Let the Stable Still Astonish | 2023 Wheaton College Christmas Festival

Let the Stable Still Astonish
Wheaton College Christmas Festival 2023

Welcome – Philip Ryken 0:00
Festival Fanfare for Christmas – John Wasson 1:09
Symphonic Band
Invocation 5:04
Michael Wilder
O come, O come, Emmanuel – arr. John William Trotter 8:11
Combined Choirs, Symphonic Band, Symphony Orchestra
Gloria – Randol Alan Bass 11:45
Combined Choirs, Symphonic Band, Symphony Orchestra
The Joy of a Carpenter – Trey Tillotson 14:33
Trey Tillotson, clarinet
Gaudete! – arr. Michael Engelhardt 16:53
Women’s Chorale
Emma Cho, Jack Durbin, Leah Bouley, Zak Reynolds, percussionists
Salvation Is Created – Pavel Tschesnokoff, arr. Emma Cooksey 19:30
Ian McCann, Emma Cooksey, trumpets
Isabel Vetter, horn; Michael Rocha, trombone
Landon Schomer, tuba
The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy – arr. Mack Wilberg 22:15
Men’s Glee Club
Re-voiced for TTBB, Jerry Blackstone
Arr. for percussion, Kathleen Kastner
Emma Cho, Zak Reynolds, Jack Durbin, Leah Bouley,
Andrew Wurnow, Kathleen Kastner, percussionists
Josiah Steffan, double bass
Prélude (Dans le style de Séb. Bach), from “Oratorio de Noël”, Op. 12 – Camille Saint-Saëns 25:27
Symphony Orchestra
For Unto Us – Richard Smith 29:23
Gospel Choir
Donté Ford, piano
Variations Pastorales sur un vieux Noël – Marcel Samuel-Rousseau 31:51
Clara Malek, harp
And the glory of the Lord, from “Messiah” – George Frideric Handel 34:55
Concert Choir
Symphony Orchestra
Meditation on a Dream – Kathleen Kastner 37:24
Emma Cho, marimba
This Night – David Biedenbender 40:55
Symphonic Band
My Lord Has Come – Will Todd 46:03
Concert Choir
Messiah – Francesca Battistelli 49:43
Skylar Bartman, soprano
Franklin McMahan, piano
Reading – Luke, chapter 2, verses 1-14 53:17
Donté Ford, reader
Emma Cho, Andrew Lamb, percussionists
Silent Night, Holy Night – Franz Gruber 55:15
Combined Choirs
Sydney Lawrence, organ
Reading – Let the Stable Still Astonish – Leslie Leyland Fields 58:43
Kaya Walcott, reader
Let the Stable Still Astonish – Dan Forrest 59:54
Combined Choirs
Jay Gregg, cello
Zakary Reynolds, piano
Zoe’s Feet Dance Ministry
Hallelujah Chorus, from “Messiah” – George Frideric Handel 1:06:42
Combined Choirs, Symphonic Band, Symphony Orchestra
Closing Remarks – Michael Wilder 1:13:18

Jerry Blackstone, artistic director
Concert Choir – John William Trotter, director
Gospel Choir – Tanya Egler, director
Men's Glee Club – Jerry Blackstone, director
Percussion Ensemble – Kathleen Kastner, director
Symphonic Band – Brady McNeil, director
Symphony Orchestra – Benjamin Klemme, director
Women's Chorale – Jerry Blackstone, director
Sydney Lawrence, organist

Kristi Wright, production director
Sarah Holman & Thomas Hueber, vocal consultants

Brian Porick, technical producer
Kerry J Haps, recording engineer
Kathryn Tolleson, lighting director
Tyler Charleston, video director
Hallie Davis, score reader
James Scott, sound engineer
Emily Schubert, recording assistant
Levi Saavedra, video switcher
Brennan Walter, video shader
Elizabeth Steinmetz, Ethan Elder, Matthew Ko, Soolynn Lee, Veronika Welch, camera operators
Ruth Kim, video assistant
Tim Zheng, Matthew Mederos, Ryan Walter, Maya Joseph, Simon Kutnow, lighting assistants
Tony Payne, arts events management
Maxine Jump, Rebecca Larson, Alyssa Veague, marketing & promotion
Alice Ames, house management

All pieces used with permission.

"Festival Fanfare", by John Wasson, © 2014 MUSICWORKS, 777 West Bluemond Road, Milwaukee, WI, 53213. International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved.

"Gaudete!" arr. Michael Engelhardt, Copyright ©2011 Walton Music Corp., All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy', traditional West Indian carol arranged by Mack Wilberg © Oxford University Press, Inc. 2006. Assigned to Oxford University Press 2010. All rights reserved.

"This Night", ©2020 Bent Space Music.

"My Lord Has Come" by Will Todd, from "Carols for Choirs 5" © Oxford University Press 2011. All rights reserved.

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