Music Ensemble Recordings

1989 - Present

Let My Love Be Heard

Concordia University Wind Symphony
Dr. Richard R. Fischer, Conductor

 1. All Creatures of Our God and King David Gilson
 2. Fantasy on Thy Strong Word Joseph Pappas
 3. Pennsylvania Faux Songs Johan de Meij
 4. A Solemn Place Wayne Oquin
 5. Come Thou Fount of Ev'ry Blessing William R. Brusick
 6. A Childhood Hymn David Holsinger
 7. Sanctus Ola Gjeilo
 8. Let My Love Be Heard Jake Runestad
 9. I Shall Love But Thee Jan Van der Roost
10. Angels in the Architecture Frank Ticheli

Concordia University Chicago Kapelle
Charles P. Brown, Conductor

 1. Arise, Shine Kenneth Jennings
 2. Ubi Caritas Maurice Duruflé
 3. Place Me Like a Seal Jonathan Stahlke
 4. Love Bade Me Welcome David Hurd
 5. Rise Up My Love, My Fair One Carl Schalk
 6. Ubi Caritas Paul Mealor
 7. Wedding Cantata Daniel Pinkham
 8. How Can I Keep From Singing Robert Wadsworth Lowry
 9. The Spheres Ola Gjeilo
10. Upon Your Heart Eleanor Daley
11. Bóg Jest Miłością Taizé Community
12. God Loves Me Dearly arr. Charles P. Brown
13. Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me Jonathan Kohrs
14. Oculus non vidit Rihards Dubra
15. Oh, What a Beautiful City Stacey V. Gibbs
16. Müde bin ich geh zur Ruh arr. Thomas Gieschen

Concordia University Wind Symphony
Dr. Richard R. Fischer, Conductor

 1. Fanfare and Hymn: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God Jay Bocook
 2. African Harmony (Songs from Mama Africa)--instrumental version Johan de Meij
 3. In Peace, I Now Depart setting by Joseph Pappas
 4. Lux Aurumque Eric Whitacre
 5. Psalm 46 John Zdechlik
 6. Lead the Little Children arr. Benjamin Culli
 7. To the Virgin-Born Stephen M. Lounsbrough
 8. Wayfaring Stranger Christopher Nelson
 9. African Harmony (Songs from Mama Africa)--with choir version Johan de Meij
10. A Reflection on Love Unknown William R. Brusick
11. A Might Fortress Is Our God setting by B. Wayne Bisbee

Wind Symphony (2015)
Richard R. Fischer, Conductor

Banners of Concord CD Cover

 1. Psalm 150 Jack Stamp
 2. Evening Song C. C. Scholefield
 3. Banner of Concord Reber Clark
 4. The Water Is Wide Rick Kirby
 5. Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light J. S. Bach
 6. Luminescence David Biedenbender
 7. America the Beautiful Philip Rothman
 8. Nettleton arr. Johnnie Vinson
 9. God of Our Fathers Claude T. Smith
10. Let Everything That Has Breath Barry Bobb
11. Mayflower Overture Ron Nelson
12. Fortress of the Rose Reber Clark
13. Tower Ascending Wayne Oquin
14. Who Puts His Trust in God Most Just J. S. Bach
15. No Finer Calling Julie Giroux

PIllars of Concordia

Kapelle, Schola Cantorum, Laudate, Männerchor, Wind Symphony (2014)

 1. Prayer of Good Courage Jonathan Stahlke
 2. O God and Father, Source and Destination Carl Schalk
 3. Thy Strong Word arr. Maurice Boyer
 4. Lord, Whose Love through Humble Service arr. Steven Wente
 5. Here I Am, Lord arr. Jonathan Kohrs
 6. Jesus, Priceless Treasure arr. Charles P. Brown
 7. Alleluia, Voices Raise Richard Hillert
 8. The King of Love My Shepherd Is arr. Paul Bouman
 9. The Church's One Foundation arr. Paul Manz
10. Praise the Almighty, My Soul Adore Him arr. Paul Bunjes
11. Lift High the Cross arr. Carl Schalk
12. Müde bin ich geh zur Ruh arr. Thomas Gieschen

