Trumpets Sound, Voices Ring: A Joyous Christmas - American Boychoir, Atlantic Brass Quintet

Great religious and secular festivals have inspired a wealth of music which has been sung and played over the centuries to highlight the rhythms of each passing year. The major winter and spring festivals which are observed in the Christian Church as Christmas and Easter have created a vast treasure of liturgical music and popular religious song. These same holidays are preceded by four to six weeks of preparation and followed by several weeks of related seasons -- Epiphany following the twelve days of Christmas, and the 50 days of Eastertide, which includes the festivals of the Ascension and Pentecost, following Easter Day. Of all the yearly festivals it is the winter celebrations of Advent-Christmas-Epiphany which have produced the greatest amount of music. Even during recent decades when composers rarely write major choral works based on religious texts, the wealth of new Christmas music which appears each season never diminishes. Without doubt the touching imagery of the Advent-Christmas-Epiphany story, with its primary message of family, peace and goodwill, appeals to those of all faiths. The American Boychoir and the Atlantic Brass bring a new sound to this festive music