An EvEning

of REAdings

And CARols

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PRinCEton univERsity ChAPEl

The 2017-2018 SeasonWESTMINSTER CHOIR COLLEGE OF RIDER UNIVERSITY

Twenty-fifth Anniversary

Westminster Firsts A Classical Legacy

1920 Westminster Choir was established by John Finley William son at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Dayton, Ohio.

1926 The Westminster Choir School was founded.

1928 Westminster Choir and the Cincinnati Symphony made the nation’s first coast-to-coast radio broadcast, aired over Station WLW.

1929 Westminster Choir College was established and moved to Ithaca College.

1932 Westminster Choir College moved to Princeton, N.J.

1934 As the first official American guests of the Soviet Union, with whom the United States had just resumed diplomatic relations, Westminster Choir made the first broadcast from Russia to the United States.

1938 Westminster Choir, with conductor and founder Dr. John Finley Williamson, presented the first U.S. performance of Joseph Haydn’s Passion (The Seven Last Words). The perfor-mance also featured a volunteer orchestra of Princetonians, including Albert Einstein in the violin section. • The Choir sang at the dedication of the New York World’s Fair.

1939 Westminster Choir sang for the first time with the New York Philharmonic. Since then, it has set a record for the number of joint performances—more than 500—by a single choir and orchestra.

1957 Westminster Choir completed a five-month, globe-circling tour under the auspices of the U.S. State Department’s Cultural Exchange Program. The Choir performed in 22 countries, traveled 40,000 miles and appeared before 227,000 people.

1964 Westminster Choir sang on the Telstar World-Wide Telecast in the spring for the opening ceremonies of the New York World’s Fair. This reportedly was the largest audience ever to see a television show at that time.

1971 Westminster Choir performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts during the inaugural week of concerts with the Piedmont Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Nicholas Harsanyi. The work performed was The Dawn of Glory by Christian Latrobe.

1972 Westminster Choir began its first summer as the chorus-in-residence for the Festival dei Due Mondi (Festival of Two Worlds) in Spoleto, Italy, at the invitation of Gian Carlo Menotti.

1977 Westminster Choir became the first chorus-in-residence at the Spoleto Festival U.S.A. in Charleston, S.C., at the invitation of Gian Carlo Menotti.

1978 Westminster Choir established its own recording label, copyrighted “Westminster Choir,” and released its first recording: Six Motets of Johann Sebastian Bach, with guest conductor Wilhelm Ehmann.

1980 Westminster Choir was the first choir to be featured on the “ Live from Lincoln Center” telecast series over National Public Television. The Choir performed Verdi’s Requiem with the New York Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta.

1982 Westminster Choir was part of the 10,000th performance of the New York Philharmonic.

1988 Westminster Choir sang Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms with the New York Philharmonic under the composer’s direction in a performance at Carnegie Hall celebrating the 45th anniversary of Bernstein’s conducting debut with the orchestra.

1990 Westminster Symphonic Choir sang in the Leonard Bernstein memorial concert at the invitation of the Bernstein family.

1991 Westminster Symphonic Choir performed at Carnegie Hall’s 100th Anniversary Celebration.

1992 Westminster Choir College merged with Rider University. • Westminster Symphonic Choir performed in “A Tribute to Riccardo Muti” with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Maestro Muti, a performance televised nationally on the Arts & Entertainment Cable Network.

1993 Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch, Westminster Sym-phonic Choir participated in The Philadelphia Orches-tra’s first performance of Britten’s War Requiem.

1996 Westminster Choir, conducted by Joseph Flummerfelt, traveled on a concert tour of Korea and Taiwan and per-formed in the Colmar Music Festival in Colmar, France.

2001 Westminster Choir and the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Joseph Flummerfelt, performed the world premiere of Stephen Paulus’ Voices of Light, commissioned by Rider University to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of Westminster Choir College.

2002 To commemorate the events of September 11, 2001, Westminster Choir was featured in the PRI national radio broadcast of “In the Shadow of the Towers.” They were joined by President George W. Bush and former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. • Westminster Sym-phonic Choir’s performance of Verdi’s Requiem with the New Jersey Symphony was broadcast nationally by PBS.

2004 Westminster Choir premiered Arise My Love by Stephen Paulus, a gift from the composer to celebrate Joseph Flummerfelt’s extraordinary career. • Westminster’s artistic director, Joseph Flummerfelt, was named Musical America’s 2004 Conductor of the Year, the first choral conductor to be so honored.

2005 Westminster Symphonic Choir performed Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé (complete) for the first time with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Lorin Maazel.

2006 Westminster Symphonic Choir participated in the New York Philharmonic’s first performance of Mozart’s Mass in C Major, K. 317 “Coronation,” conducted by Lorin Maazel. • Joe Miller appointed director of choral activities and conductor of the Westminster Choir and the Westminster Symphonic Choir.

2007 Rider University established Westminster College of the Arts. • Westminster Williamson Voices presented the North American premiere of James Whitbourn’s Annelies: The Anne Frank Oratorio. • Westminster Symphonic Choir opened the Carnegie Hall season performing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, conducted by David Robertson.

2009 Westminster Choir and Joe Miller released their first recording, Flower of Beauty.

2010 Westminster Williamson Voices premiered James Whitbourn’s Requiem Canticorum, and the Westminster Choir premiered Jaakko Mäntyjärvi’s To a Locomotive in Winter.

2012 Westminster Symphonic Choir performed with Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolivar Symphony Orchestra for the first time.

2014 The Westminster Williamson Voices’ and James Jordan’s recording of James Whitbourn’s Annelies, the first major choral setting of The Diary of Anne Frank, was nominated for a GRAMMY Award for Best Choral Performance. • Westminster Symphonic Choir performed the New York premiere of Christopher Rouse’s Requiem with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Alan Gilbert.

2015 Westminster Symphonic Choir performed Leonard Bernstein’s Mass: A Theater Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers for the first time with The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

2016 Westminster Kantorei performed in England and France. • Westminster Williamson Voices performed Arvo Pärt’s Kanon Pokanjanen at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Temple of Dendur.

