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nowell sing we Hark the Herald Angels Sing Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day arr. Steven Landau (b. 1 960) arr. David Wilcocks (1 91 9-201 5) What Cheer? Tenor: Karsten Longhurst William Walton (1 902-1 983) Hark! the herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King! Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; What cheer? What cheer? Good cheer! Good Cheer! Peace on earth and mercy mild, I would my true love did so chance Be merry and glad this good New Year. God and sinners reconciled! To see the legend of my play, Joyful, all ye nations, rise; To call my true love to my dance; Lift up your hearts and be glad! Join the triumph of the skies; In Christ’s birth the angel bade; With th’angelic host proclaim Refrain: Say each to other, if any be sad: Christ is born in Bethlehem! Sing, oh! my love, oh! my love, my love, What cheer? What cheer? What cheer! What Cheer! [Chorus] my love, Hark! the herald angels sing This have I done for my true love. Now the King of heaven His birth hath take, Glory to the newborn King! Joy and mirth we ought to make! Then was I born of a virgin pure, Say each to other, for his sake: Christ, by highest heaven adored; Of her I took fleshly substance What cheer? What cheer? What cheer! What Cheer! Christ, the everlasting Lord! Thus was I knit to man’s nature Light and life to all He brings, To call my true love to my dance. I tell you all with heart so free, Risen with healing in His wings. Right welcome ye be to me. Mild he lays his glory by, In a manger laid, and wrapped I was Be glad and merry for charity! Born that man no more may die; So very poor, this was my chance What cheer? What cheer? Good cheer! Good Cheer! Born to raise the sons of earth, Between an ox and a silly poor ass Born to give them second birth. To call my true love to my dance. Be merry and glad this good New Year.

- Charles Wesley (1 707-1 788) - English Carol - English Carol

Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming Gaudete arr. Jan Sandström (b. 1 954) arr. Karl Jenkins (b. 1 944) Solo: Kiersten Honaker, Soprano Sopranos: Clarisse Colao, Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming Duet: Charity Butterfield, Mezzo-Soprano; Dalan Guthrie, Tenor Kiersten Honaker From tender stem hath sprung! Trio: Kiersten Honaker, Soprano; Ann Powell, Mezzo-Soprano; Scott Boyce, Tenor Mezzo-sopranos: Charity Butterfield, Of Jesse’s lineage coming Quintet: Rebecca Warthen, Soprano; Devan Weixlar, Countertenor; Benjamin Bird, Ann Powell As men of old have sung. Tenor; Brent Rogers, Baritone; Matthew Bryner, Bass Tenors: Dalan Guthrie, It came, a flow’ret bright, Percussion: Michael Carter, Kameron Kavanaugh, and Hannah McLaughlin Karsten Longhurst Amid the cold of winter Basses: Jack Delac, Matthew Bryner When half-spent was the night. Refrain: Gaudete, gaudete! Christus est natus Rejoice, rejoice! Christ is born - Anonymous Ex Maria virgine, gaudete! Of the Virgin Mary, rejoice!

translation by Theodore Baker (1 851 - 1 934) Tempus adest gratiæ The time of grace has come – Hoc quod optabamus, what we have wished for, Carmina lætitiæ songs of joy Devote reddamus. Let us give back faithfully.

Deus homo factus est God has become man, Natura mirante, (With) nature marvelling, Mundus renovatus est The world has been renewed A Christo regnante. By Christ (who is) reigning.

Ezechielis porta The closed gate of Ezekiel Clausa pertransitur, Is passed through, Unde lux est orta Whence the light is raised, Salus invenitur. Salvation is found.

- Piae Cantiones A Spotless Rose Bogoroditse Djevo 1 Paul Mealor (b. 975) Arvo Pärt (b. 1 935)

A Spotless Rose is growing, Богородице Дево, радуйся, Rejoice, O Virgin, Sprung from a tender root, Благодатная Марие, Mary full of grace, Of ancient seers’ foreshowing, Господь с Тобою; The Lord is with thee. Of Jesse promised fruit; благословена Ты в женах Blessed art thou amongst women, Its fairest bud unfolds to light и благословен Плод чрева Твоего, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Amid the cold, cold winter, яко Спаса родила еси душ наших. for thou hast borne the Savior of our And in the dark midnight. souls. The Rose which I am singing, Whereof Isaiah said, Is from its sweet root springing Hodie Christus Natus Est In Mary, purest Maid; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1 525 - 1 594) Through God’s great love and might The Blessed Babe she bare us Hodie Christus natus est: Today Christ is born: In a cold, cold winter’s night. Noe! Noe! Nowell! Nowell! Hodie Salvator apparuit: Today the Savior appeared: - Anonymous, translation Hodie in terra canunt Angeli, Today on Earth the Angels sing, by Catherine Winkworth laetantur Archangeli Archangels rejoice: (1 827 - 1 878) Hodie exsultant justi, dicentes: Today the righteous rejoice, saying: Gloria in excelsis Deo. Glory to God in the highest.

Tis Winter Now Nowell Sing We arr. Paul Halley (b. 1 952) Gabriel Jackson (b. 1 962) Refrain: Tis winter now; the fallen snow Nowell sing we, both all and some Has left the heav’ns all coldly clear; For Rex pacificus is come. King of Peace Through leafless boughs the sharp winds blow, In Bethlem, in that fair city, And all the earth lies dead and drear. A Child was born of a maiden free, That shall a lord and prince be, And yet God’s love is not withdrawn; A solis ortus cardine. A rising sun. His life within the keen air breathes, His beauty paints the crimson dawn, Children were slain full great plenty, And clothes the boughs with glitt’ring Jesu, for the love of Thee; wreaths. Wherefore their soules saved be, Hostis Herodes impie. The wicked enemy Herod. And though abroad the sharp winds blow, As sunne shineth through the glass, And skies are chill, and frosts are keen, So Jesu in his mother was; Home closer draws her circle now, Thee to serve now grant us grace. And warmer glows her light within. O lux beata Trinitas! O light blessed Trinity!

O God! who giv’st the winter’s cold Now God is comen to worshipen us, As well as summer’s joyous rays, Now of Mary is born Jesus; Us warmly in Thy love enfold Make we merry amonges us, And keep us through life’s wintry days. Exultet celum laudibus! Let Heaven praise!

- Samuel Longfellow (1 819-1 892) - English Carol I Saw Three Ships Go Tell It On the Mountain In the Bleak Midwinter arr. Wolfram Buchenberg (b. 1 962) arr. Steven Barnett 1 arr. Abbie Betinis (b. 980) Baritone: Stephen Pace Mezzo-soprano: Charity Butterfield Solo: Charity Butterfield, Mezzo-Soprano Soprano: Julie Barker Duet: Clarisse Colao, Soprano; Ann Powell, Mezzo-Soprano I saw three ships come sailing in Piano: Jared Pierce On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day; While shepherds kept their watching I saw three ships come sailing in O’er silent flocks by night, In the bleak mid-winter Angels and archangels On Christmas Day in the morning. Behold, throughout the heavens Frosty wind made moan, May have thronged the air, There shone a holy light. Earth stood hard as iron, Shepherds, beasts and wise men, O they sailed into Bethlehem, Water like a stone; May have gathered there, On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day; Refrain: Snow had fallen, snow on snow, But only His mother O they sailed into Bethlehem, Go, tell it on the mountain, Snow on snow, In her tender bliss On Christmas Day in the morning. Over the hills and everywhere. In the bleak mid-winter Blessed this new redeemer Go, tell it on the mountain, Long ago. With a kiss. And all the bells on earth shall ring, That Jesus Christ is born. On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day; Christ a homeless stranger What can I give Him, And all the bells on earth shall ring, The shepherds feared and trembled So the gospels say, Poor as I am? On Christmas Day in the morning. When lo, above the earth Cradled in a manger If I were a shepherd Rang out the angel chorus And a bed of hay; I would bring a lamb; And all the souls on earth shall sing, That hailed our Savior’s birth. In the bleak mid-winter, If I were a wise man On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day; A stable place sufficed, I would do my part; And all the souls on earth shall sing, Down in a lowly manger Mary and her baby, Yet what I can, I give Him - On Christmas Day in the morning. The humble Christ was born, Jesus Christ. Give my heart. And God sent us salvation Then let us all rejoice amain, That blessed Christmas morn. 1 1 1 1 - Christina Rossetti ( 830- 894), John Andrew Storey ( 935- 997), and Abbie On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day;

