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Merry Christmas!
If you have found your way here in some part of the calm after the Christmas storm, welcome. I hope your celebrations of the Nativity were full of beauty and prayer and lovely music–and that you got a nice long nap after. 🙂
This playlist is a companion to the first Christmas playlist we released on December 20 (if you haven’t heard that one, especially if you prefer more contemporary-style music to the old-school carols, please go check it out!), and if I did it right, this one released right about midnight on Christmas Eve/Morning. This is a collection of some of my favorite cuts from the various recordings the Cathedral Singers made over their many years of singing under the direction of Dr. Richard Proulx. (I was fortunate enough to sing with this group for several years, including on the Catholic Christmas Classics recording featured in this collection, so I have a special fondness for all of this music.) And I miss him still–he was an incredible musician with boundless creativity and intelligence (Richard was generally the smartest person in whatever room he was in) and a delightfully sly sense of humor…those of us who knew him as more than a name attached to a great volume amazing music for assemblies and choirs will, I think, always remember him fondly.
So please enjoy this! It’s another one where I get all the talking out of the way at the beginning and just let you listen to gorgeous music for a while, and as usual you can always find the list, with links to where to find recordings or sheet music, here at the website.
Wishing you all a blessed and holy Christmastide! Thank you again for your support of this podcast over its first six months, and we’ll see you next year!
–Jennifer
Music heard on today’s podcast:
O Come, All Ye Faithful G-7462 (arr. Richard Proulx)
As recorded on Catholic Christmas Classics, vol. 8 (CD-590), Richard Proulx, conductor
Gabriel’s Message, G-6463 (Basque carol, arr. Richard Proulx)
As recorded on Catholic Christmas Classics, vol. 8 (CD-590), Richard Proulx, conductor
Gaudete, G-3056 (arr. Robert J. Batastini)
As recorded on In Sweet Rejoicing CD-323), Richard Proulx, conductor
For Unto Us a Child is Born, G-2979 (Jacob Clemens non Papa)
As recorded on In Sweet Rejoicing CD-323), Richard Proulx, conductor
For Unto Us a Child is Born, G-6464 (George Frederic Handel)
As recorded on Catholic Christmas Classics, vol. 8 (CD-590), Richard Proulx, conductor
Is it Far to Bethlem City, G-2908 (Giovanni Gastoldi)
As recorded on Rejoice in the Lord (CD-290), Richard Proulx, conductor
Away in a Manger, G-6238 (Traditional carol, arr. Larry Harris)
As recorded on Catholic Christmas Classics, vol. 8 (CD-590), Richard Proulx, conductor
What Child is This?, G-6463 (GREENSLEEVES, arr. Richard Proulx)
As recorded on Catholic Christmas Classics, vol. 8 (CD-590), Richard Proulx, conductor
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly, G-2376 (Polish carol, arr. Richard Proulx)
As recorded on Rare Beasts and Unique Adventures, vol. 2 (CD-468), Richard Proulx, conductor
Psallite, Unigenito, G-2136 (Michael Praetorius)
As recorded on In Sweet Rejoicing CD-323), Richard Proulx, conductor
Puer Natus in Bethlehem, G-3034 (Gregor Joseph Werner)
As recorded on In Sweet Rejoicing CD-323), Richard Proulx, conductor
Fum Fum Fum, G-5062 (Catalan carol, arr. Anne Heider)
As recorded on Catholic Christmas Classics, vol. 8 (CD-590), Richard Proulx, conductor
En Natus Est Emmanuel, G-2137 (Michael Praetorius)
As recorded on In Sweet Rejoicing CD-323), Richard Proulx, conductor
Angels, We Have Heard on High, G-6462 (French carol, arr. Richard Proulx)
As recorded on Catholic Christmas Classics, vol. 8 (CD-590), Richard Proulx, conductor
‘Twas in the Moon of Wintertime, G-4611 (French folk song, arr. Sally Ann Morris)
As recorded on Catholic Christmas Classics, vol. 8 (CD-590), Richard Proulx, conductor
Joy to the World! G-9190 (G. F. Handel, arr. Richard Proulx)
Silent Night/Night of Silence, G-5622 (Daniel Kantor, arr. Marilyn Biery)
(Silent Night, Stille Nacht, was first performed on December 24, 1818 in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria.)
As recorded on Catholic Christmas Classics, vol. 8 (CD-590), Richard Proulx, conductor
