Sacred and secular works for Christmas and wintertime, composed or arranged by Ole Gjeilo. For mixed chorus (SATB), piano, and string ensemble (1st-2nd, 6th, and 15th works), unaccompanied mixed chorus (SATB) (3rd, 7th, 9th-10th, 12th, 14th works), women's chorus (SSAA), piano, and string ensemble (4th work); string ensemble (5th, 8th, and 11th works); the 13th work for piano solo. Title from disc label. Oja Gjeilo, piano ; Choir of Royal Holloway ; 12 ensemble (strings) ; Rupert Gough, conductor. Editions recorded: Walton Music. Recorded 2017 June 9-11 Saint Jude-on-The-Hill, Central Square, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London. Compact disc.
Contents:
The rose II Norwegian folk song, arr. Gjeilo (3:26). Ecce novum (4:16) -- The first Nowell / arr. Ola Gjeilo (4:37) -- Days of beauty / lyrics: Emily Brontèˆ (2:48) -- Home (2:31) -- Across the vast, eternal sky / lyrics: C.A. Silvestri (4:40) -- Ave generosa / lyrics: Hildegard von Bingen (4:33) -- First snow (2:29) -- The holly & the ivy / arr. Ola Gjeilo (4:00) -- Away in a manger / William J. Kirkpatrick ; arr. Ola Gjeilo (3:59) -- Dawn (2:47) -- The coventry carol / arr. Ola Gjeilo (3:32) -- Silent night / Franz Xaver Gruber ; arr. Ola Gjeilo (3:48) -- Wintertide / Norwegian folk song, arr. Gjeilo (3:12) -- The rose II (3:26).
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