Welcome All Wonders (A Christmas Cantata) 清唱劇

大衛-貝德納爾（David Bednall）的聖誕大合唱《歡迎奇跡》（Welcome All Wonders）於 2012 年由牛津大學女王學院合唱團委約創作並首次演出，獲得了《BBC 音樂雜誌》、《Limelight Magazine》和《留聲機》等雜誌的好評。該作品被譽為 "獨具匠心"、"引人入勝"、"充滿激情"、"極具吸引力"、"平易近人而不膚淺"，其錄音已由 Signum 唱片公司發行（SIGCD335）。

作曲家: Bednall, David
樂器: Organ, Trumpet, Mixed Voices
出版社: Faber Music
曲目: Prelude; Alleluia; A Virgin Shall Conceive; Ye Heavens! From On High The Dewy Nectar Pour; Today Is The Beginning Of Our Salvation; Oh! Little Blade Of Grass; Journey To Bethlehem; I Saw A Stable; Shepherds, Rejoice!; See How From Far, Upon The Eastern Road; Tribus Miraculis Ornatum; The Slaughter Of The Innocents; But Peaceful Was The Night; Ave Maris Stella; In The Beginning
原文簡介:
David Bednall's Christmas cantata Welcome All Wonders was commissioned and first performed by the Choir of Queen's College, Oxford in 2012 and received rave reviews from, among others, BBC Music Magazine, Limelight Magazine and Gramophone. Described as 'ingenious', 'engaging', 'spirited', 'extremely appealing' and 'accessible without being superficial', a recording of this notable work is available on the Signum label (SIGCD335). This cantata brings together a beautiful selection of sacred and secular Christmas texts, skilfully interwoven by Bednall to produce a captivating musical narrative of the Christmas story, from Advent through to Epiphany. As a complete work of c.80 minutes' duration, it offers choirs a full programme for their Christmas concert. Alternatively, most movements can be performed as individual items; the unaccompanied motets are particularly suited to this and are available separately as digital downloads.