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Malle Babbe Women's Choir: Sing, Choirs Of Angels

Song Name   Composer
Wohlauf, wir heben mit Singen an   Anonymous
Ave Regina Caelorum   Guillaume Dufay
Gaillarde / O du frohliche   Susato
Sonate aus Weibnachtskantate   Lubeck
Stille Nacht   Gruber / Mohr
Gloria in Excelsis Deo / Jodler-andacht / Leise rieselt der Schnee
Gaillarde / O Kerstnacht   Jan Sweelinck
Sainte Nuit   Gruber
Gaude Virgo Mater Christi   Anonymous
Ecce Maria   Michael Praetorius
Ronde / Kommet, ihr Hirten   Susato
Stille Nacht   Gruber
Salve Regina    Giovanni Palestrina
Regina Caeli    Johannes Brahms
Ave Maria    Zoltan Kodaly
Maria durch ein Dornwald ging
Ave Maria    Gustav Holst
Ave Maria   Arcadelt
nonnenchor - j. strauss jr., benatzky
Dona Nobis Pacem   Anonymous
Ave Maria    Von Bruck
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen   Michael Praetorius
Mary had a Baby
I Saw Three Ships
Jodler-Andacht / Gloria in Excelsis Deo / O Come All Ye Faithful
Silent Night   Gruber
Song of Survival Christmas Medley: Pastoral Symphony from Messiah / Good King / The First Nowell / Away in a Manger / Good Christian Men, Rejoice / Cowley Carol / Sleep, Holy Babe / Hark! The Herald Angels Sing   George Frideric Handel

Directed by Leny van Schaik

Those familiar with the history of the Malle Babbe Women's Choir know that the ensemble was formed in a Japanese internment camp during World War II, as dramatized in the movie, 'Paradise Road.' Now directed by Leny Van Schaik, this 'voice-orchestra' performs various classical compositions (over seventy-three minutes of material) dedicated to holiday and religious subjects appropriate to the season, in tribute to the original Malle Babbe Choir. The Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus are celebrated in four versions of 'Ave Maria,' as written by Holst, Arcadelt, von Bruck and Kodaly, as well as several other hymns. Christmas traditionals such as the Austrian 'Yodeler Prayer' add variety, as do several Gaillardes (music written in triple meter for recorder, intended for dancing). Familiar carols represented include 'I Saw Three Ships,' which has a rolling rhythm that propels the listener like oars in water; 'Silent Night, ' with two different arrangements, both by John Rutter, and the recording's finale, a Christmas medley replicated from the original version by the Malle Babbe Choir, transcribed from memory while imprisoned. 'Sing, Choirs of Angels' is an apt title for this recording, as indeed the graceful delivery and clear high registers of this women's choir are eminently suitable to convey just such an impression. As the spires of a church ascending toward the heavens, their voices rejoice in the glory of life and of the Creator.

6305 00 1 CD $15.98   Female | Chorus | Netherlands | Female Choir Christmas