2017 Westminster Kantorei’s first recording on the Westminster Choir College label was released. • Westminster Choir represented the United States at the World Symposium on Choral Music in Barcelona.

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Ryan James BrandauJames Jordan

Joe MillerAmanda Quist

Kathleen Ebling Shaw

Westminster Chapel ChoirWestminster Concert Bell ChoirWestminster Schola CantorumWestminster Symphonic Choir

Ken Cowan, organ

With guest artists Solid Brass

Please note the unauthorized use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash,

is strictly prohibited by law. Out of courtesy to the performers and everyone in the audience, please refrain from using cell phones

and electronic devices.

We invite all who are willing and able

to stand and join in singing

* included on Carolae: Music for Christmas recording**included on An English Christmas recording

*** premiere performance

The audience is asked to withhold all applause until after the recessional.

†

Gifts of the Season

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OVERTURE

Medieval Ceremonial Music arr. Douglas Haislip Solid Brass

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentleman ** arr. Gregory Pysh Westminster Concert Bell Choir

Wassail Song arr. Douglas Haislip Solid Brass

Variations sur un vieux Noël, Op. 20 Marcel DupréKen Cowan, organ (1886–1971) I Wonder as I Wander * John Jacob NilesWestminster Chapel Choir (1892–1980) Emily Cousins, soprano arr. Steven Pilkington

Missa Carolae: * James Whitbourn Introit and Kyrie (b. 1963)Westminster Schola Cantorum Westminster Symphonic Choir Solid Brass; Ken Cowan, organ; Madeline Payment, soprano; Madison Bowling, sopranoAri Carrillo, piccolo; Jacob Ezzo, percussion

GATHERING

READING: Bidding Steven Pilkington, Associate Professor of Sacred Music

CAROL: O Come, All Ye Faithful † J.F. Wade (1711–1786)

arr. Sir David Willcocks

All: O come, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem; Come and behold him Born the King of Angels: Refrain: O come, let us adore him, O come let us adore him, O come let us adore him, Christ the Lord! God of God, Light of Light, Lo! he abhors not the Virgin’s womb; Very God, Begotten, not created: Refrain

Sing, choirs of angels, Sing in exultation, Sing, all ye citizens of heav’n above; Glory to God in the highest: Refrain

Yea, Lord, we greet thee, Born this happy morning, Jesu, to thee be glory giv’n.

Word of the Father, Now in flesh appearing: Refrain

Greensleeves ** arr. Cathy MoklebustWestminster Concert Bell Choir

In the Bleak Midwinter Paul Mealor Westminster Schola Cantorum (b. 1975)Sean McCarther, baritone

Infant Holy, Infant Lowly *** Traditional Polish Carol Westminster Chapel Choir trans. Edith Margaret Gellibrand

arr. Ryan Brandau

PEACE

CAROL: O Little Town of Bethlehem † Traditionalarr. Ralph Vaughan Williams

All:O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie!Above thy deep and dreamless sleepThe silent stars go by.Yet in thy dark streets shinethThe everlasting light;The hopes and fears of all the yearsAre met in thee tonight.

O morning stars, togetherProclaim the holy birth,And praises sing to God the King,And peace to men on earth;For Christ is born of Mary;And, gathered all above,While mortals sleep, the angels keepTheir watch of wond’ring love.

How silently, how silently,The wondrous gift is giv’n!So God imparts to human heartsThe blessings of his heav’n.No ear may hear his coming;But in this world of sin,Where meek souls will receive him, stillThe dear Christ enters in.

O holy Child of Bethlehem,Descend to us, we pray;Cast out our sin, and enter in,Be born in us today.We hear the Christmas angels,The great glad tidings tell:O come to us, abide with us,Our Lord Emmanuel.

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READING: If there is to be peace Lao-TseJohn Burke ’18 Friday, December 8

Saturday, December 9, 3 p.m.Joseph Whall Saturday, December 9, 8 p.m.Senior Vice President, PNC Financial Services Group

Sleigh Ride Leroy AndersonWestminster Concert Bell Choir (1908–1975)

arr. Martha Lynn Thompson

Mass in B Minor J. S. Bach Dona Nobis Pacem (1685–1750)Westminster Symphonic Choir arr. Ryan BrandauKen Cowan, organ

Open the World - Peace on Earth *** R. Douglas HelveringWestminster Schola Cantorum (b. 1977)Commissioned for the 25th anniversary of Westminster’s Readings & Carols

Ríu Ríu Chiu arr. Noah GreenbergWestminster Chapel ChoirSoloists:Noah Bram, Destiny Elazier, Francesca Fioravanti, James Harris, Dane Madrigal, Michael Martin, Brookie Smothers, Kelly Zuzic

GIVING

CAROL: The First Nowell † Traditional arr. Sir David Willcocks

All:The First Nowell the angel did sayWas to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay;In fields where they lay, keeping their sheep,On a cold winter’s night that was so deep:

Refrain: Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Born is the King of Israel! They looked up and saw a star,Shining in the east, beyond them far;And to the earth it gave great light,And so it continued both day and night:Refrain

Then enter’d in those wise men three,Full rev’rently upon their knee,And offer’d there in his presenceTheir gold and myrrh and frankincense:Refrain

Then let us all with one accordSing praises to our heav’nly Lord,That hath made heav’n and earth of naught,And with his blood mankind hath bought:Refrain

READING: The Gift of the Magi O. HenryDiana Crane, Professor Emerita adapted by Diana Crane

Christus, Op. 97 Felix Mendelssohn There shall a Star from Jacob (1809–1847) Chorale: O Welt zieh hier dein LebenWestminster Chapel Choir Westminster Schola CantorumWestminster Symphonic ChoirKen Cowan, organ

CAROL: Silent Night Franz Gruber (1787–1863)

arr. Ryan Brandau

Silent night, holy night. All is calm, all is bright. Round yon virgin, mother and child, Holy infant so tender and mild. Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace. Silent night, holy night, shepherds quake at the sight; glories stream from heaven afar, heav’nly hosts sing Alleluia! Christ the Savior is born, Christ the Savior is Born! Silent night, holy night, Son of God, Love’s pure light; radiant beams from Thy holy face with the dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus Lord at Thy birth, Jesus Lord at Thy birth.

