Welcome All Wonders (A Christmas Cantata) 清唱剧

戴维-贝德纳尔（David Bednall）的圣诞大合唱《欢迎奇迹》（Welcome All Wonders）于 2012 年由牛津大学女王学院合唱团委约创作并首次演出，获得了《BBC 音乐杂志》、《Limelight Magazine》和《留声机》等杂志的好评。该作品被誉为 "独具匠心"、"引人入胜"、"充满激情"、"极具吸引力"、"平易近人而不肤浅"，其录音已由 Signum 唱片公司发行（SIGCD335）。

作曲家: Bednall, David
乐器: 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
原文简介:
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.