A Christmas Interlude
(Various Performers)
A Christmas Interlude (2013)
A Christmas Interlude features almost 80 minutes of quality music from the Canadian Staff Band, North York Temple Band, Meadowlands Corps Band, Mountain Citadel Band and St. John’s Temple Band, as well as from soloists Barbara Allen, Deliah Williams, Hayley Cann, Katelyn Bird, Karen Gross, Kathryn Tansley, Craig Woodland, Marked by Love, Canadian actor/orator Colin Fox, OCE Brass Quartet and the 2012 Festival Chorus. At only $1.25 each (Canadian funds) these CDs make great stocking stuffers and ministry-tool give-aways at Christmas parades, kettle ministry, Family Services clientele, as a PR promotional tool, etc.
Tracks
| 1 | Fanfare Jubiloso (James Curnow) | Canadian Staff Band (Brian Burditt), originally released on Merry Christmas (2002) |
| 2 | Chiming Bells (Richard Phillips) | OCE Brass Quartet, originally released on Seasonal Sounds of Christmas (2009) |
| 3 | Singing with the Angels (Neil Winton & David Edmonds) | Delilah Williams (with Kim Garreffa, piano) |
| 4 | The Message of Christmas (William Himes) | North York Temple Band (Glenn Barlow) |
| 5 | I Wonder As I Wander (arr. Kevin Norbury) | Karen Gross (with Kim Garreffa, piano) |
| 6 | O Come All Ye Faithful/When I Survey (arr. Donna Harris) | Marked by Love, originally released on A Light in the Dark (2011) |
| 7 | O Little Town of Bethlehem (arr. Noel Jones) | Meadowlands Corps Band (Ron Heintzman) |
| 8 | Christmas Rose Medley (arr. Kim Garreffa) | Kathryn Tansley (with Kim Garreffa, piano) |
| 9 | The First Noel (arr. Craig Woodland) | Craig Woodland (with Noel Brooks, Gord Mayer and Jon Rowsell) |
| 10 | In the Bleak Mid-Winter (arr. Hayley Cann) | Hayley Cann |
| 11 | The Joy of Christmas (Robert Redhead) | North York Temple Band (Glenn Barlow) |
| 12 | Joyous Carillon (Norman Bearcroft) | London Citadel Band, originally released on A Christmas Celebration (1995) |
| 13 | Christmas Can Be Every Day for You (Joy Webb) | Kathryn Tansley (with Kim Garreffa, piano) |
| 14 | See Amid the Winter’s Snow (arr. Craig Woodland) | Craig Woodland (with Noel Brooks, Gord Mayer and Jon Rowsell) |
| 15 | March from “The Nutcracker” (trans. Keith Wilkinson) | Mountain Citadel Band (Philip Rayment) |
| 16 | O Holy Night (Adolphe Adam) | Katelyn Bird (with Barbara Sanjivi, piano) |
| 17 | Panis Angelicus (Thomas Aquinas/César Franck, arr. Leonard Ballantine) | Barbara Allen, with Ian Sadler (organ), 2012 Festival Chorus, Canadian Staff Band, recorded live at Roy Thomson Hall, December 2012, conducted by Leonard Ballantine |
| 18 | As With Gladness (arr. David Rowsell) | St. John’s Temple Band (David Rowsell) |
| 19 | Midnight Clear (Donna Harris) | Marked by Love, originally released on A Light in the Dark (2011) |
| 20 | Isaiah 9:2–7 (KJV) | Read by Colin Fox, recorded live at Roy Thomson Hall, December 2011 |
| 21 | Silent Night (arr. Leonard Ballantine) | Barbara Allen, with 2012 Festival Chorus, Canadian Staff Band, recorded live at Roy Thomson Hall, December 2012 |