Bucks County Choral Society - Reimagine - Lessons and Carols, December 10, 2023

Bucks County Choral Society
Thomas Lloyd, Artistic Director
Susan Johnson, Assistant Conductor
Philadelphia Bronze
Hyosang Park, Director
Timothy Harrell, Organist
Reimagine - Lessons and Carols
with poetic “lessons” composed and read by Susan Carol Scott:
On Trails of Hope and Longing: A Poetic Pilgrimage
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Doylestown, PA
December 10, 2023
00:00:15 Processional: O Come All Ye Faithful - John F. Wade/arr. Douglas J. Benton
00:05:35 Choir and bells: Unto Us a Child is Born - arr. Cynthia Dobrinski
00:09:15 Lesson 1: Beginnings
00:10:50 Choir and organ: This Christmastide (Jessye’s Carol) - Donald Fraser
00:17:57 Handbells: Advent Trilogy arr. Karen Buckwalter
00:23:25 Lesson 2. God’s Promise
00:25:30 Choir and bells: Tidings of Joy (medley) - arr. Lloyd Larson
00:28:55 Lesson 3. Hope and Fear
00:30:35 Chamber choir: While Shepherds Watched - arr. Alice Parker
00:32:50 Lesson 4: God’s Dream
00:34:10 Choir and bells: Sing We Now of Christmas - arr. Kevin McChesney,
00:36:20 Lesson 5: Hail Mary!
00:37:27 Handbells: Gabriel’s Oboe - Morricone, arr. McChesney
Bill Gardner, flugelhorn
00:42:10 Choir: Sweet Was the Song - Grayston Ives
George Caucci, soloist
00:47:05 Lesson 6: Bethlehem means “House of Bread”
00:48:31 Choir and bells: Now Proclaim Messiah’s Birth - arr. Andrea Handley
00:52:48 Lesson 7: The Shepherd’s Account
00:54:30 Chamber choir: Rise up, shepherd and follow - arr. Fred Gramann
Timothy Harrell, soloist
00:58:00 Choir, bells, and audience: Silent Night - Franz Grüber, arr. Cynthia Dobrinski
01:01:30 Lesson 8: The Magi’s Account
01:03:22 Choir and bells: We Three Kings - arr. Jeremy J Bankson and Tom Trenney
01:08:30 Choir and organ: “Hallelujah Chorus” from Messiah - G. F. Handel
01:13:17 Lesson 9: Logos in the Cosmos
01:14:20 Choir: Glory to the Newborn King (Go tell it on the mountain) - arr. Moses Hogan
Jane Kamp and Quincy Crowther, soloists
01:19:20 Recessional carol with audience:
Hark, the Herald Angels Sing - Felix Mendelssohn, arr. Ron Mallory
Recorded by Weston Sound and Video - www.westonsound.com
Bucks County Choral Society - www.buckschoral.org
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