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2010-2011 Season


 

December 2010

Voices in Peace X: The Place of the Blest

Jude Navari, Conductor

Edna Huelsenbeck, Assistant Conductor

Sharon Lee, Piano

With the Jupiter Chamber Players

 

In memory of Alison Howard (1939-2010)

 

Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Lo, How a Rose e’er Blooming) - Melchior Vulpius (c.1570-1615)

Herself a Rose, Who Bore the Rose - Eleanor Daley (b.1955)

Vesperae Pro Festo Sancti Innocentium (Vespers for the Feast of the Holy Innocents) - Michael Haydn (1737-1806)

      Dixit Dominus

      Confitebor tibi 

      Beatus vir 

      De profundis 

      Memento Domine David

      Hymnus

      Magnificat

Passing (World premiere, 2010) - Peter Knell (b.1970)

      In memory of Voci singer Alison Howard (1939-2010)

Miserere in C Minor - Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783)

      Miserere

      Tibi soli

      Ecce enim

      Libera me

      Quoniam

      Benigne fac, Domine

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

       I.   The Carol of the Rose

       II.  The Pelican

       III. The Place of the Blest

       IV. Alleluia, Amen

 

 


2009-2010 Season


 

December 2009

Voices in Peace IX: The Greenest Branch

Medieval, Romantic and Twentieth-Century music on a Marian theme

 

Jude Navari, Conductor

Edna Huelsenbeck, Assistant Conductor

Sharon Lee, Piano

With guest artist, Matthew Walsh, Organ

 

Gedeonis Area – Anonymous, Conductus, ca. 1200

Text by Philippe le Chancelier (ca. 1160 – 1235)

O viridissima virga (O greenest branch) -- Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)

O viridissima virga (O greenest branch) -- Emma Lou Diemer (b.1927)

Text by Hildegard of Bingen

Hodie Christus natus est (Today Christ is Born) – Anonymous, 13th century English

Alleluya: A nywe werk (A new work) – Anonymous, 15th century English

Lullay, Lullow -- Arr. Jude Navari (b.1969), Based on 15th c. English carols

Missa Brevis in D, Op. 63 -- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Kyrie

Gloria

Sanctus

Benedictus

Agnus Dei

O frondens virga (O verdant branch) -- Drew Collins (b.1975)

Based on a chant by Hildegard of Bingen

Ave Maria -- Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Tota pulchra es (Thou art all fair) -- Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)

Litanies à la Vierge Noire (Litanies to the Black Virgin) -- Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Hac In Anni Ianua (In this, the doorway to the year) – Anonymous, Conductus, ca. 1200

Ave Maria, Op. 12 -- Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Belle, bonne, sage (Beautiful, good, wise) -- Baude Cordier (ca. 1380-1440)

Early 15th c. Chanson

Rose, liz, printemps, verdure (Rose, lily, springtime, greenery) -- Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300-1377)

Ave Maria -- Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979)

Mass in G Minor, Op. 187 -- Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901)

Kyrie

Gloria

Sanctus

Benedictus

Agnus Dei

 

 

May 2010

Songs Eternity

Musical Contemplations on Time and Space

 

Jude Navari, Conductor

Edna Huelsenbeck, Assistant Conductor

Featuring pianist Sharon Lee

 

Today, this spring - Libby Larsen (b. 1950)

      Today, this spring (Text by Janice Kimes)

      She piped for us (Text by Charles Wilson, adapted from Luke 7:13)

      If I can stop one heart from breaking (Text by Emily Dickinson)

An Emily Dickinson Mosaic - Daniel Pinkham (1923–2006)

  Texts by Emily Dickinson

I.   The Brain Is Wider Than The Sky

II.  The Heart is the Capital of the Mind

III. The Mind lives on the Heart

IV. To Be Alive

V.  Exhilaration Is The Breeze

VI. Each Life Converges to some Centre

From the Twelve-Winded Sky - Jeremy Rawson (b. 1954)

  Text by A.E. Housman

Selections from Preludes - Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)

      La colombe (The Dove)

      Plainte calme (Calm Plaint)

Choral Hymns from the Rig-Veda, Group II - Gustav Holst (1874–1934)

      To Varuna  (God of the Waters)

      To Agni  (God of Fire)

      Funeral Chant

Gate Gate - Brian Tate (b. 1954)

  Text from a Buddhist mantra

Whitman “Credo” - Ron Jeffers (b.1943)

  Text by Walt Whitman

To Be Sung on the Water, Op. 42, No. 2 - Samuel Barber (1910–1981)

  Text by Louise Bogan

Three Seas - Alice Parker (b.1925)

Texts by Emily Dickinson

      I.   There is a solitude of space

      II.  As if the Sea should part

      III. A soft Sea washed around the House

Songs Eternity - Steven Paulus (b.1949)

  Texts by John Clare

      I.   Melodys of Earth and Sky

      II.  Mighty Songs

      III. Sing Creations Music On

 

 


2008-2009 Season


December 2008

Voices in Peace VIII: Fire in the Air

 

