Christmas music shines a light in the darkest of days, and this weekend offers songs for Christmas 2026 both ancient and new, all from recent albums by Cantus, Chanticleer, and Concordian Dawn.
Show Notes
Anonymous: This Holy Tym oure Lord was Born; Veni, redemptor gentium; Ave, Regina caelorum/Alma redemptoris mater; Hail Mary, full of grace; Now make we mirthe all and sum
- Concordian Dawn
Trad. French, arr. Saunder Choi: Angels We Have Heard on High
Joni Mitchell: River
Cheryl Camm: Alleluia! Into the Light (a miner's carol)
B.E. Boykin: O magnum mysterium
Traditional: Children Go!; Still, still, still; Noel nouvelet
- Cantus
Guillaume Dufay: In Adventu Domini
Anonymous: Ther is no rose of swych vertu; Verbu caro factum est; Be mery, be mery
- Concordian Dawn
Lowell Mason: Joy to the World
Sarah Quartel: This Endris Night
Traditional: Ding Dong Merrily on High; And the Trees do Moan
Joanna Marsh: Arrival at the Lantern Festival
John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful
Franz Gruber: Silent Night
- Chanticleer; Tim Keeler, director