Wind Symphony (2013)
Richard R. Fischer, Conductor

 1. Joy in All Things Brian Balmages
 2. On an American Spiritual David Holsinger
 3. What Sweeter Music John Rutter
 4. Let the Amen Sound Travis Cross
 5. My Faith Looks Up to Thee Timothy Rhea
 6. Shipston Prelude Stephen Bulla
 7. Divinum Mysterium arr. James Swearingen
 8. Shall We Gather at the River Dan Goeller
 9. Panis Angelicus César Franck
10. Fantasy on a Gaelic Hymnsong David Holsinger
11. Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation setting by Carl Schalk
12. For All the Saints setting by Richard Hillert
13. Alma Mater Paul Manz

Concordia University Chicago Kapelle
Charles P. Brown, Conductor

 1. Exultate Deo Francis Poulenc
 2. Elijah Rock Jester Hairston
 3. Joshua Fit De Battle of Jericho Moses Hogan
 4. Ach arme Welt,du trügest mich, Op. 110, No. 2   Johann Brahms
 5. The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want     arr. John Ferguson 
 6. Great Day Warren Martin
 7. The Lamb John Tavener
 8. Libera Me, Domine from Requiem Op. 48     Gabriel Faure
 9. God Loves Me Dearly Charles P. Brown
10. Witness Jack Halloran
11. Soon Ah Will Be Done William Dawson
12. My Lord, What a Mornin’       Harry T. Burleigh
13. Lord, If I Got My Ticket, Can I Ride?  arr. Robert Shaw
14. At The River Aaron Copeland
15. Müde bin ich geh zur Ruh Thomas Gieschen 
16. Peace I Leave with You  Walter Pelz

Recorded: Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest, April 11, May 9-10, 13, 2012

(2011)
Wind Symphony (Richard R. Fischer, Conductor)
Chamber Orchestra (Maurice Boyer, Conductor)
Kapelle (Charles P. Brown, Conductor)
Schola Cantorum (Jonathan Kohrs, Conductor)
Laudate (Maurice Boyer, Conductor)
Mannerchor (Charles P. Brown, Conductor)

 1. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty Joachim Neander
 2. They Led My Lord Away Adoniram J. Gordon
 3. Hymn Variants Alfred Reed
 4. American Hymnsong Suite Dwayne S. Milburn
 5. Nicaea (Holy, Holy, Holy) arr. William Himes
 6. Be Thou My Vision arr. Travis J. Cross
 7. With Heart and Voice arr. David R. Gillingham
 8. Like a River Glorious James Mountain
 9. A Hymn for Band Hugh Stuart
10. Ouverture from  "Masques et bergamasques", Op. 112 Gabriel Fauré
11. O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, BWV 118 Johann Sebastian Bach
12. Thy Strong Word arr. Maurice Boyer

Wind Symphony (2009)
Richard R. Fischer, Conductor

 1. Mayflower Overture Ron Nelson
 2. On a Hymnsong of Lowell Mason David Holsinger
 3. The Church's One Foundation Paul Manz, trans. Benjamin Culli
 4. If Thou Be Near J. S. Bach, arr. Alfred Reed
 5. Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing Jacob Bancks
 6. Keep Silence David Gillingham
 7. Amazing Grace arr. William Himes
 8. Reformation Fanfare Nicholas Stark
 9. Beneath Night's Shadow Reber Clark
10. Bogoroditse Devo from Vespers, Op. 37 Sergei Rachmaninoff, trans. Brad Genevro
12. Hymn Variants, 3. Exultation Alfred Reed