Jude Navari, Conductor

Edna Huelsenbeck, Assistant Conductor

Sharon Lee, Accompanist

With guest artist, Miriam Kapner, Oboe

 

Gloria -- Agneta Skold

Hymn to the Virgin -- Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

L’adieu des bergers a la sainte famille (The Shepherds’ Farewell to the Holy Family) -- Louis Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), arr. Ed Cohen

Peace upon you, Jerusalem, Psalm 122 (121) -- Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)

Cherubic Hymn (No. 2), Op. 9, No. 8 -- Pavel Chesnokov (1877-1944)

"The Angel" From Six Choruses for Treble Voices -- Sergei Rachmaninoff  (1873-1943)

Till Angeln med de brinnande handerna (To the Angel with Fiery Hands) -- Karen Rehnqvist (b. 1957)

Peace -- Martha Alter (1904-1976)

Fire -- Mary Goetze (b. 1946)

Hymn to the Virgin -- Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Two Plato Settings -- Martha Alter (1904-1976)

            I.   Country Gods

            II.  Country Music         

Angels are Everywhere -- Daniel Pinkham (b. 1923)

            Angels are Everywhere

            The Angel at Eden’s Gate

            The Angel in the Fiery Furnace

            The Angel at the Manger

            The Angel on the Cloud

            The Angels on the Head of a Pin           

Selections from "Ten Blake Songs" -- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1757-1827)

            Infant Joy        

            The Piper Fish  

            Eternity            

Variations on a Theme by Rilke -- Joan Szymko (b. 1957)

 

 

May 2009

Mountains of Memory, Rivers of Time

 

Jude Navari, Conductor

Edna Huelsenbeck, Assistant Conductor

Sharon Lee, Accompanist

 

Hymn to the Waters, from "Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda" -- Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

Hotaru Koi (Ho, Firefly) -- Japanese Children's Song, arr. Rō Ogura (b.1916)

On a Mountain Path (Premiere) Five poems of Matsuo Basho -- Peter Knell (b.1970)

Commissioned by Voci

            natsu kodachi

            sumiregusa

            hibari yori         

            kiri shigure

            tsuki no tomo   

Five Fragments of Jade, op. 40, from "Chinese Lyrics from the Book of Jade" -- Jeno Takacs (1902-2005)

            I.   Song On the River

            II.  The Leaf On the Water

            III. The Fisherman

            IV. Intoxication of Love 

            V.  On the River

Nodle Kangbyon (Beside the Nodle River) -- Traditional Korean Folksong, arr. Wallace Hornady (b.1964)

Ahrirang -- Korean Folk Melody, arr. Mitchell Covington (b.1959)

Chinese Mountain Songs -- Chen Yi (b.1953)

            I.   When Will the Scholartree Blossom?

            II.  A Ma Lei A Ho

            III. Gathering in the Naked Oats

            IV. Mt. Wuzhi

Lift Thine Eyes -- Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)

By the Rivers of Babylon, Psalm 137 -- Charles M. Loeffler (1861-1935)

Hoj, hura hoj! (O Mountain, O!) -- Otmar Mácha (1922-2006)

Three Mountain Ballads -- Traditional American Folksongs, arr. Ron Nelson (b.1929)

            He's Gone Away

            Will He Remember?

            Barbara Allen

Selections from Moravian Duets, op. 32 -- Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

            A ja ti uplynu  (Flow, Danube, Ebb and Flow)

            Velet’, vtacku  (Fly, Oh Little Bird)

            Prsten  (The Ring)

At the River -- adapted by Aaron Copland (1900-1990), arr. for chorus by Raymond Wilding White

 

 


2007-2008 Season


December 2007

Voices in Peace VII:  Winter Stillness

 

Jude Navari, Conductor

Heather Heise, Accompanist

William Winant, Marimba

Amelia Archer, Flute

 

December -- Paula Foley Tillen (b. 1958)

Twelfth Night -- Samuel Barber (1910-1981), arr. Ed Cohen

Winter Cantata, Op. 97 -- Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)

            1.  A Copper Pheasant

            2.  Winter’s First Drizzle

            3.  Winter Seclusion

            4.  The Woodcutter

            5.  Gentlest Fall of Snow

            6.  One Umbrella

            7.  Of Crimson Ice

            8.  The Branch is Black

            9.  Fallen Leaves

            10. So Deep

            11. The Wind’s Whetstone

            12. Epilogue    

Selections from "This wonderful feeling" -- Joan Szymko (b. 1957)

            In my quiet place          

            Purple Night     

Noel des Enfants qui nont plus de maison (Christmas carol for homeless Children) -- Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Les Angelus (The Calls to Angelus) -- Claude Debussy

The Snow -- Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Little Tree -- Judith Weir (b. 1954), Words by e.e. cummings

            little tree

            i carry you in my heart

            now is a ship    

Avinu Malkeinu -- Traditional (arr. Judy Margulis)

Canon in Five Parts -- Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), From "Kaddish," Symphony No.3

Selections from "Three Settings of the Moon" -- Ron Nelson (b. 1929)

            The Moon Does Not Sleep

            Ask the Moon   

 

 

Spring 2008

Laudate Pueri

Baroque and Classical Music for Treble Voices

 

Jude Navari, Conductor

Edna Huelsenbeck, Assistant Conductor

Heather Heise, Organ

The Jupiter String Quartet

 

Virgam virtutis tuae from Dixit Dominus-- Marianna von Martines (1744–1812)

Domine Dominus noster, quam admirable -- Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590–1662)

Deh! cosi ogno -- Marianna von Martines (1744–1812)

Miserere in d -- Johann Adolph Hasse (1699–1783)

            Miserere

            Tibi soli peccavi

            Ecce enim

            Quoniam si voluisses

            Benigne fac Domine

            Tunc acceptabis

Psallite, superi -- Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602–c.1678)

Compositions for the Feast of the Holy Innocents

            Introit: Ex ore – Gregorian Chant

            Mass in Honor of Saint Leopold -- Johann Michael Haydn (1737–1806)

                        Kyrie

                        Gloria

            Gradual:  Laudate Pueri Dominium --  Johann Michael Haydn (1737–1806)

            Mass:  Credo

            Offertory: Anima nostra – Gregorian Chant

            Mass:

                        Sanctus

                        Benedictus

                        Agnus Dei

 

 

 


2006-2007 Season


December 2006

Voices in Peace VI:

Music of Passion, Mystery and Joy From the Americas

 

Jude Navari, Conductor

Heather Heise, Accompanist

 

Salmo 150 -- Ernani Aguiar  (b. 1949)

Nigra Sum -- Pablo Casals (1876-1973)

Pollerita Roja (The Red Skirt) (World Premiere) -- Gabriela Lena Frank (b. 1972), poem by Lily Flores Palomino

Missa Sao Sebastiao (Mass in honor of Saint Sebastian) -- Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

            Kyrie

            Gloria

            Sanctus

            Benedictus

            Agnus Dei

Niño Lindo -- Traditional Venezuelan Christmas Song, arr. Dave & Jean Perry

A la nanita nana -- Mexican Folk Song, arr. David Eddleman

A La Ru -- Mexican Folk Song, rr. Paul Stuart

A la Media Noche -- Traditional Puerto Rican Carol, arr. Joan Szymko

Shape-Note Hymns

            Exultation -- Southern Harmony shape-note hymnal, Ed. William Walker, 1835

            Wondrous Love -- Sacred Harp shape-note hymnal, James Christopher, 1840

            New Jerusalem -- Sacred Harp shape-note hymnal, Jeremiah Ingalls, 1796

Shouts and Lullabies:  American Folksongs and Spirituals for Christmas – Traditional, arr. Jude Navari

            Prelude – A Bright Morning Star Is Rising

            Quodlibet

            Virgin Mary

            Sing-a-Lamb / Baby Born Today

            Cradle Hymn

            Little Bitty Baby

            I Wonder As I Wander

            The Cherry Tree Carol

            Reprise – A Bright Morning Star Is Rising

            Rise Up Shepherd And Follow

 

 

May 2007

Songs of Heavenly and Earthly Love

Celebrating the Hungarian Vocal Tradition

 

Judit Hartyanyi, Guest Conductor

Heather Heise, Accompanist

 

Ave Maria -- Gregorian Chant

Ave Maria -- Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967)

Ave Maria -- Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Tota pulchra es -- Maurice Durufle (1902-1986)

Maria Mater Gratiae -- Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)

Salve Regina -- Miklos Kocsar (b.1933)

O Gloriosa -- Gyorgy Orban (b.1947)

Hold the Wind -- English Folk Ballad arr. Mary Goetze (b.1946)

Canticum Sponsae  (Song of the Bride, from the Book of Solomon – Song of Songs) -- Erzsebet Szonyi (b.1924)

Rise Up My Love -- Eleanor Daley (b.1955)

My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land -- Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

The Dance -- Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

LXXV (World Premiere)  (Sonnet by William Shakespeare) -- Andras Feher (b.1947)

Selections from Vier Gesange (Four Songs) -- Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

            Song from Twelfth Night

            The Gardener

Queen Jane -- Traditional Kentucky Folksong arr. Stephen Hatfield (b.1956)

Ne menj el!  (Don’t Leave Me!) -- Bela Bartok (1881-1945)

Tavasz  (Spring) -- Bela Bartok (1881-1945)

Wainamoinen Makes Music  (Text from the Finnish epic poem,‘Kalevala, the land of heroes’) -- Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967)

 

 


2005-2006 Season


December 2005

Voices in Peace V

Psalms and Canticles of Praise and Comfort

 

Jude Navari, Conductor

Heather Heise, Accompanist

Shana Kirsch, Cello

 

Canticle of the Creatures  -- Sister Theophane Hytrek  (1915-1992)

In pace -- Orlandus Lassus  (1532-1594)

