68th Annual Candlelight & Carols

Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
Free Admission ~ Voluntary offering

A Pasadena Tradition for the Whole Family! The choirs of Pasadena Presbyterian Church present sacred and secular music of the Christmas season, accompanied by harp, oboe, brass quintet and the church’s magnificent pipe organ. The program includes audience singing of Christmas carols.

Program:

  • Three Carols for Christmas / arr. Robert Hieber (Van Etten Handbell Choir)
  • Audience Carol: O Come, All Ye Faithful
  • Jingle Jive / arr. Teresa and Paul Jennings (Carol Choir)
  • Joy to the World / arr. Mark Patterson (Carol Choir, Rainbow Choir)
  • Audience Carol: O Little Town of Bethlehem
  • Three Carols (Pasadena Singers)
        The Holly and the Ivy / Stephen Paulus
        He is Born! / Donna Gartman Schultz
        Sir Christemas / Peter Cork
  • Audience Carol: The First Nowell
  • Three Pieces (Trinity Choir)
        A Tapestry of Joyful Carols
        Boy in a Manger
        Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / arr. Douglas Nolan
  • God Rest Ye Merry / arr. Jason Krug (Van Etten Handbell Choir)
  • Lo How A Rose E’er Blooming (Linda-Rose Hembreiker)
  • Audience Carol: What Child is This?
  • Seven Joys of Christmas / Kirke Mechem (Kirk Choir)
        I. The Joy of Love (”This is the truth”)
        II. The Joy of Bells (”Din don! merrily on high”)
        III. The Joy of Mary (”Joseph dearest, Joseph mine”)
        IV. The Joy of Children (”Patapan”)
        V. The Joy of the New Year (”New Year Song”)
        VI. The Joy of Dance (”Fum, fum, fum!”)
        VII. The Joy of Song (”God bless the master of this house”)
  • A Merry Christmas / arr. Arthur Warrell (Kirk Choir)

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