Wind Symphony (2007)
Richard R. Fischer, Conductor

 1. Let Us Rejoice: Fanfare and Hymn Bill Locklear
 2. The King of Love My Shepherd Is arr. Dan Forrest, Jr.
 3. Fortress of the Rose Reber Clark
 4. God of Our Fathers Thomas Knox
 5. Light of My Soul David R. Gillingham
 6. Methuselah II (excerpt) Masuro Tanaka
 7. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming arr. Daniel Walter
 8. Today Is the Gift Samuel Hazo
 9. O Sacred Head Now Wounded William Latham
10. Rhapsody for Mandolin and Wind Symphony Jeffrey Midkiff
11. Jupiter Hymn from The Planets Gustav Holst, arr. Johan de Meij
12. Voluntary on Old Hundreth Henry Purcell, trans. James Curnow

Wind Symphony (2005)
Richard R. Fischer, Conductor

1. Lauda Anima Stephen Bulla
2. Hymn of St. James Reber Clark
3. God of Our Fathers Claude T. Smith
4. Variations on Down Ampney Jack Stamp
5. Chorale and Shaker Dance John Zdechlik
6. O Magnum Mysterium Morten Lauridsen
7. Crown Him with Many Crowns arr. Jeffrey Blersch
8. Alleluia! Laudamus Te Alfred Reed
9. Who Puts His Trust in God Most Just J. S. Bach, arr. James Croft

Kapelle (2005)
Charles P. Brown, Conductor
Carl Schalk, Composer

 1. Shine Like Stars
 2. God of the Sparrow, God of the Whale
 3. We Christians May Rejoice Today
 4. Brightest and Best of the Stars of the Morning
 5. Jesus, Jesus, Light from Light
 6. Baptized in Living Waters
 7. Take the Bread, Children, Take the Bread
 8. O Sons and Daughters of the King
 9. To You, O Comforter Divine
10. Lord, We Will Remember Thee
11. A Child Is Born in Bethlehem
12. His Voice Is in the Thunder, in the Storm
13. Christ Sits at God's Right Hand
14. A Strangely Quiet Bethlehem
15. Jesus! Name of Wondrous Love
16. There Was a Maid in Nazareth
17. Add One More Song to That Unending One
18. Let Sighing Cease and Woe
19. Christ Goes Before

(2003)
Richard Hillert, Composer

 1. Canzona from Three Pieces for  Brass
 2. Alleluia, Voices Raise
 3. Festival Te Deum II
 4. As Lately We Watched
 5. Glory to God from Festival Liturgy
 6. To Jesus Who Is King
 7. When in the Hour of Deepest Need
 8. Awake, My Heart, with Gladness
 9. Worthy Is Christ
10. Prepare Us, Lord
11. O Kingly Love
12. Amid the World's Bleak Wilderness
13. We Rely on the Power of God
14. When in Our Music God Is Glorified
15. Festival Kyrie
16. Image of the Unseen God

Wind Symphony (2003)
Richard R. Fischer, Conductor

 1. Sine Nomine Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. Bruce Houseknecht
 2. Swedish Folk Song: How Great Thou Art arr. Peter Graham
Simple Gifts (Four Shaker Songs) Frank Ticheli
    3. In Yonder Valley  
    4. Dance  
    5. Here Take This Lovely Flower  
    6. Simple Gifts  
 7. Lift High the Cross arr. Carl Schalk
 8. Be Thou My Vision David R. Gillingham
 9. Christ Is made the Sure Foundation setting by Carl Schalk, arr. Benjamin Culli
10. Come Sweet Death J. S. Bach, vocal setting by Geremy Zieroth
11. Come Sweet Death J. S. Bach, trans. by Alfred Reed
12. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor J. S. Bach, scored by Donald Hunsberger
13. Ave Verum Corpus W. A. Mozart, arr. Joseph Kreines
14. All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name setting by Jonathan Kohrs
All Hail the Power  
    15. I. Fanfare Jack Stamp
    16. II. Retreat Timothy Mahr
    17. III. Dance Andrew Boysen, Jr.
    18. IV. Fantasia Joseph Pappas
    19. V. Finale David R. Gillingham
20. Dixieland Jamboree arr. John Warrington
21. Alma Mater Paul O. Manz

