SONG OF SURVIVAL

MIRA 399216
  • Beschrijving

Women's Choir of Haarlem, Holland
Vrouwenkoor Malle Babbe - Leny van Schaik, conductor

Vocal arrangements for all these works, except the hymn, were made by Margaret Dryburgh and Norah Chambers with an occasional assist from fellow-prisoners.
1.  Prélude, "Funeral March" (Frédéric Chopin)
2.  Andante Cantabile, String Quartet (Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky)
3. Minuet in G (Ludwig van Beethoven)
4. Largo, From the New World symphony (Antonin Dvorák)
5. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Johann Sebastian Bach/arr. by Mira Hess)
6.  Londonderry Air ("Danny Boy") (Traditional Irish)
7. Handkerchief Dance, Country Gardens (Percy Grainger)
8. Faery Song, The Immortal Hour opera (Rutland Boughton)
9. Auld Lang Syne (Traditional Scottish)
10. To a Wild Rose (Edward MacDowell)
11.  The Captives' Hymn (Margaret Dryburgh)
12. Christmas medley: Pastoral Symphony from Messiah (George Frederic Handel) and traditional carols:
- Good King Wenceslas  - The First Nowell  - Away in a Manger  - Good Christian Men, Rejoice - Cowley Carol  - Sleep, Holy Babe  - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing