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Allegro
X: LIVE
Volume
X
The
2003 Allegro Handbell Ensemble
Released:
June 2003
Original Medium: Compact Disc
Price: $15.00
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Historical Note
In a change of pace from previous
recordings, Volume X was recorded before
the annual summer tour so that it could be
released in time for the 2003 European
Concert Tour. After two albums
separating holiday and concert music, this
CD returns to Allegro's tradition of
producing half-and-half recordings.
From the Insert
The Allegro Handbell Ensemble was formed in 1971 and
since then has been a strong part of the music programs at the
Union Church of Hinsdale (United Church of Christ) in
Hinsdale, Illinois. There are currently twelve members, ages
15 to 18, who have been ringing one to seven years. In
addition to participating in the music program at Union
Church, the group has performed for a variety of civic,
charitable, educational, and professional organizations, on
Chicago television programs, as well as guest appearances at
other churches. Since 1975, they have made twenty-one concert
tours throughout the United States and parts of Canada and
Mexico. The 2003 tour to Sweden, Denmark, and Germany is the
seventh European tour.
The ringers perform with five octaves (61 bells) of
Schulmerich handbells made in Sellersville, Pennsylvania, and
with a matching five octaves of Malmark handchimes made in
Plumsteadville, Pennsylvania. Their concert programs include
sacred and secular music ranging from the 17th to the 20th
centuries. More information about the ensemble is available on
the web at <www.allegrobells.org>.
Track
List
from
the insert
| Track |
Title |
Time |
Composer,
Arranger |
| 1. |
Christmas Collage |
1:29 |
arr.
Valarie W. Stephenson |
| 2. |
Silver Bells |
2:39 |
Jay
Livingston and Ray Evans,
arr Ralph F. Stiles |
| 3. |
White Christmas |
3:52 |
Irving
Berlin, arr. Cynthia Dobrinski |
| 4. |
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed
Reindeer |
2:31 |
Johnny
Marks, arr. Arnold B. Sherman |
| 5. |
O Come Rejoicing |
1:12 |
Polish
Carol, arr. Martha Lynn Thompson |
| 6. |
Ukrainian Carol of the
Bells |
3:24 |
Mykolo
Leontovich, arr. Hart Morris |
| 7. |
Here Comes Santa Claus |
2:41 |
Gene Autry
and Oakley Haldeman,
arr. Douglas E. Wagner |
| 8. |
Jingle-Bell Rock |
2:32 |
Joe Beal
& Jim Boothe, arr. Douglas E. Wagner |
| 9. |
The Nutcracker |
5:25 |
Peter I.
Tchaikovsky, arr. Kevin McChesney |
| 10. |
Noël Nouvelet
(Sing We Now of Christmas /
Now the Green Blade Riseth) |
2:22 |
French
Carol, arr. Kevin McChesney |
| 11. |
This Little Light of Mine |
3:57 |
Traditional
Spiritual,
arr. Janet Linker and Jane McFadden |
| 12. |
Jesus Loves Me |
4:35 |
William B.
Bradbury, arr. Arnold B. Sherman |
| 13. |
Siyahamba (We Are
Marching in the Light of God) |
4:46 |
South
African Freedom Song,
arr. Robert J. Ward |
| 14. |
Hava Nageela |
3:58 |
Israeli
Folk Song, arr. Douglass Floyd Smith |
| 15. |
In the
Hall of the Mountain King |
3:21 |
Edvard
Grieg, arr. Michael Keller |
| 16. |
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 |
6:16 |
Franz Liszt, arr. Douglas E. Wagner |
Recording
Credits
from
the insert
The Ringers
Front Row: Cara
Stevens, Megan Lockhart, Kate Davey, Thure Ross, Jonathan
Wroble, Marcus Ericsson, Alan
Reck, Hillary Bozeman, Rebecca Woodle
Back Row: Ingrid Elias
(tracks 9-16), Gill Stevens, Michael Surratt (director), Adam
Bozeman
Not Pictured: Elizabeth Candee (tracks 1-8)
Director: Michael Surratt
Recorded live December 22, 2002 and
May 4, 2003 in the Sanctuary of the Union Church of Hinsdale,
137 South Garfield Avenue, Hinsdale, Illinois 60521.
Producer: Michael Surratt
Recording Engineer: Gerald G. LeCompte
Production by Advanced Audio Technology, Carol Stream,
Illinois.
Cover Design by Daniel Reck,
Fortissimo Productions.
Photography by Bruce Chlevin.
Copyright 2003, Allegro Handbell
Ensemble and the Union Church of Hinsdale, Illinois. All
Rights Reserved.
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