Ringing in the SeasonWestminster Concert Bell Choir

CAROL: Joy to the World † Traditional arr. Ken Cowan

All:Joy to the world! the Lord is come: let earth receive her King; let every heart prepare him room, and heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature sing, and heaven, and heaven and nature sing.

Joy to the world the Savior reigns; let men their songs employ, while fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy, repeat, repeat the sounding joy.

He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove the glories of his righteousness, and wonders of his love, and wonders of his love, and wonders, and wonders of his love.

RECESSIONAL AND POSTLUDE

L’année d’or Joel PhillipsKen Cowan, organ (b. 1958)

Fugue on How Brightly Shines the Morning Max Reger Ken Cowan, organ (1873–1916)

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About the ArtistsRYAN JAMES BRANDAU brings to the podium broad experience conducting a variety of choral and orchestral ensembles. He is the artistic director of the Amor Artis, a 35-voice chamber chorus and orchestra in New York City, and artistic director of Princeton Pro Musica and the Monmouth Civic Chorus. Dr. Brandau serves on the faculty of Westminster Choir College, where he helps prepare the Westminster Symphonic Choir for orchestral performances. He is the former director of choral activities at Santa Clara University, artistic director of the Santa Clara Chorale and choirmaster of the all-professional choir of Christ Church, New Haven. As a singer, he has performed with such ensembles as the American Bach Soloists, the Choir of King’s College Cambridge, Yale Schola Cantorum and the Choir of Clare College Cambridge.

Regarded as one of North America’s finest concert organists and praised for his dazzling artistry, impeccable technique and imaginative programming by audiences and critics alike, KEN COWAN maintains a rigorous performing schedule that takes him to major concert venues in America, Canada, Europe and Asia.

Recent feature performances have included appearances at Verizon Hall in Philadelphia with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa California, Spivey Hall, Maison Symphonique in Montreal and Walt Disney Concert Hall, as well as concerts in Germany and Korea.

His most recent recordings are Dynamic Duo, (Pro Organo), featuring Mr. Cowan and Bradley Welch in a program of original works and transcriptions for duo organists, performed on the monumental Casavant organ at Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, TX; Ken Cowan plays The Great Organ (Pro Organo), recorded on the newly-restored organ at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City; Works of Franz Liszt (JAV), recorded on the Michael Quimby organ at First Baptist church in Jackson Mississippi; and Ken Cowan Plays Romantic Masterworks (Raven), recorded on the 110-rank Schoenstein organ at First Plymouth Congregational Church in Lincoln, Nebraska.

In 2012, Mr. Cowan joined the keyboard faculty of the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University as Associate Professor and head of the organ program. He is additionally Organist and Artist-in-Residence at Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church in Houston, TX. Previous positions have included Associate Professor of Organ at Westminster Choir College of Rider University and Associate Organist and Artist in Residence at Saint Bartholomew’s Church in New York City.

Grammy® nominated conductor JAMES JORDAN has been praised throughout the musical world as one of America’s pre- eminent conductors, music psychologists, writers and pedagogical innovators in choral music. The most published performing musician in the world, his more than 40 books explore both the philosophical and spiritual basis of musicianship, as well as aspects of choral rehearsal teaching and learning. His book Evoking Sound was praised by the Choral Journal as a “must read.” He is senior conductor and professor of conducting and conducts the Westminster Schola Cantorum and the internationally acclaimed Westminster Williamson Voices. Dr. Jordan is also director of the Westminster Conducting Institute and co-director of the Choral Institute at Oxford. A comprehensive listing of his publications and recordings can be found at www.giamusic.com/jordan.

Baritone SEAN McCARTHER serves as assistant professor of Voice at Westminster Choir College. Dr. McCarther has performed leading roles in opera, musical theatre and staged plays with JCA Management, The Lee Norvelle Theater and Drama Center, the Bloomington Early Music Festival, Bloomington Playwrights Project and IU Opera Theatre. He is a strong proponent of new music and has appeared in several premieres including Gabriella Ortiz’s Unicamente la Verdad! (The Composer) and Don Freund’s Romeo and Juliet (Romeo). He premiered the chamber cycle Archy Speaks by composer Gabriel Lubell as part of the Ball State New Music Festival.

In addition to staged work, Dr. McCarther is an avid recitalist and chorister. In April of 2013 he sang the American premiere of Paul Mealor’s Crucifixus in Princeton and New York. He is a member of the semi-professional chorus Vox Reflexa and performed with them and Ensemble Lipzodes in Quito, Ecuador as part of the Festival International de Musica Sacra. In 2010, Dr. McCarther and his pianist Joseph Noelliste toured their sacred music recital O Sacrum Convivium across Texas and Indiana in Dallas, Plano, Houston, Waco, Bloomington, South Bend and Indianapolis.

Director of Choral Activities at Westminster, JOE MILLER is conductor of the Westminster Choir and the Westminster Symphonic Choir. He is also artistic director for choral activities for the renowned Spoleto Festival USA. His 2017–2018 season with the Westminster Choir includes a concert tour of the Midwest, national radio broadcasts, their annual residency at the Spoleto Festival USA and the release of a new recording. As conductor of the Westminster Symphonic Choir, he has collaborated with some of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors, earning him critical praise. Dr. Miller is also founder and conductor of the Westminster Summer Choral Festival Choir, a program that offers choral and vocal artists the opportunity to explore challenging works each summer on the Westminster campus in Princeton.

