A Christmas Festival RSNO Junior Chorus | Christopher Bell Royal Scottish National Orchestra
A Christmas Festival
Royal Scottish National Orchestra | RSNO Junior Chorus Christopher Bell Conductor Malcolm Arnold / arr. Christopher Palmer 1. The Holly And The Ivy: Fantasy On Christmas Carols 7:42 Traditional / arr. Paul Campbell 2. Christmas Carol Fantasy 5:31 Bob Chilcott 3. Mid-winter 3:29 Libby Larsen / orch. Paul Bateman 4. Ring The Bells 1:40 Traditional 5. Tàladh Chriosta (Christ Child’s Lullaby) 3:28 Katherine Kennicott Davis, Henry Onorati and Harry Simeone / arr. Robert Wendel 6. Little Bolero Boy (from A Classical Christmas Suite) 4:14 Howard Blake 7. Walking In The Air (from The Snowman) 3:22 8. Somewhere A Star Shines For Everyone (from The Bear ) 1:32 Matthew Curtis 9. Christmas Spirit 3:40 Paul Mealor / arr. Paul Campbell 10. I Pray 3:14 James Lord Pierpont / arr. Paul Campbell 11. Jingle Bells 2:06 Traditional / arr. Stephen Doughty 12. Jolly Old Saint Nicholas (‘Christmas Time’) 2:03 Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett / arr. Paul Bateman 13. (I’m Gettin’) Nuttin’ For Christmas 2:02
Benjamin Hanby / arr. Paul Campbell 14. Up On The Housetop 2:47 Richard Bissill 15. A Christmas Carnival 10:47 Johnny Marks / arr. Paul Bateman 16. Johnny Marks Medley 4:49 Traditional 17. In A Cottage In A Wood * 4:20 Traditional / arr. Stephen Doughty 18. A Young Austrian Went Yodelling * 5:20 Thomas Koschat / arr. Goff Richards 19. Schneewalzer 3:09 Total Running Time: 75 minutes *Join in the fun with the RSNO Junior Chorus! Visit rsno.org.uk/song-actions to watch our videos and learn the actions to the songs.
Bonus Content Max Reger 20. Maria Wiegenlied (‘The Virgin’s Slumber Song’) 1:60 Michael Head 21. Little Road To Bethlehem 2:34 These tracks are available as a free download from: www.linnrecords.com/recording-christmas-festival.aspx
Recorded at RSNO Centre, Glasgow, UK, 18–19 September 2016 Produced and engineered by Philip Hobbs Assistant engineering by Robert Cammidge Post-production by Julia Thomas Design by RSNO and toucari.live
This recording is supported by the Iain and Pamela Sinclair Legacy. 4
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Photograph by Tom Finnie
RSNO Junior Chorus The RSNO Junior Chorus is one of the leading children and youth choirs in the UK. Part of the RSNO family, the RSNO Junior Chorus enables more than 400 children aged seven to eighteen to enjoy an unparalleled musical experience. The Junior Chorus seeks to provide a musical education by teaching the young people involved how to learn and appreciate music. In addition to encouraging the youngsters to learn about expression, the Chorus also acts as a means to improving the confidence and selfbelief of the talented young musicians. It is an unrivalled experience for the children to learn and participate in outstanding, professional music making under the leadership of its charismatic director Christopher Bell. Originally formed in 1978 by Jean Kidd, the RSNO Junior Chorus has built up a considerable reputation singing under some of the world’s most distinguished conductors and appearing on radio and television. RSNO Junior Chorus members sing regularly with Scotland’s National Orchestra in major concert halls and festivals throughout the country, as well as appearances at the BBC Proms and Edinburgh International Festival.
The RSNO Junior Chorus is generously supported by: W A Cargill Fund The Cross Trust The Mickel Fund
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RSNO Junior Chorus Christopher Bell Chorus Director
Catriona Adams
Louisa de Ste Croix
Camilla Hathaway
Roisin Arnold
Annabel Davies
Amy Higgins
Victoria Ash
Eve Denholm
Kirsty Hogg
Madeleine Boyd
Orla Docherty
Louise Holman
Sophie Boyd
Isla Douglas
Beth Hunt
Mika Brett
Georgia Dunn
Alasdair Huxtable
Vienne Brett
Olivia Dunn
Hanna Ibrahim
Megan Brown
Carmen Durick
Jessica Insall
Taylor Browning-Walker
Madeleine Faughey
Kathleen Irvine
Fiona Bruton
Lorna Fraser
Natasha Jenkins
Sasha Buchanan
Gabrielle Geddes
Elena Rose Job
Hannah Burnett-Godfree
Lucy Gibbons
Sophie Joint
Eleanor Carrie
Florence Gray
Chun-Yi Kang
Luke Chandler
Anjali Gupta
Robbie Kay-White
Lucy Cheyne
Louisa Haldane
Maryam Khan
Sarah Clinch
Millie Haldane
Maggie Lawson
Emma Cochrane
Elizabeth Hamilton
Katie Leith
Charley Coll
Marina Edu Harland
Charlotte Lewsey
Archie Collingridge
Aislinn Hastings
George Lloyd
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Amy MacDonald
Rachel Morrison
Adam Speirs
Eilidh Mackay
Jess Murray
Kirsty Stirling
Rennie MacKechnie
Maya Nager
Beth Taylor
Lewis Maclean
Richa Nayak
Finlay Taylor
Caitlin MacLeod
Annie O’Dell
Ruth Taylor
Imogen Maher
Elliott Osmond
Noemi Thompson
Erica Makin
Olivia Overend
Fay van Elder
Mira Mansfield
Tomas Overton
Pippin Vervaeke
Tanvi Mantry
Kate Parry
Amit Walkay
Shreya Khaund Marshall
Ruth Paterson
Alexander Wallace
Sophie McAulay
Sarah Rae
Molly Wallbanks
Maisie McFarlane
Molly Regan
Andrew Watt
Maya McGowan
Nadia Reilly
Lena Weeks
Lauren McGuire
Lucy Roberts
Sam Wheeler
Isabelle McInerny
Archie Sandground
Rebecca Williams
