Voci Repertoire, 1991-1996

 


1991-92 Season


December 1991

Carols Medieval to Modern

 

Mitchell Covington, Director

Marcia McMormack, Piano

 

      Gloria in Excelsis - Anonymous

      Adoramus Te Christe - Orlando Lassus (1532-1594)

      Magnificat - G. P. Palestrina (1525-1594)

      Lift Thine Eyes - Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

      Laudate Pueri - Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

      Resonemus Laudibus - 14th c. Latin Hymn

      Stella Spendens - from the Librevermille (14th c.)

      Nova! Nova! - 14th c. Carol

      Angelus Ad Virginum - 14th c., setting by David Willcodks

      Quem Pastores - 14th c., setting by John Rutter

      There Is No Rose - 12th c., setting by Benjamin Britten

      Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day - 12th c., setting by John Rutter

 

      Favorite Carols with the Audience:

      O Come All Ye Faithful, Sing We Noel, Angels We have Heard on High

 

 

May 1992

Salut Printemps!

 

Mitchell Covington, Director

Marcia McMormack, Piano

  

      Tota pulchra es Maria, Op. 10, No. 1 - Maurice Durufle (1902-1988)

      Ave Verum Corpus - Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

      Ave Maria - Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

      Tantum ergo - Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)

      Maria Mater gratiae, Op. 47, No. 2 - Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

      Messe Basse - Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)

            Kyrie

            Sanctus

            Benedictus

            Agnus Dei

      Beau Printemps - Roland de Lassus (1532-1594)

      Margot labourez les vignes bien tost - Jean de Castro (early 16th c.)

      A Paris - Anonymous (13th c.)

      Mignonne - Guillaume Costeley (1531-1606)

      Il et bel et bon - Passereau (late 16th c.)

      En priere - Gabriel Faure (1845-1924), arr. Mitchell Covington

      Salut Printemps - Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

      Reverie - Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

 

 


1992-93 Season


December 1992

Christmas in London

 

Mitchell Covington, Director

Lino Rivera, Piano

 

      Gloria in Excelsis - John Taverner (ca. 1495-1545)

      Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby - William Byrd (1538-1623), arr. Norman Greyson

      Lute-Book Lullaby - W. Ballet (17th c.), arr. John Rutter

      Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? - Wesley Ellis, poem - William Blake (1757-1827)

      Canticles of the Virgin Mary - Michael Hurd

            Queen of Heaven

            Adam Lay Ybounden

            O Queen of Heaven

      A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 - Benjamin Britten

            Procession

            Wolcum Yole!

            There is no Rose

            That yonge child

            Bulalalow

            As Dew in Aprille

            This little Babe

            Interlude

            In Freezing Winter Night

            Spring Carol

            Deo Gracias

            Recession

      Carols:

      Deck the Halls, Babe in Bethlehem`s Manger, We Wish You a Merry Christmas

 

 

May 1993

A Garland of Song

 

Mitchell Covington, Director

Lino Rivera, Piano

 

      Da Hai a Gu Xiang (China) - Wang Liping, arr. Wu Guojun

      Ahrirang (Korea) - Traditional Korean, arr. Mitchell Covington

      Polevetzian Maidens (Russia) from Prince Igor - Alexander Borodin (1834-1887)

      Nigra Sum (Syria) - Pablo Casals (1876-1973)

      Dujnel Idi Ut Jufcetja (Bulgarian) - Traditional, arr. R.Danov

      Tiho Nad Rickoju (Ukraine) - Traditional, Inst. arr. J. Johnson

      Gamelan (Java) - R. Murray Schafer

      Choral Hymns fron the Rig Veda, op.26 no.3 (Sanscrit) - Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

            I. Hymn to the Dawn

            II. Hymn to the Waters

            III. Hymn to Vena

            IV. Hymn of the Travelers

      She`s like the swallow (Newfoundland folk song) - arr. Luigi Zaninelli

      Trut, Trut (French)

      Dis Moi Beau Printemps (French)

  

  


1993-94 Season


 

December 1993

A Host of Angels

 

Mitchell Covington, Director

Lino Rivera, Piano

 

      Wexford Carol - Traditional Irish, arr. Mary Goetze

      Ave Maria - Hildegard von Bingen (12th c.)

