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Music Department, First United Methodist Church, 1411 Broadway, Lubbock, Texas 79401 - Tel: (806) 763 0781 - Fax: (806) 763 7252 - music@fumc.com
 
 
 
 
 
Christmas Night', compact disc
featuring the FUMC Chancel Choir
Now available, priced $15,
available through Chancel Choir members,
and at the FUMC Music Office
 
Read a Review of Christmas Night
(by Dean McIntyre, Director of Music Resources for the United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship)
 
Sorry, we are not able to sell CDs online, but you can order from us by mail:
Order Christmas Night compact disc by mail
 
Listen to tracks from our CD:
(These mp3 tracks have been compressed; the compact disc recording quality is higher)
             O come all ye Faithful
             Ding, Dong merrily on High
             Final (Louis Vierne - Organ Solo)
 
Christmas Night
The Chancel Choir of First United Methodist Church, Lubbock, Texas
Directed by Christopher Betts
Organist Sigurd Øgaard
 
1.         The morning star                         Andrew Carter [2:57]  
2.         Gabriel’s message                      Basque carol, arranged David Willcocks [2:09]
3.         Behold, a rose is blooming           Johannes Brahms [2:30]  
4.         There is no rose                          Malcolm Archer [2:14]
5.         O come all ye faithful               J. F. Wade, arranged David Willcocks [3.24]
6.         Away in a manger                       W. J. Kirkpatrick, arranged David Willcocks [2:37]
7.         Go tell it on the mountain             Timothy Albrecht [3:17]
                        Christopher Betts, organ
8.         O little town of Bethlehem            Lewis Redner [2:49]  
9.         The infant king                            Basque carol, arranged David Willcocks [3:12]
10.       In the bleak midwinter                  Harold Darke [4:29]
                        Jeannie Barrick, soprano; Clinton Barrick, tenor
11.       What child is this?                      Ralph Vaughan Williams, arranged Stanley Roper [3:12]
                        Christopher Betts, organ
12.       O holy night                                Adolphe Adam, arranged John Rutter [5:12]
13.       Gesu bambino                            Pietro Yon [4:23]
                        Terry Hawkins, mezzo-soprano
14.       Silent night                                 Franz Gruber [3:19]
15.       Christmas fantasy                       Sigurd Øgaard [4:16]
                        Kirsten Yon, violin
16.       Ding, dong, merrily on high      16th century French carol, arranged Charles Wood [1:52]
17.       Zither carol                                  Malcolm Sargent [2:32]
18.       Hark the herald angels sing          Felix Mendelssohn, descant by David Willcocks [2:41]
19.       Final (1st Symphony)                 Louis Vierne [6:15]
20.       On this day earth shall ring           H. C. Stewart [3:16]
21.       Joy to the world                           Lowell Mason, arranged John Rutter [1:37]
 
                        TOTAL PLAYING TIME: [68:34]
 
Recorded in the Sanctuary of First United Methodist Church, Lubbock, Texas,
September/October 2005
Recording Engineer, Kent Stalker
Additional Editing by Tom Prather
Cover Design, Kirsten White
Cover Photograph, Robert Suddarth