{"id":17160,"date":"2025-10-31T09:44:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T13:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/?p=17160"},"modified":"2025-11-03T09:53:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T14:53:20","slug":"chanticleer-joy-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/chanticleer-joy-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Chanticleer Releases “Joy to the World” on Delos"},"content":{"rendered":"

The GRAMMY\u00ae Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer offers a truly sublime holiday listening experience and a new collaboration with Delos<\/strong>, releasing Joy to the World<\/em><\/strong> ahead of an extensive US Christmas tour. Famed for its \u201caccuracy of intonation, purity of blend, of color and swagger of style\u201d (Boston Globe<\/em>), the group makes its label debut with a new Christmas collection that blends tradition with innovation, combining Renaissance motets and fresh arrangements of classic carols with contemporary compositions, including two new commissions from Joanna Marsh. Showcasing the ensemble\u2019s extraordinary ability to move seamlessly and expertly between styles, Chanticleer\u2019s first Delos release conjures a wintertime world of magic, light, and wonder.<\/p>\n

Joy to the World,<\/em> traditional Christmas carols and new works by:<\/strong> Lowell Mason, Sarah Quartel, Michael Praetorius, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Crist\u00f3bal de Morales, Henry Gauntlett, John Jacob Niles, Steven Sametz, John Francis Wade, Franz Xaver Gruber, Richard Rodgers and Joanna Marsh.<\/p>\n

Listen here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The magic of Christmas lies in old meeting new: beloved traditions earn deeper meaning with each passing year. Family and friend structures develop, roles change, experiences multiply, and life accumulates, while the familiar rituals of Christmastime pass from one generation to the next. Similarly, the magic of Chanticleer\u2019s Christmas offerings come from the ensemble\u2019s extraordinary ability to move seamlessly and expertly between styles, allowing not only the juxtaposition of ancient and contemporary, but also fresh interpretations of enduring melodies.<\/p>\n

In Joy to the World,<\/em> we pay homage to the centuries-old tradition of Christmas choral music by singing motets composed by some of the finest Renaissance composers: Michael Praetorius, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and Cristo\u0301 bal de Morales. We also include many timeless Christmas carols \u2013 familiar tunes with words that resonate across generations. However, since this is Chanticleer, we bring a new perspective to each one. This album features seven new arrangements of holiday favorites: \u201cO Come, All Ye Faithful\u201d by vocal jazz expert Amanda Taylor, \u201cDing Dong Merrily on High\u201d and \u201cJoy to the World\u201d by Chanticleer\u2019s longest tenured singer, countertenor Adam Brett Ward, \u201cGood King Wenceslas \/ Little Girl Blue,\u201d \u201cOnce in Royal David\u2019s City,\u201d and \u201cSilent Night\u201d by Chanticleer\u2019s own vocal jazz star, bass-baritone Jared Graveley, and \u201cI Wonder as I Wander,\u201d arranged by Music Director Tim Keeler. Keeler has also arranged a little-known Appalachian folk tune, \u201cAnd the Trees Do Moan,\u201d bringing it to many ears for the first time.<\/p>\n

In addition to carols, the album features several contemporary compositions sure to become Christmas favorites. Composers Sarah Quartel and Steven Sametz contribute two joyful, winning works: \u201cThis Endris Night\u201d and \u201cA Christmas Fanfare (Angelus ad Virginem).\u201d Finally, Joanna Marsh completes our exploration of winter and the Christmas season with two brand new commissions, \u201cHands and the Hour\u201d and \u201cArrival at the Lantern Festival.\u201d These pieces were written for us and for our friends at the choir Zero8 in Stockholm. The works were inspired by Marsh\u2019s 2019 composition \u201cIn Winter\u2019s House,\u201d which has become a favorite of both groups. When asked to compose a companion piece, Marsh responded with \u201cHands and the Hour\u201d and \u201cArrival at the Lantern Festival,\u201d each setting a newly commissioned poem by Jane Draycott. The resulting triptych is full of wintertime magic, light, and wonder. –Music Director Tim Keeler<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The GRAMMY\u00ae Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer offers a truly sublime holiday listening experience and a new collaboration with Delos, releasing Joy to the World ahead of an extensive US Christmas tour. Famed for its \u201caccuracy of intonation, purity of blend, of color and swagger of style\u201d (Boston Globe), the group makes its label debut with … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3636,5914,5912,6045,4217,3868,5913],"class_list":["post-17160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-album","tag-chanticleer","tag-choir","tag-choral","tag-holiday","tag-release","tag-vocal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17162,"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17160\/revisions\/17162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/17161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}