In Concert (Again) - Volume VII (1993)
In Concert - Volume VII (1993) In Concert (Again)
Volume VII

The 1993 Allegro Handbell Choir

Released: 1993
Original Medium: Compact Disc & Audio Cassette
Original Price: $15.00

Historical Note
 Volume VII was recorded live at two concerts, one at Union Church just before leaving on the 1993 Summer Concert Tour and the other at Union Church during the Annual Christmas Concert following the 1992 Winter Concert Series.  It features a full hour of music, half of which are holiday selections and the remaining half are several concert selections from classical music and compositions especially for handbells.  The album was originally titled as "In Concert," but for all practical purposes it has been rebranded as "In Concert (Again)" to avoid confusion with Volume V.

From the Insert

The Allegro Handbell choir is composed of fourteen high school age members with one to eight years' ringing experience.  An integral part of the music program of the Union Church of Hinsdale (United Church of Christ), the group also perform for a variety of civic, charitable, educational, and professional organizations, as well as guest appearances at other churches.  They have toured extensively in the United States, Europe, and Canada.

Conducted by Michael Surratt, Director of Music and Organist at the Union Church since 1979, teh bell ringers perform with five octaves (61 bells) of Schulmerich bells, made in Sellersville, Pennsylvania.

Track List
from the insert

Track Title Time Composer, Arranger
1. O Come Rejoicing 1:08
 arr. Martha Lynn Thompson ASCAP
2.
 Carol of the Bells
 3:07 Mykolo Leontovich,
arr. Hart Morris
3.
 Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer
 2:19
 Johnny Marks,
arr. Arnold B. Sherman
4.
 Jingle Bell Rock
 2:16
 Joe Beal & Jim Boothe,
arr. Douglas E. Wagner ASCAP
5.
 We Three Kings
 2:16
 John H. Jopkins, Jr.,
arr. Cynthia Dobrinski ASCAP
6.
 God Rest Ye Merry
 3:16
 arr. Cynthia Dobrinski
7.
 Carolers' Hoedown
 3:16
 Valerie W. Stephenson
8.
 Song of Joy
 2:45 Arnold B. Sherman
9.
 O Sons and Daughters, Let Us Sing!
"Composed for the Allegro Handbell Choir
and presented to them following their
concert at the American Church in Paris,
June 30, 1991"
 3:37
 arr. Fred Gramann
10.
 Serenade for a Picket Fence
 3:43
 Norman Leyden,
arr. Douglas E. Wagner
11.
 My Favorite Things
 1:53
 Richard Rodgers,
arr. Douglas E. Wagner
12.
 Elegy
"Commissioned in memory of
Dwight K. Menard by members of the
1971-1979 Allegro Handbell Choirs."
 6:30
 William A. Payn ASCAP
13.
 Canon in D
 3:41
 Johann Pachelbel,
arr. Michael Bedford
14.
 Silverthorne
 6:30
 Donald E. Allured
15.
 With the Angels Let Us Sing
"Commissioned for the
Allegro Handbell Choir
in memory of Linda Tice."
 4:07
 Carl Wiltse
16.
 Amazing Grace
 3:18
 arr. Hart Morris
17. Rondo Passacaglia
 4:25 Cynthia Dobrinski ASCAP


Recording Credits
from the insert

The Allegro Handbell Choir of the Union Church of Hinsdale, Illinois: Michael Becker, Jennifer Bodziak, Katherine Bodziak, Chirs Dayton, Amy Dickerson, Steve Dickerson, Matthew Eigel, Johan Ericsson, Jennifer Kyne, Sarah Lambert, Dana Oesterlin, Courtney Schaefer, Karin Scheftner, and Sarah Wentling.

The Director: Michael Surratt

Recorded December 20, 1992 and June 14, 1993 in the Sanctuary of the Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S. Garfield Street, Hinsdale, Illinois 60521.

Producer: Michael Surratt
Recording Engineer: Gerald G. LeCompte
Production by: Acme Recording, Chicago, Illinois.

This recording is copyright 1993 by the Allegro Handbell Choir and the Union Church of Hinsdale, Illinois.