So Gracious is the Time
“After listening to over 150 new Christmas CDs for my annual roundup… San Francisco Choral Artists… ‘So Gracious Is The Time’ is my top choral pick of the season. Unusual and very modern settings of classic texts abound. Virtually all are ‘sacred’, but the final track is Gene Puerling’s typically superb arrangement of Thornhill’s atmospheric ‘Snowfall.’ Every choir director will want this disc.“
– Gerry Grzyb, The Post-Crescent (Dec. 18, 2006) full article >>
The pioneer spirit of America is celebrated through this eclectic and engaging collection. Most are works by living composers, several from the San Francisco Bay Area, and many works are recorded here for the first time.
Track List
- Twelfth Night, Samuel Barber
- I Wonder as I Wander, Trad., arr. Fenno Heath
- What Child Is This? Trad., arr. Fenno Heath
- Sweet Was the Song, Herbert Bielawa
- In the Bleak Midwinter, Randolph Currie
- A Virgin Unspotted, William Billings
- Sanctus, Brian Banks
- Almighty Father (from Mass), Leonard Bernstein
- Ave Maria, R. Nathaniel Dett
- Glory to God in the Highest, Randall Thompson
- Ave Maria, William Ludtke
- Virga Jesse Floruit, William Ludtke
- O Magnum Mysterium, William Ludtke
- Ave Maria, David Conte
- Silent Night, F. Gruber, arr. David Conte
- Wonders of Christmas, Roger Nixon
- Wonders of Christmas, Roger Nixon
- Wonders of Christmas, Roger Nixon
- Wonders of Christmas, Roger Nixon
- Milford (“If angels sung”), Joseph Stephenson
- Sherburne (“While shepherds watch’d”), Daniel Read
- Hail Mary! William Dawson
- Deck the Halls, Trad., arr. James McKelvy
- Snowfall, C. Thornhill, arr. Gene Puerling
Total Running Time: 61:52
(Pricing includes tax and shipping within the US.)
$20.00
