Pasko Naming Hangad
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'Pasko Naming Hangad' is the third album recorded by Philippine
-based vocal ensemble
Hangad
. It is Hangad's first Christmas
-themed album, containing original compositions and arrangements of some familiar Christmas songs.
Pasko Naming Hangad was launched on December 6, 2002, at the Church of the Gesu, Ateneo de Manila University
, Quezon City
.
translation of Tagalog
titles are provided in parentheses. Note: these translations are not official.
(for example, former Philippine Health
undersecretary Jaime Galvez Tan, M.D.). The video, as in other Hangad music videos, feature Hangad itself near the end).
Although Simeon's Canticle was originally released at the Hangad debut album's CD version, the music video was produced only after Pasko Naming Hangad was published. It was shown on major television stations and still enjoys regular broadcasts on RPN
and IBC
.
Production
Engineering
Songbook
For Pasko Naming Hangad: Vocal Arrangements (2003)
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
-based vocal ensemble
Choir
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Hangad
Hangad
Hangád is an inspirational vocal ensemble known for songs like Pananatili and Panunumpâ...
. It is Hangad's first Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
-themed album, containing original compositions and arrangements of some familiar Christmas songs.
Pasko Naming Hangad was launched on December 6, 2002, at the Church of the Gesu, Ateneo de Manila University
Ateneo de Manila University
The Ateneo de Manila University is a private teaching and research university run by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. It began in 1859 when the City of Manila handed control of the Escuela Municipal de Manila in Intramuros, Manila, to the Jesuits...
, Quezon City
Quezon City
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.
Track listing
EnglishEnglish language
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translation of Tagalog
Tagalog language
Tagalog is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by a third of the population of the Philippines and as a second language by most of the rest. It is the first language of the Philippine region IV and of Metro Manila...
titles are provided in parentheses. Note: these translations are not official.
- Alleluia
- Music by Paulo K. Tirol; percussion arrangement by James Bitanga
- Sanggol Sa Sabsaban (Child in the manger)
- Words and music by Vincent de Jesus
- O Come All Ye FaithfulAdeste Fideles"Adeste Fideles" is a hymn tune attributed to English hymnist John Francis Wade . The text itself has unclear beginnings, and may have been written in the 13th century by John of Reading, though it has been concluded that Wade was probably the author.The original four verses of the hymn were...
- Traditional; arranged by P. Tirol
- Simeon's Canticle
- Setting by M. Francisco, SJ (based on Luke 2:29-32Nunc dimittisThe Nunc dimittis is a canticle from a text in the second chapter of Luke named after its first words in Latin, meaning 'Now dismiss...'....
); Additional text and arrangement by P. Tirol
- Setting by M. Francisco, SJ (based on Luke 2:29-32
- Walang Iba Kundi Pag-Ibig
- (Tag. Nothing else but love)– Words and music by V. de Jesus
- Guest performer: Noel Cabangon (soloist)
- Oyayi (Lullabye)
- Words and music by Arnel Aquino, SJ
- The Day The Child Was Born
- Words and music by James Bitanga
- Silent Night
- Lyrics by Franz Gruber; Music by Franz Gruber; arranged by P. Tirol
- Where You Are
- Words by Julius Guevarra and Mark Lopez; music by J. Guevarra; additional string arrangement by J. Guevarra and Jay Gomez
- Kahit Na Abril Ay Parang Pasko Pa Rin (Tag. It's Christmas in April, Too)
- Words and music by V. de Jesus
- Bisperas (Tag. Christmas Eve)
- Words and music by A. Aquino, SJ; arrangement by JC Uy
- O Holy NightO Holy Night"O Holy Night" is a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem "Minuit, chrétiens" by Placide Cappeau , a wine merchant and poet, who had been asked by a parish priest to write a Christmas poem...
