In Winter's Arms: Seasonal Music by Bob Chilcott

In Winter's Arms: Seasonal Music by Bob Chilcott

Gretchen Kuhrmann, The Classical Brass Quintet, Cantus Primo Youth Choir, Choralis

2017

Bob Chilcott is a composer with a palpable love of the human voice, a gift for melody, and, as demonstrated by rather Waltonian Gloria, an ability to raise the spirits. Choralis, a very fine choir, offer a nicely varied, seasonal program with lots of vocal thrills along the way—the oratorio, Wenceslas, tells the story of the Good King and is a lot of fun. My Perfect Stranger, with Kevin Crossley-Holland’s words retelling the Christmas story, is also very effective. You’ll quickly be singing along.

I. Wintertide

Todd Fickley, Choralis, Marian Rian Hays, Julie Angelis Boehler, Cantus Primo Youth Choir, The Classical Brass Quintet, Gretchen Kuhrmann

4:21

II. Who can that be?

Todd Fickley, James Shaffran, Choralis, Gretchen Kuhrmann, The Classical Brass Quintet, Cantus Primo Youth Choir

2:35

III. Forth, they went

The Classical Brass Quintet, Gretchen Kuhrmann, James Shaffran, Marian Rian Hays, Julie Angelis Boehler, Choralis, Cantus Primo Youth Choir, Todd Fickley

2:12

IV. Interlude - Winter Dark

The Classical Brass Quintet, Gretchen Kuhrmann, Marian Rian Hays, Todd Fickley

3:53

V. Sleeping in winter’s arms

Gretchen Kuhrmann, The Classical Brass Quintet, Marian Rian Hays, James Shaffran, Julie Angelis Boehler, Choralis, Cantus Primo Youth Choir, Todd Fickley

2:25

VI. Thank you

Gretchen Kuhrmann, Choralis, The Classical Brass Quintet, Cantus Primo Youth Choir, Marian Rian Hays

4:04

VII. Fanfare - Winter Bright

Gretchen Kuhrmann, Julie Angelis Boehler, The Classical Brass Quintet, Todd Fickley

1:27

VIII. On Saint Stephen’s Night

Choralis, Gretchen Kuhrmann, Marian Rian Hays, The Classical Brass Quintet, Todd Fickley, Cantus Primo Youth Choir

5:14

Jesus, Springing

Gretchen Kuhrmann, Choralis, Todd Fickley

4:46

I. Prologue

Gretchen Kuhrmann, Marian Rian Hays, Choralis, Cantus Primo Youth Choir

4:09

II. My Perfect Stranger

Carl Ellinwood Jr, Choralis, McKinley Dyer, Vincent Fung, James Shaffran, Philip Stimpert, Joshua Brown, Cantus Primo Youth Choir, Gretchen Kuhrmann, Marian Rian Hays

7:16

III. Epilogue

Gretchen Kuhrmann, Choralis, Cantus Primo Youth Choir, Marian Rian Hays

3:33

The Nine Gifts

Gretchen Kuhrmann, Todd Fickley, Choralis

4:16

I. Gloria in excelsis Deo

The Classical Brass Quintet, Choralis, Gretchen Kuhrmann, Todd Fickley, Julie Angelis Boehler

4:01

II. Domine Deus

The Classical Brass Quintet, Choralis, Gretchen Kuhrmann

4:50

III. Qui tollis peccata mundi

Todd Fickley, The Classical Brass Quintet, Gretchen Kuhrmann, Choralis

4:05

IV. Quoniam tu solus sanctus

Choralis, The Classical Brass Quintet, Julie Angelis Boehler, Gretchen Kuhrmann, Todd Fickley

2:48

Bob Chilcott

Composer
Kevin Crossley-Holland

Composer
Gretchen Kuhrmann

Conductor
The Classical Brass Quintet

Brass Ensemble
Cantus Primo Youth Choir

Choir

Bob Chilcott

Producer
Christian Amonson

Mastering Engineer
Kevin Bourassa

Engineer
S. O'Connor

Engineer
Sardar Aziz

Photography
Don Lassell

Photography
Stan Engebretson

Photography
John Bellars

Photography