A choral Christmas, December 4, 1999

Recorded during a live performance at Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, December 4, 1999, 8:00 p.m., the 190th concert of the School of Music's 1999-2000 season.Collegiate Singers, Joe Miller conductor (1st work) ; Women's Chorus, Dee Gauthier, conductor ; Jamie Brachel, piano (2nd-6th works) ; combined choirs (7th work) ; various vocal soloists and instrumentalists.Sacred vocal music for mixed chorus and women's voices, in part with piano or instrumental ensemble.Information from performance program.Magnificat in D major, BWV 243. Magnificat ; Et exsultavit spiritus meaus (Elizabeth Sullivan, soprano) ; Quia respexit humilitatem (Kari Lynn Kracht, soprano) ; Omnes generations ; Quia fecit mihi magna (Jeff May, baritone) ; Et misericordia (Jamie Shew, alto ; Bryan Lynn Fowler, tenor) ; Fecit potentiam ; Deposuit potentes (Chad Johnson, tenor) ; Esurientes implevit bonis (Miriam Esper, alto) ; Suscepit Israel ; Sicut locutus est ; Gloria Patri / Johann Sebastian Bach (instrumental ensemble: Blake Espy, David Ford, violins ; Sara Sears, viola ; Gonça Ulucay, cello ; Christopher R. Hill, bass ; Melissa Sinda, Julie Guy, flutes ; Michael Miller, Stephanie Foote, oboes ; Jason Kramer, bassoon ; Jason Covey, Stephen Jones, Marsha Postma, trumpets ; Richard Dietrich, timpani ; Karl Schrock, organ) -- Gaudete / [from] Piace [i.e. Piae] cantiones, 1582 ; arranged by Michael Neaum -- A child is born : a Christmas round / Richard T. Gore -- O lux / Tobin Stokes -- Pie Jesu / Michael Cleveland -- Nowell, nowell / James McCray -- Gloria / John Rutter (instrumental ensemble: Jason Covey, Marsha Postma, Stephen Jones, Adam Bergeron, trumpets ; Tim Davis, Angel Thomas, Matt Westgate, trombones ; Larry Rich, tuba ; Richard Dietrich, timpani ; Sarah Wagar, percussion ; Karl Schrock, organ)