Christmas with Grace and Friends, 2023

Pocketful of Grace

Dec 26 2023 • 33 mins

1. Gabriel's Voice (Ian Higginson). MUSIC: Ian Higginson. TEXT: Carol Gunn. © St. James Music Press. Streamed with permission of St. James Press, License #21540. Grace Lutheran Church of State College choral ensemble. Laurel Sanders, Director
2. I Saw Three Ships (Anna M. DeFoe). MUSIC: Anna M. DeFoe. TEXT: William Sandys (1833; public domain). © St. James Music Press, 2010. Streamed with permission of St. James Press, License #21540.
3. Still, Still, Still (arr. Catherine McMichael). MUSIC: Still, Still, Still from A Lyric Noel. Austrian Carol, arr. Catherine McMichael. © 2003 ALRY Publications, LLC. Used and streamed with permission from ALRY Publications (music available at United Music & Media Publishers, https://ummpstore.com). All Rights Reserved. Recorded by The Whistle Tones (thewhistletones.com).
4. Good King Wenceslas (arr. Catherine McMichael). MUSIC: Good King Wenceslas from A Renaissance Noel, English Carol, arr. Catherine McMichael. © 2001 ALRY Publications, LLC. Used and streamed with permission from ALRY Publications (music available at United Music & Media Publishers, https://ummpstore.com). All Rights Reserved. Recorded by The Whistle Tones (thewhistletones.com).
5. ‘Star Carol’ by John Rutter. © Oxford University Press 1972. Licensed by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
6. Von Himmel hoch, da komm'ich her (Johann Pachelbel), P.52 from Orgelkompositionen II (Editor: Max Seiffert). Publisher: Breitkopf and Härtel (1903). Public Domain.
7. Mary Had a Baby, John Carter's setting of the traditional Spiritual. Laurel Sanders (flute) and Cynthia Mills (piano) for Grace Lutheran Church with permission from the publisher, Beckenhorst Press (https://www.beckenhorstpress.com).  © Copyright 2010 by Beckenhorst Press, Inc. All rights reserved.  Used with permission. ONE LICENSE #A-700989.
8. Joy on Earth Now Appearing (Charles H. Giffen). MUSIC: Traditional Ukrainian Carol; Charles H. Giffen. WORDS: Traditional Ukrainian; translation by Charles H. Giffen. Copyright © 1973 (translation), 1992, 2004, 2019, 2022 (music) by Charles Giffen. Music available at www.cpdll.org. Used with permission of Creative Commons License CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.en. All other rights reserved.
9. Lullaby for the Sleeping Savior (Robert J. Powell). MUSIC: Robert J. Powell. WORDS: Beverly Easterling. © St. James Music Press 2010. Used with permission of St. James Press, License #21540.
10. A Child is Born (Samuel Scheidt). MUSIC: Samuel Scheidt from Cantiones Sacrae Octo Vocum, arr. for four voices by Mark Schweizer. © St. James Music Press 2010. Used with permission of St. James Press, License #21540.
11. The Holy and the Ivy (arr. Richard Shephard). MUSIC: Traditional English; setting by Richard Shephard.  © St. James Music Press, 2010, www.sjmp.com. Used with permission of St. James Press, License #21540.
12. "Christmas Medley for Four Flutes," arr. Laurel Sanders includes:  Es ist ein Ros, Warum sollt ich, and O Sanctissima (Lo, How a Rose; All My Heart Again Rejoices; and O, How Joyful). Permission to stream this music granted by ONE LICENSE, License #A-700989.
13. Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella (arr. Catherine McMichael). MUSIC: Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella from A Lyric Noel. French Carol, arr. Catherine McMichael, © 2003 ALRY Publications, LLC. Used and streamed with permission from ALRY Publications (music available at United Music & Media Publishers, https://ummpstore.com). All Rights Reserved. Recorded by The Whistle Tones (

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