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Eleanor Daley, Director of Music
Audio/Video Editor: Ron Gorveatt

Shepherds’ Nowell
Fairlawn Avenue United Senior Choir and Guests
Music: James K. Wright (b. 1959)
Words: James K. Wright and Graham Hitchins
Soprano:
Kim Alexander, Sharon Barrett-Ewing, Anne Bornath, Aerin Cartwright, Martha Cooper, Rosalie Cowan, Jane Gorman, Claire Renouf, Kathy Salisbury, Yvonne Way, Frances Welsh, Laura Zilliotto
Alto:
Martha Boyce, Lynn Featherstone, Karen Freedman, Meredith Hall, Bonita Kersey, Andrea Ludwig, Anne Pyper, Valerie Scovill, Allegra Swanson (Dartmouth, NC), Patti Vipond, Esther Welsh
Tenor:
Willis Bote, Kevin Doe, Matt Gaskin (Australia), Cameron Loach (Guelph), Ed Oikawa, Phil Smith
Bass:
Philip Blackford, Morrey Ewing, Nick Higgs, Doug Knights, Gary Poole, Mark Richardson, Jean François Roy, Don Smith, Giles Tomkins

Pifa (Pastoral Symphony) from Messiah
Music: G. F. Handel (1685-1759)

Gloria in excelsis Deo II
Fairlawn Avenue Chamber Choir
Music: E. Daley (1989)

O Come All Ye Faithful
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Arr. David Wilcocks

O Little Town of Bethlehem
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Music: English traditional melody
Words: Phillips Brooks (1835-1893)

O Magnum Mysterium (Serenity)
The Pacific Chorale
Music: Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978)
Words: Ancient medieval

Silent Night
Cambridge Singers
Melody: Franz Gruber (1787-1863)
Arr. John Rutter (b. 1945)
Words: Joseph Mohr, 1818
Trans: J. R. Young, 1863

Joy to the World
Robert Shaw Chorale
Music: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Words: Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
John Gardner

Images:

Adoration of the Shepherds
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)

Adoration of the Magi (detail)
Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449-1494)

Adoration of the Shepherds
Caravaggio (c. 1571-1610)