Carolers of Note performed today at the Nelson-Atkins Museum as part of their a capella Open Call in Kirkwood Hall, complementing the current feature exhibition Janet Cardiff: Forty-Part Motet.
As the one choosing the set list, I put together the below program of carols. The hall offered a chance to perform some of our favorite songs in a very live setting.
As I look at the set, it featured none of the theologically rich songs that Ponder Anew featured in his blog yesterday, or the perfect carol he mentioned today. Yet in a quasi-secular way I think it picked up very important elements of the season.
- Introduction
- Here We Come A-Caroling
- Songs for the Hall
- Deck the Hall
- Masters in this Hall
- Good King Wenceslaus
- Carols
- Carol of the Bells
- Carol of the Drum
- Caroling Caroling
- Saint Nickolas/Santa Claus
- Santa Claus is Coming to Town
- Up on the House-Top
- Jolly Old St. Nicholas
- Hey Hey Ho!
- European Influence
- Bring a Torch Jeannette, Isabella
- Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
- The Holly and the Ivy
- Winter Songs
- The Christmas Song
- Winter Wonderland
- White Christmas
- Benediction
- Silent Night
I hope you enjoy this little program, and some of the links to greater expansion on them.
Merry Christmas!
At The Rainbow 