Betinis Then let us all rejoice again, - John W. Work (1 901-1 967) On Christmas Day in the morning. - English Carol Serenity (O Magnum Mysterium) Ola Gjeilo (b. 1 978) Cello: Catherine Willey

O magnum mysterium, O great mystery, et admirabile sacramentum, and wonderful sacrament, ut animalia viderent that animals should see Dominum natum, the new-born Lord, jacentem in praesepio! lying in a manger! Credits Beata Virgo, cujus viscera Blessed is the Virgin whose womb meruerunt portare was worthy to bear BREVITAS is a professional vocal ensemble based along the Wasatch front Dominum Christum. Christ the Lord. in Utah that is dedicated to performing the greatest choral music from all eras. Founded in 201 3, Brevitas has quickly gained a reputation for engaging Alleluia. performances and polished recordings. The word “Brevitas” means brevity referring to the soul of wit and a desire to strip away extraneous material leaving only the most impactful rhetoric. Brevitas is conducted by Matthew D. Nielsen.

Brevitas is a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt organization. For more information, please visit www.brevitaschoir.com or email [email protected]

Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brevitaschoir Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/brevitas Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/brevitaschoir/ Matthew D. Nielsen is an active conductor, freelance composer, baritone, producer, and sound engineer. He has conducted performances in venues such Soprano Tenor as Norwich Cathedral, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, and St. John’s, Smith Square. Julie Barker Benjamin Bird Matthew has also received numerous requests to appear as a guest conductor. Clarisse Colao Scott Boyce As a composer, he has received commissions from the Barlow Endowment Emily Duncan Stephen Cluff for Music Composition, the Combined Choirs and Philharmonic Orchestra Kiersten Honaker Dalan Guthrie at Brigham Young University, Cantorum, and St. Andrew United Methodist Marianne Meiners Karsten Longhurst Church in Plano, Texas. Matthew’s music has been published with Walton Rebecca Warthen Kyle Nielsen Music, Santa Barbara Music Press, and featured internationally on BYU Radio Heidi Webb Clayton Watts and American Public Media’s Performance Today with Fred Child. As a soloist, he has studied with Karen Anderson & Jennifer Welch-Babidge and performed in Ireland, England, Germany, Ukraine & the United States. Alto Bass Q Charity Butterfield Devin Andertonˇ Jane Fjeldsted Steven Branham Recorded at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Salt Lake City, Utah

Cherie Hall Matthew Bryner on 25-28 May 201 6 Hannah McLaughlin Michael Carter Whitney Larsen Steven Carroll Engineered by Jon Barton Shannyn Palmer Jack Delac Produced by Matthew D. Nielsen & Leland Spindler Natalie Paukstys Chris Downard Edited and Mastered by Matthew D. Nielsen Geneil Perkins Dane Erikson Company Manager, Kevin Lew Ann Powell Brent Rogers Cover Photo and Design by Devin Anderton Kelsey Rogers Jason Ross Devan Weixlar Patrick Tatman* With thanks to Daynes Music, The Waterford School, and the Brent Zeyer clergy, staff, and parishioners of St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Salt Lake City. And boundless gratitude to our supporters, patrons, and donors.

ˇOn tracks 2, 12, and 14 *On tracks 1, 3-11, and 13 © Brevitas Records 201 6 nowell sing we Matthew D. Nielsen, Music Director

1 What Cheer? – William Walton (1902-1983) 1:22 2 Hark the Herald Angels Sing – arr. Steven Landau (b. 1960) 2:51 3 Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day – arr. David Wilcocks (1919-2015) 2:04 4 Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming – arr. Jan Sandström (b. 1954) 3:21 5 Gaudete – arr. Karl Jenkins (b. 1944) 1:41 6 A Spotless Rose – Paul Mealor (b. 1975) 4:30 7 Bogoroditse Djevo – Arvo Pärt (b. 1935) 1:16 8 Hodie Christus Natus Est – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 - 1594) 2:23 9 Tis Winter Now – arr. Paul Halley (b. 1952) 3:14 10 Nowell Sing We – Gabriel Jackson (b. 1962) 2:01 11 In the Bleak Midwinter – arr. Abbie Betinis (b. 1980) 6:14 12 I Saw Three Ships – arr. Wolfram Buchenberg (b. 1962) 2:04 13 Go Tell It On the Mountain – arr. Steven Barnett 5:07 14 Serenity (O Magnum Mysterium) – Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978) 5:28