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Release Date: 26-10-1998
Label: Celestial Harmonies
Catalog Number: 17077-2
Barcode: 13711707724
Musical Style: Christmas
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen [02:29] | 8 | Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella [02:36] |
| 2 | The First Noel [03:06] | 9 | Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace) [03:44] |
| 3 | What Child Is This? (Greensleeves) [04:29] | 10 | Le Berceuse de Muffe / We Three Kings [04:34] |
| 4 | St Basil's Hymn [02:31] | 11 | Jesus Jesus Rest Your Head [03:36] |
| 5 | O Come O Come Emmanuel [03:05] | 12 | The Gloucester Wassail / When Blossoms Flowered 'Midst The Snow (The Christmas Rose) [02:53] |
| 6 | Silent Night (Still Nicht) [04:05] | 13 | Auld Lang Syne [04:31] |
| 7 | Oxen and Sheep (The Carol of the Birds) [04:03] | ||
Description:
Patrick Ball's holiday recording, The Christmas Rose, is a celebration of Christmas, with Celtic style and tradition. This assortment of favorite seasonal classics performed on the wire-strung Celtic harp reverberates with a crystalline, bell–like sound that recalls the crisp beauty of newly fallen snow glistening on a Christmas morning. Ball performs his own festive arrangements on Celtic harp, occasionally joined by Irish penny whistles and the Irish uilleann bagpipes. The selections include God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, The First Noel and Auld Lang Syne. His delicate, deeply resonant renditions of What Child Is This? and Silent Night call forth the blessed stillness of that first Christmas eve, while his performances of less familiar carols like the fourteenth century French tune, Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella and the German canon, Give Us Peace, add to the sense of freshness and discovery in this sixteen piece collection. The story of Christmas is one of joy and hope,' says Ball, 'Joy that a Savior is born and hope that His coming will bring us peace. It seems fitting then, that the Celtic harp should play the music of Christmas, for this legendary, brass–strung instrument has brought joy and hope to the Irish people for over a thousand years.''
Biography:
Patrick Ball is one of the premier celtic harp players in the world and a captivating storyteller in the Celtic tradition. He has recorded nine instrumental and three spoken word albums which have sold well over one–half million copies internationally and won national awards in both the music and spoken word categories. His critically acclaimed solo musical theater piece, O’Carolan’s Farewell to Music, brings to the stage the legendary life, the turbulent times and the glorious music of Ireland’s most celebrated and beloved musician, Turlough O’Carolan. Patrick Ball is “a rare artist,” for in playing the ancient, legendary brass–strung harp of Ireland with its crystalline, bell–like voice and in telling the marvelous old tales of wit and enchantment, he not only carries on two of the richest traditions of Celtic culture, but blends them in concert to create “a richly theatrical and hauntingly beautiful” performance.
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