      Puer natus est - Cristobal Morales (1500-1533)

      O magnum mysterium - Cristobal Morales

      Pueri haebriorum - Randall Thomspon (1899-1984)

      Carol of the Rose (from The Place of the Blest) - Randall Thompson (1899-1984)

      Lullabye (from Hodie) - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

      Ave Maria - Michael Head

      Hosanna - Knut Nystedt (b. 1915)

      Tyrley, Tyrlow - Ancient Christmas Text, setting by Williametta Spencer

      Seven Joys of Christmas, op. 25a - Kirke Mechem

            I. The Joy of Love, "This is the Truth" - Trad. English

            II. The Joy of Bells, "Din don! merrily on high" - Trad. French

            III. The Joy of Mary, "Joseph dearest, Joseph mine" - Trad. German

            IV. The Joy of Children, "Patapan" - Trad. Burgundian

            V. The Joy of the New Year, "New Year Song" - Trad. Japanese

            VI. The Joy of Dance, "God bless the master of this house" - Trad. English

 

 

May 1994

A Night in Old Vienna

 

Mitchell Covington, Director

Lino Rivera, Piano

 

      Minnelied (12 Lieder und Romanzen, op, 44 no. 1) - Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

      Die Mullerin (12 Lieder und Romanzen, op, 44 no. 5) - Johannes Brahms

      Standchen (Serenade) Op. 17 no. 2 - Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

      Von dem Rosenbusch (Spanisches Liederspiel, Op 74) - Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

      Ellen`s zweiter Gesang - Franz Schubert (1797-1828), arr. Johannes Brahms

      Gretchen am Spinrade - Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

      Standchen (Serenade) Op. 135 - Franz Schubert

      Hungarian Dance #1 in G Minor, Kanons Op. 13 - Johannes Brahms

            #2, Grausam erweiset sich Amor an mir

            #7, Wenn die klange nahn und fliehen

            #5, Wille, wille, will, der Mann ist Kommen

      Vier Gesange Op. 17 - Johannes Brahms

            Es tont ein voller Harfenklang

            Lied von Shakespeare

            Der Gartner

            Gesang aus Fingal

      Liebeslieder Waltzes Op. 52, 67 - Johannes Brahms

            Wie des Abands schoene Rote

            Nein, Gelibter, setze dich

            Vogelein durchraust die Luft

      Dreams of Spring (Waltzes from Die Fledermaus) - Johann Strauss (1825-1899)

 

  


1994-95 Season


 

December 1994

Rejoice, Rejoice

 

Mitchell Covington, Director

Lino Rivera, Piano

 

      Laudamus Te - Rene Clausen

      Oh! Queen of Heaven (16th c.) - Healey Willan (1880-1968)

      This Endris Night (15th c.) - Lana Walter

      Domine Deus - Cristobal Morales (1500-1533)

      Rejoice!, Rejoice! - William Byrd (1538-1623)

      Balts sniedzins snieg uz skujinam - Trad. Latvian, Andrejs Jansons

      Ave Maria (In homage to Zoltan Kodaly) - Laszlo Halmos (b. 1909)

      Christmas Dance of the Shepherds - Trad. Hungarian, Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967)

      Gloria - Agneta Skold

      Tota pulchra es (Quatre Motets, Op. 10 - Maurice Durufle (1902-1986)

      D`ou Vien-tu, Bergere? - Trad. French carol, Howard Cable

      Noel des Enfants qui n`ont plus de maison - Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

      It Was the Winter Wild (from Hodie) - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

