December 17, 2016: Intermountain Classics presents a special program to ring in the upcoming holiday season! In the first hour will be the first two parts of Catalonian composer Pablo Casals' "The Poem of the Manger" followed by the beautiful "Ceremony of Carols" by British composer Benjamin Britten. Christmas Carols from St. John's College Cambridge is also included, with the Shepherd's Pipe Carol, Silent Night and Hark the Herald Angels Sing.
Hour 1:
Intro: Holiday Song from the film score "Hillary and Jackie" [1.09]
Scheidt-Angelus ad Pastores Ait: “Said the Angels to the Shepherds" (The Galliard Brass Ensemble) [2.53]
Casals-El Pessebre, “The Poem of the Manger” (Orquestra Simfonica de Barcelona i Nacional de Calalunya conducted by Lawrence Foster; Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Musica conducted by Jordi Casas; and featuring soloists Ana M Sanchez, soprano; Raquel Pierotti, mezzo-soprano; Joan Cabero, tenor; Enric Serra, baritone; and Stefano Platchi, bass) [54.05]
Hour 2:
Manfredini-Concerto in C, Opus 3 No. 12 (I Musici with Roberto Michelucci and Anna Maria Cotogni, violin; Maria Teresa Garatti, organ) [10.10]
Britten-Ceremony of Carols (Escolania de Montserrat/Ireneu Segarra) [22.16]
Christmas Carols from St. John’s: Shepherd’s Pipe Carol (Rutter); Silent Night (Gruber); Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn) (Choir of St. John’s College Cambridge/George Guest; and Philip Kenyon, organ) [10.17]
