Christmas with the Notre Dame Children's Choir may be heard live on 88.1FM on December 24 from 8:30-10:00pm EST or streamed at wvpe.org.

Beginning at 10pm on December 24, you may stream the entire broadcast from our website.

 

Christmas with the Notre Dame Children’s Choir - Program

WVPE Broadcast, December 24, 2020

8:30-10:00pm, EST

 

Listen locally on radio station 88.1 FM (Michiana region)

Stream online at wvpe.org

 

For more information about the Notre Dame Children’s Choir, visit: sma.nd.edu.

 

8:30 - [INTRO] Mark Doerries

 

8:31 - Christmas with the Notre Dame Children’s Choir Part 1

• Gesù Bambino by Pietro Yon, arranged by Donald St. Pierre
  • Oboe, Jennet Ingle
  • Organ, Trevis Young
  • Tenors and Basses: Volker Cloud, Raj Das, Thomas Valle-Hoag, Dallin Baldwin, Howard Eckdahl, Mark Doerries
• Carol of the Bells [Ukranian Carol], Mykola Leontovych, music; Peter J. Wilhousky, lyrics
• Suo Gân, Traditional Welsh Carol, arranged by Stephen Mager
  • Samantha Dotterweich, soprano
  • Hillary Doerries, organ
• Gaude Maria Virgo, Tomás Luis de Victoria; Trevis Young, organ
  • Translation:
    Rejoice, Mary:

you alone in the entire world

have destroyed all heresies.

Alleluia.

• Joyful is the Dark, Hillary Doerries, music; Adam Tice, text
  • Hillary Doerries, organ
• Of the Father’s Love Begotten [DIVINUM MYSTERIUM], arranged by Hillary Doerries
  • Hillary Doerries, organ
• O Magnum Mysterium, Tomás Luis de Victoria
  • Translation:

O great mystery,

and wonderful sacrament,

that animals should see the newborn Lord,

lying in a manger!

Blessed is the virgin whose womb

was worthy to bear

the Lord, Jesus Christ.

Alleluia!

• Tenors and Basses: Volker Cloud, Raj Das, Thomas Valle-Hoag, Dallin Baldwin, Howard Eckdahl, Mark Doerries

• The Lamb, John Tavener
  • Tenors and Basses: Volker Cloud, Raj Das, Thomas Valle-Hoag, Dallin Baldwin, Howard Eckdahl, Mark Doerries
• In the Bleak Midwinter, Harold Darke
  • Sounak (Raj) Das, tenor
  • Trevis Young, organ
  • Tenors and Basses: Volker Cloud, Raj Das, Thomas Valle-Hoag, Dallin Baldwin, Howard Eckdahl, Mark Doerries

 

8:59 [STATION BREAK ANNOUNCEMENT] - Molly Burnham

 

9:00 [WELCOME BACK] - Sarah Sanford

 

9:00 - Christmas with the Notre Dame Children’s Choir Part 2

• O Emmanuel, J.J. Wright, Excerpts
  • Soloists: Clare Cullinan, Molly Burnham, Grace Mejer, Arwen Myers, Laura Thoreson, Brendan Touhy, David Farwig
  • Fifth House Ensemble
  • J.J. Wright Trio

 

9:27 - [Break] - Elena Busk

 

9:28  - [Welcome Back] - Tabitha Kohlmeier

 

9:28 - Christmas with the Notre Dame Children’s Choir Part 3

 

• Ceremony of Carols, Benjamin Britten, Conducted by Dr. J.J. Wright, Excerpts
  • Dr. Heaven Fan, Harp
  • Soloists: Angela Philpott, Maria Everette, Annabeth Bretz

 

9:44 [PROGRAM RECOGNITION] - Flannery Fangman

 

• Joy to the World, from Arturo Sandoval Christmas at Notre Dame
  • Arranger and pianist, Alex Mansour
• Frosty the Snowman, from Arturo Sandoval Christmas at Notre Dame
  • Soloists: Matthew Kelly, tenor & Emorja Roberson, baritone
  • Arranger and pianist, Alex Mansour
• O Come all Ye Faithful, from Arturo Sandoval Christmas at Notre Dame
  • Arranger and pianist, Alex Mansour
• Silent Night, from Arturo Sandoval Christmas at Notre Dame
  • Arranger and pianist, Alex Mansour

 

9:59 [THANKS] - Mark Doerries

 

Produced by Daniel Stein

 

Mixed by Dan Nichols

 

Special Thanks: Suze Villano, Tony Kraybill, Tom Labuzienski, Trevis Young, Maria Pratt, Airril Tutton, Sacred Music at Notre Dame, and the College of Arts and Letters