In Winter's Arms: Seasonal Music by Bob Chilcott

In Winter's Arms: Seasonal Music by Bob Chilcott

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

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

4:21

II. Who can that be?

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

2:35

III. Forth, they went

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

2:12

IV. Interlude - Winter Dark

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

3:53

V. Sleeping in winter’s arms

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

2:25

VI. Thank you

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

4:04

VII. Fanfare - Winter Bright

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

1:27

VIII. On Saint Stephen’s Night

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

5:14

Jesus, Springing

Gretchen Kuhrmann, Choralis, Todd Fickley

4:46

I. Prologue

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

4:09

II. My Perfect Stranger

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

7:16

III. Epilogue

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

3:33

The Nine Gifts

Choralis, Gretchen Kuhrmann, Todd Fickley

4:16

I. Gloria in excelsis Deo

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

4:01

II. Domine Deus

The Classical Brass Quintet, Choralis, Gretchen Kuhrmann

4:50

III. Qui tollis peccata mundi

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

4:05

IV. Quoniam tu solus sanctus

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

2:48

Bob Chilcott

Composer
Kevin Crossley-Holland

Composer
Gretchen Kuhrmann

Conductor
Cantus Primo Youth Choir

Choir
The Classical Brass Quintet

Brass Ensemble

Bob Chilcott

Producer
S. O'Connor

Engineer
Christian Amonson

Mastering Engineer
Kevin Bourassa

Engineer
Sardar Aziz

Photography
Don Lassell

Photography
Stan Engebretson

Photography
John Bellars

Photography