Light Everlasting - A Christmas Celebration from Pacific Lutheran University
- Choir of the West & University Men’s Chorus, Kathryn Lehmann, Conductor
- University Chorale & University Singers, Richard Nance, Conductor
- Members of the University Symphony Orchestra, Jeffrey Bell-Hanson, Conductor
Light Everlasting features repertoire from the 2003, 2004 and 2005 Christmas Concerts, including favorites such as O Holy Night; Angels We Have Heard On High, and Cesar Carillo’s beautiful Spanish setting of Silent Night, Noche de Paz. Also included are O Yule Full Of Gladness by Caroline Jennings, Eric Whitacre’s Lux Aurumque, and the CD’s title composition, Light Everlasting, by Olaf Christiansen. And we are especially pleased to present the premiere recording of PLU alumnus, Michael Dailey’s, beautiful composition Ave Maria.
Compact Disc – 2007
PLU Multimedia Recordings — Pacific Lutheran University
Program
| Track | Title | Composer | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wassail, Wassail | arr. Chip Davis | 2:18 |
| 2 | Light Everlasting | Olaf C. Christiansen | 2:14 |
| 3 | O Yule Full of Gladness | Norwegian Carol, arr. Carolyn Jennings | 2:21 |
| 4 | O Holy Night | Adolph Adam (1803-1856), arr. John Leavitt | 4:44 |
| 5 | Gloria (from Cantus Missae) | Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901) | 3:39 |
| 6 | What Is This Fragrance? | French Carol, arr. Dwight Gustafson | 4:10 |
| Three Cuban Carols | arr. Joaquin Nin-Culmell (1908-2004) | ||
| 7 | La Virgen Lava Pañales | 1:10 | |
| 8 | El Niño Perdido | 2:01 | |
| 9 | Fum, Fum, Fum | 1:29 | |
| 10 | Christ Child’s Lullaby… Scottish Hebrides Lullaby | arr. Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947) | 6:09 |
| 11 | Annua Gaudia.… Medieval Spanish Pilgrim’s Hymn | arr. J. David Moore (b. 1962) | 2:43 |
| 12 | Jesus Christ, the Apple Tree | Elizabeth Poston (1905-1987) | 3:55 |
| 13 | Carol of the Birds | French Carol (Bas-Quercy), arr. Chip Davis (b. 1947) | 1:45 |
| 14 | Lux Aurumque | Eric Whitacre (b. 1970) | 3:45 |
| 15 | Kling Glöckchen, Kling | Traditional German Carol, arr. Robert Sieving (b. 1942) | 2:58 |
| 16 | Ave Maria | Michael Dailey (b. 1976) | 2:56 |
| 17 | Angels We Have Heard On High | arr. David Cherwien (b. 1957) | 2:22 |
| 18 | The Frozen December | Catalon Carol, arr. Thomas A. Miller (b. 1941) | 4:24 |
| 19 | He Came Down | Traditional Cameroon Song, arr. Nancy Grundahl (b. 1946) | 2:41 |
| 20 | Jul, Jul, Stralande Jul | Swedish Carol, Gustav Nordqvist (1886-1946) | 2:41 |
| 21 | Patapan | Burgundian Carol, arr. Edwin Fissinger (1920-1990) | 1:59 |
| 22 | Noche de Paz | Franz Gruber (1787-1863), arr. César Alejandro Carrillo (b. 1957) | 2:36 |
| 23 | Before the Marvel of this Night | Carl Schalk (b. 1929) | 3:49 |