Congratulamini Mihi Omnes -- Jacob Handl  (1550-1591)

Laudate pueri Dominum, op 39 no.2 -- Felix Mendelssohn-Barthodly (1809-1847)

Cantique de Jean Racine, op 11 -- Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Psalm 150  -- Cesar Franck (1822-1890)

Laudate Pueri Dominum -- Michael Haydn (1737-1806)

Lift Thine Eyes to the Mountains -- Felix Mendelssohn-Barthodly

Psalm 150 -- Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967)

Psalm 23 – The Lord is My Shepherd -- Randall Thompson (1899-1984)

Priere de Saint François D’Assise -- Jacques Chailley (1910-1999)

The Canticle of the Sun  -- Libby Larsen (b. 1950)

 

 

May-June 2006

Prelude to Aphrodesia

 

Jude Navari, Conductor

Heather Heise, Accompanist

 

Canticle of the Creatures -- Sister Theophane Hytrek  (1915-1992)

O Ecclesia  -- Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)

Stavasi il mio bel Sol -- Maddalena Casulana (c.1544-c.1590)

Domine Dominus noster, quam admirablile -- Lucretia Vizzana (1590-1662)

Virgam virtutis tuae from Dixit Dominus -- Marianna Martines (1744-1812)

Wandl’ ich in dem Wald des Abends  -- Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn (1805-1847)

The Canticle of the Sun -- Libby Larsen (b. 1950)

‘Tis the Gift to be Simple -- American Shaker Hymm, arr. Alice Parker (b.1925)

Scarborough Fair -- English Folk Ballad, arr. Mary Goetze (b. 1946)

Bread and Roses -- Traditional, arr. Judy Margulis (b.1944)

Wade in the Watah -- Traditional African American Spiritual, arr. Ysaye M. Barnwell (b.194-)

This Little Light of Mine -- Traditional African American Spiritual, arr. Ysaye M. Barnwell (b.194-)

 

 


 

2004-2005 Season


December 2004

Voices in Peace IV:  Litanies and Lullabies

Music to calm and inspire us on the path to peace

 

Jude Navari, Artistic Director

Heather Heise, Piano and Organ

Amelia Archer, Flute

 

Qui Creavit (Song of the Nuns of Chester) - 13th C Anon

Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby - William Byrd

Coventry Carol - Anon (1591), arr. John Rutter

Litanies de la Vierge Noire - Marc-Antoine Charpentier

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

Litaniae Laurentanae - W.A. Mozart (adapted by Jude Navari)

            Kyrie

            Sancta Maria

            Salus Infirmorum

            Regina Angelorum

            Agnus Dei

Berceuse from Dolly Suite - Gabriel Faure

Litanies a La Vierge Noire - Francis Poulenc

Ave Maria - Rebecca Clarke

Dormi Jesu! - Anton Webern

Durme, Durme - arr. Alice Parker

Japanese Lullabies - arr. Misuzu McManus

            Itsuki no Komoriuta

            Takeda no Komoriuta

La Luna - arr. Rene Amengual

Maria Wiegenlied - Max Reger

Suo-gan - (Welsh Slumber Song) arr. Brian Trant

Shouts and Lullabies (Premiere) - arr. Jude Navari

            Bright Morning Star

            Quodlibet

            Virgin Mary

            Sing-a-Lamb

            I Wonder As I Wander

            Little Bitty Baby

            Rise Up

 

 

May 2005

Listen to the Elements

Music of Earth, Water, Air and Fire

 

Jude Navari, Artistic Director

Heather Heise, Piano

Dan Levitan, Harp

Beth Milne & Erin Vang, French Horn

 

Salut Printemps -- Claude Debussy

Vier Gesange (Four Songs), op. 16 -- Johannes Brahms

            The Harp Resounds

            Song from Twelfth Night

            The Gardener

            Song from Fingal

Silvery Blue -- Ann Callaway (b. 1949)

A Song of Rain -- Anne Boyd (b. 1946)

Wind & Stone --  (World Premiere) David Meckler (b. 1960)

Day Song -- Libby Larsen (b. 1950)

Natural Music  (World Premiere) -- David Meckler (b. 1960)

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

            Hymn to the Dawn

            Hymn to the Waters

            Hymn to Vena

            Hymn of the Travelers

Veni Sancte Spiritus -- Brian Banks (b. 1955)

 

 


2003-2004 Season


December 2003

Voices in Peace III:  The Promise of Peace

 

Jude Navari, Artistic Director

Dana Smith, Piano

Guest Artists: Amelia Archer, Flute and Elspeth Franks, Mezzo-Soprano

 

Congratulamini Mihi Omnes  -- (Jakob Handl)

Ubers Gebirg’ Maria geht  -- (Johannes Eccard/Arr. Johannes Brahms)

Magnificat  -- (Nicola Antonio Porpora)

Magnificat  -- (G. P. Palestrina)

Magnificat  -- (Johann Michael Haydn)

Magnificat  -- (Katherine Dienes)

