Andrew’s choral albums explore the joys and sorrows of living our faith.
Andrew’s choral albums explore the joys and sorrows of living our faith.
These collections share the common thread of giving voice to community through the rich and varied gifts of its members.
At the same time, we were searching for arresting, challenging, exciting and memorable music that would help us explore and express our faith.
Andrew Donaldson, artistic director and conductor
Showcasing the deep musicality and spirituality of Hilariter and director Andrew Donaldson, these pieces probe, question, lament, and ultimately affirm the long, winding journey of faith.
New compositions by Andrew Donaldson and Debra Finlayson are highlights of this moving, mature, beautiful collection of songs and instrumental meditations.
= Music & Words by Andrew Donaldson
= Arranged by Andrew Donaldson
| 1. All Peoples Clap Your Hands | |
| 2. Haitian Kyrie (Feuilles-Oh)
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| 3. Stop By, Lord | |
| 4. Pilgrims' Improv | |
| 5. Am I Welcome Here?
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| 6. For You
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| 7. Jikelele | |
| 8. For the Troubles and the Sufferings of the World |
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| 9. In Nothing Troubled (Nada te turbe)
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| 10. Senzenina?
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| 11. Companions in the Way
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| 12. The Storm is Passing Over | |
| 13. Night has Fallen | |
| 14. We Will Go Out with Joy
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Andrew Donaldson, artistic director and conductor
What might "thinking globally and singing locally" sound like?
From Santo, Santo, Santo, an El Salvadorean song of joy and fiesta in the midst of struggle, to Abba, Abba, Hear Us, a scripture paraphrase set to the classic Korean folk tune, these songs invite a congregation to sing and be transformed by music from the world church.
This collection presents songs that found a welcome not only in local congregations, but in workshops and worship services throughout North America.
Get this CD together with the With Many Voices songbook, featuring all the songs from the album arranged for choir and congregation by Andrew Donaldson. A must-have for your church! Read more...
= Music & Words by Andrew Donaldson
= Arranged by Andrew Donaldson
| 1. Who Is Like You
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| 2. U-yai (O Come)
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| 3. U ya-i mose (Come, all God's People)
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| 4. Oh Look and Wonder (Miren qué bueno)
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| 5. Twende sote (Come, Go with Me)
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| 6. Sanna, sannanina (Hosanna)
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| 7. Santo, santo, santo (Argentina)
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| 8. Santo, santo, santo (El Salvador)
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| 9. Father in Heaven (Munamato wa tenzi)
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| 10. Abba, Abba, Hear Us
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| 11. Reamo leboga (We give our hands to you)
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| 12. Tù fidelidad (I depend upon your faithfulness)
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| 13. Nzamuranza (O Jesus Christ)
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| 14. Although I Speak
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| 15. When the Mighty Wind of God
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| 16. Who Made the Earth and the Heaven
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| 17. Gloria, Gloria, Gloria (Glory, Glory, Glory) | |
| 18. God My Shepherd Gives Me All I Need
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| 19. Why Do We Hunger for Beauty | |
| 20. In Nothing Troubled (Nada te turbe)
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| 21. All Peoples Clap Your Hands | |
| 22. We Will Go Out With Joy
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| 23. Not to Us
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| 24. Christ Has Died, Christ Is Risen (Gospel Acclamation)
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Andrew Donaldson, artistic director and conductor
This CD is a combination of instrumental and vocal music in an eclectic mixture of styles and genres. What binds it together is the sheer joy of voices singing together.
Some of the selections - such as Tu Fidelidad, Santo, Santo, Santo, or You Walk Along Our Shoreline - are clearly congregational songs and are here presented as such. Others, like Sanna, Sannanina or The Glory of God, have been used as anthems, but can still be sung in their basic form by a congregation.
It is rare that the same music works well for congregational singing and for private listening. This album is an exception. From the first glimpse of the playful cover photo to the last song on the CD, the recording has an infectious charm. Hilariter is clearly an ensemble that enjoys making music together. That sense of community permeates the recording, inviting the listener into their circle.
Greg Scheer, Calvin Institute for Reformed Worship
= Music & Words by Andrew Donaldson
= Arranged by Andrew Donaldson
| 1. Sanna, Sannanina
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| 2. Kwase Kwase / Be Like Him | |
| 3. The Glory of God
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| 4. Hilariter | |
| 5. You Walk Along our Shoreline
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| 6. Ashokan Farewell | |
| 7. Don't Be Afraid | |
| 8. Tu Fidelidad
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| 9. Santo, Santo, Santo | |
| 10. Glenburnie | |
| 11. Festival of Friends
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| 12. We Will Go Out with Joy
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Andrew Donaldson, artistic director and conductor
This album explores that elusive "third way" between the classical church music tradition and the Praise & Worship/Christian Contemporary repertoire.
Songs from the world church are mixed with traditional male quartet gospel (Leaning on the Everlasting Arms). Why Do We Hunger for Beauty is an a capella gem; Wings of an Eagle draws from singer/songwriter Steve Bell's catalogue of country pop, and Andrew Donaldson's The Body is One is a latin-tinged song of celebration and communion, based on an old classical form, that of variations on a ground bass.
= Music & Words by Andrew Donaldson
= Arranged by Andrew Donaldson
| 1. Nzamuranza
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| 2. Why Do We Hunger for Beauty?