- Original words and music by Adolphe Adam; arranged by JC Uy
- Praise Alleluia
- Words and music by J. Bitanga
- Peace Prayer
- Original words and music by David Haas (based on a NavajoNavajo peopleThe Navajo of the Southwestern United States are the largest single federally recognized tribe of the United States of America. The Navajo Nation has 300,048 enrolled tribal members. The Navajo Nation constitutes an independent governmental body which manages the Navajo Indian reservation in the...
prayer, with parts adapted from Jesu, Joy of Man's DesiringJesu, Joy of Man's DesiringJesu, Joy of Man's Desiring is the most common English title of the 10th movement of the cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. A transcription by the English pianist Myra Hess was published in 1926 for piano solo and in 1934 for piano duet...
by J. S. Bach, and GreensleevesGreensleeves"Greensleeves" is a traditional English folk song and tune, a ground of the form called a romanesca.A broadside ballad by this name was registered at the London Stationer's Company in September 1580 as "A New Northern Dittye of the Lady Greene Sleeves". It then appears in the surviving A Handful of...
/What Child Is This?What Child Is This?"What Child Is This?" is a popular Christmas carol written in 1865. At the age of twenty-nine, English writer William Chatterton Dix was struck with a sudden near-fatal illness and confined to bedrest for several months, during which he went into a deep depression...
); arrangement by P. Tirol
- Original words and music by David Haas (based on a Navajo
- Umaga Sa Pasko (instrumental) (Christmas Morning)
- Music by P. Tirol; arrangement by JC Uy
Simeon's Canticle Music Video
Hangad released the music video for Simeon's Canticle, featuring vignettes of people who have provided community serviceCommunity service
Community service is donated service or activity that is performed by someone or a group of people for the benefit of the public or its institutions....
(for example, former Philippine Health
Department of Health (Philippines)
The Philippines’ Department of Health is the principal health agency in the Philippines. It is the executive department of the Philippine Government responsible for ensuring access to basic public health services to all Filipinos through the provision of quality health care and the regulation of...
undersecretary Jaime Galvez Tan, M.D.). The video, as in other Hangad music videos, feature Hangad itself near the end).
Although Simeon's Canticle was originally released at the Hangad debut album's CD version, the music video was produced only after Pasko Naming Hangad was published. It was shown on major television stations and still enjoys regular broadcasts on RPN
Radio Philippines Network
Radio Philippines Network, Inc. is a broadcast television network in the Philippines co-owned by the Government Communications Group, Solar Entertainment Corporation, Far East Managers and Investors Inc., and private sectors. This station studios are located at Broadcast City, Old Balara, Capitol...
and IBC
Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation
Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation is a Philippine VHF television network of the Government Communications Group headed by the Press Secretary. Its studios are located at Broadcast City, Old Balara, Capitol Hills, Diliman, Quezon City and its transmitter is located at the Coca Cola plant,...
.
Credits
Instrumentalists- Guest singer - Noel Cabangon
- Cello - Nino Llorin
- Violins - Jeremy Dadap (track 9)
Production
- Executive Producer - Ari Dy, SJ
- Produced by Hangad, the Jesuit Music Ministry and the Jesuit Communications Foundation, Inc.
- Production team - Mariel de Jesus, Atoy Salazar and JC Uy
- Inlay design and illustration, album art direction - Kyle Baizas and Lance Lazatin
Engineering
- Mixing ang Mastering Engineer - Ditoy Aguila
- Recording Engineer - WIllan Caimol and Toto Sorioso
- Recorded and mixed at SFX Digital Sound Studio
Songbook
For Pasko Naming Hangad: Vocal Arrangements (2003)
- Production Manager - TJ San Jose
- Score design and layout - Monchu Lucero (Luxis Graphikos)
- Editors - Cha Lagrisola, Monchu Lucero, Clare Royandoyan, TJ San Jose, JC Uy
- Encoders - James Bitanga, Julius Guevarra, Monchu Lucero, Atoy Salazar, Paulo Tirol
- Copy editors - Trin Panganiban-Custodio, Paulo Tirol, JC Uy
- Additional text - Arnel Aquino, SJ;
- Book Design - Monchu LUcero (Luxis Graphikos
- Front cover and illustrations - Kyle Baizas, Lance Lazatin
Reception
Pasko Naming Hangad was nominated for Best Album Packaging of the Year at the Awit AwardsExternal links
- Pasko Naming Hangad – information about the album, including audio samples and lyrics.