Fum | arr. Oliver Whitehead – trad. Spanish
- All Hayle to the Dayes | arr. Oliver Whitehead – trad. English
- Gaudete | arr. Oliver Whitehead
- Huron Carol | arr. Stephen Holowitz and Whitehead – trad. Canadian/Huron
- Hodie | Oliver Whitehead
- Patapan | arr. Oliver Whitehead – trad. Burgundian
- I May Not Go to Bethlehem | Jeff Smallman
- A ‘Soalin’ | arr. Donald Patriquin – trad. English
- Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing Day | arr. Oliver Whitehead – trad. English
- Voices of Light | Paul Halley
- The World Awaits | Stephen Holowitz
- Carol of the Bells | arr. Oliver Whitehead – trad. Ukranian
- In the Bleak Mid-winter | Gustav Holst – arr. Oliver Whitehead
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On Christmas Night
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Performers
Guelph Chamber Choir
Gerald Neufeld, conductor
Guelph Children Singers
Linda Beaupre, conductor
Featured soloists
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Erica Goodman, harp
Description
On Christmas Night is a delightful collection of Christmas carols from various cultures. The charm of children’s voices, together with the Guelph Chamber Choir, makes this CD a particularly attractive gift for the Christmas season. With the added beauty of Leslie Fagan‘s rich, pure solo renditions of some of the most beautiful carols ever written and the accompaniment of Erica Goodman on the harp, you have a gem that captures perfectly the mood of Christmas eve.
Programme
- Carol of the Birds | M. Leontovitch – arr. Peter J. Wilhousky
- So Blest a Sight | arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw
- How Unto Bethlehem | arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw
- Carol of the Birds | arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw
- Touro-louro-louro | Nicholas Saboly – arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw
- Angelus ad virginem & Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing Day | arr. John Rutter
- Patapan | arr. Kirke Mechem
- New Year Song | arr. Kirke Mechem
- Balulalow | Benjamin Britten
- Children’s Christmas Song | arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night) | arr. David Willcocks
- Lullaby for the Christ Child | Ruth Watson Henderson
- Away in a Manger | W. J. Kirkpatrick – arr. Elmer Iseler
- Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head | arr. Gerald Manning
- Lieb Nachtigall | arr. Andrew Carter
- Jesus was Born in Bethlehem | Rachel Elder – arr. Lydia Adams
- I Wonder as I Wander | arr. John Jacob Niles
- Make We Merry | Healey Willan
- The Holly and the Ivy | arr. Eric H. Thiman
- Yule-tide Fires | Diane Loomer
- In the Bleak Mid-winter | Harold Darke
Songs of the New World (1996)
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Performers
Guelph Chamber Choir
Gerald Neufeld, conductor
Alison MacNeill, accompanist
Featured soloist
Kevin McMillan, baritone
Description
This collection of songs evokes the bygone spirit and character of parts of North America that were once known as the New World. They will take you on a journey through Upper Canada (Ontario), the New England states, the deep South, and the Maritime Provinces of Canada. Some of the ballads depict amusing events while others express the melancholy love and longing of people in hardship. Many of the songs are rousing expressions of love for the land of their origin.
Programme
Folk Songs of Ontario | Ruth Watson Henderson
- Come all You Bold Canadians
- The Maggie Hunter
- The Banks of the Don
- Les Raftsmen
- Soloists: Marcus Kramer, Neil McLaren
The Spell of Times Long Past | Nancy Telfer
- Love Song
- Solitude
- The Wind and the Flower
- The Sailor’s Sweetheart
Three Mountain Ballads | Ron Nelson
- He’s Gone Away
- Will He Remember
- Barbara Allen
Shenandoah | James Erb Spirituals
- Deep River | arr. Roy Ringwald
- Soon ah will be done | arr. Dianne Loomer
- Witness | arr. Jack Halloran
Maritime Folk Songs | arr. John Beckwith
- Farewell to Nova Scotia
- The Banks of Newfoundland
- Soloist: Kevin McMillan, Percussion: David Campion
Song for Canada | Paul Halley
- Soloist: Kevin McMillan