[Side 1]: O come, all ye faithful (arranged by Robert Shaw) ; Lift up your heads ; Hark, the herald angels sing (Collegiate Chorale and Metropolitan Brass Ensemble) ; God rest ye merry gentlemen ; We three kings of Orient are (arranged by Robert Shaw) ; Away in a manger ; O come, o come, Emmanuel -- [Side 3]: Missa Hodie Christus natus est (part 2): Credo ; Sanctus ; Benedictus ; Agnus Dei / G. P. Palestrina.
[Side 2]: Missa Hodie Christus natus est (part 1): Kyrie ; Gloria / G. P. Palestrina -- [Side 4]: The shepherd's carol ; A virgin unspotted / William Billings -- Conventry carol / Traditional -- My dancing day / Traditional -- [Instrumental ensemble tuning]
[Side 5]: [Part 1] Cantata 64: "Sehet, welch eine Liebe [hat uns der Vater erzeiget]": Sehet, welch eine Liebe hat uns der Vater erzeiget (Chorus) ; Das hat er alles uns getan (Chorale) ; Geh, Welt, behalte nur das Deine (Grace Hoffman, alto) ; Was frag ich nach der Welt (Chorale) ; Was die Welt in sich hält (Susanne Freil, soprano) / J. S. Bach -- [Side 6]: Christmas echo hymn (arranged by Hugo Jüngst) ; Bring a torch, Jeanette, Isabella ; Patapan ; I wonder as I wander (Clayton Krehbiel) / found by John Jabob Niles ; Go tell it on the mountain (arranged by John W. Work) (Clayton Krehbiel, tenor); Carol of the bells / M. Leontovich, arranged by Wilhousky ; Suite for brass (from Fünfstimmige blasende Musik 1685: no. 41 (Intrade) ; no. 46 (Sarabande) ; no. 49 (Bal)) / Johann Pezel (Metropolitan Brass Ensemble)
[Side 7]: [Part 2] Cantata 64: "Sehet, welch eine leibe [hat uns der Vater erzeiget]": Der Himmel bleibet mir gewiß (Lloyd Pfautsch, bass) ; Von der Welt verlang ich nichts (Grace Hoffman, alto) ; Gute Nacht, o Wesen (Chorale) -- [Side 8]: [Excerpt] A boy is born (U. S. premiere). Variation VI: Noel (Finale) / Benjamin Britten.
[Side 9]: [Excerpts] A boy is born (U. S. premiere). Theme: A boy is born ; Variation 1: Lullay, Jesu ; Variation II: Herod ; Variation III: Jesu, as thou art our savior / Benjamin Britten -- [Side 10]: [Closing remarks] (Robert Shaw, announcer) ; Singing carols with the audience: Joy to the world / G. F. Handel ; Hark, the herald angels sing (Reprise) / Mendelssohn ; Silent night / Gruber ; O come all ye faithful (Reprise and finale) / arranged by Robert Shaw (Collegiate Chorale ; Metropolitan Brass Ensemble ; with unidentified organ)
Call number
*LJ-16 11622
Note
Streaming files transferred from original lacquer discs. Each side corresponds to one file.
Access (note)
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Source (note)
Collegiate Chorale;
Language (note)
Sung in English, Latin and German (originally in French, Russian and German) ; announcements spoken in English.
Linking entry (note)
Forms part of the Collegiate Chorale collection of performance recordings.
Title
Collegiate Chorale concert, 1946-12-23.
Production
1946.
Playing time
015446
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
audio
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Performer
Collegiate Chorale (sides 1-10, except side 6: 7th work) ; Metropolitan Brass Ensemble (side 1: 1st-3rd works ; side 6: 7th work : side 10: 1st-4th works) ; Robert Shaw, arranger (side 1: 1st and 5th works; side 10: 4th work), announcer (10th side only) and conductor : Susanne Freil; soprano (side 5: 5th work) ; Grace Hoffman, alto (side 5: 3rd work ; side 7: 2nd work) ; Clayton Krehbiel, tenor (6th side: 4th-5th works) ; Lloyd Pfautsch, bass (side 7: 1st work) ; with unidentified strings, two trumpets, two trombones, oboe d'amore (sides 5 and 7) [and organ] (sides 5, 7, 10)
Event
Live performance recorded Carnegie Hall, New York, New York 1946 December 23.
Access
Access via streaming audio file restricted to onsite at New York Public Library secure reading rooms.