Captured
Live!!
There's nothing like being in the audience at a Seattle Men's Chorus Holiday Concert. This recording puts you in a center seat as chorus members speak about their personal holiday memories and sing great music like A Season For Lovers and O Little Town of Bethlehem. Stephen Sondheim's classic Children Will Listen features the voices of two children reading memories written by chorus men about their parents. A must for anyone who wants to experience the magic and joy of a Seattle Men's Chorus concert.
Format: Compact Disc
Category: Holiday
Price: $16
Released: 1995
Availability: Currently in-stock
PLAYLIST:
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1.
Home for the Holidays
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2.
Christmas is Delicious
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3.
O Little Town of Bethlehem
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4.
Riu, Riu, Chiu
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5.
The Praise of Christmas
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6.
Yuletide Fires
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7.
The Long Christmas Dinner
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8.
A Minnesota Boy Discovers True Love
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9.
A Season for Lovers
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10.
Kwaanza
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11.
Seven Principles
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12.
Music of Hanukkah
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13.
My Grandfather Would Say
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14.
Mi Zeh Y'maleil
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15.
Christmas Is For Children
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16.
Children Will Listen
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17.
Keep Christmas In Your Heart
LINER NOTES
Seattle Men's Chorus Holiday Concert
Captured Live!!
Released: 1995
- SEATTLE MEN'S CHORUS
- Artistic Director: Dennis Coleman
Principal Accompanist: Evan Stults
Combining songs of Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwaanza with the warmth and joy that have become its hallmarks, the Seattle Men's Chorus annual Holiday Concert has become a tradition of love and renewal for thousands.
From the childhood reminiscences of the 180 gay men who sing in the Chorus to the small ensemble of dancing reindeer; from frolicking elves on parade to the sign-interpreted Silent Night; the SMC Holiday Concert is a joyous and profound experience that cannot be easily described … and is never forgotten.
With this collection of songs and dialog recorded live during SMC's 1993 and 1994 Holiday Concerts, we take a musical look at the many traditions of the holiday season and sing about the child that lives within each of us.
We hope that you will join us in celebrating the magic of that season.
TRACKS
- You're Home for the Holidays
3:37
Music by Scott Henderson
Lyrics by bob Daggett
© Yelton Rhodes Music 1995 - Christmas is Delicious
5:01
Music By Scott Henderson
Lyrics By Debbie Grieg
© Yelton Rhodes Music 1995 - O Little Town of Bethlehem
2:22
Traditional English Carol
Performed by Philandros
(a small ensemble of the Chorus) - Riu, Riu, Chiu
2:06
Anonymous 1556
Arranged by Dennis Coleman - The Praise of Christmas
2:26
Traditional English Carol
Arranged by John Caldwell
© Caldwell 1987 - Yuletide Fires
2:45
Music by Diane Loomer
Text Anonymous, Transcription by Willi Zwozdesky
© Jaymar Music Limited 1995 - The Long Christmas Dinner
12:51
Arranged by Larry Moore with apologies to J.S. Bach
Lyrics by Craig Sturgis
© Barton Rhodes Music 1995Evangelist: Thomas Hitt
Steven: R. Kenneth Barbo
Roger: Renwick Hester- Recitative "And It Came to Pass"
- Chorus "Pass the Turkey, Pass the Zucchini Bread"
- Duet "So This is His Family"
- Recitative "There Was a Brief Lag in the Conversation"
- Chorus "For Dessert I'll Try the Key Lime Pie"
- Recitative "Then the Patriarch of the Dynasty"
- Chorale "Just Who Do You Think You Are?"
- Recitative "Roger Laughed Heartily"
- Duet "You Dirty Rat, You Fooled Me"
- Recitative "And the Entire Family Greeting Steven Anew"
- Chorus "Happy Forever"
- "A Minnesota Boy Discovers True Love"
1:59
Speaker: Scott Ward
- A Season for Lovers
4:13
Music and Lyric by John-Michael Albert
GALA Festival IV Competition Winner, 1992
© Yelton Rhodes Music 1995
Solo quartet: Michael Hardin, Mark Edgbert, Chris Dapper
& Rod HarikianDedicated to the Montrose Singers, July 22, 1990
- "Kwaanza"
1:56
Speaker: Herman Harris
- Seven Principles
1:57
Music & Lyric by Bernice Johnson Reagon
Arranged with permission by Dennis Coleman
© 1986 by Songtalk Publishing
Trio: Andrew Marshall, David Vinson & Herman Harris - Music of Hanukkah
3:11
Traditional Folk Songs
Arranged by Anne Albritton
- "My Grandfather Would Say…"
1:45
Speaker: Andrew Cohen
- Mi Zeh Y'maleil
2:22
Music by Joshua R. Jacobson
Based on a Sephardic folksong
Transcribed with permission by Dennis Coleman
© Transcontinental Music Publications 1990 - Christmas is for Children
6:50
Arrangement by Wayne Love
Soloists: Schuyler Hoffman & Dan Austin
Too Fat for the Chimney
Music & Lyrics by Irving GordonI Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Music & Lyrics by Tommie Conner32 Feet & 8 Little Tails
Words & Music by John Redmond, James Cavenaugh
& Frank WeldonUp on the Housetop
TraditionalJolly Old Saint Nicholas
TraditionalNuttin' for Christmas
Music & Lyrics by Sid Tepper and Roy C. BennetSanta Claus is Comin' to Town
Words by Haven Gillespie
Music by Fred CootsOver the River and Through the Woods
TraditionalJingle Bells
TraditionalSleigh Ride
Lyrics by Mitchell Parish
Music by Leroy Anderson - Children Will Listen
4:14
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Arranged by David Maddux
© Rilting Music 1987
Speakers: Maya Haley & David Simon - Keep Christmas in Your Heart
2:14
Music & Lyric by Kevin Finn
Arranged by David Maddux
© Finn 1992
Recorded at Meany Theatre Seattle, WA • Recording Engineer: Al Swanson • Photography: Mel Curtis • Art Direction: Paul Bauer • Digital Prepress: Patty Gardner • Executive Director: Debra Berend
For further information or to order other recordings of the Seattle Men's Chorus:
SMC
PO Box 20146
Seattle, WA 98102-1146
(206) 323-0750