Westminster Chapel Choir conductor AMANDA QUIST also conducts Westminster Kantorei, whose debut recording on the Westminster Choir College label, Lumina, was released in September. During her earlier work with the Westminster Symphonic Choir she collaborated with the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra and Dresden Staatskapelle. She is also director of the Westminster Summer Vocal Institute and a recipient of the Rider University’s Distinguished Teaching Award. Dr. Quist served as chorus master for the North American premiere of Toshio Hosokawa’s Matsukaze for Spoleto Festival USA and the Lincoln Center Festival. Critics described the chorus’ performance as “beautifully prepared,” “gripping,” and “bridging the vocal and instrumental textures with perfect intonation.” She is also an active adjudicator and clinician, and she regularly conducts honor choirs and workshops throughout the United States.

Conductor of the Westminster Concert Bell Choir and Westminster Choir College alumna, KATHLEEN EBLING SHAW is a member of Westminster’s sacred music department, where she teaches classes in handbell training and conducts a second handbell choir. Well-known as a handbell clinician, her 2018 engagements include the West Texas Handbell Festival, the Presbyterian Association of Musicians’ Music and Worship Conference at Montreat and the HMA Directors’ Seminar in Grand Rapids. Choirs under her direction have performed at Carnegie Hall and the World Financial

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Center’s Festival of Light and Sound and have been featured on Lifetime Television, QVC, NBC’s Today Show, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and NBC’s nationally televised Lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree.

The WESTMINSTER CHAPEL CHOIR takes its name from Westminster’s rich history of leadership in the field of sacred music. The ensemble has evolved over the years, and today its repertoire includes both sacred and secular works. Composed of students in their first year of study at Westminster Choir College, this ensemble is a defining choral experience that remains with Westminster alumni throughout their lives. The Chapel Choir’s 2017–2018 season includes performing Brahms’s Liebeslieder Waltzes with Westminster Schola Cantorum in Trenton as part of Westminser’s Transforming Space project, An Evening of Readings and Carols in the Princeton University Chapel and hosting Westminster’s High School Invitational Chamber Choir Festival.

Hailed for its virtuosity, the WESTMINSTER CONCERT BELL CHOIR performs on the largest range of handbells in the world — 8 octaves, from C1 to C9 — as well as a six-octave set of Malmark Choirchime® instruments from C2 to C8 — the widest range in existence. The ensemble has appeared on Public Television’s Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and NBC’s Today show. Most recently, it joined singer Josh Groban for NBC’s nationally televised Lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. It has performed at Carnegie Hall twice during the Christmas season and it joined Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for the critically acclaimed 15-city tour titled “A Royal Christmas.” The Choir has made nine recordings; the most recent releases are Let Freedom Ring and An English Christmas.

WESTMINSTER SCHOLA CANTORUM is one of three curricular choirs at Westminster Choir College. Composed of all students in their second year of study at the college, this ensemble forms a vital link between the technique and artistry gained by students in their first-year experience in Westminster Chapel Choir and Westminster Symphonic Choir, which performs with many of the world’s finest orchestras and is a cornerstone of the Westminster experience. In addition to An Evening of Readings and Carols, Westminster Schola Cantorum’s 2017–2018 season includes a concert tour of the Southeast and a Homecoming concert in Princeton.

Recognized as one of the world’s leading choral ensembles, the WESTMINSTER SYMPHONIC CHOIR has recorded and performed with major orchestras under many internationally acclaimed conductors for the past 83 years. It is composed of all Westminster Choir College juniors, seniors and half of the graduate students. The ensemble’s 2017–2018 season includes a performance of Holst’s The Planets with The Philadephia Orchestra conducted by Cristian Măcelaru; the premiere of Machover’s Philadelphia Voices with The Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Mozart’s Mass in C Minor with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado; Handel’s Messiah with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Andrew Manze; and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rossen Milanov. Joe Miller conducted the ensemble performing Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast in Princeton in October.Recent seasons have included performances of Bernstein’s Mass with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Villa-Lobos’ Choros No. 10 with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela and Gustavo Dudamel; and Rouse’s Requiem with the New York Philharmonic and Alan Gilbert.

This appearance by SOLID BRASS is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Founded in 1982, SOLID BRASS is recognized by audiences and critics alike as one of the premier brass groups in the country. The members of the ensemble are some of the New York area’s finest musicians who have performed at Lincoln Center with the Metropolitan Opera and New York City Opera orchestras, New York City Ballet orchestra, numerous Broadway shows and a host of appearances as orchestral and chamber musicians in the metropolitan area. SOLID BRASS has recorded on the Musical Heritage Society label, Dorian Recordings, Joseph Grado Signature Recordings and Craig Dory Recordings; and it has appeared on NJN (PBS) TV’s The State of the Arts. Musical arrangements are being published in the SOLID BRASS SERIES of Art of Sound Music. SOLID BRASS has been a recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and performed in Mexico and two tours of Canada.

Trumpet:Douglas Haislip, Managing Director

Chuck BumcrotMichael Blutman

Jason Bitonti

French horns:Judy Lee

Ann Mendoker

Leeann NewlandKatie Jordan

Trombone:Carl Della Peruti

Hans MuhlerDon Hayward

Tuba:Jonathan Fowler

Percussion:

Adrienne OstranderPhyllis Bitow

For more information about the ensemble, its music and recordings, please contact:

SOLID BRASS5 Sunset Drive

Chatham, NJ 07928tel/fax (973)635-1854

e-mail haislip@solidbrass.comwww.solidbrass.com

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SopranoMeghan Blackwood, Clemmons, NCElizabeth Boyle, Drexel Hill, PABrianna Braun, Langhorne, PAKendall Brighton, Rumson, NJMorgan Cerbone, Sayreville, NJEmily Chant, Shamong, NJEmily Cousins, Kingwood, TXChloe Crosby, Bridgewater, NJTaylor Cullen, Moorestown, NJMegan Dawson, Frankford, DE

Kayla DeBeVoise, Matawan, NJ Marissa DeMarzo, West Islip, NYDestiny Elazier, Sacramento, CAKayla Freedman, Maplewood, NJChristina Griffin, Derwood, MD Mallory Hagen, Wanaque, NJStarretta Harper, East Orange, NJShannon Lally, Haddonfield, NJ*Amia Langer, Fanwood, NJShayna Markowitz, Matawan, NJ

