Christmas with Cantus

Every December, the nine gentlemen of Cantus invite a 10th guy to the stage to share a little Christmas. I get to be that guy. No, they don't let me sing with them (smart move), but I do get to interview them, make fun of their beards, have them return the favor, and in general be awed when they sing.

We broadcast it live before 300 or so in the Great Hall of Westminster Presbyterian Church in downtown Minneapolis. The walls were hung with garland, the guys looked fabulous in their black suits and brilliant red ties. And, there was pin-drop silence when they began to sing.

Hour 1

• March of the Kings
  13th-century Provencal Melody, arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw

• From Far Away We Come
  from Amahl and the Night Visitors, Gian Carlo Menotti

• Gaudete
  from Piae Cantiones, arr. Robert J. Batastini

• We Three Kings
  Healey Willan, arr. Joseph Running

• Star in the East
  from Southern Harmony, William Walker

• Coventry Carol
  15th Century English Carol, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams

• Shepherds, Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep
  17th Century Besancon Carol, arr. Robert Scholz

• Gabriel's Message
  19th-century Basque Carol, arr. John Rutter

• Christmas Angel
  Corlynn Hanney

• Ave Maria
  Leos Janacek

• Ave Maria
  Franz Biebl

Hour 2

• Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow
  African-American Spiritual, arr. Michael S. Engelhardt

• How Far is it to Bethlehem
  Geoffrey Shaw

• O Little Town of Bethlehem
  Kenneth Jennings

• O Magnum Mysterium
  Jacobus Handl (Gallus)

• The Friendly Beasts
  Traditional English Carol, arr. David Walton

• O Babe, Born Bare
  John Duggan

• Hail Mary!
  William L. Dawson

• Go Where I Send Thee
  African-American Spiritual, arr. Stephen Hatfield

• Pat-A-Drummer
  Burgundian Air / Katherine K. Davis, arr. Katherine K. Davis / Gary Ruschman / Chris Foss

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