Bright Day Star: Music for the Yuletide Seasons by Baltimore Consort (CD, Oct-1994, Dorian)

Album Features
UPC:	053479019820
Artist:	Baltimore Consort
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1994
Record Label:	Dorian
Genre:	Christmas, Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French)
2. Old Year Now Away Is Fled, The
3. Christmas Day in da Mornin'
4. Cherry Tree Carol, The
5. Wir singen dir, Immanuel
6. Wren Song, The (Irish)
7. Wassail tune, A (Chestnut)
8. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
9. Een kindeken is ons geboren (l), carol for keyboard in G major
10. Bellman's Carol, The
11. Jesus born in Bethn'y, Christmas jig
12. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming), instrumental arrangements
13. In Dulci Jubilo, for organ
14. Rorate coeli desuper
15. Drive the Cold Winter Away (from John Playford's English Dancing Master)
16. Remember, O thou man (from Melismata, 1611)
17. Der Quempas (Quem pastores laudavere)
18. Christmas is my name
19. In dir ist Freude
20. Hey for Christmas!

Details
Playing Time:	65 min.
Producer:	Douglas Brown
Distributor:	Harmonia
SPAR Code:	DDD

Album Notes
Personnel: Custer LaRue (soprano); Mark Cudek (bandora, cittern, viol); Ronn McFarlane (lute); Mary Anne Ballard (rebec, viol); Larry Lipkis (viol, recorder, gemshorn); Chris Norman (wooden flute); Webb Wiggins (organ).Liner Note Author: Mary Anne Ballard .Recording information: Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy, NY (01/1994).Editor: Douglas Brown.Illustrator: Beilbello Da Pavia.Unknown Contributor Roles: Chris Norman; Katherine A. Dory.It's important to know the difference between 20th century Christmas pop and European Christmas folk carols. While favorites like "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," "Jingle Bells," and Mel Tormé's "The Christmas Song" are examples of American Christmas pop, Bright Day Star: Music for the Yuletide Season focuses largely on traditional European Christmas carols. Most of the songs that the Baltimore Consort embraces on this CD date back to 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th century Europe, although a few are American folk pieces that originated in Appalachia in the 20th century. The European Yuletide carols or dance songs that the Consort (which has an engaging female soprano vocalist in Custer LaRue) chose for Bright Day Star range from Irish ("The Wren Song") and British ("Drive the Cold Winter Away," "Hey, For Christmas") to German ("Wir Singen Dir, Immanuel"). All of these songs are a product of Christian traditions, and yet, one needn't embrace the Christian faith to appreciate them. Just as one can enjoy Indian ragas without being a Hindu, listeners can appreciate this CD's richness whether or not they actually celebrate Christmas. ~ Alex Henderson