Cantilon Chamber Choir
Released: January 1, 2002

The Cantilon Chamber Choir’s début recording , That Yongë Child, is a collection of seasonal masterpieces for treble voices. Works both large and small reflect the joy and the wonder of the Christmas season. The texts of these works, ranging from the 15th to the 20th centuries, express the infinite variety of emotion that is evoked by the miracle of the Christ Child’s birth. From our house to yours, we wish you the very merriest of holidays and hope that all who listen will enjoy this invitation to our choral feast. The record’s anchor is Benjamin Britten’s well-loved A Ceremony of Carols.

A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28 · Benjamin Britten
1 – Procession (1:47)
2 – Wolcum Yole! (1:24)
3 – There is no Rose (2:52)
4 – That yongë child (1:46)
5 – Balulalow (1:27)
6 – As dew in Aprille (1:01)
7 – This little Babe (1:33)
8 – Interlude (3:06)
9 – In Freezing Winter Night (4:11)
10 – Spring Carol (1:11)
11 – Adam lay i-bounden (1:13)
12 – Recession (1:47)

13 – Noël Nouvelet · arr. Howard Cable (2:38)

14 – The Snow · Edward Elgar (5:41)

15 – Tota pulchra es, op. 10/2 · Maurice Duruflé (2:10)

16 – Geistliches Wiegenlied, op. 91/2 · Johannes Brahms arr. Carl Sitton (5:06)

17 – Schafe können sicher weiden (from BWV 208) · J.S. Bach (4:51)

18 – Stille Nacht · Franz Gruber arr. John Rutter (3:13)

Three Austrian Carols · arr. Andrew Carter
19 – Lieb Nachtigall (1:33)
20 – Freu Dich (1:16)
21 – Yodel Carol (1:14)

22 – The Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy · arr. Stephen Hatfield (3:13)

23 – Go Where I Send Thee! · arr. Paul Caldwell & Sean Ivory (2:13)

Salvator Mundi: A Christmas Carol Sequence · William Mathias
24 – Make We Merry (1:21)
25 – Mirabile Mysterium (4:14)
26 – Be We Merry in this Feast (1:49)
27 – Lullay (4:29)
28 – Susanni (1:59)
29 – Christe, Redemptor Omnium (3:15)
30 – Welcome, Yule (1:53)

Total timing – 1:17:36