Kapelle
Charles P. Brown, Conductor
Paul G. Bunjes, Composer

 1. Praise the Almighty, My Soul, Adore Him
 2. Benedictus and Let the Earth Now Praise the Lord
 3. Comfort, Comfort Ye My People
 4. Once Again My Heart Rejoices
 5. In Dulci Jubilo
 6. This Little Babe
 7. Built On the Rock the Church Doth Stand
 8. Introit for Palmarum
 9. All Glory, Laud and Honor
10. Intervenient Chant for Easter Sunday
11. I Know that My Redeemer Lives
12. Jerusalem, My Happy Home
13. He Loves Us Forever
14. Jesus, Sun of Life, My Splendor
15. A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

Wind Symphony (2001)
Richard Fischer,  Conductor
with Kapelle, Charles P. Brown, conductor
and congregation

 1. A Mighty Fortress Is Our God setting by B. Wayne Bisbee
 2. Amazing Grace setting by William Himes
 3. Fanfare Prelude "O God Our Help in Ages Past" James Curnow
 4. Salvation Is Created (choral version) Pavel Chesnokov
 5. Salvation Is Created (instrumental version) arr. Bruce Houseknecht
 6. Fanfare Prelude: O How Shall I Receive Thee J. Robert Hanson
 7. Earth and All Stars setting by Jayce Ogren
 8. An American Elegy Frank Ticheli
 9. For All the Saints setting by Richard Hillert
10. Blessed Are They Johannes Brahms
11. The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune setting by Ralph Vaughan Williams

Wind Symphony (1999)
Richard Fischer, Conductor

1. Eternal Father, Strong to Save Claude T. Smith
2. The King of Love My Shepherd Is Alfred Reed
3. Fantasy on a Gaelic Hymnsong David R. Holsinger
4. Who Puts His Trust in God Most Just J. S. Bach
5. Rejouissance James Curnow
6. Greensleeves arr. Alfred Reed
7. My Jesus! Oh, What Anguish J. S. Bach
8. The Deathtree David Holsinger

Kapelle (1999)
Kurt Amolsch, Conductor

 1. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing arr. Thomas Gieschen
 2. Infant Holy, Infant Lowly David Willcocks
 3. Adam Lay Ybounden Michael Wolniakowski
 4. Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen arr. Thomas Gieschen
 5.  Quem vidistes pastores Richard Dering
 6. Once in Royal David's City David Willcocks
 7. O du Froehliche arr. Thomas Gieschen
 8. Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light J. S. Bach
 9. Resonet in laudibus Chester Alwes
10. Ihr Kinderlein Kommet arr. Thomas Gieschen
11. What Child Is This? arr. Thomas Gieschen
12. Away in a Manger arr. Thomas Gieschen
13. Silent Night arr. Thomas Gieschen
14. There Shall a Star Come Out of Jacob Felix Mendelssohn

Wind Symphony (1999)
Richard Fischer, Conductor

 1. Adeste Fidelis arr. Arthur Harris
 2. Greensleeves (What Child Is This?) arr. Alfred Reed
 3. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing arr. Arthur Harris
 4. Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head arr. Tom Wallace
 5. Deck the Halls arr. Arthur Harris
 6. O Tannenbaum arr. Arthur Harris
 7. The First Nowell arr. Arthur Harris
 8. Joy To the World arr. Arthur Harris
 9. A Christmas Intrada Alfred Reed
10. The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol Percy Grainger
11. A Christmas Festival Leroy Anderson
12. Sleigh Ride Leroy Anderson

