Peace - A Christmas Celebration from Pacific Lutheran University
Choir of the West – Richard Nance, Director
- University Chorale – Brian Galante, Conductor
- University Symphony Orchestra – Jeffrey Bell-Hanson, Conductor
Our latest Christmas CD features music recorded during the 2009 and 2010 Christmas seasons including performances by the Choir of the West, University Chorale, and the combined choirs with the University Symphony Orchestra. There are familiar Christmas carols such as Ding Dong! Merrily On High, Angels We Have Heard on High, the Spanish carol Hacia Belén va un Borrico, and the Swedish favorite Wonderful Peace. Also featured are a beautiful Ave Maria and a setting of In The Bleak Midwinter by Brian Galante, conductor of the University Chorale. And the recording ends with the majestic Pacific Sanctus, an exciting new work by Robert Kyr.
Peace CD
Compact Disc – 2011
Program
| Track | Title | Composer | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Christmas Garland | Conrad Susa (b. 1935) | 13:03 |
| 2 | Ding Dong! Merrily On High | arr. Mack Wilberg (b. 1955) | 2:38 |
| 3 | Wonderful Peace | Gustav Nordqvist (1886-1949) | 3:06 |
| 4 | Hodie Christus Natus Est | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1651) | 3:15 |
| 5 | Ave Maria | Brian Edward Galante (b. 1974) | 4:41 |
| 6 | Angels We Have Heard On High | arr. Gabriel Dumitrescu (b. 1958) | 4:00 |
| 7 | In The Bleak Midwinter | Brian Edward Galante (b. 1974) | 4:51 |
| 8 | Resonet in Laudibus | arr. Chester Alwes (b. 1947) | 1:47 |
| 9 | Khvalitye Imya Gospodnye (from All Night Vigil) | Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) | 3:23 |
| 10 | Gloria | Randol Alan Bass (b. 1953) | 6:30 |
| 11 | There Is A Flower | John Rutter (b. 1943) | 4:38 |
| 12 | Hacia Belén va un Borrico | arr. Robert Shaw (1916-1999) and Alice Parker (b.1925) | 2:27 |
| 13 | Carol of the Bells | arr. Richard Hayman (b. 1920) | 2:59 |
| 14 | Long, Long Ago | Herbert Howells (1892-1983) | 5:40 |
| 15 | Pacific Sanctus | Robert Kyr (b. 1952) | 9:47 |