From traditional favorites to new arrangements of popular classics, Cantus celebrates the sounds that fill the airwaves each year with "Christmas on the Radio." Live broadcast from Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis.
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Program
PART ONE
Carol of the Bells — Leontovich, arr. Wilhousky
Balts Sniedzins Snieg — Jansons
Silver Bells — Livingston
Here We Come A-Caroling — SING-ALONG
The Boar's Head Carol — arr. G. Cochran
Lo, How a Rose E're Blooming — arr. Cantus
Noel Nouvelet — arr. McGlynn
O Magnum Mysterium — Schmidt
Silent Night — SING-ALONG (one verse Cantus, then audience)
Lux Aurumque — Whitacre
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree — Poston, TTBB setting by Goinz
Salvation is Created — Chesnokoff, arr. Takach
As Joseph Was A-Walking — Gauntlett, arr. Fankhauser
Ave Maria — Biebl
PART TWO
Ave Maria — Janacek
Tres Cánticos de Navidad — arr. Foss
Riu, Riu Chiu
A La Nanita Nana
Fum, Fum, Fum
Star Carol — Alfred Burt, arr. Simon & Garfunkel
Star in the East — William Walker, from Southern Harmony
I Wonder as I Wander — Appalachian Folk Tune, adapted John Jacob Niles; arr. Paul John Rudoi
I Don't Want A Lot for Christmas — Gerald Marks, lyrics by Milton Pascal
Christmas Angel — Hanney
White Christmas — Berlin, arr. Lawrence Goldberg/The Drifters)
Encore: I'll Be Home for Christmas — SING-ALONG
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