Wind Symphony (1997)
Richard Fischer, Conductor

1. Fanfare Prelude on the Italian Hymn James Curnow
2. Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head arr. Tom Wallace
3. God of Our Fathers Claude T. Smith
4. Watchman, Tell Us of the Night Mark Camphouse
5. Chorale Prelude: Abide With Me Fred J. Allen
6. Ere the World Began to Be Jack Stamp
7. Variations on a Bach Chorale Jack Stamp
8. The Martyr Fred J. Allen
Praise to the Lord Vaclav Nelhybel

Wind Symphony (1995)
Richard Fischer, Conductor

 1. Alleluia! Laudamus Te Alfred Reed
 2. On a Hymnsong of Lowell Mason David Holsinger
 3. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring  J. S. Bach
 4. Songs of Praise  Vaclav Nelhybel
 5. Rhosymedre    Ralph Vaughan Williams
 6. Amazing Grace Frank Ticheli
 7. Be Thou My Vision  Marcia La Reau 
 8. O How Amiable  Ralph Vaughan Williams
 9. When the Stars Began to Fall Fred Allen 
10. Sinfonia Voci  David Holsinger 
11. On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss David Holsinger 

Wind Symphony (1995)
Richard Fischer, Conductor
David R. Holsinger, Composer

 1. Sinfonia Voci (with choir)
 2. On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss
 3. On a Hymnsong of Lowell Mason
 4. Consider the Uncommon Man
 5. On a Hymnsong of Robert Lowry
 6. On a Southern Hymnsong
 7. On an American Spiritual
 8. In the Spring, At the Time When Kings Go Off to War
 9. A Childhood Hymn
10. Sinfonia Voci (band version)

Wind Symphony (1993)
Richard Fischer, Conductor

 1. Proclamation from "Hymn Variants" Alfred Reed
 2. Fanfare Prelude on "God of Our Fathers" James Curnow
 3. On an American Spiritual David Holsinger
 4. Salvation Is Created Pavel Tschesnokoff
 5. O How Shall I Receive Thee J. Robert Hanson
 6. Who Puts His Trust in God Most Just J. S. Bach
 7. Past the Equinox Jack Stamp
 8. They Led My Lord Away arr. Fred Allen
 9. Fanfare Prelude on "Lancashire" James Curnow
10. Salvation Is Created Frank Erickson
11. Festive Adorations Vaclav Nelhybel
12. A Childhood Hymn David Holsinger

Kapelle (1989)
Conductor: Thomas Gieschen

 1. O Du Fröliche  (O How Joyfully)
 2. O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)    
 3. Der Christbaum Ist Der Schönste Baum (O Christmas Tree, Thou Lovely Tree)
 4. Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen (Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming
 5. O Jesulein Süsz (O Jesus So Sweet, O Jesus So Mild)
 6. Ihr Kinderlein Kommet (O Come, Little Children)
 7. Gott Ist Die Liebe (God Loves Me Dearly)
 8. Weil Ich Jesu Schäflein Bin (I Am Jesus' Little Lamb)
 9. Sei Getreu Bis in Den Tod (Be Thou Faithful Unto Death)
10. Harre Meine Seele (Wait, My Soul, and Tarry)
11. Jesu, Geh' Voran (Jesus, Still Lead On)
12. So Nimm Denn Meine Hände (Take Thou My Hands and Lead Me)
13. O Haupt Voll Blut Und Wunden (O Sacred Head, Now Wounded)
14. Nun Ruhen Alle Wälder (Now Rest Beneath Night's Shadow)
15. Müde Bin Ich, Geh' Zur Ruh' (Now the Light Has Gone Away)
16. Laszt Mich Gehn (Let Me Go, Let Me Go)
17. Welt Ade, Ich Bin Dein Müde (World Farewell, of Thee I'm Weary)
18. Jerusalem, Du Hochgebaute Stadt (Jerusalem, Thou City Fair and High)