Three Dutch Carols - Harmonium Choral Society

Описание: Winter Skies, December 2016
Under the direction of Dr. Anne J. Matlack
Harmonium Choral Society
St Peter’s Episcopal Church, Morristown, New Jersey
Solo: Holland Jancaitis, Nancy Watson-Baker

0:00 - Downbeat
0:05 -    • Nu zijt wellekome Jesu - arr. Roy Hopp - H...  
2:33 -    • Er is een kindeke - Dutch carol arr. Fenno...  
5:25 -    • Herders, hij is geboren - arr. Jetse Breme...  

In celebration of the time Frank Martin lived and composed in the Netherlands, we present a set of Dutch carols.

The oldest notation of Nu zijt wellekome Jesu is found in a manuscript of Otto II (908-1002). Settings for three and four voices are found from the 14th to the 16th century, but the melody in Theodotus’ Paradijs der Gheestelijcke en Kerkelijcke (1627) is the one known today. The text is one of the oldest hymns of praise to the birth of Christ in the vernacular, probably created before the year 1000. The refrain of “Kyrieleis,” is the Greek Kyrie eleison – both an Advent prayer and mindful of the second coming. The carol is arranged here by Roy Hopp for earthsongs with verses featuring the women, men, then full choir, and retaining the clarity and simplicity of the 1627 version. Hopp is Director of Music at Woodlawn Christian Reformed Church, and adjunct Professor of Choral Music at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, MI.

Er is een kindeke is another old Dutch carol in a beautiful arrangement by Fenno F. Heath, Jr., director of the Yale Glee Club from 1953 to 1992. After graduating from Yale with his Mus. B and Mus. M, he remained at Yale to work with student musicians, eventually becoming the first Marshall Bartholomew Professor of Choral Conducting.

Jetse Bremer is a choral director, composer, and arranger from the Almere Stad area of the Netherlands. He is commissioned by many vocal groups to write compositions or arrangements from classical to jazz. When looking for a setting of this up-tempo Dutch carol, Herders, hij is geboren, I came across this exciting arrangement on YouTube!

Program Notes: http://www.harmonium.org/s/Winter-Ski...

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