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| 3. Holy Spirit
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| 4. Wings of an Eagle
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| 5. Prayer of the Children | |
| 6. Tu Fidelidad
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| 7. Reamo Leboga
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| 8. Soon and Very Soon | |
| 9. Tu Fidelidad (Instrumental)
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| 10. Every Joy and Sorrow | |
| 11. Farther Along | |
| 12. Down in the River to Pray
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| 13. The Body is One
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| 14. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
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| 15. Think About These Things
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Andrew Donaldson, artistic director and conductor
Hymns ask our questions, shape and re-shape our answers. They call us together, disturb and comfort us; they challenge our boundaries, and stay with us as we go out in love and service.
This collection of songs explores some of the lesser-known treasures of the 1997 Book of Praise of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Hymns, songs and service music (listed with their Book of Praise numbers) appear with eclectic instrumentation including harp, piano, classical guitar and percussion.
This well-programmed CD blends old and new, with hymn texts by Martin Luther and Charles Wesley, as well as Ruth Duck, Amy Grant, Joy Patterson, and Thomas Troeger. Donaldson and his choir and instrumentalists bring a natural, unaffected sounding unity to the quite diverse material. It can't be as easy as they make it sound and I compliment them on that.
Richard Leach in The Hymn
I think the fight over "old" and "new" is childish. Too often, it's really a quarrel between "familiar" and "unfamiliar". What we call a "new" hymn may have been penned in the 12th century! What we really mean is: "It's new to me. I don't know it." There's really only one cure for that. Buy the CD. Listen to it. Then sing these hymns to God and be glad.
Andrew Fullerton in The Presbyterian Record
= Music & Words by Andrew Donaldson
= Arranged by Andrew Donaldson
| 1. Peoples, Clap Your Hands (#31) | |
| 2. Many and Great (#301) | |
| 3. Safe in Your Hands (#14)
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| 4. Thy Word (#496) | |
| 5. Come, O Thou Traveler (#693) | |
| 6. Our Father in Heaven (#577)
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| 7. Jesus, Lamb of God (#545)
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| 8. "Abba, Abba, Hear Us," we cry (#785)
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| 9. O Christ, You Wept (#604) | |
| 10. Silence! Frenzied Unclean Spirit (#729)
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| 11. You Satisfy the Hungry Heart (#538) | |
| 12. Still and Know (#64) | |
| 13. How Deep the Silence (#750) | |
| 14. Come Know My Joy (#788)
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| 15. We Cannot Own the Sunlit Sky (#717)
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| 16. A Mighty Fortress (#316) | |
| 17. Amen (#779) | |
| 18. Wordless, Ancient Earth's Foundations (#714)
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| 19. Aaronic Blessing (#832) | |
| 20. When the Poor Ones (#762) | |
| 21. Lord, O Lord our God (#713)
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| 22. Holy, Holy, Holy (#303) | |
| 23. Although I Speak with Angel's Tongue (#695)
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| 24. Amen (#771) |
Andrew Donaldson, artistic director and conductor
An eclectic, mystical, compelling collection of carols and songs for advent and Christmas.
Each of the carols we offer here is a miniature nativity play. Each one allows the singers and players to tell the story with their different instruments, voices, and gifts.
Christmas recordings often become background music. "One Gracious Gift" will be fine in that role. It will also please those who stop what they are doing and listen.
Richard Leach in The Hymn
= Music & Words by Andrew Donaldson
= Arranged by Andrew Donaldson
| 1. Down in Yon Forest (Instrumental)
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| 2. Comfort, Comfort You, My People | |
| 3. The Angel Gabriel | |
| 4. Song of Mary
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| 5. In the Bleak Midwinter | |
| 6. Hark! the Herald Angels Sing | |
| 7. Silent Night, Holy Night
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| 8. Jesus Child | |
| 9. Lo, How a Rose | |
| 10. Carol of the Bells | |
| 11. Down in Yon Forest (Choral) | |
| 12. Riu, Riu, Chiu | |
| 13. Sans Day Carol | |
| 14. The Wexford Carol | |
| 15. The Holly and the Ivy | |
| 16. Tree Ever Green
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| 17. I Wonder as I Wander (Instrumental) | |
| 18. Song of Simeon
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| 19. Go, Tell it on the Mountain | |
| 20. Born in the Night | |
| 21. Mary's Boy Chile |
Andrew Donaldson, artistic director and conductor
Chipped, stained, fragile, we are all in need of the Artist's skillful repair. When God's grace brings us together, we become living windows.
This first CD by the Singers and Players of Beaches Presbyterian Church was a both a portrait of the music of our worshiping community and sketches for what it was becoming. The piano pop of Keith Green's Stained Glass mixes with Bruce Cockburn's soaring Lord of the Starfields, Gordon Light's folk anthem She Flies On and a suite of African worship and freedom songs.
= Music & Words by Andrew Donaldson
= Arranged by Andrew Donaldson
| 1. Come Let Us Sing | |
| 2. Stained Glass | |
| 3. Room at Your Table
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| 4. Jesus Loves Me | |
| 5. As a Hart Longs for Flowing Streams
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| 6. Lord of the Starfields
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| 7. Blessed by the Lord | |
| 8. In the Company of All
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| 9. African Suite | |
| 10. She Flies On (She Comes Sailing on the Wind)
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| 11. I am Bending my Knee (Celtic Prayer)
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| 12. Legacy
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| 13. Shout for Joy
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| 14. The Summons (Will You Come and Follow Me)
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| 15. Presbyterian Guitar | |
| 16. All Good Gifts | |
| 17. The Folly of the Cross
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| 18. You are There
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| 19. God be in My Head |
Andrew's recordings have appeared in other resources; contact him for info.