1991
ABQ HOLIDAY CONCERT
at
Strathmore Hall
Bethesda, Maryland
Annapolis Brass Quintet
Robert Suggs, trumpet
David Cran, trumpet
Sharon Tiebert, horn
Wayne Wells, trombone
Robert Posten, bass trombone
STRATHMORE HALL
HOLIDAY CONCERT
PART ONE
(Concert opening to Intermission: 39'29")
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Crisp English Carol Medley
(arr. Errol Schlabach)
Deck the Halls / Gloucestershire Wassail Song
Madrigal and Motet for Christmas
by
Heinrich Schütz
(trans. Robert Posten)
Ach Herr, du, Schöpfer aller Ding (c. 1620)
Es ist erscheinen (1648)
Two Christmas Pieces
1. A French Carol
2. The Holly and the Ivy
(arr. Howard Cable) or Keith Snell
Chanukah Medley
(arr. Nathan Wilensky and William Picher)
Who can Retell / In the Window / Dreidl / S'vivon
Two Chorale Preludes for Advent by
John Harbison
1. Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
2. Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
Three Carols
(arr. Richard Price)
1. We Three Kings
2. What Child is This
3. I Saw Three Ships
Little Fantasy on
The Twelve Days of Christmas
John Harbison
INTERMISSION
PART TWO
STRATHMORE HOLIDAY CONCERT
WILL BE POSTED
...
1991 PROGRAM NOTE
(arr. Errol Schlabach)
Deck the Halls / Gloucestershire Wassail Song
Madrigal and Motet for Christmas
by
Heinrich Schütz
(trans. Robert Posten)
Ach Herr, du, Schöpfer aller Ding (c. 1620)
Es ist erscheinen (1648)
Two Christmas Pieces
1. A French Carol
2. The Holly and the Ivy
(arr. Howard Cable) or Keith Snell
Chanukah Medley
(arr. Nathan Wilensky and William Picher)
Who can Retell / In the Window / Dreidl / S'vivon
Two Chorale Preludes for Advent by
John Harbison
1. Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
2. Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
Three Carols
(arr. Richard Price)
1. We Three Kings
2. What Child is This
3. I Saw Three Ships
Little Fantasy on
The Twelve Days of Christmas
John Harbison
INTERMISSION
PART TWO
STRATHMORE HOLIDAY CONCERT
WILL BE POSTED
...
1991 PROGRAM NOTE
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.
~ The Annapolis Brass Quintet
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.
~ The Annapolis Brass Quintet