Christmas 2023: Goodness and Light

The music program for the Georgia Festival Chorus' performance of Goodness and Light in the 2023 holiday season.

David Scott, Artistic Director

with

Cathy Adams, piano

Randall Romig, organ

Ken Terrell, Assistant Director

Elizabeth Daly, Assistant Director Intern

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Leslie Bricusse

from the film “SCROOGE”

 

WELCOME

Marcia Wright

Georgia Festival Chorus President

THERE SHALL A STAR COME OUT OF JACOB

Felix Mendelssohn from Christus

Oratorio from Numbers 24:17 by Christian Karl Josias von Bunsen

GLORIA

Franz Josef Haydn

from Heiligmesse

 

LO, HOW A ROSE E’ER BLOOMING

16th Century German hymn

Harmonized by Michael Praetorius

 

SLEEP WELL

Greg Gilpin

 

WHITE CHRISTMAS

Irving Berlin

arranged by Molly Ijames

 

WE NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS

Jerry Herman

from Mame

arranged by Ronald Staheli

 

O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM

arranged by Dan Forrest

Text by Phillips Brooks

 

WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR FLOCKS

arranged by Craig Courtney

Lyrics by Nahum Tate

 

THE FIRST NOEL

Traditional English

arranged by Dan Forrest

 

SUSSEX CAROL                                                                                                                                                   Traditional English

arranged by Mack Wilberg

 

DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR?

Noel Regney and Gloria Shayne

arranged by Robert Sterling

 

A TRIBUTE OF CAROLS

arranged by Heather Sorenson

 

CAROL OF THE BELLS

Mykola Leontovych

arranged by Heather Sorenson

Cathy Adams & Randall Romig

                                                                                                                                                                                  

JOY TO THE WORLD

Traditional English

arranged by Dan Forrest