Welcome Christmas is a perennial Christmas favorite from VocalEssence, one of the world's premier choral ensembles, conducted by Philip Brunelle and G. Phillip Shoultz. Join host Bonnie North for an hour of traditional carols and new discoveries.
FLOURISHES Carlyle Sharpe
Brass, Organ, & Percussion
LA VIGILE DI NATALIE (CHRISTMAS EVE) from La Bohème Giacomo Puccini
VocalEssence Chorus & Ensemble Singers
STRIKE UP YOUR INSTRUMENTS OF JOY Brian Holmes
VocalEssence Chorus, Ensemble Singers, Singers Of This Age, & Vintage Voices
A SAVIOR FROM ON HIGH Stephen Paulus
VocalEssence Chorus
ES IST EIN ROS ENTSPRUNGEN (LO, HOW A ROSE E’ER BLOOMING) arr. Mårten Jansson
VocalEssence Chorus
JOY TO THE WORLD (world premiere commission) arr. Gerald Gurss VocalEssence Chorus
THE ROSE Joel Thompson
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
Dakota Andersen, baritone
GUDS SON ÄR FÖDD (GOD’S SON IS BORN) Otto Olsson
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
David Gindra, baritone; Ben Brunnette, tenor
AUDIENCE SING: O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL arr. John Rutter VocalEssence Chorus, Ensemble Singers, Singers Of This Age, & Vintage Voices
TSHELA MOYA—KE NNA MOYA Traditional Sesotho Songs, arr. Michael Barrett VocalEssence Singers Of This Age
CHILDREN, GO WHERE I SEND THEE Negro Spiritual, arr. Kevin Philip Johnson VocalEssence Chorus & Singers Of This Age Soliyana Woldu, soprano; Brianna Hill, spoken word
STILL, STILL, STILL arr. Norman Luboff
VocalEssence Chorus & Vintage Voices
YULETIDE HAS ARRIVED from Three Latvian Yuletide Folksongs Ēriks Ešenvalds
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
MOTHER’S SONG Jocelyn Hagen
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
JINGLE BELLS J. David Moore
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
AUDIENCE SING: WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS arr. Nils Lindberg
VocalEssence Chorus, Ensemble Singers, Singers Of This Age, & Vintage Voices