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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.

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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).

The RSNO is supported by the Scottish Government.

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra Viola

2nd Violin

1st Violin Maya Iwabuchi

Xander van Vliet

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William Chandler

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Ian Budd

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Jacqueline Speirs

Susan Buchan

Marion Wilson

Lisa Rourke

Lena Zeliszewska

Harriet Wilson

David Martin

Patrick Curlett

Christopher Ffoulkes

Fiona West

Barbara Paterson

Michael Rigg

Nicola McWhirter

Jane Reid

Penny Dickson

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

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Alan John

Cello Aleksei Kiseliov

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Betsy Taylor

Fiona Stephen

Kennedy Leitch Arthur Boutillier William Paterson Ruth Rowlands Rachael Lee Sarah Digger

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 Principal

 Associate Leader

 Associate Principal

 Assistant Leader

 Guest Principal

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Ana Cordova

David Hubbard

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Margarida Castro

John Whitener

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Simon Davies

Michael Rae

Martin Gibson

Christopher Gough

John Clark

David McClenaghan

Katherine Bryan

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Helen Brew Janet Richardson

Kit

Trumpet

Stuart Semple 

Marcus Pope

Oboe

Piano/Celeste

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Trombone Simon Johnson

Clarinet Angelo Montanaro

Lance Green 

Alastair Sinclair

Duncan Swindells

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Harp Pippa Tunnell

Brian McGinley

Kirstie Logan

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John Poulter

Christine Smith

Cameron Todd

Janet Larrson

Percussion Simon Lowdon

Jesse Durkan

Flute

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Alison Murray

Sally Davis

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Timpani

Horn

David Inglis

Gordon Hunt

Tuba

Bassoon

Double Bass

Lynda Cochrane 

Dougie Maclean John Logan Royal Scottish National Orchestra Till Tomorrow

Maximilian Hornung José Serebrier Royal Scottish National Orchestra José Serebrier conducts Samuel Adler

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