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Cantus: All is Calm

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An uplifting musical drama about the surprising 1914 World War I Christmas Truce. Cantus, one of America's most accomplished male choirs, and Theater Latté Da have created a profoundly moving new work of musical radio theater. Using the diary entries of soldiers and beautiful new arrangements of Christmas favorites, All is Calm tells both sides of the story, as men who had been trying to kill each other in the fields of France, spontaneously put down their guns, walked across no-man's land, and sang together. All is Calm is by Peter Rothstein with musical arrangements by Erick Lichte and Timothy C. Takach.

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Host:

Julie Amacher

Producer:

Scott Blankenship

Program Length:

59:00

ContentDepot:

Dec. 5 at 9am ET

Broadcast Rights:

Affiliate stations may carry this program two times before January 11, 2009. The program must be carried in its entirety. No excerpting is permitted. Simulcast streaming rights are available for this program. Prior to carrying this program, stations must contact their American Public Media Station Relations Representative.

Fees: See Program Fees page

 

Program Web Site:
http://americanpublicmedia.publicradio.org/programs/xmas_cantus/

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Program Playlist:

Scottish Folk Song: Will Ye go to Flanders
Solo: Shahzore Shah

Irving Berlin: Come on and Join (Alexander's Ragtime Band)

English Traditional: God Save the King

Jack Judge/Harry Williams: It's a Long Way to Tipperary

George Asaf/Felix Powell: Pack up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag

English Traditional: The Old Barbed Wire
Solo: Adam Reinwald, Dashon Burton

Lieut. Gitz Rice: I want to go home.

Franz Joseph Haydn: Deutschlandlied

Ivor Novello: Keep the Home-fires Burning

12th Century Chant: O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Harrington/Scott: Christmas in the Camp
Solo: Aaron Humble

English Traditional Carol: We wish You a Merry Christmas

Karl Wilhelm: Die Wacht am Rhein

English Traditional: Christmas in the Cookhouse
Solo: Adam Reinwald, Michael Jones

German Carol, arr. Timothy C. Takach: O Tannenbaum

Franz Gruber, arr. Erick Lichte: Silent Night
Solo: Tom McNichols

French Traditional Carol: Angels We Have Heard on High

French Traditional Carol: Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella

German Carol: In Dulci Jubilo

Erick Lichte: Wassail
Solo: Timothy C. Takach, Aaron Humble

Adolph Adam: O Holy Night
Solo: Gary Ruschman

Scottish Folk Song, arr. Erick Lichte: Will Ye go to Flanders (reprise)
Solo: Shahzore Shah

Philip Nicolai, arr. Erick Lichte: Wie Schon leuchtet der Morgenstern

Piae Cantionis: Good King Wenceslas

Scottish Folk Song, arr. Timothy C. Takach: Auld Lang Syne
Solo Adam Reinwald

English Bugle Call: The Last Post
Trumpet: Adam Reinwald

Franz Gruber, arr. Erick Lichte: Silent Night (reprise)

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Timings & Cues:

TOTAL PROGRAM LENGTH: 59:00

00:00 INCUE: (music) Will Ye go to Flanders with Winston Churchill quote
36:00 OUTCUE: (music) Silent Night (reprise)

36:00 Floating break (:60)

37:00 INCUE: Traditional: Angels We Have Heard on High
59:00 OUTCUE: APM LOGO
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