The Classical MPR Regional Spotlight continues to illuminate local performances with regional artists in works that celebrate the holiday season. Ensembles from St Paul, Bloomington, Northfield and Rochester are featured in well-worn favorites with joyful and surprising new works too. The Ghost of Christmas Present is alive and well at Classical MPR.
Playlist
Choral Arts Ensemble
Guest conductor: David Dickau
From performances (this past weekend) at Lourdes Chapel at Assisi Heights in Rochester MN
1) Steven Sametz: Gaudete
2) Rene Clausen: Make We Joy Now in this Fest
Medalist Concert Band
Conductor: Jerry Luckhardt From a recording made in Bloomington MN
3) Percy Grainger: Sussex Mummer's Carol
I Cantanti
Conductor: Wayne Kivell
From a recording made in Northfield MN
4) Jeff Enns: O Magnum Mysterium
Kantorei
Conductor: Axel Theimer From a performance (December 9) St Mary's Chapel at the St Paul Seminary, St Paul MN
5) Grayston Ives: Sweet Was the Song (with the Mill City String Quartet)
6) Kenneth Layton: Hymn of the Nativity (with soloist Kimberly Kuhl)
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