December 2008

A Chanticleer Christmas is American Public Media's one-hour celebration of the season as told through the glorious voices of Chanticleer, the 12-voice San Francisco-based men's choir. The program spans the globe and the centuries — from England in the 1300s to new arrangements of classic contemporary carols. And no Chanticleer program would be complete without Music Director Joseph Jenning's patented Christmas spirituals arrangements. Recorded in the gorgeous acoustic of Memorial Church, on the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, California, on December 10, we're pleased to make this program available to you the following week — just in time for Christmas!

Listen to the program

Veni, veni Emmanuel:
Corde natus ex Parentis:
Adeste Fideles:

Plainsong, 15th c.
"Divinum Mysterium", 11th c.
John Francis Wade (1711-1786)

Alma redemptoris mater:

Anon. 14th century English

En! Natus est Emanuel:
Psallite:
Vom Himmel hoch:

Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)

Bethlehem Down:

Peter Warlock (1894-1930)

Caroling, Caroling/Bright, Bright the Holly Berries:

Wilha Hutson, Alfred Burt

Fum, Fum, Fum!:

Traditional Spanish and Catalan lyrics
English text and arrangement by Ken Malucelli

Il est né le divin enfant:

Traditional French, arr. John Rutter

Huron Carol:

Traditional Huron melody, arr. Joseph Jennings

The First Nowell:

Traditional English, arr. David Willcocks