Songs of Winter and Christmas

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This winter programme includes music by John Tavener, Oliver Tarney and US composer Don Macdonald, whose Fusion enterprisingly dispenses with words altogether, instead using arrangements of syllables.... — Choir & Organ, March 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 2nd Nov 2018
Catalogue No: SOMMCD0189
Label: Somm
Length: 64 minutes

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trad.: Don oiche ud i mBeithil (That Night in Bethlehem) (arr. S. Vango)

Work length3:27

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Papagena
Recorded: 14-15 April 2018
Recording Venue: Challow Park Studios, Wantage, England, UK

Don oíche úd i mBeithil (Arr. S. Vango)

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trad.: Maria durch ein Dornwald ging (arr. P. Pawson)

Work length3:32

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Papagena
Recorded: 14-15 April 2018
Recording Venue: Challow Park Studios, Wantage, England, UK

Maria durch ein Dornwald ging (Arr. P. Lawson)

Track length3:32

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trad.: Nowell, Tidings True There Be Come New

Work length2:13

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Sarah Tenant-Flowers (drum)
Papagena
Recorded: 14-15 April 2018
Recording Venue: Challow Park Studios, Wantage, England, UK

trad.: O Jesulein zart (arr. W. Brückner)

Work length4:00

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Papagena
Recorded: 14-15 April 2018
Recording Venue: Challow Park Studios, Wantage, England, UK

Tavener: A Nativity

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Papagena
Recorded: 14-15 April 2018
Recording Venue: Challow Park Studios, Wantage, England, UK

Leontovych Mykola: Shchedryk (Hark How the Bells) (adap. P.J. Wihousky and arr. E. Drury)

Work length2:19

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Papagena
Recorded: 14-15 April 2018
Recording Venue: Challow Park Studios, Wantage, England, UK

Hark How the Bells (Adap. P.J. Wilhousky & Arr. E. Drury)

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trad.: Balulalow (arr. S. Vango)

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Papagena
Recorded: 14-15 April 2018
Recording Venue: Challow Park Studios, Wantage, England, UK

The River (arr. J. Clements)

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Elizabeth Drury (vocals)
Papagena
Recorded: 14-15 April 2018
Recording Venue: Challow Park Studios, Wantage, England, UK

River (Arr. J. Clements)

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Excerpt, Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges

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Papagena
Recorded: 14-15 April 2018
Recording Venue: Challow Park Studios, Wantage, England, UK

L'enfant et les sortilèges, M. 71: Toi, le cœur de la rose (Arr. C. Gottwald)

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trad.: Angelus ad virginem

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Papagena
Recorded: 14-15 April 2018
Recording Venue: Challow Park Studios, Wantage, England, UK

anon.: Sancta mater graciae

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Papagena
Recorded: 14-15 April 2018
Recording Venue: Challow Park Studios, Wantage, England, UK

trad.: Gaudete (arr. S. Vango)

Work length2:39

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Papagena
Recorded: 14-15 April 2018
Recording Venue: Challow Park Studios, Wantage, England, UK

trad.: The Darkest Midnight (arr. D.Ó. Muirithe)

Work length2:44

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Papagena
Recorded: 14-15 April 2018
Recording Venue: Challow Park Studios, Wantage, England, UK

Tarney: The Waiting Sky

Work length3:20

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Papagena
Recorded: 14-15 April 2018
Recording Venue: Challow Park Studios, Wantage, England, UK

The Waiting Sky (Arr. for Women's Vocal Ensemble)

Track length3:20

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trad.: Det lisle bånet (The Little Child) (arr. T. Krohn for vocal ensemble and percussion)

Work length4:16

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Andy Guthrie (drums)
Papagena
Recorded: 14-15 April 2018
Recording Venue: Challow Park Studios, Wantage, England, UK

Det lisle bånet (Arr. T. Krohn)

Track length4:16

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trad.: In dulci Jubilo (arr. M. Culloton)

Work length2:58

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Papagena
Recorded: 14-15 April 2018
Recording Venue: Challow Park Studios, Wantage, England, UK

Praetorius, M: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Lo! How a Rose, E'er Blooming) (arr. S. Tenant-Flowers)

Work length2:42

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Papagena
Recorded: 14-15 April 2018
Recording Venue: Challow Park Studios, Wantage, England, UK

Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Arr. S. Tenant-Flowers)

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Macdonald, D: When the Earth Stands Still

Work length3:11

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Papagena
Recorded: 14-15 April 2018
Recording Venue: Challow Park Studios, Wantage, England, UK

Macdonald, D: Fusion

Work length3:08

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Papagena
Recorded: 14-15 April 2018
Recording Venue: Challow Park Studios, Wantage, England, UK

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The all-female vocal ensemble Papagena makes its debut on SOMM Recordings with The Darkest Midnight, a sublime collection of songs for winter from the Middle Ages to the modern era embracing the secular and the sacred. Described as “a stunning addition to the vocal music scene” and “la crème de la crème in the crowded a cappella space”, Papagena look certain to add to their fast-growing reputation with this beautifully sung compendium. Casting a dark glamour all of its own, the bleakness of winter has prompted some of the most bewitching, brittle and bright songs. Alongside traditional Christmas anthems can be found legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell’s The River in an achingly melancholic arrangement and American composer Don Macdonald, whose When the Earth Stands Still is movingly poignant and still. Celebratory songs marking the Christmas season – the exuberant In dulci Jubilo, burnished, glowing harmonies of Angelus ad virginem, sublimely serene Es ist ein Ros entsprungen and infectious Shchedryk/Hark How the Bells from Ukraine – are heard alongside lilting Irish songs from antiquity and the charming Scottish lullaby Balulalow.

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March 2019

This winter programme includes music by John Tavener, Oliver Tarney and US composer Don Macdonald, whose Fusion enterprisingly dispenses with words altogether, instead using arrangements of syllables. The harmony is flawless throughout the CD and the ambience is reflective and restful – there could be more variety of mood and tempo.

November 2018

The bewitching sound of Papagena will cheer your spirits in the depth of winter.

Songs of Winter and Christmas

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