Setting of poem by Fr. Gino Vanzillotta in memory of the founder of the Minims order, St. Francis of Paola....
Setting a text from St. Martin-in-the-Fields, this high energy anthem is highly rhythmic and syncopated, and features this refrain: "Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel, Gloria in excelsis Deo." Verses (in English) are very conscious of taking Jesus' message of love, justice,...
Setting of poem by Fr. Gino Vanzillotta in memory of the founder of the Minims order, St. Francis of Paola....
Setting a text from St. Martin-in-the-Fields, this high energy anthem is highly rhythmic and syncopated, and features this refrain: "Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel, Gloria in excelsis Deo." Verses (in English) are very conscious of taking Jesus' message of love, justice,...
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SATB/congregation, organ, brass quartet, timpani [c. 8:30]
To celebrate Bishop McFarland's 25th anniversary as bishop and 50th as priest, Holy Family Cathedral, Orange, CA, commissioned this triumphant and stirring setting of "Hyfrydol" to words by Peter Scagnelli.
[Excerpt from rehearsal at Holy Family Cathedral, Matt Gray, director.]
