A Wish for Christmas

Infobox Album
Name = A Wish for Christmas
Type = Album
Longtype =
Artist = Hangad


Cover size = 145
Released = November, 2006
Recorded =
Genre = Inspirational
Length = 18 minutes
Label = Jesuit Music Ministry
Producer = Jesuit Music Ministry / Hangad
Reviews =
Last album = The Easter Journey (2005)
This album = A Wish for Christmas (2006)
Next album =

"A Wish for Christmas" is the fifth album recorded by Philippine-based vocal ensemble Hangad. It is also the group's second Christmas album, the first being Pasko Naming Hangad. It is Hangad's shortest album to date, with four tracks.

Track listing

# "Raymond's Lullaby"
#* Word and music by Marchan Padla and Paulo K. Tirol; vocal arrangement by P. Tirol; instrumental arrangement by J. Guevarra
# "Child Emmanuel"
#* Words, music and arrangement by Nicky Reyes; instrumental arrancement by Julius Guevarra
# "Paskong Pinoy Medley"
#* Arranged by P. Tirol
#* "Paskong Pinoy Medley" is composed of the following familiar Filipino Christmas songs, in this order:
#*# Gabing Payapa ("Peaceful night") - words and music by Felipe de Leon, Sr.
#*# Pasko na Naman ("It's Christmas-time again") - Words by Levi Celerio; music by F. de Leon, Jr.
#*# Himig Pasko ("Christmas melody") - Words and music by Serapio Ramos
#*# Maligayang Pasko at Masaganang Bagong Taon ("Ang Pasko Ay Sumapit") ("Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year/Christmas Is Come") - words by L. Celerio, music by Vicente Rubi
#*# Thank You, ang Babait Ninyo ('"'Thank you, you're kind")- composer/lyricist unknown.
# "Silent Night"
#* Words by Josef Mohr; music by Franz Gruber; arranged by P. Tirol
#* Hangad's version of Silent Night originally appears in their first Christmas album Pasko Naming Hangad (recorded in 2002)

Credits

"Instrumentalists"
* Piano - Paulo K. Tirol, Nicky Reyes
* Acoustic Guitar - Toto Sorioso
* Electric bass - Brian Sergio
* Double bass/contrabass - Dave Harder
* MIDI programming - Julius Guevarra
* Drums - Dru Ubaldo, Mikah Azurin
* Guiro, African shaker, clave, electronic percussions - Julius Guevarra

"Production"
* Produced by the Jesuit Music Ministry
* Executive producer - JBoy Gonzales, SJ
* Production managers - Julius Guevarra and Mariel de Jesus
* Copywriting - Paulo Tirol

"Engineering"
* Recording engineer - Robbie Grande and Jett Galindo
* Mixing and mastering - Robbie Grande

"Art"
* Art direction - James Lin and Paulo K Tirol
* Art and layout - Jon Tolentino

Raymond's Lullaby

"Raymond's Lullaby" is an original composition by Marchan Padla, a volunteer social worker at Ang Arko ng Pilipinas (an NGO for mentally-handicapped children). "Raymond" is the name of one of Ang Arko's wards, who was afflicted with autism. The final version of the song was the result of a collaboration between Marchan and Hangad. In accordance with Marchan Padla's original intent for writing the song, proceeds of the album will be donated to Ang Arko ng Pilipinas.

Trivia

* As of November 2006, "The Easter Journey" and "A Wish for Christmas" are the only albums by Hangad that do not contain the word "hangad" in the title.
* The album's title "A Wish for Christmas" is taken from the stanzas of "Raymond's Lullaby".
* The executive producer of "A Wish for Christmas", JBoy Gonzales SJ, composed "Panunumpa", which appears on Hangad's self-titled debut album.
* In the Philippines, the "Thank You" song at the end of "Paskong Pinoy Medley" is commonly sung by children at the end of house-to-house carollings [http://christmas.inq7.net/tales/index.php?story_num=3] . The identity of this song's composer or lyricist is unknown.

External links

* [http://hangad.org/pages/ministry/recordings/albums.php?action=viewalbum&album_id=00012 A Wish for Christmas] - information about the album, including audio samples (lyrics not available).
* [http://www.larche.org/ L'Arche] - Ang Arko ng Pilipinas's mother organization