Julianna Massielo, Yardley, PAAnna Matone, Bridgewater, NJMaddie Murphy, Levittown, PABrookie Smothers, Knoxville, TNVictoria Vazquez, Long Beach Island, NJLindsey Wildman, Santa Cruz, CAKelly Ye, Hangzhou, ChinaYiran Zhao, Beijing, China+

AltoNatalie Atkinson, Georgetown, DECimiya Bell, Newark, NJVictoria Borrelli, Cherry Hill, NJAnna Caputo, Medford, NJSkylar Carson-Reynolds, Nashville, TNSarah Engel, Rochester, NY Francesca Fioravanti, Wilmington, DE

Colleen Gilgan, Sayreville, NJ*Analyn Gonzalez, Houston, TXLeigh Huber, Bridgewater, NJSamantha Lobasso, West Babylon, NY Emily McDonald, Mahwah, NJArielle Kiyoka Numata, Princeton, NJLydia Reifsnyder, Mount Desert, ME

Veronique Shaftel, Pennington, NJVictoria Stanley, Havre de Grace, MDCharlotte Steiner, Maplewood, NJ+Caroline Voyack, Moorestown, NJMala Weissberg, Givataim, Israel Hailey White, Waynesboro, VAKelly Zuzic, Waretown, NJ

TenorDevon Barnes, Delanco, NJNoah Bram, Westfield, NJEthan Kibbey, Montgomery, NJ

William Landis, Wilmington, DE Josh Lisner, Bridgewater, NJ*Michael Martin, Cooper City, FL

Timothy Morrow, Basking Ridge, NJ+Luke Wroblewski, Millburn, NJ

BassAmru Ayinde, East Orange, NJ James Harris, Bristow, VADane Madrigal, Fullerton, CA*

Ryan Newsome, Wall, NJAnthony Pinkerton, Orlando, FLSam Scheibe, Moorestown, NJ

Bennett Spotts, North East, MD

+ student accompanist

Westminster Chapel Choir Amanda Quist, conductor

Tyler Weakland, accompanistAlex Simon, graduate assistant conductor

SopranoRobyn Baker, Red Bank, NJFelicia Betts, Mays Landing, NJSarah Boone, Newark, DEJessica Dalrymple, Wellesley, MAHannah Dittloff, Bridgewater, NJValerie Dzielski, State College, PAJessica Forbes, Fort Myers, FLMargaret Foster, Louisville, KYJulianne Fournier, North Attleboro, MA

Christina Han, Bayside, NY*Darla Lowe, Severn, MDSarah Morrow, Basking Ridge, NJMadeline Payment, Seattle, WAPaige Pendleton, Pennsville, NJJuliet Rafanelli, Westbury, NYMelissa Redway, Coconut Creek, FLLindsey Reinhard, Yardley, PA*Alison Rummel, Quakertown, PA

Hannah Schreffler, Hamburg, PAKathryn Smith, Lumberton, NJHannah Steele, Schnecksville, PAAlexandra Thomas, State College, PAAleisha Thompson-Heinz, Spotsylvania, VADanielle Verguldi, Quakertown, PAFelicia Villa, Mineola, NYGabrielle Weiss, Marlton, NJRachel Woody, Greeneville, TN

AltoMadison Bowling, Columbia, MD*Elena Byassee, New Windsor, NYCorinna Cardone, New Providence, NJTaylor Carpenzano, Nesconset, NYWendy Darr, Little Rock, ARMymoena Davids, New York, NYLaura Delgado, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Samantha Gordon, Cranford, NJ

Adrianna Hill, Galloway, NJJillian Krempasky, Schnecksville, PALeah Kun, Easton, PANichola Lampe, Columbus, OHMackenzie Payne, Fort Lauderdale, FLElisabeth Podsiadlo, San Diego, CAGabrielle Reed, Monroe Township, NJKatrina Roberts, Moorestown, NJ

Paula Salvant, East Orange, NJNicolePaige Uvenio, Roxbury, NJ*Natalia Wajda, Ridgefield, NJCasey Wichman, Herndon, VASarah Williams, Robbinsville, NJMadison Zahorsky, Moscow, PA

TenorAri Carrillo, Philadelphia, PA*Roy DeMarco, Woodbridge, NJChristopher Fludd, Freeport, NYPalmer Haffner, Fort Myers, FLJacob Keleman, Larchmont, NY

Christian Koller, Cape Coral, FL*Nathan Lazurus, Clifton Park, NYColin Mahon, Pitman, NJJoel Noonan, River Vale, NJGuillermo Pasarin, Miami, FL

Jorddy Romero, Newark, NJAndrew Sullivan, Woolwich, NJIsaiah Washington, Centereach, NY

BassMax Brey, Tallahassee, FL*Chris Clark, Staten Island, NYAlexander Garcia, St. Petersburg, FL*John Lucado, Frederick, MD

Eric Lyons, Higganum, CTBryan McClary, Robbinsville, NJAlexander Miller, Dingmans Ferry, PAJames Morris, Elizabeth, NJ

Jonathon Mount, Perth Amboy, NJDavid Sherman, Marlboro, NJMarcus Timpane, Berkeley, CAJohn Vandevert, Dearborn, MI

Westminster Schola CantorumJames Jordan, conductor

Tyler Weakland, accompanistDwight Weaver, graduate assistant conductor

All rosters approved 11/30/17* Section Leader

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Westminster Symphonic ChoirJoe Miller, conductor

Ryan Brandau, conductorEric Plutz, accompanist

Dinesh Gurpur and Sinhaeng Lee, graduate assistant conductors

BassChris Aggabao, Belle Mead, NJChris Anderson, Chicago, ILJesse Borower, Charlotte, NCJoe Buttram, Barnsboro, NJJerrick Cavagnaro, North Haledon, NJEmilio Chase, Quakertown, PARobert Colby-Witanek, Belle Mead, NJEvan Coldiron, Richmond, VABrandon DeHoff, Wilmington, DEJason Diaz, Allentown, NJDante Doganiero, Wellsboro, PAJohn Franek, West Caldwell, NJDenzel Garrick, Willingboro, NJ

