F&F Candlelight Christmas 2025

Описание: Full Concert Program: www.FirstFranklin.org/Candlelight2025
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PRELUDE
~ D’un vieux Jardin | D’un jardin clair - Lili Boulanger, tr. Pollauf (00:00)
~ Adoration - Florence Price, tr. Jacqueline Pollauf (02:37)

SANCTUARY CHOIR - Jason Kissel, director
~ O come, o come, Emmanuel - Veni Emmanuel, 14th century plainsong; arr. John Goldsmith (1946-2017) (08:48)
~ Lux Aurumque - Eric Whitacre (b. 1970) (12:52)

READING
~ Isaiah 40:1-11 - Onyeka Anaedozie, reader (17:10)

AUDIENCE CAROL
~ Jesus comes with clouds descending - tune: HELMSLEY; setting by Richard K. Webster (19:51)

HARP
~ O come, O come, Emmanuel - setting by Jacqueline Pollauf (25:00)

WOMEN of the SANCTUARY CHOIR - Jason Kissel, director
A Ceremony of Carols - Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) (28:56)
~ I. Procession
~ II. Wolcum Yole!
~ III. There is no Rose
~ IV. That yongë child | Balulalow
~ V. As dew in Aprille
~ VI. This little Babe
~ VII. Interlude
~ VIII.. In Freezing Winter Night
~ IX. Spring Carol
~ X. Deo Gracias
~ XI. Recession

READING
~ The Refugees by Ann Weems - Rev. Mark Phillips, reader (53:59)

MEN of the SANCTUARY CHOIR - Jason Kissel, director
~ Ave Maria Franz Biebl (1906-2001) (58:34)

SANCTUARY CHOIR - Jason Kissel, director
~ The Three Kings - Healey Willan (1880-1968) (1:05:50)
~ Sure on this Shining Night (from Nocturnes) - Morton Lauridsen (b. 1943) (1:09:07)

READING
~ New Day’s Lyric by Amanda Gorman - Franklin McNeil, Jr., reader (1:14:04)

AUDIENCE CAROL
~ Angels, from the realms of glory - REGENT SQUARE; setting by Richard K. Webster (1:17:37)

SANCTUARY CHOIR - Jason Kissel, director
A Christmas Garland - Conrad Susa (1935-2013) (1:23:04)

CHORAL BENEDICTION - SANCTUARY CHOIR, Jason Kissel, director
~ The Work of Christmas Dan Forrest (b. 1978) (1:38:07)

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