This recording traverses Canada, America and the British isles in music that has helped define the culture of those nations. England is represented by two of its most celebrated composers, Holst and Vaughan Williams, and the iconic Scottish Auld Lang Syne is traditionally sung to greet each New Year. Celebrated Canadian songs include Jimmy Rankin’s Juno Award-winning Fare thee well love. Eric Whitacre’s distinctive harmonic clusters can be heard in Go lovely rose, and Gordon Lightfoot counts Bob Dylan among his many fans, Dylan once declaring that when he heard a song such as Pussywillows, cat-tails he wished ‘it would last forever’.
Baker, Dave
Nickel, Larry - Arranger
Baker, Dave - Lyricist
Old Lady Rose (arr. L. Nickel for choir and piano)
1 Old Lady Rose (arr. L. Nickel for choir and piano) 04:08
Traditional
Traditional - Lyricist
Quick, Jonathan - Arranger
Loch Lomond (arr. J. Quick for voice and choir)
2 Loch Lomond (arr. J. Quick for choir) 04:31
Watson Henderson, Ruth
Traditional - Lyricist
5 Ontario Folk Songs: No. 2.The Maggie Hunter
3 5 Ontario Folk Songs: No. 2.The Maggie Hunter 06:47
Healey, Derek
Traditional - Lyricist
6 Canadian Folk Songs, Set 1, Op. 41b: No. 6. Danse, Mon Moin, Danse! (version for choir and piano)
4 6 Canadian Folk Songs, Set 1, Op. 41b: No. 6. Danse, Mon Moin, Danse! (version for choir and piano) 03:02
Whitacre, Eric
Waller, Edmund - Lyricist
3 Flower Songs: No. 3. Go, Lovely Rose
5 3 Flower Songs: No. 3. Go, Lovely Rose 03:40
Burns, Robert
Burns, Robert - Lyricist
Mealor, Paul - Arranger
Ae Fond Kiss (arr. P. Mealor for choir)
6 Ae Fond Kiss (arr. P. Mealor for choir) 02:25
Novello, Ivor
Ralls, Stephen - Arranger
Novello, Ivor - Lyricist
Perchance to Dream: We'll Gather Lilacs (arr. S. Ralls for choir and piano)
7 Perchance to Dream: We'll Gather Lilacs (arr. S. Ralls for choir and piano) 03:27
Rogers, Stan
Rogers, Stan - Lyricist
Smail, Ron - Arranger
Fogarty's Cove (arr. R. Smail for choir)
8 Fogarty's Cove (arr. R. Smail for choir) 02:07
Lightfoot, Gordon
Lightfoot, Gordon - Lyricist
Nickel, Larry - Arranger
Pussy Willows, Cat-tails (arr. L. Nickel for choir and piano)
9 Pussy Willows, Cat-tails (arr. L. Nickel for choir and piano) 03:49
Holst, Gustav
Traditional - Lyricist
6 Choral Folk Songs, Op. 36b: No. 5. I Love My Love
10 6 Choral Folk Songs, Op. 36b: No. 5. I Love My Love 04:15
Somers, Harry
Traditional - Lyricist
5 Songs of the Newfoundland Outports: No. 5. Feller from Fortune
11 5 Songs of the Newfoundland Outports: No. 5. Feller from Fortune 02:48
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Shakespeare, William - Lyricist
3 Shakespeare Songs
12 No. 1. Full Fathom Five 02:15
13 No. 2. The Cloud-capp'd Towers 01:55
14 No. 3. Over Hill, Over Dale 01:07
Traditional
Marlow, Richard - Lyricist
Marlow, Richard - Arranger
Traditional - Lyricist
John Brown's Body (arr. R. Marlow for choir)
15 John Brown's Body (arr. R. Marlow for choir) 03:02
Paulus, Stephen
Vik, Della B. - Lyricist
Prairie Songs: No. 6. The Old Church
16 Prairie Songs: No. 6. The Old Church 03:10
Traditional
Burns, Robert - Lyricist
Farrington, Iain - Arranger
Auld Lang Syne (arr. I. Farrington for choir and piano)
17 Auld Lang Syne (arr. I. Farrington for choir and piano) 03:29
MacNeil, Rita
Calvert, Stuart - Arranger
MacNeil, Rita - Lyricist
She's Called Nova Scotia (arr. S. Calvert for voice, choir and piano)
18 She's Called Nova Scotia (arr. S. Calvert for voice, choir and piano) 04:44
Joel, Billy
Joel, Billy - Lyricist
And So It Goes (arr. for choir)
19 And So It Goes (arr. for choir) 03:40
Rankin, Jimmy
Rankin, Jimmy - Lyricist
Calvert, Stuart - Arranger
Fare Thee Well Love (arr. S. Calvert for choir and piano)
20 Fare Thee Well Love (arr. S. Calvert for choir and piano) 03:49
Dubinsky, Leon
Adams, Lydia - Arranger
Dubinsky, Leon - Lyricist
The Rise and Follies of Cape Breton: We Rise Again (arr. L. Adams for choir and piano)
21 The Rise and Follies of Cape Breton: We Rise Again (arr. L. Adams for choir and piano) 03:22