Mark Gebauer, Duncanville, TXGabe Harley, Wilmington, DEMatthew Hern, San Ramon, CAEvan Kelly, Bay Village, OHZach Kent, Wellington, FLScott Koven, Burke, VAAdam Lee, Mountain View, CASinhaeng Lee, Incheon, South KoreaOscar Lichen, Howell, NJMatthew Marinelli, San Antonio, TXTom Marvil, Homer, MIShelden Mendes, Cranford, NJRene Miville, Captiva, FL

Carlo Olmos, San Francisco, CAMichael Phillips, Harrington Park, NJAlex Pino, Ashburn, VAAaron Ramsey, Manhattan, NYJohn Reed, Allentown, NJMichael Ryan, East Greenwich, RIPeter Schertz, Glen Rock, NJAlex Simon, Portland, ORCarlo Sitoy, Livingston, NJAlex Thomlinson, Dahlonega, GAHaochen Wang, Tianjin, China*Zach Wilson, Norwalk, CTKenny Xue, Bronxville, NY

SopranoGrace Amodeo, Dunellen, NJMegan Anderson, Westminster, MDKatie Avery, Winston-Salem,NCSarah Bain, Richmond, VAMargaret Bergmark, Macon, GACori Berntsen, Bedford, NHJade Blocker, Great Neck, NYMicaela Bottari, Torrington, CTMélia Boykin, Bloomfield, NJAmy Brandt, Sellersville, PAKirsten Brown, Powder Springs, GAKatharine Burns, Mechanicsburg, PACaitlin Cavarocchi, Kapolei, HIRebecca Chernavsky, Staten Island, NYOlivia Coackley, Pleasanton, CAHayley Collins, Middletown, DEKatie Conn, Woodbridge, VATaylor Consiglio, Hauppauge, NYLeanne Contino, Stony Brook, NYJenna Culbertson, Mullica Hill, NJEmma Daniels, Chicago, IL*Marissa DeVeau, Howell, NJJulia Donahue, Quakertown, PA

Olivia Dowden, Rockville Centre, NYEmily Gaggiano, Feasterville, PAKatherine Glinka, Houston, TXLauren Halley, Southampton, NJKrista Hastings, Hagerstown, MDJulie Hemmingway, Levittown, PAShayna Holness, Irvine, CAKelly Hood, Dacula, GAJessica Huetteman, Cranston, RIShelby Jackloski, Swoyersville, PAMaggie Kaetzel, Emmitsburg, MDHannah Kim, Cherry Hill, NJHyunkyung Lim, Busan, South KoreaAlexa Lucchesse, West Babylon, NYMorgan Luttig, Lake Forest, ILAlexa Majana, Nutley, NJNatalia Mamardashvili, Perkasie, PAAbby Merk, Morrisville, PAKate Miksits, Whitehall, PARebecca Nixon, Phillipsburg, NJJenny O’Brien, San Jose, CAKathleen O’Mara, Fort Washington, PAShauna Puccio, Riverhead, NY

Rebecca Rice, Canandaigua, NYMonica Ross, Philadelphia, PAKelly Ruggieri, Scotch Plains, NJBrittany Rumph, Rochester, NYOlivia Sandel, Browns Mills, NJSophia Santiago, West Friendship, MDEmily Sebastian, Dover, DESunny Shin, Hanover, MD*Yasmin Siglam, Milltown, NJKamala Silvey, Brooklyn, NYChelsea Simpkins, Bridgeton, NJBethany Sims, Champaign, ILEva Tamsky, San Francisco, CASarah Thomas, Chattanooga, TNVanessa Trauger, York, PAJessica Vance, Blacksburh, VACamille Watson, Kent, WAJianyu Zhao, Qihe, ChinaKathee Zhen, Pebble Beach, CAMenglei Zhou, Guangxi, ChinaNoël Zucchero, Bridgewater, NJ

AltoKatie Arnold, Wantage, NJAbigail Bloss, Red Lion, PAJocelyn Brown, Orange, NJClaire Campbell, Sturbridge, MARhiannon Charney, Boothwyn, PAAndrew Cooper, Wolverhampton, UKJillian Corn, Hamilton, NJAlyssa Davis, Harrisburg, PAOlivia de Geofroy, West Tisbury, MAAshley Dupont, Wellington, FLDavid Falatok, Akron, OHRachel Feldman, Cheshire, CT*Jaclyn Gisondi, Shrewsbury, NJLauren Goldman, Randolph, NJJulia Henry, Richmond, VAAlyssa Hicks, Little Rock, ARMichaela Hilling, Harleyville, PA

Sunyoung Jee, Seongnam, South Korea*Lauren Johnson, Newark, DEJohanna LaCombe, Springfield, VA*Lucia Lee, Pennington, NJNatalya Leistiko, Voorhees, NJKelsey Lewis, Perkasie, PAElizabeth Livingston, Massapequa Park, NYVivienne Longstreet, South Orange, NJAlix Macri, Hammonton, NJBrandi McLeod, Franklin Park, NJAlex Meakem, Ringwood, NJMegan O’Connor, Smithtown, NYOlivia Ober, Ronks, PAMichelle Palladino, East Setauket, NYAndrea Salazar, Quito, EcuadorLauren Sander, Tabernacle, NJChelsea Sardoni, Robbinsville, NJ

McKenzie Smith, Albany, ORMiranda Lammers Smith, Gilbert, AZRebecca Smith, Sanatoga, PACecelia Snow, Fort Wayne, INDeanna Sorge, Brooklyn, NYBrianna Super, Carmel, NYSuqing Tan, Qingdao, ChinaLauren Tannen, Davie, FLPauline Taumalolo, Honolulu, HIJoslyn Thomas, Albertson, NYErica Tran, Toronto, ONRachel Tyler, Richland, PAGloria Wan, Vancouver, BC *Lucy Watts, Marlton, NJZijun Zhu, Taizhou, China