Thoughts and Remembrances : Isaiah 44:3  -- (Jackson Berkey)

Magnificat  -- (Ralph Vaughan Williams)

Ufros Aleinu  -- (Traditional Melody/Arr. Sheryl Kaskowitz)

Canticle of Mary  -- (Libby Larsen)

 

 

May 2004

Songlines:

From Generation to Generation

 

Jude Navari, Director

Nora Adahi, clarinet 

Dina Weinshelbaum, cello

 

Funf Terzette -- Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn

            Wiedersehen

            Fruhzeitiger Fruhling

            Abschied

            Wandl’ ich in dem Wald des Abends

            Winterseufzer
Selections from Romanzen, Op. 69 -- Robert Schumann

            Tamburinschlagerin

            Klosterfraulein

            Soldatenbraut

            Die Capelle

Standchen, Op. 135 -- Franz Schubert

Song #1 from Hegyi Ejszakak (Mountain Nights) -- Zoltan Kodaly

Group #7 from Gyermek es noikarok (Choruses for Women’s Voices) -- Bela Bartok

            Banat

            Ne Lattalak Volna!

            Elment a Madarka

Four Russian Peasant Songs -- Igor Stravinsky

            On Saint’s Day in Chigisakh

            Ovsen (a beneficent solar deity honored in Russian mythology)

            The Pike

            Master Portly   

Dujnel Idi Ut Jufcetja (Bulgarian Folk Song) -- arr. R. Danov

Polegnala Je Tudoro (Bulgarian Folk Song) -- arr. P. Koutev

Ach!  Synku Synku (Czechoslovakian Folk Song) -- arr. by Donald Patriquin

Kaut Zinatu To Kalninu (Latvian Folk Song) -- arr. by Jekabs Graubins                          
Tiho Nad Reeckoju (Ukrainian Folk Song) -- arr. Unknown, inst. arr. J. Johnson

Ein Bernelis Per Laukeli (Lithuanian Folk Song) -- arr. Kristina Vasiliauskaite

V’higad’ta L’vincha (And You Shall Tell Your Child) -- Gerald Cohen

            V’higad’ta l’vincha

            Avadim hayinu l’faro

            Ha lachma anya

            Dayeinu!

            B’chol dor vador

            L’fichach anachnu chayavim l’hodot

 

 


2002-2003 Season


December 2002

Voices in Peace II

Choral Treasures from the Baroque Era

 

Jude Navari, Director

Dana Smith, Keyboard

Joanna Blendulf, Cello

 

Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten -- J.S. Bach

Ele mo'adei Adonai -- S. Rossi

Barechu -- S. Rossi

Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland -- H. Schütz

Nimm mich mir -- J.S. Bach

Kadish shalem -- S. Rossi

Wohl dem, der nicht wandelt im Rat der Gottlosen -- H. Schütz

Welcome as the cheerful light -- G. F. Handel

Psallite, superi -- C.M. Cozzolani

Thither let our hearts aspire -- G. F. Handel

Angelus ad pastores ait -- C. Monteverdi

Gloria in altissimus Deo -- C.M. Cozzolani

O lovely peace, with plenty crowned -- G. F. Handel

 

 

May 2003

American Pilgrimage

A Spiritual Journey through American Choral Music

 

Jude Navari, Director

Eleanor Cohen, Guest Pianist

 

Part 1: Circle of Life

Today This Spring (1995)  -- Libby Larson

Today, this spring  -- (Text by Janice Kimes)

She piped for us  -- (Text by Charles A. Wilson)

If I can stop one heart from breaking  -- (Text by Emily Dickinson)

The Virgin Martyrs (1939)  -- Samuel Barber, Text by Helen Waddell

Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking (2003, World Premiere)  -- Steven Clark, Text by Walt Whitman

Three Mountain Ballads (1959)  -- Traditional Appalachian Folksongs, Arranged by Ron Nelson

            He’s Gone Away

            Will He Remember?

            Barbara Allen

Spring Cantata (1964)  -- Vincent Persichetti, Texts by e e cummings

            Trees

            If the green

            Spring is like a perhaps hand

            In Just-spring

 

Part 2: The Journey Beyond

Traditional Shaker Songs

Come Life, Shaker Life  -- (Issachar Bates, 1835)

The Happy Journey  -- (Watervliet Community, 1807)

Holy Savior Call  -- (Alfred Community, 1847)

Three Seas (2000)  -- Alice Parker, Texts by Emily Dickinson

            There is a solitude of space

            As if the Sea should part

            A soft Sea washed around the House

WaveSong (2001) -- Jude Navari

Traditional African-American Spirituals  -- Arr. Jacqueline Hairston

            Steal Away (1998)

            Guide My Feet (2000)

 

 


2001-2002 Season


December 2001

Voices in Peace

A Holiday Concert Celebrating Peace and Goodwill

 

Jude Navari, Director

Dana Smith, Piano

 

Shalom Rav - B. Steinberg

In pace - Orlando di Lasso

Hodie apparuit in Israel - Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)

