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Live in Concert...
Volume VIII
The 2003 Allegro Handbell Ensemble
Released: August 1998
Original Medium: Compact Disc
Price: $15.00
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Historical Note
Volume VIII was recorded live at the 1998 Homecoming Concert following the 1998 Summer Concert Tour to Minnesota and Wisconsin. It features a full hour of standard concert fare. It is one of the few recordings without any holiday selections.
From the Insert
The Allegro Handbell Choir was formed in 1971 and since then has been a strong part of the music program at The Union Church of Hinsdale (United Church of Christ). There are currently thirteen members ages 15 to 18 who have been ringing two to eight 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. The Allegro Handbell Choir, since 1975, has toured Europe five times and has toured throughout the United States and parts of Canada.
The handbell choir performs 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. There concert programs include sacred and secular music ranging from the 17th to the 20th century.
Track List
from the insert
| Track |
Title |
Time |
Composer, Arranger |
| 1. |
Bell Jubilee |
1:10 |
Ellen Jane Lorenz |
| 2. |
Gaudeamus: Let Us Be Joyful |
3:56 |
Arnold B. Sherman |
| 3. |
Cantiliene |
3:44 |
Karen Lakey Buckwalter |
| 4. |
Reverberations |
2:07 |
Sallie Lloyd |
| 5. |
Elegy
"Commissioned in memory of
Dwight K. Menard by members of the
1971-1979 Allegro Handbell Choirs." |
5:54 |
William A. Payn |
| 6. |
Danse Macabre |
4:11 |
Saint-Saëns, arr. Michael Keller |
| 7. |
In the Hall of the Mountain King |
2:56 |
Edvard Greig, arr. Mickael Keller |
| 8. |
A Bach Pastorale |
3:31 |
J. S. Bach, arr. Barbara B. Kinyon |
| 9. |
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 |
5:13 |
Franz Liszt, arr. Douglas Wagner |
| 10. |
Joshua Fit the Battle |
1:52 |
Spiritual, arr. Martha Lynn Thompson |
| 11. |
Deep River
piano: Michael Surratt |
3:51 |
Spiritual,
arr. Janet Linker & Jane McFadden |
| 12. |
Silverthorne |
6:00 |
Donald E. Allured |
| 13. |
The Blessing
with Elizabeth Jung |
3:30 |
Paul A. McKlveen |
| 14. |
Hava Nageela |
3:40 |
Israeli Folk Song, arr. Douglass Floyd Smith |
Recording Credits
from the insert
The Ringers: J.J. Stocker, Sarah Libby, Laura Dieli, Sarah Libby, Jennifer Kenupher, Marie Becker, Kimberly Lockhart, Jessica Jung, Daniel Reck, Trace Carter, Christopher Lubenow, and Matthew Dickerson.
The Director: Michael Surratt
Recorded live June 29, 1998 in the Sanctuary of the Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 South Garfield Avenue, Hinsdale, Illinois 60521.
Producer: Michael Surratt
Recording Engineer: Robert Atkins
Production by: Advanced Audio Technology, Carol Stream, Illinois.
Cover Design by: Daniel Reck, Fortissimo Productions.
This recording is copyright 1998 by the Allegro Handbell Choir and the Union Church of Hinsdale, Illinois. |
Volume VIII (1998)