Sing We Nowell

A Candlelight Christmas

England’s Carol Tradition—Medieval to Modern

Sat Dec 15, 2001, 8 PM
St. Ignatius, SF

Sun Dec 16, 2001, 4 PM
First Congregational, Berkeley
Pre-Concert Lecture at 3 PM

Traditional

God Rest You Merry Gentlemen

The Holly and the Ivy
Helen Dawn Thomas, Gretchen Wallacker,
Chris Eggers, Ken Sauer, soloists

The Legend of Mr. Dives and Poor Lazarus
Rebecca Conant, Nira Pollock,
Adam Cole, Jim Miller, soloists

Eternal Light Doth Now Appear

Alle-psalite cum-luia (English c.1250)

Nowell, Out of Your Sleep Arise (Fifteenth Century Carol)

On Christmas Night

Four Fourteenth and Fifteenth Century Carols
Nova, Nova
There is No Rose
Make We Joy
Coventry Carol

Once In Royal David’s City

Rorate coeli desuper (Scottish traditional)

Variations on the Wexford Carols (Irish traditional)
Joan Curry, Gretchen Wallacker,
Dan Hutchings, Jim Miller, soloists

David Babbitt (1947-), arranger

Three Fifteenth Century Carols
Nowell, Sing We Both All and Some
Thys Endris Night
Come, Love We God!

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), arranger

O Little Town of Bethlehem
Dan Hutchings, Pamela Magers, soloists

Elizabeth Poston (1905-1987), arranger

Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

Robert Fayrfax (1464-1521)

Magnificat - O Bone Jesu

Leonel Power (1370-1445)

Beata Progenies

John Dunstable (c.1370-1453)

Sancta Maria, Non est tibi similis
Gretchen Wallacker, Dan Hutchings, Jim Miller, soloists