A Promise To The Future - Nina Egert

Peace Mass - Bob Chilcott

            Introduction-Kyrie

            Gloria

            Sanctus

            Benedictus

            Agnus Dei

Salve Regina (Prima pars) - G.P. da Palestrina

Hodie Christus natus est - G.P. da Palestrina (1525-1594)

Veni Domine - Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)

Three Traditional Carols - Arr. Imogen Holst

            This Endris Night

            In Dulci Jubilo

            O Little Town Of Bethlehem

Ose Shalom - Debbie Friedman

Dona Nobis Pacem – Traditional

 

 

February 2002

Across the Great Wide Sea

 

Jude Navari, Director

Dana Smith, Piano

 

Hotaru Koi (Ho, Firefly) - Japanese Children's Song, Arr. R. Ogura

Sakura - Traditional Japanese Folksong, Arr. M. Neaum

Gamelan (1979) - R. Murray Schafer (b.1933)

Malolo (1999) - Annea Lockwood (b. 1939)

"As if the Sea should Part" and "A soft Sea washed around the House" - Alice Parker (b. 1925) from Three Seas (2000), Text by Emily Dickinson

In Pace - Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)

Salve Regina - G.P. da Palestrina (1525-1594)

Peace Mass (1998) - Bob Chilcott (b. 1955)

            Introduction-Kyrie

            Gloria

            Sanctus

            Benedictus

            Agnus Dei

WaveSong - Jude Navari (b. 1969), World Premiere

Da Hai A Gu Xiang (My Home, the Great Wide Sea) - Wang Liping, Arr by W. Guojun

Nodle Kangbyon (Beside the Nodle River) - Traditional Korean Folksong, Arr. by W. Hornady

Ahrirang - Traditional Korean Folksong, Arr. by M. Covington

Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (Third Group) - Gustav Holst (1874--1934)

            Hymn to the Dawn

            Hymn to the Waters

            Hymn to Vena (The Sun Rising Through The Mist)

            Hymn to the Travelers

 

 

May 2002

Once Upon A Time

Music of Myth, Magic, and Legend

 

Jude Navari, Director

Dana Smith, Piano

 

Three Part-Songs -- Frank Bridge

            The Graceful Swaying Wattle

            Peter Piper

            Pan's Holiday

Four Songs -- Johannes Brahms

            The Harp Resounds with Wild Refrain

            Song from Twelfth Night

            The Gardener

            Song from Fingal

Fortune-telling -- Arkadi Serper - World Premiere

            I'm Hiding Gold

            The Ring is Rolling Along the Velvet

            The Sleigh is Standing, Ready to Go

            The Fairy Thorn -- Henry Hadley

Selections from Six Metamorphoses after Ovid -- Benjamin Britten

            Niobe

            Pan

All 'Round the Maypole -- Steven Clark - World Premiere

The Sea-Fairies -- Amy Beach

Fairy Songs from a Midsummer Night's Dream -- Felix Mendelsshon

            You Spotted Snakes with Double Tongue

            Through the House a Glimmering Light

 

 

 


2000-2001 Season


February 2001

From the fixed place of Heaven she saw Time

A concert celebrating the Sensuous Divine

 

Jude Navari, Director

Paul Caccamo, Piano

Jennifer Ashworth, Soprano

 

O Ecclesia -- Hildegard of Bingen

Kyrie -- from Missa De Tous Biens Playne, Jacob Obrecht

Hold Her Fast -- Nina Egert

Gloria -- from Missa De Tous Biens Playne, Jocob Obrecht

La damoiselle elue -- Claude Debussy

O ignis spiritus -- Hildegard of Bingen

Sanctus -- from Missa De Tous Biens Playne, Jacob Obrecht

Cy est Pourtraicte, Madame Ste Ursule, et Les Unze Mille Vierges -- Nathaniel Lew

Pied Beauty -- Jude Navari

Agnus -- from Missa de Tous Biens Playne, Jacob Obrecht

Hymn to Dionysius, Opus 31, Number 2 -- Gustav Holst

 

 

May 2001

Songs from the Soul

A Celebration of Life, Love and the Yearning for Peace

 

Jude Navari, Director

Martha Mockus, Piano

with the Kairos Youth Choir

 

Alleluia -- William Boyce

Wir eilen (We hasten) -- from Cantata No. 78, Johann Sebastian Bach

Gruss (Greeting) -- Felix Mendelssohn - Kairos Youth Choir

Da Hai A Gu Xiang (My Home, the Great Wide Sea) -- Wang Liping

Don't Sit Under the Bodhi Tree with Anyone Else But... -- Nina Egert

Sanctus -- from Missa de tous biens playne, Jacob Obrecht

In Pace (In Peace) -- Orlandus Lassus

How Merrily We Live -- Michael East

Three Songs, Opus 16 -- Johannes Brahms

            Die Schwestern (The Sisters)

            Klosterfraulein (Maiden in a convent)