TenorNicholas Alifano, Clifton Park, NYEric Becker, Westhampton, NYChris Bonanni, Mullica Hill, NJJohn Burke, Ringwood, NJDouglas Byler, Fulks Run, VAAaron Cafaro, Matawan, NJJim Calderon, Bergenfield, NJJoe Cocozziello, Brooklyn, NYGeorge Cole, Tyler, TXAlex Delbar, Paso Robles, CASam Denler, Somers, NYArthur Erickson, Williamsport, PA*

Justin Farrell, Tariffville, CTPaul David Flood, Campbell Hall, NYZak Fulcher, Medford, NJAidan Gent, Brookline, MADavid Grossman, Belle Mead, NJDinesh Gurpur, Athens, GAJonathan Hartwell, Middleton, DEGeorge Johnson, Hampton, VAKalif Jones, Huntington, NYPauli Kamenakis, Pennsville, NJKayvon Kashani-Gharavi, Rochester, MI*Timothy Lupia, Mechanicsburg, PA

Mike McCormick, Oneida, NYJohn Milas, Mount Vernon, WABen Norkus, Point Pleasant, NJLevi Pratt, Tucson, AZ*Sean Reilly, Medford, NJZack Ross, Raleigh, NC*Kevin Schneider, South Windsor, CTJeremy Sivitz, Anchorage, AKJohn Swedberg, Olimpia, Brazil*Dwight Weaver, Lehighton, PANoah Williams, Jim Thorpe, PA

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Westminster Concert Bell ChoirKathleen Ebling Shaw, conductor

Michelle Palladino, graduate assistant

Elena Gabrielle Byassee, New Windsor, NYValerie Dzielski, State College, PADestiny Elazier, Carmichael, CAJohn Franek, West Caldwell, NJLauren Goldman, Randolph, NJ

David Grossman, Belle Mead, NJJames C. Harris, Manassas, VAHannah Kim, Cherry Hill, NJ

Michelle Palladino, East Setauket, NYMadeline R. Payment, Kent, WA

Samuel C. Scheibe, Moorestown, NJDavid Sherman, Marlboro, NJ

Hannah Steele, Schnecksville, PALauren Tannen, Davie, FL

The Westminster Concert Bell Choir is grateful to have on loan the lower eighth and ninth octave bass handbells and the lower seventh octave Choirchime® Instruments from Malmark, Inc. – Bellcraftsmen, Plumsteadville, PA.

On the web: www.malmark.com

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About Westminster

An Evening of Readings and Carols: A Holiday Tradition

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Westminster Choir College’s An Evening of Readings and Carols is a fusion of two great Christmas traditions from England and the United States. The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King's College Cambridge, which began in 1918, has proved to be one of the most influential liturgical events of the 20th century with iterations being mounted in churches, chapels and cathedrals around the world. When James Jordan first established Westminster Choir College's An Evening of Readings and Carols in 1992, it was based on the King’s College service and performed in Bristol Chapel on the Westminster campus. In response to the growing demand for tickets, Westminster’s Readings and Carols moved to the Princeton University Chapel, and the synergy with King’s College grew deeper. When Princeton University’s chapel was completed in the 1920s, it stood as the second largest collegiate chapel in the world, sitting behind only King's College Chapel in its dimensions. Its choir stalls are hewn from English oak, and its design is set in the Gothic tradition of medieval English architecture. Over the past 25 years, the music and readings that are performed at Westminster’s An Evening of Readings and Carols have evolved to represent the rich diversity of our community. These concerts have become a musical milestone for all Westminster Choir College students and a holiday tradition for many Princeton-area residents and music lovers worldwide who listen to the annual broadcasts on WWFM The Classical Network.

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Joseph G. and Sarah R. BeckChristina Callaway

Marsha LewisMicaela de Lignerolles

Joseph and Nancy Maggio

Jonathan and Elyse MeerMarshall and Susan OnofrioJames and Deborah Peters

Sharon TwaddellAnnmarie Woods

John G. and Louise H. BeardJoseph G. and Sara R. Beck

Roberta G. BennettShirley Breuel

Pete and Christina CallawayHarriet R. Chase

John C. Chigounis and Donna O. DurlingMicaela de Lignerolles

Robert and Leslie Doll*Erin Enright and Stuart Essig

Alix GerryMr. and Mrs. James S. GrantGary A. and Arlene K. Hall

Leita and Bill HamillP. Randolph Hill

Ms. Sunny Hayward and Mr. Richard Johnson

Thomas and Marie JablonskiPamela and John F. Kelsey III

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Lambert IIIJoseph and Nancy Maggio

Lindsey and Richard MoynihanJames D. and Deborah C. Peters*

Jacquie and Woody PharesDorothy and Charles Plohn, Jr.

Beate Pongratz-LeistenMarvin R. and Ingrid W. Reed

Celia D. RyanCaren SturgesBob Thomson

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Patron Contributors

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Paul and Sue BerntsenChris and Avery BrightonLarry and Cyndi CharneyJim and Janet Christman

Jeffrey CorneliusLisa and Scott DalrympleWalter R. Darr ’78, ’91

Rev. Bruce Davidson and Donald BarbMargaret DeAngelis and Ron Costanzo

Rick and Karen DoganieroPaul and Shannon FioravantiMr. and Mrs. Paul Fournier

Dr. and Mrs. Ronald A. HemmelTod W. Hicks

William D. Kelley Jr. ’65

Michael C. Kelly and Joan C. Mazzotti ’72Joshua Kennon ’05 and Aaron Green ’05

Lois Laverty ’51, ’55Douglas Lowe

Tony and Deidre MadrigalCarol R. Miller

Tina and Thomas MulhareChristopher Pye

Mr. and Mrs. Robin SchottMartha and George Vaughn

Support for this concert has come from the Magdalena Houlroyd Concert Endowment. We at Westminster are grateful to

Miss Houlroyd for the establishment of this fund.

