2002 Christmas Program

"The Many Moods of Christmas"

 

Alice Johnson Hannon, Director                 Joseph W. Stroup, Accompanist

 

 

Organ Prelude: Carol Rhapsody                                        Richard Purvis

Organist: Joseph W. Stroup

 

Winter Celebrations                                                     Arthur Frackenpohl

Narrators: Walt Howe and John Gallagher

Introduction

Heigh-Ho, the Holly                                                 (text by Shakespeare)

The Yule Log                                  (text by Robert Herrick, 1591-1674)

Now Thrice Welcome Christmas   (text from Poor Robins Almanack)

Rock of Ages                                              (text from the Union Hymnal)

O Hannukkah              (Folk song, translation by Judith K. Eisenstein)

Dance the Horah                                                                      (traditional)

The Last Month of the Year                                  ( Mississippi folk song)

Indian Carol    (Text:Huron Indian Music: Traditional French Carol)

Caribbean Carol                                  (traditional Dominican Republic)

God Send You a Happy New Year                       (tune of Greensleeves)

Prayer                                                              (text by Robert F. Langwig)

Finale                                                                                          (traditional)

 

--INTERMISSION-

 

 

O Holy Night                                                                                   Adolphe Adam

Alice Johnson Hannon, soprano

 

The Many Moods of Christmas        

 Arranged by Robert Shaw and Robert Russell Bennett

 

Suite One

Good Christian Men, Rejoice

Silent Night

Patapan

O Come, All Ye Faithful

 

Suite Two

O Sanctissima

Joy to the World

Away in a Manger

Fum Fum Fum

March of the Kings

 

Hallelujah Chorus (from The Messiah)                                   G. F. Handel