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Home for the Holidays
The DeKalb Choral Guild
Bryan F. Black, Director
Leanne Elmer Herrmann, Accompanist
Peachtree Symphonic Winds
G. Allen Barbee, Music Director
Raymond Castleberry, Associate Conductor
December 1, 2005
Holy Cross Catholic Church
3175 Hathaway Court, NE
Atlanta, Georgia
A Christmas Festival (1950) by Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)
O Nata Lux (1997) from Lux Ęterna by Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)
Sweet Noel (1998) by Joan Griffith
A Musicological Journey Through the Twelve Days of Christmas (1990)
A traditional carol arranged by Craig Courtney (b. 1954)
A Partridge from 6th Century Rome Two Turtle Doves from 15th Century France Three French Hens from 16th Century Italy Four Calling Birds from 17th Century Italy Five Gold Rings from 18th Century Germany Six Geese a-Laying from 18th Century Austria Seven Swans a-Swimming from 19th Century France Eight Maids a-Milking from 19th Century Germany Nine Ladies Dancing from 19th Century Austria Ten Lords a-Leaping from 19th Century Italy Eleven Pipers Piping from 19th Century Russia Twelve Drummers Drumming from 20th Century United States
The Many Moods of Christmas (1971)
arranged by Robert Shaw (1916-1999) and Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981)
Suite One
Good Christian Men, Rejoice
Silent Night
Patapan
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Suite Three
What Child is This?
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
Bring a torch, Jeannette Isabella
Angels We Have Heard on High
~ Intermission ~
Russian Christmas Music (1947) Alfred Reed (1921-2005)
Estampie Natalis (1975) Vaclav Nelhybel (1919-1996)
Christmas Moods (1950) sing-along with audience
Sleigh Ride (1948) Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)
words by Mitchell Parish