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1. Psalm 24 "Gören portarna höga" ("Make High the Gates, raise your arches"), hymn (3:06)
Common Name Psalm 24
Composer Gunnar Wennerberg (1817 - 1901)
Lyricist Bible - Old Testament
Conductor Cecilia Rydinger Alin
Performer Karl-Magnus Fredriksson (Baritone)
Ensemble Allmänna Sången Choir
Orchestra Uppsala Chamber Orchestra
Genre Psalm / Romantic Period
Period Romantic
Note (text: Psaltaren 24:7-10) 2. Gläns över sjö och strand (Shine over lake and shore), song (2:32)
Composer Ivar Widéen
Lyricist Viktor Rydberg
Conductor Cecilia Rydinger Alin
Ensemble Allmänna Sången Choir 3. Work(s): Julsång (Christmas Song) (Se, julens stjarna stralar klar) (See how brightly shines the star) (3:08)
Common Name Work S
Composer Hugo Alfvén (1872 - 1960)
Lyricist Kunt Nyblom
Conductor Cecilia Rydinger Alin
Ensemble Allmänna Sången Choir
Period Modern 4. 5 Christmas Songs, We Ask for Nothing Rich or Rare (Julvisa: Giv mig ej glans, Ej Guld, Ej Prakt: Give me no splendour), for female (or mixed chorus), Op. 1/4 (3:59)
Composer Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
Lyricist Zacharias Topelius / Vilkku Joukahainen
Conductor Cecilia Rydinger Alin
Performer Karl-Magnus Fredriksson (baritone)
Ensemble Allmänna Sången Choir
Orchestra Uppsala Chamber Orchestra
Date Written 1942; Finland
Period Post-Romantic
Note (Arranger: Ilkka Kuusisto/arr. for baritone and orchestra) 5. Hodie Christus natus est, motet for 5 voices & continuo (Cantiones Sacrae No. 13) (3:00)
Composer Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562 - 1621)
Lyricist Bible
Conductor Cecilia Rydinger Alin
Ensemble Allmänna Sången Choir
Orchestra Uppsala Chamber Orchestra
Genre Motet / Renaissance Period / Sacred Music
Date Written 1619; Netherlands
Period Renaissance
Country Netherlands
6. Musae Sioniae: Det är en ros utsprungen (Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen) (Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming), for chorus (4:59)
Composer Michael Praetorius (1571 - 1621)
Lyricist Thekla Knos
Conductor Cecilia Rydinger Alin
Ensemble Allmänna Sången Choir
Genre Hymn / Renaissance Period / Sacred Music
Date Written 1600 - 1609; Germany
Period Renaissance
Country Germany
Note (Arranger: Jan Sandstrom) (text: tysk julsång från 1500-talet) 7. Innan gryningen (Before dawn: The Silence of the Dawn), song (4:11)
Composer Benny Andersson (1946 - )
Lyricist Ylva Eggehorn
Conductor Cecilia Rydinger Alin
Performer Karl-Magnus Fredriksson (baritone)
Ensemble Allmänna Sången Choir
Orchestra Uppsala Chamber Orchestra
Period Contemporary; 20th Century
Note (Arranger: Staffan Lindberg) 8. Guds Son är född (gammal julvisa: God's son is born), for chorus (4:41)
Composer Otto Olsson (1879 - 1964), Traditional
Conductor Cecilia Rydinger Alin
Ensemble Allmänna Sången Choir
Period Modern
Note (Arranger: O. Olsson) 9. O Helga natt: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night") (5:02)
Common Name Cantique De Noel For Voice & Orchestra
Composer Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856)
Lyricist Placide Cappeau (text: P.C. de Roquemaure)
Conductor Cecilia Rydinger Alin
Performer Karl-Magnus Fredriksson (baritone)
Orchestra Uppsala Chamber Orchestra
Genre Romantic Period / Song
Date Written 1851; France
Period Romantic
Country France 10. Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent Night: Stilla Natt) (3:33)
Composer Franz Xaver Gruber (1787 - 1863)
Conductor Cecilia Rydinger Alin
Performer Karl-Magnus Fredriksson (baritone)
Ensemble Allmänna Sången Choir
Orchestra Uppsala Chamber Orchestra
Genre Hymn / Romantic Period
Date Written 1818
Period Romantic
Country Austria
Note (Arranger: Gunnar Juhlin) (text: I. M. Mohr)
