PROGRAM

CHRISTMAS on Sugarloaf Mountain

An Irish-Appalachian Celebration

Created & Directed by Jeannette Sorrell

Amanda Powell, soprano

Ross Hauck, tenor

Jeffrey Strauss & Aaron Keeney, baritones

Brian Kay, plucked instruments & vocals

Brian Bigley, Uillean pipes, Irish flute, dancer

with Michael Temesi, treble

Jeannette Sorrell, conductor & harpsichord

Apollo’s Singers & Apollo’s Musettes

Prologue: Christmas Eve at the Crossroads

Christmas Eve Reel – trad. Irish Old

Christmas Eve – trad. Appalachian, arr. J. Sorrell

I. Celtic Memories: Christmas in Old Ireland

The Truth Sent from Above - trad. British Isles, lyrics & arrangement by J. Sorrell - Ross Hauck & Amanda Powell, vocals

Sheep under the snow/Apples in Winter/Little Christmas Reel - trad. Irish, arr. R. Schiffer & S.P. Gilmore - Susanna Perry Gilmore, fiddle

Blow, Northern Wind – Medieval English Lyric, arr. B. Kay - Brian Kay, lute & vocals

Don Oiche úd i mBeithil (That Night in Bethlehem) - Brian Bigley, Uillean pipes

That Night in Bethlehem (Don Oiche úd i mBeithil) – trad. Gaelic, arr. J. Sorrell - Jeffrey Strauss, baritone

Nowell Sing We, Both All and Some – Medieval English, arr. J. Sorrell - Molly Netter, soprano & Jeffrey Strauss, baritone

Nowell, Tidings Trew – Medieval British & Irish, arr. J. Sorrell - Amanda Powell (narrator) | Jeffrey Strauss (Angel Gabriel) | Ellie Edwards (Young Mary)

II. Caroling Across the Waters

Innesheer/Ships in Full Sail/New Christmas Reel - trad. Irish, arr. K. Stewart - Kathie Stewart, flute with Luke Conklin, Brian Bigley & Co.

O Come Emmanuel 12th c. carol, arr. J. Sorrell

Somerset Wassail/Kentucky Wassail – trad. Celtic/Appalachian, arr. J. Sorrell - Ross Hauck, tenor & Aaron Keeney, baritone

– Intermission –

III. Wanderers Under the Sky

Joseph & Mary – trad. British carol

I Wonder as I Wander – trad. Appalachian (J. J. Niles), arr. J. Sorrell - Ross Hauck & Amanda Powell, vocals

Frost & Snow/28th of January/Over the Isles to America - trad. Celtic & Appalachian, arr. J. Sorrell, T.Bergmann - Jeannette Sorrell, harpsichord & Tina Bergmann, hammered dulcimer

IV. Christmas Morning in Appalachia

Bright Morning Stars – Southern folk hymn - Tina Bergmann, Amanda Powell, Ross Hauck, vocals

Star in the East | The Shepherd’s Star – The Southern Harmony, 1835

Jesus Born in Beth’ny – trad. Appalachian, arr. J. Sorrell - Michael Temesi, treble – with Apollo’s Musettes

Christ Child’s Lullaby (Talladh Chriosta) - trad. Scottish & Appalachian, arr. J. Sorrell - Amanda Powell, soprano

V. Christmas Barn Dance

Hop High Ladies/June Apple Reel – trad. Appalachian - Ian Crane, bagpipes & Brian Bigley, dancer

The Parting Glass – trad. Scottish/Irish, arr. J. Sorrell, R. Hauck

Cold Frosty Morning/Old Christmas/Breakin’ Up Christmas trad. Old Time, arr. R. Schiffer, J. Sorrell, T. Bergmann