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About Carols Old and New
All of your favorite Christmas carols and some unfamiliar gems, including The Sussex Carol (English Trad., arr. Hallock); Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (French, 16th century, arr. Hallock); What is This Lovely Fragrance? (arr. Healy Willan); Personet hodie (arr. Holst/Hallock); The Willow Carol (Peter Hallock); In the Bleak Midwinter (Gustav Holst, arr. Hallock); Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht (Franz Gruber, arr. Richard Proulx); O Tannenbaum (German, arr. Nathan Jensen); and much more!
Recording engineers: Roger Sherman, Sarah Holberg, and Layne Benofsky
Digital editing: Roger Sherman and Bill Levey
Mastering: Bill Levey
Recorded at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, Seattle, Washington
Label: Ionian Arts C-7007 (now fully owned by The Compline Choir)
Release date: 2006
Recording Artists for Carols Old and New
The Compline Choir Peter R. Hallock, Director
Alto
Tenor
Bass
Bill Giddings Joshua Haberman Nathan Jensen Thomas Joyce Fred McIlroy
Layne Benofsky Richard Greene Steve Iverson Bill Pelandini Kenneth Peterson
Jason Anderson Tym Mackey Jeremy Matheis Joel Matter Brent Olsen Bill Turnipseed Gerald van Wesep
Featured soloists and instrumentalists:
Track 1: Jeff Junkinsmith, keyboard; The Rev. Ralph Carskadden, chimes Ringers of Saint John’s United Lutheran Church, Seattle, handbells
Track 3: David Stutz and Dean Suess, soloists
Track 4: Vernon Nicodemus, soloist
Tracks 6 and 9: Vernon Nicodemus and Doug Fullington, soloists
Track 11: Thomas Joyce, organ; Layne Benofsky and Fred McIlroy, soloists
Track 12: Robert McCaffery-Lent, guitar; Layne Benofsky, Jeremy Matheis, Fred McIlroy, and Joel Matter, soloists
Today Christ is born. Alleluia. Today the Savior has appeared. Alleluia. Today the angels rejoice. Alleluia. Today the righteous rejoice, saying: “Glory to God in the highest.” Alleluia.
O magnum mysterium—Gerald Near
O great mystery and wondrous sacrament, that animals should see the newborn Lord lying in a manger! Blessed is the Virgin whose womb was worthy to bear the Lord Jesus Christ. Alleluia.
In natali Domini—Codex Specialnik, Prague, ca. 1500
Refrain: The Virgin bore God, the Virgin prepared God, the Virgin eternally chaste.
On the birthday of the Lord, let all the angels rejoice and sing with joy,“Glory to the one God.” Emmanuel is born, whom Gabriel foretold, Ezekiel is a witness,from the Father proceeded. Chris is born today from the Virgin Mary, not conceived by seed, he appeared today.
Personent Hodie—arr. Gustav Holst and Peter Hallock
Children’s voices resound today, joyfully praising him who is born, given by God, and born of a Virgin’s womb.
Into the world he was born, wrapped in swaddling clothes, and placed in a manger with ox and ass beside him, the Lord of heaven, the Prince who destroyed the spoils of hell.
The wise men appeared, seeking the newborn child, following the star, they came to Bethlehem and worshipped him, offering gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Let the young and old sing like angels; “You have come to the world, therefore, I pour out praises to you. Glory to God in the highest.”
Translation: Kevin Siegfried
Deo gracias persolvamus—arr. Peter Hallock
Refrain: Let us cheerfully give thanks to God.
Thanks to God, for the most High, born of a Virgin’s womb. Thanks to God, for the crib with gifts adorned. Thanks to God, his resurrection shone forth on the third day.
