These recordings are not to be downloaded
December 2, 1991
ABQ HOLIDAY CONCERT
at
Strathmore Hall
Bethesda, Maryland
Annapolis Brass Quintet
David Cran, trumpet
Robert Suggs, trumpet
Sharon Tiebert, horn
Wayne Wells, trombone
Robert Posten, bass trombone
STRATHMORE HALL
ANNAPOLIS BRASS QUINTET
HOLIDAY CONCERT
PART TWO
(After intermission to end of concert: 36' 08")
To listen tap > Below
Three German Christmas Pieces (1607)
Michael Praetorius
1. Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ
(Praise be to You Jesus Christ)
2. Puer natus in Bethlehem
(A Child Is Born In Bethlehem)
3. Vom Himmel hoch, da komm Ich Her
(From Heaven Above to Earth I Come)
The Disparate Sounds of Christmas Bells
1. Carol of the Bells
(arr. Keith Snell)
2. Carol of the Bells
(arr. Warren Shaffer)
3. Carol of the Bells
(arr. Richard Price)
A Carol Fantasy
John Iverson
Two American Christmas Songs
(arr. C. Warren Kellerhouse)
1. I Wonder As I Wander
2. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
A Medley of Popular Christmas Tunes
(arr. C. Warren Kellerhouse)
The Christmas Song / We Need a Little Christmas / White Christmas
Two Carols
(arr. Keith Snell)
1. Silent Night
2. Joy to the World
_______________
ENCORE:
Jingle Bells
Geoffrey Bergler
________________
For
Part One
of this concert tap
Here
Michael Praetorius
1. Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ
(Praise be to You Jesus Christ)
2. Puer natus in Bethlehem
(A Child Is Born In Bethlehem)
3. Vom Himmel hoch, da komm Ich Her
(From Heaven Above to Earth I Come)
The Disparate Sounds of Christmas Bells
1. Carol of the Bells
(arr. Keith Snell)
2. Carol of the Bells
(arr. Warren Shaffer)
3. Carol of the Bells
(arr. Richard Price)
A Carol Fantasy
John Iverson
Two American Christmas Songs
(arr. C. Warren Kellerhouse)
1. I Wonder As I Wander
2. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
A Medley of Popular Christmas Tunes
(arr. C. Warren Kellerhouse)
The Christmas Song / We Need a Little Christmas / White Christmas
Two Carols
(arr. Keith Snell)
1. Silent Night
2. Joy to the World
_______________
ENCORE:
Jingle Bells
Geoffrey Bergler
________________
For
Part One
of this concert tap
Here
Over the years, the Annapolis Brass Quintet has always elected to make their holiday concerts in a certain sense eclectic. The musical styles range from genuine Renaissance and Baroque renditions to traditional, non-traditional, and contemporary settings. One day this may change, but for the time this potpourri format seems to harmonize more agreeably with the season than any other sort of program.
Maybe this seems true because we don't all come from a common tradition. In fact, perhaps our greatest shared traditions have roots so knotted and tangled as to be almost untraceable. The ancients believed they could fend off winter demons and attendant seasonal miseries with charms of holly, pine, laurel, and mistletoe during mid-winter festivals and celebrations. The Greek and Roman sun worshippers tried to save the fading winter heat and light by placing candles on evergreen boughs. The early Jewish and Christian celebrations, though they evolved from specific religious beliefs, retained many of their earlier pagan customs and gathered ethnic, regional, local, and even family traditions along the way. Today, we find ourselves with a patchwork of seasonal customs and festivities that have been woven together into what we simply term the holiday season.
We hope tonight's program not only reflects the diversity of traditions and music associated with the holiday season, but that it imparts the good will, hope, and joy of this season as well.
~ Annapolis Brass Quintet 1991 ~
Maybe this seems true because we don't all come from a common tradition. In fact, perhaps our greatest shared traditions have roots so knotted and tangled as to be almost untraceable. The ancients believed they could fend off winter demons and attendant seasonal miseries with charms of holly, pine, laurel, and mistletoe during mid-winter festivals and celebrations. The Greek and Roman sun worshippers tried to save the fading winter heat and light by placing candles on evergreen boughs. The early Jewish and Christian celebrations, though they evolved from specific religious beliefs, retained many of their earlier pagan customs and gathered ethnic, regional, local, and even family traditions along the way. Today, we find ourselves with a patchwork of seasonal customs and festivities that have been woven together into what we simply term the holiday season.
We hope tonight's program not only reflects the diversity of traditions and music associated with the holiday season, but that it imparts the good will, hope, and joy of this season as well.
~ Annapolis Brass Quintet 1991 ~