Published: December 2008
@BC presents selections from music performed at last year’s annual Christmas Concert of the University Chorale and the Symphony Orchestra, the 2006 Christmas Concert of the University Wind Ensemble, and a 2004 performance of the Concert Band.
Two of the selections are among the “top 25 most-performed holiday songs,” according to the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers: American composer Leroy Anderson’s “Sleigh Ride” (1949) and “Carol of the Bells” (1916) by Ukrainian Mykola Leontovych. The “Hallelujah,” from Handel’s Messiah oratorio, is nowadays performed during the Christmas season; originally this 18th-century work was presented during Lent, and was likely conceived as Easter music.
Musical Selections:
- “A Christmas Festival,” by Leroy Anderson: University Wind Ensemble, directed by Sebastian Bonaiuto (7:15)
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- “Tollite Hostia” from Oratorio de Noel, by Camille Saint-Saens: University Chorale of Boston College and the Boston College Symphony Orchestra, directed by John Finney (2:07)
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- “O Come, All Ye Faithful” (traditional English hymn): University Chorale of Boston College and the Boston College Symphony Orchestra, directed by John Finney (2:52)
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- “Fum, Fum, Fum” (traditional Catalan Christmas carol): University Chorale of Boston College and the Boston College Symphony Orchestra, directed by John Finney (0:58)
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- “Carol of the Bells,” by Mykola Leontovych: University Chorale of Boston College and the Boston College Symphony Orchestra, directed by John Finney (1:35)
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- “Sleigh Ride,” by Leroy Anderson: Boston College Concert Band, directed by Sebastian Bonaiuto (3:02)
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- “Hallelujah,” from the Messiah, by Georg Frideric Handel: University Chorale of Boston College and the Boston College Symphony Orchestra, directed by John Finney (3:59)
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