How Brightly Shines the Morning Star: Music for Epiphany

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Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (more info)
Composed by: Jacob Hintze
J. Melvin Butler, organ
Thomas Joyce, organ


1.   Songs of Thankfulness and Praise - 00:03:34


Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223 (more info)
Composed by: Dieterich Buxtehude
Conducted by: Hans Davidsson
Lars Ulrik Mortensen, harpsichord
Julia Brown, organ
J. Melvin Butler, organ
Piet Kee, organ
Bine Katrine Bryndorf, organ
David Goode, organ
Robert Noehren, organ


2.   Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223 - 00:07:00


Now There Lightens Upon Us (more info)
Composed by: Leo Sowerby
J. Melvin Butler, organ
Thomas Joyce, organ
Joyce A. Ramee, viola


3.   Now There Lightens Upon Us - 00:07:06


We Three Kings of Orient Are (more info)
Composed by: John Henry Jr. Hopkins
Conducted by: Bill Ives Joseph Flummerfelt Julia Craig-McFreely
J. Melvin Butler, organ
Vernon Nicodemus, baritone
Joshua Haberman, counter-tenor
Fred McIlroy, tenor
Brian Fairbanks, flute
Martin Souter, piano


4.   We Three Kings of Orient Are - 00:04:42


The Three Kings (more info)
Composed by: Healey Willan
J. Melvin Butler, organ


5.   The Three Kings - 00:02:54


As with Gladness Men of Old (arr. W.H. Monk) (more info)
Composed by: William Henry Monk Conrad Kocher
J. Melvin Butler, organ
Thomas Joyce, organ
Brian Fairbanks, flute


6.   As with Gladness Men of Old (arr. W.H. Monk) - 00:03:35


Baptism of Christ (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous Peter Hallock
J. Melvin Butler, organ
Tim Mackey, counter-tenor


7.   Baptism of Christ - 00:03:13


Unser Herr zum Jordan Kam (When Jesus Went ot Jordan's Stream ) (more info)
Composed by: Lucas Osiander
J. Melvin Butler, organ
Thomas Joyce, organ


8.   Unser Herr zum Jordan Kam (When Jesus Went ot Jordan's Stream ) - 00:02:49


Chorale Prelude: O Heil'ge Geest daal op on sneer (Wie schon leuchtet) (more info)
Composed by: Jan Zwart
Roger W. Sherman, organ


9.   Chorale Prelude: O Heil'ge Geest daal op on sneer (Wie schon leuchtet) - 00:03:01


Tribu Miraculis (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous Luca Marenzio
J. Melvin Butler, organ


10.   Tribu Miraculis - 00:03:08


Lord God, You Now Have Set Your Servant Free (arr. R. Vaughan Williams) (more info)
Composed by: Ralph Vaughan Williams Orlando Gibbons
J. Melvin Butler, organ


11.   Lord God, You Now Have Set Your Servant Free (arr. R.V. Williams) - 00:01:03


Chorale Prelude: Wie schon leuchtet (more info)
J. Melvin Butler, organ
Helmut Walcha, organ


12.   Chorale Prelude: Wie schon leuchtet - 00:03:08


Tibi Christe, splendor Patris (Alleluia, Song of Gladness) (Sung in English) (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous
J. Melvin Butler, organ
Brian Fairbanks, flute


13.   Tibi Christe, splendor Patris (Alleluia, Song of Gladness) (Sung in English) - 00:02:35


Christus, Op. 97 (more info)
Performed by: Washington Choral Arts Society Orchestra
Composed by: Felix Mendelssohn
Conducted by: Jeffrey Skidmore Stephen Tilton Norman Scribner
Colm Carey, organ
Amy Wood, soprano
William Gaunt, bass
J. Melvin Butler, organ
Thomas Joyce, organ
Jeremy Budd, tenor
Greg Skidmore, baritone


14.   Christus, Op. 97: Behold a Star from Jacob Shining - 00:05:57


O Light of Light, Love Given Birth (after Elmhurst) (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous Cary Ratcliff
J. Melvin Butler, organ
Thomas Joyce, organ


15.   O Light of Light, Love Given Birth (after Elmhurst) - 00:02:17


In Splendenti Nube (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous Peter Philips
J. Melvin Butler, organ


16.   In Splendenti Nube - 00:03:01


Aeterne Rex altissime, O nata Lux de Lumine (O Wondrous Type! O Vision Fair) (Sung in English) (more info)
Composed by: William Knapp Anonymous
J. Melvin Butler, organ


17.   Aeterne Rex altissime, O nata Lux de Lumine (O Wondrous Type! O Vision Fair) (Sung in English) - 00:03:34


Chorale Prelude: Wie schon leuchtet (more info)
Composed by: Ludwig Lenel
J. Melvin Butler, organ


18.   Chorale Prelude: Wie schon leuchtet - 00:02:50


Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern (How Bright Appears the Morning Star) (Sung in English) (more info)
Composed by: Philipp Nicolai
J. Melvin Butler, organ


19.   Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern (How Bright Appears the Morning Star) (Sung in English) - 00:03:46

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