            Phanomen (Phenomenon)

Gentle Breezes -- Johann Strauss

My Heart is Like a Singing Bird -- Arkadi Serper

 

 


1999-2000 Season


December 1999

Of a Rose Sing We

A Concert of Modern and Medieval Seasonal Music 

 

Jude Navari, Director

Paul Caccamo, Piano

 

The Salutation of the Angel -- Anonymous 15th Century English Carol

Ave Maria -- Francic Poulenc

Ave Maria -- John Harbison

There is No Rose -- Anonymous 15th Century English Carol

Ave Maria -- Gustav Holst

Of a Rose Sing We -- Anonymous 15th Century English Carol

Canticle of Mary -- Libby Larsen

Winter Holiday Sing-Along

 

 

May 2000

The Slant Moon on a Slanting Hill

A Concert of 20th Century Vocal Music

 

Jude Navari, Director

Paul Caccamo and Martha Mockus, Piano

Cheryl Keller, Soprano

 

An Emily Dickinson Mosaic -- Daniel Pinkham

            The Brain is Wider Than the Sky

            The Heart is the Capital of the Mind

            The Mind Lives on the Heart

            To Be Alive

            Exhiliration is the Breeze

            Each Life Converges to Some Centre

Songs of Love and Longing -- Stephen Paulus - sung by Cheryl Keller

            Endless Autumn Nights

            The One Who Greets Me

            Dark Seed

            Echoes

            Moonless Nights

            The Bashful Moon

            From this World

The Moon-Welcome -- Mark Winges (premiere)

The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs -- John Cage - sung by Cheryl Keller

Section 3 from Vocalise -- Charles Boone - sung by Cheryl Keller

Selections from The Winged Joy -- Kirke Mechem

            A Farewell

            Love Came Back at Fall O'Dew

            Red May

Canticle of Mary -- Libby Larsen

In the Valley of the Moon -- Felicia Sandler

Selections from In the Theatre of Night -- Judith Lang Zaimont - sung by Cheryl Keller

            Introduction

            Flyers

            Interlude No. 2

            A Cut Flower

            Interlude No. 4

            Piano

            Postlude

Black Tambourine -- Thea Musgrave

            North Labrador

            Legend

            Black Tambourine

            Pastoral

            My Grandmother's Love Letters

            Repose of Rivers

 

 


1998-1999 Season


December 1998

Voci et Organum

Sacred Music for Women's Voices and Organ

 

Anthony Pasqua, Director

Rodney Gehrke, Organist

Lyn Fulkerson, Cello

 

Nun komm der Heiden Heiland -- J.S. Bach (Organ solo)

Nun komm der Heiden Heiland -- J.S. Bach (Duet from Schwingt freudig euch empor)

Sarabande from the Suite No. 2 in D Minor -- J.S. Bach (Cello solo)

Komm in mein Herzenshaus -- J.S. Bach (Soprano solo)

Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten -- J.S. Bach

Kyrie from Mass (1962) -- Gloria Coates

O bone Jesu, Op. 37, No.1 -- Johannes Brahms

Sanctus & Benedictus from Mass (1962) -- Gloria Coates

Salve Regina (1987) -- Ramona Luengen

Agnus Dei from Mass (1962) -- Gloria Coates

Herzlich tut mich verlangen, Op. 122, No. 10 -- Johannes Brahms (Organ solo)

Ave Maria, Op. 12 -- Johannes Brahms

Ave Maria from Dialogues des Carmelites -- Frances Poulenc

Litanies a la Vierge Noire -- Frances Poulence

Missa Brevis in D, Op. 63 -- Benjamin Britten

 

 

April 1999

Beneath the Whiteness of Your Stars

Musical Reflections on the Holocaust

 

Anthony Pasqua, Director

Poetry read by Corey Fischer

Danielle DeSwert, Piano

Michelle Dulak & Lyn Fulkerson, Cello

 

Shifchi kamayim -- Linda Hirschhorn

S'brent! -- from Cradle of fire, music and lyrics by Mordecai Gebirtig, arranged by Michael Isaacson

Sing into the Valley of Bone Words -- poem by Jacob Glatstein, translation by Ruth Whitman

Yome, Yome shpil mir a lidele -- Yiddish Folksong arranged by Viktor Ullman

Du meydele du sheyns -- Yiddish Folksong arranged by Viktor Ullman

Bachuri l'an tisa -- Hebrew Folksong arranged by Gideon Klein

Du zolst nisht geyn mit keyn andere -- Yiddish Folksong arranged by Viktor Ullman

Moderato: Fourth Movement from Duo for Violin and Cello -- Ervin Schulhoff

Shtiler, shtiler -- from Cradle of Fire, music by Alex Volkovski, arranged by Michael Isaacson

Babi Yar -- from Cradle of Fire, music by Joseph Shapiro, arranged by Michael Isaacson

Makh tsu di eygelekh -- music by David Beyglman, lyrics by Isaish Shpigl

Everything We Have Seen -- poem by Rajzel Zychlinsky, translation by Barnett Zumoff

