A First Presbyterian Christmas - Out Debut Recording
Proceeds of the CD sale will go towards the "Millennium Fund," a capital funds endowment campaign earmarked for the continued financial security of First Presbyterian.
Selections include organ, piano, guitar, flute, handbells, the children of FPC, solo and choir tracks, and scripture readings. Total playing time is 53 minutes.
Track Listing
- Prelude (Arr. Peter Cho)
Piano - Isaiah 8:23b-9:1a (New American Bible - Catholic Bible Press) and vss. 6-7 (NRSV)
Read by Murray Brashears, Bell introduction - Oh Come, Oh Come, Emmanuel (listen to sound clip) (Arr. Elliott Goodwin)
Choir, Alto Solo, Bass Solo, Organ (recorded live) - Carol of the Bells (listen to sound clip) (M. Leontovich, Arr. Kerry Boyce)
Bell Choir - E'en So Lord Jesus (Paul O. Manz)
Choir, Organ (recorded live) - You Came Down to Us (Nieta Nunn)
Choir, Piano - Away in a Manger (James R. Murray)
The Children of FPC (recorded live) - Ave Maria (listen to sound clip) (Johann Sebastian Bach / Charles Gounod)
Soprano Solo, Piano - Good King Wenceslas (Arr. Patricia Sanders Cota)
Bell Choir - I Wonder as I Wander (Arr. J. J. Niles & L. H. Horton)
Choir, Soprano Solo, Organ (recorded live) - What Child is This (Arr. Alice Parker & Robert Shaw)
FPC Choir, Organ (recorded live) - Traditional French Carols (listen to sound clip) (Arr. Anna Laura Page)
Bell Choir, Choir, Piano, Flute - Mary Had a Baby (listen to sound clip) (Arr. Joan Frey Boytim)
The Children of FPC (recorded live) - The Snow Lay on the Ground
Piano, Baritone Solo - Baby's Born in Bethlehem (Mary Val Marsh)
Bell Choir, Choir, Alto Solo, Bass Solo, Piano, Flute - Silent Night (Franz Xaver Gruber)
Choir, Guitar - Wonderful Peace (listen to sound clip) (Gustaf Nordqvist)
Choir, A cappella - A Call to the Faithful (May Ball)
Organ with Trompette en Chamade (recorded live)
John1: 1-5, 9-12, 14 (RSV)
Read by Bill Norris
Oh Come All Ye Faithful (J. F. Wade. Descant, Arr. D. Willcocks.)
Choir, Soprano Descant, Piano - Welcome, Dear Redeemer (listen to sound clip) (Cesar Frank, Arr. James Allan Dash)
Choir, Piano
Performers
- The First Presbyterian Choir:
Sopranos: Shanda Brashears Morlet (Director) & Mary Frances Brashears
Altos: Nancy Elliott & May Ball
Tenors: Jill McAuliffe & Pastor Cliff Nunn
Basses: Peter Welsh & Larry Ball - The Children of First Presbyterian:
Henry Halphen, Nicholas Halphen, Kyle Kraesig, Henry Kuczynski, Sarah Kuczynski, Marion McHenry, Victoria McHenry, Anne Pateman, Jack Stern, Sally Jane Stern - The First Presbyterian Bell Choir, by song:
"Oh Come, Oh Come, Emmanuel"
Mary Frances Brashears, Shanda Brashears Morlet, Carrie Guess (Director)
"Baby's Born in Bethlehem"
Amy Waldren Amessoudji, May Ball, Carrie Guess, Cynthia Knight, Nieta Nunn
"Traditional French Carols"
David Helms-Capasso, Tracy Renè Helms-Capasso, Carrie Guess
"Carol of the Bells"
Brett Ashenfelter, May Ball, Mary Frances Brashears, Shanda Brashears Morlet, Claiborne Callahan, Elisabeth Gill, Carrie Guess, Cynthia Knight, Nieta Nunn
"Good King Wenceslas"
Brett Ashenfelter, Mary Frances Brashears, Shanda Brashears Morlet, Claiborne Callahan, Carrie Guess, Cynthia Knight - Soloists:
Soprano: Shanda Brashears Morlet
Alto: Nancy Elliott
Baritone: Cliff Nunn
Bass: Peter Welsh - Instrumentation:
May Ball – Organ, Organ with Trompette en Chamad, Piano (You Came Down to Us, Ave Maria, Oh Come All Ye Faithful, Welcome, Dear Redeemer)
Peter Cho — Piano (Prelude)
Elisabeth Gill — Guitar, Flute
Nieta Nunn — Piano (Mary Had a Baby, Away in a Manger, The Snow Lay on the Ground)
Greg Nussell — Piano (Baby's Born in Bethlehem, Traditional French Carols)
- Engineer:
Peter Cho - Graphics:
Carrie Guess - Artwork:
Front: Janet Harreld
Interior Front: Cheryl Roberts
CD Face: Sarah Kuczynski
Interior Back: Janet Harreld (after Leonardo)
Back: John Bell
Spine: Tsana Demmas