COMFORT AND JOY

William Brown, Artistic Director
James Bourne, Piano

Sample 1  Welcome, Yule
                    by William Brown  |  
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Sample 2  Silent Night by Karl Jenkins (arr.)  |  Listen

Sample 3  Il est né, le divin Enfant!
                    by Nicholas Burt (arr.)  |  
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Sample 4  Mary Had A Baby by Timothy Phelan (arr.)  |  Listen

Sample 5  Welcome, Yule (live) by William Mathias  |  Listen

Released in the fall of 2005, ORIANA Women’s Choir has created a Christmas CD featuring music that portrays the COMFORT AND JOY of the holiday season.  Featured guest soloists include Alison Melville, recorder, and Timothy Phelan, guitar.    Enjoy this beautiful recording of traditional and contemporary classical music for women’s choir.

Track ListinG

1  Welcome, Yule
    
Doreen Marriott, soprano
    Becky Voth, soprano
    Susan Lewczynski, alto
 

William Brown   5:11

2  Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

John Gardner 2:21

3  All is Calm
    
Susan Lewczynski, alto
    Margot Hamilton, soprano
 
 

Timothy Phelan   9:17

4  Make a Joyful Noise

Rene Clausen 3:18

Celebration of Christmas
5  Silent Night
6  Son of Maria
7  In dulci jubilo
    Marion Rowe, soprano
    Margot Hamilton, soprano
 
 

arr. Karl Jenkins
5:49
2:58
3:33

8  Karitas Habundat

Hildegard von Bingen 4:00

9  Il est né le divin Enfant!

arr. Nicholas Burt 3:28

10 The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
    
Doreen Marriott, soprano
    Margot Hamilton, soprano
    Susan Lewczynski, alto

arr. Stephen Hatfield  3:16

11 Mary Had A Baby
 
    Becky Voth, soprano
 

Timothy Phelan   3:55

12 Go Where I Send Thee!

arr. Paul Caldwell / Sean Ivory 2:31

Salvador Mundi
13  Make we Merry
14   Mirabile Mysterium
15   Be we Merry in this Feast
16   Lullay
       Marion Rowe, soprano
       Susan Lewczynski, alto
17   Susanni  
18   Christe, Redemptor Omnium
19   Welcome, Yule 

William Mathias  
1:35
3:47
2:10
4:04
 
 
2:14
3:40
2:00

20   What Sweeter Music

Eleanor Daley  3:40
Total Time
73:36
  Canadian Composer

  Commissioned by ORIANA Women's Choir

About the Cover Artwork
 
December Voice by Thelma Rock Tipping, Artist.
 
Thelma Rock Tipping is a contemporary artist with a BA and MFA in Fine Art and a fine art diploma from the Ontario College of Art.  She is an elected member of the Ontario Society of Artists and the Society of Canadian Artists, and attributes her love of colour to times spent painting in Mexico.
 
December Voice is an original oil painting on a 36" by 36" canvas.  The painting was donated to the choir by Thelma Tipping to raffle as a fundraiser.

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