      Dancing Day - John Rutter

      Angelus Ad Virginem - 14th century

      A Virgin Most Pure - Trad. English

      Personent Hodie - from Piae Cantiones (1582)

      There Is No Rose - 15th century

      Coventry Carol - 15th century

      Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day - Trad. English

      The First Nowell - Trad. English

 

 

May 1995

Love is a Terrible Thing

20th Century Concert

 

Mitchell Covington, Director

Lino Rivera, Piano

 

      Spring - Karl Korte (1966)

      The Winged Joy - Kirke Mechem (1968)

            Love is a Terrible Thing

            The Message

            The Cynic

            A Farewell

            Love Came Back at Fall O`Dew

            Red May

            You Say There Is No Love

      In The Valley of The Moon - Felicia Sandler (1998)

      Memory - Crystal La Point Kowalski (1989)

      Hey Nonny No! - Crystal La Point Kowalski (1989)

      Fall, Leaves, Fall - Houston Bright (1967)

      The Sigh That Heaves the Grasses - Houston Bright (1967)

      As Freedom Is A Breakfastfood - Ronald Perera (1984), text by e. e. cummings

      And So It Goes - Billy Joel (1989), arr. Mitchell Covington

 

 


1995-96 Season


December 1995

Candlelight and Star Glow

 

Muriel Fore, Director

Chun Mei Chan, Pianist

Anna Maria Mendieta, Harp

 

      Still, Still, Still -- Austrian, arr. Norman Luboff

      Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day -- English, arr. John Rutter

      Angelus ad Pastores Ait -- Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

      Hodie and Alleluia -- Roland de Lassus (1532-1594)

      Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion -- Handel (1685-1759)

      Alleluia -- William Boyce (1710-1779)

      Lasset uns nun gehen gen Bethlehem -- Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672)

      Two Christmas Ballads -- Kirke Mechem

            Christmas Carol

            The Ballad of Befana

      Adoramus Te Christe -- Roland de Lassus (1532-1594)

      Rejoice, Rejoice -- William Byrd (1538-1623)

      Candlelight Carol -- John Rutter

      The Sleigh Ride -- Slovakian, arr. Nedda Choruzi

      Christmas Medley for Harp -- arr. Anna Maria Mendieta

      Deck the Halls (in 7/8) -- Traditional, arr. James McKelvy

      A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 - Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

            Procession

            Wolcum Yole!

            There is no Rose

            That yonge child

             Bulalalow

            As Dew in Aprille

            This little Babe

            Interlude

            In Freezing Winter Night

            Spring Carol

            Deo Gracias

            Recession

      Peace, Peace, Peace -- Fred Bock

 

 

May 1996

Poetry in Song

 

Muriel Fore, Director

Lino Rivera, Pianist

Gary Jagard and Chris Jagard, Horns

Nancy Knop, Flute

 

      Life Has Loveliness to Sell -- James Mulholland

      To Be Sung On the Water -- Samuel Barber (1910 -1981)

      From Frostiana -- Randall Thompson (1899-1984)

           A Girl`s Garden

           Come In

      Vier Gesange, Op.17 -- Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

           Es tont ein voller Harfenklang

           Lied von Shakespeare

           Der Gartner

           Gesang aus Fingal

      Cantate Domino -- Guiseppe Pitono (1657-1743)

      Las Amarillas -- Trad. Mexican, arr. Stephen Hatfield

      Fine Sally -- Trad. American, arr. Bill Eriskson

      maggie and millie and mollie and may -- e.e.cummings arr. Jeanne Weaver Fuller

      Heart We Will Forget Him -- James Mulholland

      Canterbury Bells -- Linda Steen Spevacek

      Three Saints in One -- Michael Hurd (1928- )

           Saint Valentine`s Day (14 February)

           Spring Interlude

           Saint Swithun`s Day (15 July)

           Autumn Interlude

           Saint Cecelia`s Day (22 November)

 

 


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