In Winter's Arms: Seasonal Music by Bob Chilcott

In Winter's Arms: Seasonal Music by Bob Chilcott

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

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

4:21

II. Who can that be?

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

2:35

III. Forth, they went

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

2:12

IV. Interlude - Winter Dark

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

3:53

V. Sleeping in winter’s arms

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

2:25

VI. Thank you

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

4:04

VII. Fanfare - Winter Bright

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

1:27

VIII. On Saint Stephen’s Night

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

5:14

Jesus, Springing

Choralis, Todd Fickley, Gretchen Kuhrmann

4:46

I. Prologue

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

4:09

II. My Perfect Stranger

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

7:16

III. Epilogue

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

3:33

The Nine Gifts

Choralis, Todd Fickley, Gretchen Kuhrmann

4:16

I. Gloria in excelsis Deo

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

4:01

II. Domine Deus

Gretchen Kuhrmann, Choralis, The Classical Brass Quintet

4:50

III. Qui tollis peccata mundi

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

4:05

IV. Quoniam tu solus sanctus

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

2:48

Bob Chilcott

Composer
Kevin Crossley-Holland

Composer
Choralis

Ensemble
Cantus Primo Youth Choir

Choir
Gretchen Kuhrmann

Conductor

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