2023 Candlelight Choral Concert

Описание: Full concert program: www.FirstFranklin.org/Candlelight2023
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Prelude – Jacqueline Pollauf, harp
~ “Sarabanda” by Nino Rota (00:00)
~ “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” arr. Jacqueline Pollauf (05:23)

First & Franklin Sanctuary Choir | Jason Kissel, director
~ “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” arr. John Goldsmith (09:12)
~ “Quelle est cette odeur agréable?” arr. David Willcocks | Jake Elfner, baritone (13:18)

Trio: “Tecum principium” from Oratorio de Noël, Op. 12, by Camille Saint Saëns | Meredith Piplani, soprano | Daveen Rim, tenor | John McLucas, baritone (17:55)

Reading: Hearing Light – written & recited by Laura Oldham (23:00)

Hymn: Jesus Comes with Clouds Descending (24:18)

Solo: “Pavane” from Le Tresor d'Orphée by Antoine Francisque, trans. Marcel Grandjany | Jacqueline Pollauf, harp (28:13)

Chorale: “Sleepers, wake!” from Cantata 140 (J.S. Bach) (31:53)

Reading: “Christmas Carol” by Paul Laurence Dunbar | read by Kris Stinson (36:39)

Gloria by Antonio Vivaldi
~ Gloria in excelsis Deo (Chorus) (38:40)
~ Et in terra pax (Chorus) (41:17)
~ Laudamus te (Zhenya Gnezdilova and Meredith Piplani, sopranos) (46:16)
~ Gratias agimus tibi (Chorus) (48:39)
~ Propter magnam gloria (Chorus) (49:06)
~ Domine Deus (Marianne Shick, soprano) (50:09)
~ Domine, Fili unigenite (Chorus) (54:13)
~ Domine Deus, Agnus Dei (Heather Jones, alto | Chorus) (56:34)
~ Qui tollis peccata mundi (Chorus) (1:00:07)
~ Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris (Christina Stewart, alto) (1:01:11)
~ Quoniam tu solus sanctus (Chorus) (1:03:37)
~ Cum Sancto Spiritu (Chorus) (1:04:28)

Reading: “Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem” by Dr. Maya Angelou | read by Rev. Rhonda Cooper (1:07:56)

Carol: Joy to the World (1:14:33)

Choir
~ “In The Bleak Midwinter” by Aaron Houston | Mark Markham, piano (1:17:26)
~ “A Christmas Carol” by Zebulon M. Highben | Jacqueline Pollauf, harp (1:23:22)
~ “There Is No Rose” by Z. Randall Stroope (1:26:24)

Reading: “I Will Light Candles This Christmas” by Howard Thurman | read by Rev. Rhonda Cooper (1:31:52)

Carol: O Come, All Ye Faithful (1:32:45)

Trio: “Le Sommeil de l’enfant Jésus” by Henri Büsser | Wade Davis, cello | Jacqueline Pollauf, harp | Jason Kissel, organ (1:36:18)

Choir: “The First Noel” arr. Dan Forrest (1:45:18)

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