Holidays at Westminster Patrons

Holidays at Westminster Patrons

An Evening of Readings and Carols will be recorded and broadcast internationally on WWFM The Classical Network on

Monday, December 18 at 8 p.m.

and

Monday, December 25 at 3 p.m.

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AppendixI Wonder as I WanderJohn Jacob Niles (1892–1980) arr. Steven Pilkington

I wonder as I wander out under the sky How Jesus the Saviour did come for to die. For poor on’ry people like you and like I; I wonder as I wander out under the skyWhen Mary birthed Jesus ‘twas in a cow’s stall With wise men and farmers and shepherds and all But high from God’s heaven, a star’s light did fall And the promise of ages it then did recall.If Jesus had wanted for any wee thing A star in the sky or a bird on the wing Or all of God’s Angels in heaven to sing He surely could have it, ‘cause he was the King

Missa Carolae Introit and Kyrie James Whitbourn (b. 1963)

Guillô play your tambourin, Robin with your flute begin, Play your pipe and play your drum, Tu-re-lu-re-lu! Pa-ta-pa-ta-pan! Play your pipe and play your drum. Sing Nowell to all and some!

For unto us a child is born, Unto us a Son is given: And the government shall be upon his shoulder: And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Dance and sing and leap with joy At the birth of the infant boy. Dance with pipe and dance with drum. Tu-re-lu-re-lu! Pa-ta-pa-ta-pan! Dance with pipe and dance with drum For to us is born a Son.

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: They that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, Upon them hath the light shined.

Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison.

Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.

In the Bleak MidwinterPaul Mealor (b. 1975)

In the bleak mid-winter,Frosty wind made moan,Earth stood hard as iron,Water like a stone;Snow had fallen, snow on snow,Snow on snow,In the bleak mid-winter,Long ago.

Angels and archangelsMay have gathered there,Cherubim and Seraphim

Thronged the air – But only his motherIn her maiden blissWorshipped the BelovedWith a kiss.

What can I give HimPoor as I am?If I were a shepherdI would bring a lamb;If I were a wise manI would do my part;Yet what I can, I give Him - Give my heart.

Infant Holy, Infant Lowly Traditional Polish Caroltrans. Edith Margaret Gellibrandarr. Ryan Brandau

Infant holy, Infant lowly, For His bed a cattle stall; Oxen lowing, Little knowing Christ the Babe is Lord of all. Swift are winging Angels singing, Nowells ringing, Tidings bringing, Christ the Babe is Lord of all.

Flocks were sleeping, Shepherds keeping Vigil till the morning new, Saw the glory, Heard the story, Tidings of a Gospel true. Thus rejoicing, Free from sorrow, Praises voicing, Greet the morrow, Christ the Babe was born for you!

Mass in B-Minor Dona nobis pacemJ.S. Bach (1685–1750)

Dona nobis pacem.

TranslationGrant us peace.

Open the World — Peace on EarthDouglas Helvering (b. 1977)Text: Adam M.L. Tice

Dona nobis pacem. Peace on earth evermore. Open the world on a brilliant night, a nothing night, as dim as any other,until in starlight shining, and peace on earth evermore.Into the world on a hungry night,an aching night, as burnt,as bent as any other,until with newborn crying,peace on earth evermore. Over the world on a waiting night,

a wanting night, as rare as any other,until with angels singing,peace on earth evermore. Dona nobis pacem.Amen.

Ríu Ríu Chiuarr. Noah Greenberg

RefrainRiu riu chiu, la guarda ribera; Dios guardó el lobo de nuestra cordera, Dios guardó el lobo de neustra cordera.

El lobo rabioso la quiso morder, Mas Dios poderoso la supo defender; Quisola hazer que no pudiese pecar, Ni aun original esta Virgen no tuviera. Refrain

Este qu’es nacido es el gran monarca, Christo patriarca, de carne vestido; hanos redimido con se hazer chiquito, aunqu’era infinito, finito se hiziera. Refrain

Muchas profecías lo han profetizado, Ya un en nuestros dias lo hemos alcançado A Dios humanado vemos en el suelo, Y al hombre nel cielo porqu’el le quisiera. Refrain

Este viene a dar a los muertos vida, y viene reparar de todos la caída; es la luz del día aqueste muçuelo; este es el cordero que San Juan dixera. Refrain

Mirá bien que os cuadre que ansina lo oyera, Que Dios no pudiera hazerla más madre, El qu’era su padre hoy della nasció Y el que la crió su hijo so dixera. Refrain

Pues que ya tenemos lo que deseamos, todos juntos vamos presentes llevemos; todos le daremos nuestra voluntad, pues a se igualar con el hombre viniera.

TranslationRefrainRíu, ríu, chíu; (nightingale sounds)The river bank protects it,As God kept the wolf from our lamb.

The rabid wolf tried to bite her. But God Almighty knew how to defend her;He wished to create her impervious to sin,Nor was this maid to embody original sin.Refrain

He who’s now begotten is our mighty Monarch,Christ, our Holy Father, in human flesh embodied;He has brought atonement by being born so humble,Though He is immortal, as mortal was created.Refrain

Many prophecies told of his coming,And now in our days have we seen them fulfilled.God became man, on earth we behold him,And see man in heaven because he so willed.Refrain

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He comes to give life to the dead,He comes to redeem the fall of man;This child is the light of day,He is the very lamb Saint John prophesied.Refrain

Know the story squares up, just as we will hear it;God could not make more than a mother of good spirit.He who was her father, was born of her today; Her he had created, yet he’s her son he’d say. Refrain

Now we have gotten what we were all desiring,Go we together to bear him gifts:Let each give his will to the God who was willing,To come down to Earth man’s equal to be.

Christus There Shall a Star from Jacob Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)Chorale: “O Welt zieh hier dein Leben”Paul Gerhardt (1607–1676)

There shall a star come out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel, with might destroying princes and nations, there shall a star come out of Jacob.

Chorale:As bright the star of morning gleams,So Jesus sheds His glorious beamsOf light and consolation!Thy Word, o Lord, radiance darting,Truth imparting, gives salvation;Thine be praise and adoration!

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