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Companions in The Way

Andrew Donaldson, artistic director and conductor
Companions in The Way

Track Listing

  1. All Peoples Clap Your Hands
  2. Haitian Kyrie (Feuilles-Oh) *
  3. Stop By, Lord
  4. Pilgrims' Improv
  5. Am I Welcome Here? **
  6. For You *
  7. Jikelele
  8. For the Troubles and the Sufferings of the World *
  9. In Nothing Troubled (Nada te turbe) **
  10. Senzenina? *
  11. Companions in the Way **
  12. The Storm is Passing Over
  13. Night has Fallen
  14. We Will Go Out with Joy **

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With Many Voices (companion CD)

Andrew Donaldson, artistic director and conductor
With Many Voices companion CD

What might "thinking globally and singing locally" (in the apt phrase of the Hymn Society) 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.

Track Listing

  1. Who Is Like You *
  2. U-yai (O Come)
  3. U ya-i mose (Come, all God's People) *
  4. Oh Look and Wonder (Miren qué bueno) **
  5. Twende sote (Come, Go with Me) *
  6. Sanna, sannanina (Hosanna) *
  7. Santo, santo, santo (Argentina) *
  8. Santo, santo, santo (El Salvador) **
  9. Father in Heaven (Munamato wa tenzi) **
  10. Abba, Abba, Hear Us **
  11. Reamo leboga (We give our hands to you) **
  12. Tú fidelidad (I depend upon your faithfulness) **
  13. Nzamuranza (O Jesus Christ) *
  14. Although I Speak **
  15. When the Mighty Wind of God **
  16. Who Made the Earth and the Heaven **
  17. Gloria, Gloria, Gloria (Glory, Glory, Glory)
  18. God My Shepherd Gives Me All I Need **
  19. Why Do We Hunger for Beauty
  20. In Nothing Troubled (Nada te turbe) **
  21. All Peoples Clap Your Hands
  22. We Will Go Out With Joy **
  23. Not to Us *
  24. Christ Has Died, Christ Is Risen (Gospel Acclamation) **

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Read about the accompanying With Many Voices songbook here.

The Whole Bright World Rejoices

Andrew Donaldson, artistic director and conductor
The Whole Bright World Rejoices

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.

Track Listing

  1. Sanna, Sannanina *
  2. Kwase Kwase / Be Like Him
  3. The Glory of God **
  4. Hilariter
  5. You Walk Along our Shoreline *
  6. Ashokan Farewell
  7. Don't Be Afraid
  8. Tu Fidelidad **
  9. Santo, Santo, Santo
  10. Glenburnie
  11. Festival of Friends *
  12. We Will Go Out with Joy **

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So Many Patterns

Andrew Donaldson, artistic director and conductor
So Many Patterns

The Singers and Players of Beaches Presbyterian Church explore 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.

The result is a musical weaving that not only helped shape the worship of a local congregation, but also formed the core of a repertoire that this church choir took to New York, New York, Bay City, Michigan, and throughout Southern Ontario.

Track Listing

  1. Nzamuranza *
  2. Why Do We Hunger for Beauty? *
  3. Holy Spirit *
  4. Wings of an Eagle *
  5. Prayer of the Children
  6. Tu Fidelidad
  7. Reamo Leboga **
  8. Soon and Very Soon
  9. Tu Fidelidad (Instrumental) *
  10. Every Joy and Sorrow
  11. Farther Along
  12. Down in the River to Pray *
  13. The Body is One **
  14. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms *
  15. Think About These Things **

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Come Know My Joy: Hymns from The Book of Praise

Andrew Donaldson, artistic director and conductor
Come Know My Joy

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.

Track Listing

  1. Peoples, Clap Your Hands (#31)
  2. Many and Great (#301)
  3. Safe in Your Hands (#14) *
  4. Thy Word (#496)
  5. Come, O Thou Traveler (#693)
  6. Our Father in Heaven (#577) **
  7. Jesus, Lamb of God (#545) **
  8. "Abba, Abba, Hear Us," we cry (#785) **
  9. O Christ, You Wept (#604)
  10. Silence! Frenzied Unclean Spirit (#729) **
  11. You Satisfy the Hungry Heart (#538)
  12. Be Still and Know (#64)
  13. How Deep the Silence (#750)
  14. Come Know My Joy (#788) **
  15. We Cannot Own the Sunlit Sky (#717) *
  16. A Mighty Fortress (#316)
  17. Amen (#779)
  18. Wordless, Ancient Earth's Foundations (#714) **
  19. Aaronic Blessing (#832)
  20. When the Poor Ones (#762)
  21. Lord, O Lord our God (#713) *
  22. Holy, Holy, Holy (#303)
  23. Although I Speak with Angel's Tongue (#695) **
  24. Amen (#771)

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See the Publications page for information on The Book of Praise.

One Gracious Gift

Andrew Donaldson, artistic director and conductor
One Gracious Gift

"Each of the carols we offer here is a miniature nativity play. Each one allows singers and players to tell the story with their different instruments, voices, and gifts." - Rev. Diane Strickland

Track Listing

  1. Down in Yon Forest (Instrumental) *
  2. Comfort, Comfort You, My People
  3. The Angel Gabriel
  4. Song of Mary **
  5. In the Bleak Midwinter
  6. Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
  7. Silent Night, Holy Night *
  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 **
  17. I Wonder as I Wander (Instrumental)
  18. Song of Simeon **
  19. Go, Tell it on the Mountain
  20. Born in the Night
  21. Mary's Boy Chile

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Stained Glass

Andrew Donaldson, artistic director and conductor
Stained Glass

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 early 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.

Track Listing

  1. Come Let Us Sing
  2. Stained Glass
  3. Room at Your Table *
  4. Jesus Loves Me
  5. As a Hart Longs for Flowing Streams **
  6. Lord of the Starfields *
  7. Blessed by the Lord
  8. In the Company of All **
  9. African Suite
  10. She Flies On (She Comes Sailing on the Wind) *
  11. I am Bending my Knee (Celtic Prayer) **
  12. Legacy *
  13. Shout for Joy *
  14. The Summons (Will You Come and Follow Me) **
  15. Presbyterian Guitar
  16. All Good Gifts
  17. The Folly of the Cross **
  18. You are There **
  19. God be in My Head

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Andrew's words and music also appear on the following recordings by the Toronto Chamber Choir:

The Voice of my Beloved, 1999

  • I Slept but My Heart was Awake, (words adapted by Andrew Donaldson from the Song of Songs)

Welcome, my Lord Sir Christèmas, 2003

  • The Eagle, the Hen and the Dove, (words by Richard D. Leach)

Visit the Toronto Chamber Choir website for purchasing information.

* Arranged by Andrew Donaldson

** Words and/or music by Andrew Donaldson

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With Many Voices
The Whole Bright World Rejoices
So Many Patterns
Come Know My Joy
One Gracious Gift
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