Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Im Advent, op. 79
Weihnachten, op. 97 n° 2
Am Neujahrstage, op. 79 n° 1

Otto Olsson (1879-1964)
Advent, extrait de "Advents och Julsanger", op. 33
Jul, op. 36 n° 2

Charles Wood (1866-1926)
Ding dong! Merrily on high

Johann Michael Bach (1648-1694)
In dulci jubilo, pour orgue

Max Reger (1873-1916)
Es kommt ein Schiff geladen

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Ave Maria

John Rutter (1945-)
Deck the Hall

Ruben Liljefors (1871-1936)
När det lider mot jul

Sir David Willcocks (1919-2015)
Away in a manger, O come all ye faithful

Chant Traditionnel
Morgen, Kinder wird's was geben
Cantate Domino
A little Town of Bethlehem

Thomas Tallis (?1505-1585)
O nata lux

Josef Otten
Maria durch ein Dornwald ging

Samuel Kerr
Estrela Natal

Sund Yard
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

Ivar Widéen
Gläns över sjö och strand

Peter Cornelius
Drei Könige wandern, op. 8

Andrew Canning, orgue
WDR Rundfunkchor
WDR Kinderchor Dortmund
Stefan Parkman, direction

Classics of choral music for Advent and the Christmas season sung by the WDR Radio Chorus and the WDR Children’s Chorus – this is an experience of a special kind since these professional singers not only present festive Christmas songs but also recordings of their best-known flash mobs from the social media. For example, members of the WDR Radio Chorus surprised passersby at the Cologne Central Train Station and Cologne-Bonn Airport with Christmas classics such as the British Christmas carols »Ding Dong!Merrily on High,« »O Come All Ye Faithful,« and »Deck the Hall(s).« However, the traditional song »Es ist ein Ros entsprungen« (Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming) also numbers among the popular flash mobs of the WDR Radio Chorus. On this Christmas CD the chorus sings in several languages and under its director Stefan Parkman takes us on a musical journey through Sweden, Great Britain, and Germany.