Author: Choir of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, San Anselmo, CA
The choir of St. Nicholas Church celebrates the 50th anniversary of the parish with this premiere recording of 26 hymns from Nativity, Lent, Pascha, and the Feast of St. Nicholas, and three tracks of bell ringing. The hymns represented here reflect the rich and varied practice of liturgical singing at the parish, drawing upon a number of different chant traditions. Many arrangements, especially those by Fr. Stephan Meholick, have rarely been heard elsewhere; other settings reflect the works of local contemporary composers and church cantors. A variety of “model melodies” (prosomoia, podobny) are featured.
TRACK LISTING
1. Dyachkov, Andrei Blagovest and Optina Trezvon
2. Galician model melody Good and Faithful Servant
3. 'Bulgarian' to the melody Today the Virgin In Myra, O Saint
4. To the melody Hearken, O Women Guardian of Widows
5. Galician model melody Proceed, O Angelic Powers
6. Anonymous Praise the Name of the Lord
7. Anonymous Christ is Born, Odes 1-8
8. Carpathian Nativity Canon; 9th Ode
9. Traditional, Exapostilarion for Nativity of Christ Our Savior, the Dayspring
10. Carpathian 'Bulgarian', arr. Archbishop Job (Osacky) Heaven and Earth are United Today
11. Anonymous Gladsome Light (Slavonic)
12. Georgievsky Trevon
13. Carpathian, arr. Archbishop Job (Osacky) Turn Not Thy Face
14. Galician All of Creation
15. Carpathian, arr. Archbishop Job (Osacky) Let My Prayer Arise
16. Monk Martin (Gardner) Out of the Mouths
17. Bulgarian folk melody Hymn of Cassia
18. Carpathian, arr. Archbishop Job (Osacky) Thy Bridal Chamber
19. Carpathian Tone 6 Canon melody Of Thy Mystical Supper
20. Carpathian chant The Wise Thief (Slavonic)
21. Aprahamian, Maia The Cross
22. Aprahamian, Maia The Light of Thy Countenance
23. arr. J. Von Gardner, English adapt. V. Morosan Arise, O God
24. Carpathian, Tone 7 Very Early in the Morning
25. Georgian Chant Christ is Risen (Georgian)
26. Serbian Canon melody Christ is Risen (Serbian)
27. Exapostilarion for All Saints of N. American Our Savior, the Dayspring
28. Model Melody Having set all their hope Rejoice, O Hills of Northern California
29. Dyachkov, Andrei Festal Trezvon
