Joy to the World Chanticleer & Tim Keeler

• Lowell Mason (1792 - 1872): Joy to the World (Arr. for Vocal Ensemble by Adam Brett Ward):
• 1 Mason: Joy to the World (Arr. for Vocal Ensemble by Adam Brett Ward) 02:56
• Sarah Quartel (b. 1982): This Endris Night:
• 2 Quartel: This Endris Night 03:15
• Michael Praetorius (1571 - 1621): Rorate Caeli:
• 3 Praetorius: Rorate Caeli 02:35
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 - 1594): O magnum mysterium:
• 4 Palestrina: O magnum mysterium 02:32
• Quem vidistis pastores:
• 5 Palestrina: Quem vidistis pastores 02:44
• Cristóbal de Morales (1500 - 1553): Ecce virgo concipiet:
• 6 Morales: Ecce virgo concipiet 04:12
• Henry Gauntlett (1805 - 1876): Once in Royal David’s City (Arr. for Vocal Ensemble by Jared Graveley):
• 7 Gauntlett: Once in Royal David’s City (Arr. for Vocal Ensemble by Jared Graveley) 03:28
• John Jacob Niles (1892 - 1980): I Wonder as I Wander (Arr. for Vocal Ensemble by Tim Keeler):
• 8 Niles: I Wonder as I Wander (Arr. for Vocal Ensemble by Tim Keeler) 03:18
• Steven Sametz (b. 1954): A Christmas Fanfare (Angelus ad virginem):
• 9 Sametz: A Christmas Fanfare (Angelus ad virginem) 01:46
• Anonymous: Ding Dong Merrily on High (Arr. for Vocal Ensemble by Adam Brett Ward):
• 10 Anonymous: Ding Dong Merrily on High (Arr. for Vocal Ensemble by Adam Brett Ward) 02:02
• Richard Rodgers (1902 - 1979): Good King Wenceslas / Little Girl Blue (Arr. for Vocal Ensemble by Jared Graveley):
• 11 Rodgers: Good King Wenceslas / Little Girl Blue (Arr. for Vocal Ensemble by Jared Graveley) 04:40
• Anonymous: And the Trees Do Moan (Arr. for Vocal Ensemble by Tim Keeler):
• 12 Anonymous: And the Trees Do Moan (Arr. for Vocal Ensemble by Tim Keeler) 04:18
• Joanna Marsh (b. 1970): Winter’s Garland:
• 13 Marsh: Winter’s Garland: Hands and the Hour 04:15
• 14 Marsh: Winter’s Garland: Arrival at the Lantern Festival 03:35
• 15 Marsh: Winter’s Garland: In Winter’s House 04:45
• John Francis Wade (1711 - 1786): O Come, All Ye Faithful (Arr. for Vocal Ensemble by Amanda Taylor):
• 16 Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Arr. for Vocal Ensemble by Amanda Taylor) 04:09
• Franz Xaver Gruber (1787 - 1863): Silent Night (Arr. for Vocal Ensemble by Jared Graveley):
• 17 Gruber: Silent Night (Arr. for Vocal Ensemble by Jared Graveley) 03:56
• Total Runtime 58:26

Info zu Joy to the World

Hoch erfreut gibt Delos die Zusammenarbeit mit dem GRAMMY®-prämierten Vokalensemble Chanticleer bekannt. Auf seinem Debütalbum präsentiert das Ensemble mit „präziser Intonation, perfekter Klangverschmelzung, Farbenvielfalt und stilistischer Souveränität“ (Boston Globe) jene Qualitäten für die es bereits einen überaus guten Ruf genießt. Das Weihnachtsprogramm verbindet Tradition mit Innovation: Renaissance-Motetten und neue Arrangements klassischer Weihnachtslieder treffen auf zeitgenössische Kompositionen – darunter zwei eigens in Auftrag gegebene Werke der Komponistin Joanna Marsh. Mit seiner außergewöhnlichen Fähigkeit, mühelos und souverän zwischen Stilen zu wechseln, erschafft Chanticleer in seiner ersten Veröffentlichung bei Delos eine winterliche Welt voller Zauber, Licht und Staunen.

Chanticleer
Tim Keeler, musikalische Leitung

Chanticleer
The GRAMMY® Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer is known around the world as “an orchestra of voices” for its wide-ranging repertoire and dazzling virtuosity. Founded in San Francisco in 1978 by singer and musicologist Louis Botto, Chanticleer quickly took its place as one of the most prolific recording and touring ensembles in the world, selling over one million recordings and performing thousands of live concerts to audiences around the world.

Chanticleer’s repertoire is rooted in the renaissance, and has continued to expand to include a wide range of classical, gospel, jazz, popular music, and a deep commitment to the commissioning of new compositions and arrangements. The ensemble has committed much of its vast recording catalogue to these commissions, garnering GRAMMY® Awards for its recording of Sir John Tavener’s “Lamentations & Praises”, and the ambitious collection of commissioned works entitled “Colors of Love”. Chanticleer is the recipient of the Dale Warland/Chorus America Commissioning Award and the ASCAP/Chorus America Award for Adventurous Programming, and its Music Director Emeritus Joseph H. Jennings received the Brazeal Wayne Dennard Award for his contribution to the African-American choral tradition during his tenure with Chanticleer.

Named for the “clear-singing” rooster in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, Chanticleer continues to maintain ambitious programming in its hometown of San Francisco, including a large education and outreach program, and an annual concert series that includes its legendary holiday tradition “A Chanticleer Christmas”.

Chanticleer—a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation—is the current recipient of major grants from The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, The Bernard Osher Foundation, The Bob Ross Foundation, Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund, and The National Endowment for the Arts. Chanticleer’s activities as a not-for-profit corporation are supported by its administrative staff and Board of Trustees.

Tim Keeler
Music Director, sang as a countertenor in Chanticleer for their 2017-18 season. In Chanticleer’s history, he is the fourth of its six music directors to have been a member of the ensemble. Prior to moving to San Francisco, he forged a career as an active conductor, singer, and educator. He has performed with New York Polyphony, The Clarion Choir, the Choir of Trinity Wall Street, and TENET. An avid proponent of new and challenging repertoire, Keeler performs regularly with Ekmeles, a vocal ensemble based in New York City and dedicated to contemporary, avant-garde, and infrequently performed vocal repertoire.

As an educator, Keeler directed the University of Maryland Men’s Chorus, served as director of choirs at the Special Music School High School in Manhattan, and worked closely with the Young People's Chorus of New York City as a vocal coach and satellite school conductor. He was also the choral conductor for Juilliard's new Summer Performing Arts program – a two-week, intensive summer course in Geneva, Switzerland. Dr. Keeler holds a BA in music from Princeton University with certificates in vocal performance and computer science, an MPhil in music and science from Cambridge University, an MM in choral conducting from the University of Michigan, and a DMA in choral conducting at the University of Maryland.

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