Concert: Christmas Faith and Christmas Fun

Past Concert

Christmas Faith and Christmas Fun

An evening of Christmas music sacred and secular

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Date & Time

Saturday, December 6, 2003 - 8:00 p.m.

Location

First United Church
16 William St. W., Waterloo, ON, N2L 1J3

Conductor

Wayne Gilpin

Accompanist

Andrew Gilpin

Guest Artists

Andrew Gilpin, Tom Hazlitt, Wilson Laurencin, David Puttock.

Repertoire

* indicates performance by guest artist(s)

italics indicate a reading

* Advent: A Carol

Patric Dickinson

When Will the Little King Come?

Ruth Elaine Schram

Habari Nzuri

Sally K. Albrecht, Jay Althouse

* Advent 1955

John Betjeman

The Snow Begins to Fall

Andy Beck

* Joy to the World

Isaac Watts, Lowell Mason (arr. Andrew Gilpin)

* We Three Kings of Orient Are

John Henry Hopkins (arr. Andrew Gilpin)

* Shepherds' Rag

Christopher Norton

* Minstrel's Song

Ted Hughes

Star of Glory

Jay Althouse

O, Tiny Babe of Bethlehem

Jay Althouse

* The Adoration of the Magi

Christopher Pilling

Sing Gloria!

Mark Hayes

~ Intermission ~

* Keeping Christmas

Eleanor Farjeon

We Need a Little Christmas

Jerry Herman (arr. Mac Huff)

* How to Paint a Perfect Christmas

Miroslav Holub

I'll Be Home for Christmas

Walter Kent, Kim Gannon (arr. Steve Zegree)

* Jingle Bells

J. Pierpont (arr. Andrew Gilpin)

* The Christmas Song

Robert Wells, Mel Torme (arr. Andrew Gilpin)

* Jingle-Bell Rock

Joe Beal, Jim Boothe (arr. Andrew Gilpin)

* Moonless Darkness Stands Between

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Silent Night

Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr (arr. Mark Hayes)

* Snowflakes

Clive Sansom

Kay Thompson's Jingle Bells

J. Pierpont, Kay Thompson, Johnny Mandel (arr. Mac Huff)

* The Passing of the Year

Robert Service

Auld Lang Syne

Robert Burns (arr. Andrew Gilpin)

Choir Members

Soprano

Cheryl (Soltysiak) Bruder, Tanis Day, Beverly Dietrich, Ellie Fuke, Chris Grose, Valerie Grzesiak, Jennifer Lloyd-Smith, Wendy Patrick, Dianne Peters, Margaret St. Pierre, Sylvia Stahle, Jan Van Stralen, Lynn (Lathey) Vannatter, Dianna Weltz.

Alto

Susan Brooks, Gloria Cardey, Helen Edney, Ginny Ehrlich, Carol Gilpin, Mary Jane Lanteigne, Anne Lowe, Enid Maize, Leslie O'Dell, Lynn Souliere, Lina Zylstra, Mary-Lou Zylstra.

Tenor

Philip Cochrane, Henry Van Stralen, Jim Vanderleeuw, Bruce Weber.

Bass

Terry Green, Neil Hunt, Geoff Miller, Rodger Seeley.