World Carols for Choirs - 31 Carols for mixed voices

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INDEX Original title Acalanto para o Menino Jesus 6 32 Ainsi que parmi la prée 12 66 Amuworo ayi otu nwa 22 142 Carúl Fáilte 17 101 Dedziet skalu, pūtiet guni 20 126 Det hev ei rose sprunge 23 147 Ena noč polna veselja 25 156 Ett Nyfött Barn 27 169 Hej, hej, lelija! 24 154 Im Silbernen Wassergrund 28 173 Immanúel oss í nátt 16 97 Infant Joy 18 115 Jajang, jajang, Ahgi Yesu 19 118 Khorurd Metz 2 6 Krismas dodzi vo 14 87 Kuttun Kantak 4 21 ¡Llega la Navidad! 9 51 Lullaby Carol 21 134 My Dancing Day 29 189 Nagykarácsony Éjszakáján 15 91 Niño lindo 31 205 Notre divin Maître 8 40 Nu is die roe van Jesse 5 28 Nüüd ole, Jeesus, kiidetud 10 56 Southern Cross 3 13 Susa ninna 26 161 Süßer die Glocken nie klingen 13 81 The Huron Carol 7 36 Tuikkikaa, oi joulun tähtöset 11 63 Villancico de la Falta de Fe 1 1 Who is the baby? 30 196 English title A Carol of Welcome 17 101 A Newborn Child 27 169 A spotless rose 23 147 Bring us fire, bring us light 20 126 Carol for the Baby Jesus 6 32 Christmas is Coming 9 51 Christmas Time is Here 14 87 Emmanuel, to us this night 16 97 For a World Without Faith 1 1 For unto us a child is born 22 142 Great Mystery 2 6 Hey, hey, lily 24 155 In silvery darkness 28 173 Infant Joy 18 115 Lovely baby 31 205 Lullaby Carol 21 134 Lullay, lullay, Baby Jesu 19 118 My Dancing Day 29 189 Night Songs 4 21 Now blessed be thou, Christ Jesu 10 56 On a hillside in the cold 12 66 On a starlit night 25 156 On Great Christmas Night 15 91 Our master, Lord Jesus 8 40 Southern Cross 3 13 Susa ninna 26 161 Sweetly the Bells are Ringing 13 84 The Huron Carol 7 36 The Rod of Jesse 5 28 Twinkle bright, you stars 11 63 Who is the baby? 30 196 for online perusal only vi

INTRODUCTION 1. Argentina Eduardo Falú, Villancico de la Falta de Fe (For a World Without Faith) The composer and guitarist Eduardo Falú (b. 1928) is one of Argentina’s most celebrated musicians. He has toured and performed throughout North and South America and across Europe and has a prodigious output of compositions, many of which have been recorded. Eduardo Falú has received honorary doctorates from the Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto and the Instituto Universitario Aeronáutico de la República, and he is a member of the Argentinian National Academy of Music. The villancico is a popular form of religious song developed in Spain in the fifteenth century and later adopted in Latin America. Villancicos are traditionally sung by children on Christmas Eve, but they are also sung by adults, drawn by their deep mystical meaning and sincerity. A characteristic of the Latin American villancico is a focus on the material needs of the newborn child, which include instruments so that he may dance. Like many traditional villancicos, Villancico de la Falta de Fe has a simple syllabic melody with gentle cross-rhythms; in this case, the accompanying voices seem to imitate the sound of a guitar. for online perusal only 2. Armenia Movses Khorenatsi arr. Vahram Sargsyan, Khorurd Metz (Great Mystery) A graduate of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory (2003), where he studied with Ashot Zohrabyan, Vahram Sargsyan (b. 1981) is a composer principally of choral works. He is also active as a choral conductor in Armenia, and his music has been performed across Europe, and in North America at the Sixth World Symposium of Choral Music in Minneapolis (2002). Khorurd Metz is an Armenian sacred hymn for the feast of the Nativity. This form of hymn, or sharakan, was the principal genre of Armenian sacred music between the fifth and fifteenth centuries. Movses Khorenatsi, who wrote both the words and the melody, was one of the Armenia’s greatest sharakan composers, and his melody persists throughout this modal, polyphonic arrangement, passing from one voice to another. Vahram Sargsyan’s style is influenced by the choral music of Komitas Vardapet (1869–1935), one of the founders of the Armenian national school of musical composition. 3. Australia Stephen Leek, Southern Cross The Australian composer and conductor Stephen Leek (b. 1959) has been active at the forefront of developments in choral music in Australia since the early 1980s. His music captures the energies, rhythms, and colours of his homeland and is performed across the globe. For over a decade Stephen Leek has worked collaboratively with librettist Elizabeth Anne Williams, who is herself an acclaimed choral conductor and educator. He has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Robert Edler International Choral Prize (2003), and with his choir, The Australian Voices, he promotes the music of Australian composers around the world. On the oldest and smallest continent on the planet, the star formation of the Southern Cross is an important physical and symbolic icon for survival and encapsulates a national pride. The five stars have traditionally assisted sailors in navigating vii