Hello dear WPUMC Christmas singers!
Please find audio helper files for all 7 cantata pieces below.
A few notes first:
The final 2 pieces, "Mary Had a Baby" and "Let There be Peace on Earth" are both for 'full divisi' choir. Meaning, each part, at some point in the piece or for much of the piece, separates into 2 parts, soprano 1 "first soprano" and soprano 2, "second soprano", alto 1 and alto 2, etc. First is always the higher, second is always the lower. Since altos and sopranos do this often in our pieces I think everyone has a feeling for which part they should be. It could be tougher for the gentlemen. I'll say that I think Bill K and Alex F are definitely second basses, the rest of our basses are likely firsts. Tenors? It's anyone's game. Tenors, why don't you plan on singing 2nd, and unless we get someone coming out of the woodwork, I'll likely have to hire a first tenor, which is not a big deal.
And a note about the parts for "Let There be Peace on Earth". Last year Kathryn Kodo told me that there were rehearsal parts available, commercially, on Amazon.com! So, I checked it out, and there's a singer who recorded the whole piece, every part, and released it. So, this is a male singing all eight parts. It's a bit much at times to my ear, but I'm figuring it's better to hear someone sing the parts, rather than the "plinky-plonky" parts I've recorded for you. If you'd prefer the old style, just scroll down to last year and you can download your part there. I did not do 8 separate tracks last year, so if you'd like one very specific to your part, let me know and I'll record one for you.
Okay, now on to the goods!
Full studio tracks:
1 - The Yearning - Craig Courtney
2 - People Look East - arr. Craig Courtney
3 - Hymn of Angels - Grassi
4 - There is Faint Music - Dan Forrest
5 - Songs of the Night - arr. Craig Courtney
6 - Mary had a Baby - arr. Craig Courtney
7 - Let There be Peace on Earth - arr. Craig Courtney
Soprano
1 - The Yearning - Craig Courtney
2 - People Look East - arr. Craig Courtney
3 - Hymn of Angels - Grassi
4 - There is Faint Music - Dan Forrest
5 - Songs of the Night - arr. Craig Courtney
6 - Mary had a Baby soprano1- arr. Craig Courtney
6 - Mary had a Baby soprano 2- arr. Craig Courtney
7 - Let There be Peace on Earth soprano 1 - arr. Craig Courtney
7 - Let There be Peace on Earth soprano 2 - arr. Craig Courtney
Alto
1 - The Yearning - Craig Courtney
2 - People Look East - arr. Craig Courtney
3 - Hymn of Angels - Grassi
4 - There is Faint Music - Dan Forrest
5 - Songs of the Night - arr. Craig Courtney
6 - Mary had a Baby alto 1- arr. Craig Courtney
6 - Mary had a Baby alto 2- arr. Craig Courtney
7 - Let There be Peace on Earth alto 1 - arr. Craig Courtney
7 - Let There be Peace on Earth alto 2 - arr. Craig Courtney
Tenor
1 - The Yearning - Craig Courtney
2 - People Look East - arr. Craig Courtney
3 - Hymn of Angels - Grassi
4 - There is Faint Music - Dan Forrest
5 - Songs of the Night - arr. Craig Courtney
6 - Mary had a Baby tenor 1- arr. Craig Courtney
6 - Mary had a Baby tenor 2- arr. Craig Courtney
7 - Let There be Peace on Earth tenor 1 - arr. Craig Courtney
7 - Let There be Peace on Earth tenor 2 - arr. Craig Courtney
Bass
1 - The Yearning - Craig Courtney
2 - People Look East - arr. Craig Courtney
3 - Hymn of Angels - Grassi
4 - There is Faint Music - Dan Forrest
5 - Songs of the Night - arr. Craig Courtney
6 - Mary had a Baby bass 1- arr. Craig Courtney
6 - Mary had a Baby bass 2- arr. Craig Courtney
7 - Let There be Peace on Earth bass 1 - arr. Craig Courtney
7 - Let There be Peace on Earth bass 2 - arr. Craig Courtney
