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Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas, A


The Mormon Tabernacle Choir joins with the Orchestra at Temple Square to add this sparkling new entry to the Choir's great tradition of Christmas recordings. Continue reading...

Tracks
No. Title Running time  
1 Joy to the World
Music: adapted from Handel by Lowell Mason (1792-1872)
Text: Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg/Oxford University Press (ASCAP)
John Longhurst, Tabernacle Organist
2:34  
2 Carol of the Bells
Music: Mykola Leontovich
Text: Peter J. Wilhousky
Arrangement: Barlow Bradford/Carl Fischer (ASCAP)
2:54  
3 I Wonder as I Wander
Music: John Jacob Niles (1892-1980 )
Arrangement: Barlow Bradford/G. Schirmer, Inc. (ASCAP)
3:42  
4 Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance?
Music: Traditional.
Text: English Translation by A. B. Ramsey
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg/Oxford University Press (ASCAP)
4:22  
5 Masters In This Hall
Music: Traditional French carol.
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg/Oxford University Press (ASCAP)
3:26  
6 The First Noel
Music: Traditional English carol.
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg
4:41  
7 How Far Is It to Bethlehem?
Music: Traditional.
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg/Oxford University Press (ASCAP)
3:44  
8 Pat-a-pan
Music: Traditonal.
Arrangement: Barlow Bradford
2:28  
9 What Shall We Give to the Babe in the Manger?
Music: Tradional Catalonian (French) carol.
Text: English paraphrase by David Warner
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg/Oxford University Press (ASCAP)
4:01  
10 One December Bright and Clear
Music: Tradional Catalonian (French) carol.
Text: English paraphrase by David Warner
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg/Oxford University Press (ASCAP)
1:49  
11 Fantasy on "What Child Is This"
Music: Traditional.
Arrangement: Barlow Bradford
5:43  
12 Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
Music: Traditional.
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg/Oxford University Press (ASCAP)
John Longhurst, Tabernacle Organist
3:29  
13 Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head
Music: John Jacob Niles (1892-1980 )
Arrangement: Barlow Bradford/G. Schirmer, Inc. (ASCAP)
4:44  
14 Angels from the Realms of Glory
Music: Traditional French carol.
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg/Hinshaw Music, Inc (ASCAP)
Diana Walker, soprano.
4:33  
15 Silent Night
Music: Traditional.
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg/Oxford University Press (ASCAP)
Robert Breault, tenor.
3:17  

 

Extended Description

Under the direction of Music Director Craig Jessop, with fresh and stirring musical arrangements by Associate Directors Mack Wilberg and Barlow Bradford, this album represents a new century and a new millennium of music-making in the long recording legacy of the Choir; Christmas music to affect the senses.

 

 

 
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