A 2024 Chorale Christmas
Dec. 24, 2024
It’s the Phoenix Chorale’s beloved annual holiday tradition: A Chorale Christmas, with a mix of holiday music from across the centuries—recorded live at Brophy Chapel and Trinity Cathedral in Phoenix on December 15th and 16th, 2024.
This special program features selections from Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols, new music for the holiday season by living composers like Kerensa Briggs and Melissa Dunphy, a traditional Spanish carol along with familiar favorites like Jingle Bells, and, of course, the audience joining in with a singalong of O Come All Ye Faithful. Tune in for a mix of new and old music that is sure to brighten your holiday season on a special Arizona Encore.
Featured in this episode:
Britten – A Ceremony of Carols – Procession
Schutz – Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt
Briggs – A Tender Shoot
Britten – Hymn to the Virgin – Cara Loveless-Faulkner, soprano; Anjelica Simone Talamante, alto; JJ Rafferty, tenor; and Jordan Murillo, bass
Warlock – Benedicamus Domino
Parsons – Ave Maria
Traditional, arr. Sir David Willcocks – O Come, All Ye Faithful
Traditional Spanish, arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw – Ya viene la vieja
Joubert – Joy in the morning
Peterson – Evening Hymn: Lux Aeterna – Cara Loveless-Faulker
Gardner – Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
Bennett – Five Carols
- Out of your sleep
- That younge child
- Susanni
Dunphy – Halcyon Days
Britten – A Ceremony of Carols – Recessional
Reading: Christmas 1914
Gruber, arr. John Rutter – Stille Nacht
Traditional, arr. Eleanor Daley – The Huron Carol
Pierpont, arr. Gordon Langford – Jingle Bells
SPOTLIGHT
March 24
Piano Variations
March 16
Four Seasons
March 10
Concerti
Feb. 27
Classical Hall of Fame
Feb. 24
Brahms for Piano and Trio
Feb. 16
Unaccompanied
Feb. 10
Saxophone and Friends – Re-Air!
Jan. 30
Spain and Argentina
Jan. 26
Dance in Three
Jan. 20
The Key of C Major
Jan. 9
Bach
Dec. 30, 2025
Music for Small Forces – Re-Air!
Dec. 22, 2025
A 2025 Chorale Christmas
Dec. 16, 2025
Holiday Voices