11-15. Barnenes Julafton (Der Kinder Christabend) (Bornenes Jul, Children's Christmas) for piano, Op.36 (orch. version) (9:40)
Composer Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817 - 1890)
Conductor Cecilia Rydinger Alin
Orchestra Uppsala Chamber Orchestra
Genre Romantic Period
Period Romantic
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11. Ⅰ. Die Weihnachts-Glocken
12. Ⅱ. "Kind Jesu ward zur Welt gebracht"
13. Ⅲ. Der Weihnachtsbaum
14. Ⅳ. Tanz der kleinen Madchen
15. Ⅴ. Gut Nacht |
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2:22
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16. Shepherd's Pipe Carol (2:58)
Composer John Rutter (1945 - )
Lyricist John Rutter
Conductor Cecilia Rydinger Alin
Ensemble Allmänna Sången Choir
Orchestra Uppsala Chamber Orchestra
Genre Carol
Date Written 1966; England
Period Modern; 20th Century 17. Candlelight Carol, for chorus & organ (4:05)
Composer John Rutter (1945 - )
Lyricist John Rutter
Conductor Cecilia Rydinger Alin
Ensemble Allmänna Sången Choir
Orchestra Uppsala Chamber Orchestra
Genre Carol
Date Written 1984; England
Period Modern; 20th Century
Country England 18. Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus: No 2, A Spotless Rose (3:07)
Composer Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983)
Lyricist Anonymous
Conductor Cecilia Rydinger Alin
Performer Karl-Magnus Fredriksson (baritone)
Ensemble Allmänna Sången Choir
Genre Anthem / Sacred Music
Date Written 1919 / 1918-1920; England
Period Modern; 20th Century
Country United Kingdom
Note (text: tysk julvisa från 1500-talet) 19. Festgesang, MWV D4, "Gutenberg-Kantate": No. 2. "Hark! The herald angels sing" (adapted by W. H. Cummings from Mendelssohn's Festgesang for the Gutenberg Festival) (3:09)
Composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
Lyricist Charles Wesley
Conductor Cecilia Rydinger Alin
Performer Karl-Magnus Fredriksson (baritone)
Ensemble Allmänna Sången Choir
Orchestra Uppsala Chamber Orchestra
Genre Carol / Romantic Period
Date Written 1840; Germany
Period Romantic
Notes Composition written: 1840. Composition revised: Germany.
지휘 : 세실리아 라이딩거 알랭 Cecilia Rydinger Alin 성악 : 칼-매그너스 프레드릭슨 (바리톤) Karl-Magnus Fredriksson (baritone) 합창 : 알뫼나 송캔 합창단 Allmänna Sången Choir 오케스트라 : 웁살라 쳄버 오케스트라 Uppsala Chamber Orchestra In an attractively mixed programme, Allmänna Sången, one of Sweden's most well-established choirs, takes the listener to that special place – Christmas! Classic Christmas songs such as Silent Night and Hark, the Herald Angels Sing – performed in Swedish, English and Latin – are mixed with less traditional, but no less atmospheric, works by John Rutter, Jean Sibelius and others. On most of the tracks the choir is supported by musicians from the Uppsala Chamber Orchestra, who also performs The Children's Christmas Eve, a charming suite for strings by Niels W. … Show entire textGade. Guest artist is Karl-Magnus Fredriksson, one of Sweden's foremost baritones, who joins his impressive voice to the celebrations, for instance in Adolphe Adam's O, Holy Night. Cecilia Rydinger Alin, who has conducted the choir's previous, highly acclaimed releases on BIS, again proves her ability to adapt to different genres: the Renaissance clarity of Hodie Christus natus est; the intimate modernity of Det är en ros utsprungen – Jan Sandström's arrangement of Prætorius' A Spotless Rose; the Romantic splendour of Howell's setting of the same text; and the folk-inspired Innan gryningen ('Before Dawn') by Benny Andersson of ABBA fame. All in all, a sack full of gifts, each one beautifully packaged and full of joy, celebration and wonder.
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