9781557258021

1557258023

Compact disc.

Program notes and biographical information on the performers in English and texts (with English translation for Missa ad præsepe) (31 p. : col. ill.) inserted in container.

Recorded Aug. 2010 at the Church of the Transfiguration, Orleans, Mass.

Sung in English; except Misssa ad præsepe, sung in Latin.

The first nowell / arr. John Rutter (5:29)

Welcome (0:29)

Reading: Matthew 1:18-21 (1:03)

O Prince of Peace! O Sharon's dewy rose / Gerald Near (2:10)

A tender shoot / arr. Otto Goldschmidt (2:02)

Reading: Matthew 1:22-25 (0:47)

Shall I tell you who will come to Bethlehem / Harold Stover (3:00)

A celebration of carols. A child's welcome / David Campbell (2:34)

Carol of the star / arr. June Nixon (2:49)

Reading: Matthew 2:1-6 (1:10)

Willow carol / Bruce Campbell (2:08)

On Christmas day in the morn / arr. Fred Gramann (3:55)

O come, all ye faithful / arr. David Willcocks (6:00)

Reading: Matthew 2:7-11 (1:07)

In the bleak midwinter / arr. Robert Lau (5:42)

The holly and the ivy / arr. Reginald Jacques (2:41)

Reading: Matthew 2:12-15 (0:59)

Nativity carol / William Mathias (2:36)

Angels we have heard on high / arr. John Rutter (2:18)

Reading: Matthew 2:16-18 (0:57)

Missa ad Præsepe / George Malcolm (13:21)

Silent night / Franz Gruber ; arr. Fred Bock (3:24)

Reading: Matthew 2:19-23 (0:57)

Infant holy, infant lowly / arr. David Willcocks (1:47).

Extol Handbell Choir.