Nativitie (John Donne) (3:09) ; Chorale (W.H. Auden) (3:24) ; The stones (Richard Wilbur) (4:35) / Rodney Lister -- The holly and the ivy (anon., 1557) (3:50) ; Remember Adam's fall (anon., 15th century) (2:15) / Virgil Thomson -- Christmas carol / Charles Ives (2:30) -- The oxen (Thomas Hardy) / Rodney Lister (3:44) -- I sing of a maiden (anon., 15th century) / Conrad Susa (2:24) -- Christmas carol / Edith Osborne Ives ; arr. Charles Ives (3:04) -- Long, long ago (anon.) / Carlisle Floyd (1:54) -- Song for the stable (2:04) ; Scenes from the holy infancy (St. Matthew) (Joseph and the angel (3:45) ; The wise men (4:22) ; The flight into Egypt (4:08)) / Virgil Thomson -- Kings and shepherds (George Mackay Brown) (Sonata I, Epiphany poem, Sonata II (4:53) ; They came to an inn, Sonata III, Carol: kings & shepherds (9:16) ; Midnight words, Sonata IV, Christmas poem (5:14)) / Rodney Lister -- The holly and the ivy (2:46) ; The truth from above (English traditional carol) (4:21) ; Infant holy, infant lowly (Polish traditional carol) (1:47) ; Away in a manger (cradle song by William J. Kirkpatrick) (3:10) / arrangements by Rodney Lister.
Title
A Christmas album / music by Rodney Lister, Virgil Thomson, Conrad Susa, Carlisle Floyd & Charles Ives.
The Choir of the Church of the Advent, Boston ; Edith Ho & Mark Dwyer, directors ; The Harvard Glee Club, Jameson Marvin, music director ; Kevin Leong, conductor ; Mary Westbrook Geha, Denise Konicek, sopranos ; Susan Brownfield, mezzo soprano ; Kevin McDermott, tenor ; Jennifer Elowitch, violin ; Laura Ahlbach, oboe ; Kevin Owen, horn ; Mark Dwyer, organ ; Rodney Lister, piano.
Event
Recorded 1999 April 18, 20 and 21 The Church of the Advent 1999 May 4 Belgrade Studio, Boston, MA.