The
Choirs of Grace Church on-the-Hill have made a number of excellent
CD recordings that are available at the church.
Our newest recording, Rise Heart! Thy Lord Is Risen, will be released in April, 2010. Both choirs sing their own Easter anthems and combine for anthems, motets, and hymns with brass quartet. Ron Jordan is the organist and Melva Treffinger Graham the conductor.
Hear My Prayer
Anthems and motets of the nineteenth century sung by the choir of Gentlemen and Boys, conducted by Melva Treffinger Graham and accompanied by organist Christopher Dawes.
Hear a track from this CD:
O Thou, the Central Orb
By Charles Wood
Choir of Gentlemen and Boys
Tidings of Comfort and Joy
Music for Christmas featuring the Fantasy on Old English Carols by Vaughan Williams.The Choir of Gentlemen and Boys and the Girls' Choir, accompanied by Elizabeth Harwood. This recording is not available at this time.
Hear a track from this CD:
Jesus Christ the Appletree
By Elizabeth Poston
Choir of Gentlemen and Boys
Girls' Choir
Sing Joyfully
Motets and anthems of the Tudor era, with the Missa Aeterna Munera of Palestrina sung by the Choir of Gentlemen and Boys. With Master Tallis' Testament by Howells played by Elizabeth Harwood.
Hear a track from this CD:
Sing Joyfully
By William Byrd
Choir of Gentlemen and Boys
The Holy Jazz Concert
With Guido Basso, flugelhorn, and the Barlow Group of jazz musicians. True jazz and genuine church music--ground-breaking crossover with integrity on both sides. Featuring the Byrd Mass for Four Voices embellished by jazz quartet, as well as jazz arrangements of standard hymns and anthems.
Hear a track from this CD:
Light of the World
based on a melody by John Dankworth
The Girls' Choir
There Was Setting, There Was Dawning
Brian Barlow's jazz composition for choir and jazz quintet paints a sound picture of creation that is unforgettable. With new hymns and anthems developing the themes of Holy Jazz.
Hear a track from this CD:
Bwana Awabariki
Based on an African hymn, arranged by Brian Barlow
Full choirs of Grace Church on-the-Hill
Sing Nowell
Music for the Christmas season for choir, percussion, and harp. 23 carols old and new with the St. Cecilia Choir and the Choir of Gentlemen and Boys.
Hear a track from this CD:
Lo, in a Manger
By Stephen Chatman
St. Cecilia Choir
Grace Church has also produced a solo CD by parish member Janet Obermeyer for the benefit of the Music Programme:
My Heart Ever Faithful
On her latest CD, Soprano Janet Obermeyer,
accompanied by Ron Jordan, sings settings of texts drawn from the Scriptures and from religious prose and poetry. Produced for the church’s benefit in the summer of 2006.
Hear a track from this CD:
I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes
by Michael Head
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