Draw Near | 2024 Wheaton College Christmas Festival

21 Δεκ 2024  EDMAN MEMORIAL CHAPEL
Draw Near
Wheaton College Christmas Festival 2024

Welcome – Philip Ryken 0:00
Once in Royal David's City – Henry Gauntlett, arr. Philip Sparke 1:09
          Symphonic Band
Invocation 6:08
          Michael Wilder
Adagio, from "Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'" – Ralph Vaughan Williams 9:38
          Symphony Orchestra
Reading: O Emmanuel – Malcolm Guite 13:42
          Lilian Evans, reader; Abby Douglas, viola
          Music by Benjamin Klemme
Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus – Rowland Prichard, arr. Dan Forrest 15:07
          Combined Choirs, Symphony Orchestra, & Symphonic Band
          Sydney Lawrence, organ
Isaiah 44.3, from "Thoughts and Remembrances" – Jackson Berkey 19:59
          Women’s Chorale & Symphony Orchestra
Canzona per sonare No. 2 – Giovanni Gabrieli, ed. Robert King 23:27
          Ian McCann, Andrew Wunrow, trumpets
          Isabel Vetter, horn; Caleb Alexander, euphonium
          Landon Schomer, tuba
Reading: Luke 2.1-14 25:51
          Savana James, reader; Jadyn Cook, cello
          Music by Misook Kim
Festival Gloria – Craig Courtney 27:55
          Combined Choirs, Symphony Orchestra, & Symphonic Band
Greensleeves – arr. Whit Dudley 32:03
          Harp Ensemble
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing – Felix Mendelssohn 35:34
          Combined Choirs
          Alethea Ingram, organ
Reading: John 1.1-14 40:01
          Stephen Stocher, reader; Mari Jo Downing, violin
          Music by Xavier Beteta
Emmanuel – Norman Hutchins 41:57
          Gospel Choir; Donté Ford, piano; Anthony Vinson, organ
          Eli Ouoba, drums; Tanya Egler & Kaya Wolcott, soloists
See Amid the Winter's Snow – John Goss, arr. Noel Streacker 45:49
          Percussion Ensemble
How Great Our Joy – arr. Craig Courtney 50:12
          Men's Glee Club; Zakary Reynolds, piano;
          Mari Jo Downing, Bethany McClatchey, Abby Douglas,
          Annelise Avery, strings
Joy to the World – Michael McElroy, Joseph Joubert, & Buryl Red 53:11
          Combined Choirs, Symphony Orchestra, & Symphonic Band
          Samuel Joseph, piano; Anthony Vinson, organ;
          Blake Rittgers, bass; Eli Ouoba, drums
In dulci jubilo – arr. Marcel Dupré 56:21
          Andrew Lamb, organ
Spoken word poem: A Journey Back to Innocence 58:21
          Victoria Gullens, poet
The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol – Percy Grainger, arr. Douglas Stotter 1:01:17
          Symphonic Band
O Come, All Ye Faithful – John F. Wade, arr. David Willcocks 1:04:34
          Combined Choirs
In the Bleak Midwinter – Gustav Holst, arr. John William Trotter 1:09:51
          Concert Choir with all ensembles

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Benjamin Klemme, artistic director
Brass Quintet  – Mark Ridenour, director
Combined Choirs & Instrumental Ensembles – Donté Ford, conductor
Concert Choir – John William Trotter, director
Gospel Choir – Tanya Egler, director
Harp Ensemble – Faye Seeman, director
Men's Glee Club – John Swedberg, director
Percussion Ensemble – Noel Streacker, director
Symphonic Band – Brady McNeil, director
Symphony Orchestra – Benjamin Klemme, director
Women's Chorale – Lydia Vermeesch, director

Jeanette Maxfield, banner design
Kristi Wright, production manager
Tiffany Kriner, Mark Lewis, Andy Mangin, reading coaches
Sarah Holman, vocal consultant

Brian Porick, technical producer
Kerry J Haps, recording engineer
Kathryn Tolleson, lighting director
Tyler Charleston, video director
Hallie Davis, score reader
James Sames Scott, sound engineer
David Cahill, recording assistant
Ryan Walter, video switcher
Brennan Walter, video shader
Evelyn Davis, Yoseph Kim, Matthew Ko, Soolynn Lee, Tim Zheng, camera operators
Abraham Baker & John D'Andrea, video assistants
Matthew Mederos, Jocelyn Jun, Simon McKutnicott Kutnow, lighting assistants
Maxine Jump & Alyssa Veague, marketing & promotion
Alice Ames, house management
Sharon Bandy Wright, finance

All pieces used with permission.

"Dives and Lazarus" arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams © Oxford University Press 1942. All rights reserved.

"Hark! the Herald-Angels Sing" (MENDELSSOHN) arranged by David Willcocks from "Carols for Choirs 1" and "100 Carols for Choirs" © Oxford University Press 1961. All rights reserved.

"Joy to the World" by Michael McElroy, Joseph Joubert, and Buryl Red © 2003 Michael Durant Productions, True Vine JEJ Music, Generic Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"O Come all ye faithful" arranged by David Willcocks, from "Carols for Choirs 1" © Oxford University Press 1961. All rights reserved.

Wheaton College Conservatory of Music:
http://www.wheaton.edu/conservatory
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