Katie McKinstry
Olivia Seabeck
Alice Yeoman
Emma McSorley
Hannah Shields
Caitlin Young
Emily Milne
Emily Smith
Aisha Zealey
Libby Morgan
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Photograph by Douglas McBride
Christopher Bell Christopher Bell has been conducting and presenting family and holiday style concerts for over twenty-five years. His free and easy conversational style with audiences of all ages coupled with quirky and fun programming have endeared him to concert audiences in his birthplace in Belfast, his current home in Scotland and further afield in Chicago, Australia and New Zealand. Bell’s willingness to don a costume or motivate an audience to participate puts smiles on faces of tens of thousands of people annually. Alongside twelve Christmas concerts a year, he has conducted Viennese programmes, come and play events and he has directed orchestras playing film soundtracks, most recently the RSNO’s accompaniment to The Wizard of Oz. He has conducted and presented the annual Independence Eve concert in Chicago since 2005. Balancing this lighter side, Bell is known as a leading choral director working to the highest possible standards in exactly the same parts of the world. He is currently Chorus Director of the Grant Park Festival Chorus in Chicago preparing its chorus of up to 120 professional singers for six separate programmes in the summer. Since 2007 he has been Chorusmaster of the Edinburgh Festival Chorus re-establishing them as one of the leading volunteer choruses in Europe. He is the Founder Director of the National Youth Choir of Scotland and since 1996 has moulded that organisation into one of the finest youth companies in Europe. In addition he is Director of the RSNO Junior Chorus, a 400 voice children’s choir working with the RSNO for concerts, broadcasts and recordings. On the Signum label, his recording with the RSNO Junior Chorus and the RSNO, A Family Christmas, captures the fun of his live concerts.
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Photograph by Tom Finnie
Royal Scottish National Orchestra The Royal Scottish National Orchestra is one of Europe’s leading symphony orchestras. Formed in 1891 as the Scottish Orchestra, the company became the Scottish National Orchestra in 1950, and was awarded Royal Patronage in 1977. Throughout its history, the Orchestra has played an integral part in Scotland’s musical life. Many renowned conductors have contributed to its success, including George Szell, Sir John Barbirolli, Walter Susskind, Sir Alexander Gibson, Neeme Järvi, Walter Weller, Alexander Lazarev and Stéphane Denève. In 2012 the RSNO welcomed British-Canadian conductor Peter Oundjian as Music Director and Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård as Principal Guest Conductor. The Orchestra is joined for choral performances by the RSNO Chorus, directed by Gregory Batsleer and the RSNO Junior Chorus, directed by Christopher Bell. In 2015 the RSNO took up residence in its specially designed building within the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, enabling the Orchestra to engage with audiences in new and diverse ways. The RSNO has a worldwide reputation for the quality of its recordings, receiving two Diapason d’Or de l’année awards for Symphonic Music (Denève/Roussel 2007; Denève/Debussy 2012) and eight GRAMMYAward nominations. Over 200 releases are available, including the complete symphonies of Sibelius (Gibson), Prokofiev (Järvi), Glazunov (Serebrier), Nielsen and Martinů (Thomson), Roussel (Denève) and the major orchestral works of Debussy (Denève).
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Xander van Vliet
William Chandler
Ian Budd
Jacqueline Speirs
Susan Buchan
Marion Wilson
Lisa Rourke
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Harriet Wilson
David Martin
Patrick Curlett
Christopher Ffoulkes
Fiona West
Barbara Paterson
Michael Rigg
Nicola McWhirter
Jane Reid
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Claire Dunn
Alison McIntyre
Sophie Lang
Maria Trittinger
Caroline Parry
Liam Lynch
Francesca Hunt
Ursula Heidecker Allen
John Robinson
Aoife Magee
Elizabeth Lloyd
Liz Reeves
Lorna Rough
Rachel Spencer
Tamás Fejes
Alan John
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Betsy Taylor
Fiona Stephen
Kennedy Leitch Arthur Boutillier William Paterson Ruth Rowlands Rachael Lee Sarah Digger
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Ana Cordova
David Hubbard
Margarida Castro
John Whitener
Simon Davies
Michael Rae
Martin Gibson
Christopher Gough
John Clark
David McClenaghan
Katherine Bryan
Helen Brew Janet Richardson
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Clarinet Angelo Montanaro
Lance Green
Alastair Sinclair
Duncan Swindells
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Brian McGinley
Kirstie Logan
John Poulter
Christine Smith
Cameron Todd
Janet Larrson
Percussion Simon Lowdon
Jesse Durkan
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Sally Davis
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Gordon Hunt
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