Christmas in New York
Traditional Holiday Favorites with Violin, Harp, Organ, and Piano
Premiere Recording of The Place of the Blest by Randall Thompson with Chamber Orchestra
The New York City Children’s Chorus
Mary Wannamaker Huff, Conductor
Andrew Henderson, Piano and Organ
The New York City Children's Chorus is pleased to present Christmas in New York, a collection of our favorite Christmas carols that take the listener on a veritable tour of an NYCCC Christmas in New York, from the excitement of singing Deck the Hall and Jingle Bells in a live television performance at Rockefeller Center, to our favorite performance of “Gesu Bambino” in Pietro Yon's musical home at St. Patrick's Cathedral, to recordings of Christmas works by Norman Luboff, Peter Wilhousky, Randall Thompson, and Paul Halley, composers who were so strongly influenced by our beloved New York City.
simple gifts
The New York City Children’s Chorus
Mary Wannamaker Huff, Conductor
Andrew Henderson, Piano and Organ
With this first recording, we are pleased to introduce ourselves as the newest children’s choir in town; a community-based children’s chorus founded in 2012, steeped in the bel canto tradition of singing that claims classical music as its heart and soul. And what is for a young singer more at the core of the Western musical tradition than the art song?