Hala Yarden -- music by Abraham Tzvi Idelsohn, arranged by Viktor Ullman

Chassidischer Tanze, Opus 15 -- Zikmund Schul

            Allegretto moderato

            Allegretto

Ura, Ura Yisrael! -- Chassidic Song arranged by Viktor Ullman

Chalelej dorot -- Anonymous

The Undarkened Window -- poem by Rajzel Zychlinsky, translation by Barnett Zumoff

Unter dayne vayse shtern -- music by Abraham Brudno, lyrics by Abraham Sutzkever

Blayb gezunt mir kroke -- music by Manfred Lemm, lyrics by Mordecai Gebirtig

Zog nit keyn mol -- from Cradle of Fire, music by Dmitri Porkass, arranged by Michael Isaacson

 

 

 


1997-1998 Season


December 1997

Within a Wintry Grove

 

Anthony Pasqua, Director

Pamela Langston-Cox, Soprano

J.Wingate Greathouse, Tenor

Carol Adee, Flute

Mindy Whitacre, Marimba

 

Kyrie from Mass in Two Parts (1934) -- Virgil Thomson

Ave maris stella -- John Dunstable

Ecce, quod natura -- Anonymous English Carol

Cantata (1952) -- Igor Stravinsky

Sanctus and Benedictus from Mass in Two Parts -- Virgil Thomson

Winter Cantata -- Vincent Persichetti, with Flute & Marimba

Procession from A Ceremony of Carols -- Benjamin Britten

Il est ne le divin enfant -- Traditional French Carol; arr. John Rutter

Mi y'malel g'vurot Yisrael -- Traditional Hanukkah Song; arr. Anthony Pasqua

Hanerot halalu -- Traditional Hanukkah Song; arr. Blanche Chass

Wassail Song -- Traditional English Carol; arr. Tom Johnston

Deck the Halls, in 7/8

 

 

May 1998

A Rain of Diamonds 

 

Anthony Pasqua, Director

Lino Rivera, Piano

Brenda Bonhomme, Soprano

Darcy Rindt, Viola

Lyn Fulkerson, Cello

 

From Six Songs for Women's Voices -- Gwynneth Walker, poems by May Swenson

            Women Should be Pedestals

            The Name is Changeless

            Mornings Innocent

O virtus sapientiae -- Hildegard von Bingen

To an Angel -- Ruth Crawford Seeger

Englyn Forms -- Mark Winges, (Viola & Cello duet)

Rondeau: Rose liz -- Guillaume de Machaut

French Songs for Treble Voices -- Theodore Morrison, poems by Rainer Maria Rilke

            La biche

            Puisque tout passe

            Un cygne

Dirait-on from Les Chansons de Roses -- Morten Lauridsen, poem by Rainer Maria Rilke

Ave Maria from Dialogues of the Carmelites -- Francis Poulenc

The Blue Eye of God -- Nancy Telfer

The Rainbow -- Benjamin Britten

Nocturne from On This Island -- Benjamin Britten

Fancie -- Benjamin Britten

From Six Songs for Women's Voices -- Gwynneth Walker, poems by May Swenson (1913-1989)

            Love is a Rain of Diamonds

            In Autumn

            I Will Be Earth

 

 


1996-1997 Season


December 1996

I Sing of a Maiden

 

Muriel Fore, Director

Lino Rivera, Li-Wen Monk, Pianists

 

Ave Maria -- Gregorian Chant

Tota pulchra es -- Maurice Durufle (1902-1986)

I Sing of a Maiden - Patrick Hadley (1899-1973)

Canticles of the Virgin Mary -- Michael Hurd (b. 1928)

            Queen of Heaven

            Adam Lay Ybounden

            O Queen of Heaven

Ecce Maria -- Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)

Ave Maria -- Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)

Magnificat -- Nicola Porpora (1686-1767)

            Magnificat anima mea

            Et exultavit

            Et misericordia

            Fecit potentiam

            Gloria Patri

            Sicut erat

Ave Maria -- Gustav holst (1874-1934)

Gabriel's Message -- Basque Carol, arr. John Rutter

La Virgen Lava Panales -- Trad. Spanish, arr. Robert deCormier

Pajaritos de Color -- Edgardo Arodas,

Tyrley, Tyrlow -- Williametta Spencer

Peace, Peace, Peace -- Rick and Sylvia Powell, arr. Fred Bock

 

 

May 1997

To be Sung on the Water

 

Muriel Fore, Director

Lino Rivera, Pianist

 

To be Sung on the Water -- Samuel Barber, Poem Louise Bogan

maggie and milly and molly and may -- Jeanne Weaver Fuller, poem by e.e.cummings

Minnie and Winnie -- Jean Berger

The Chambered Nautilus -- Amy Marcy Cheney Beach

Shells -- Knut Nystedt

Missa Brevis in tempore violentiae -- Ron Jeffers

This We Know -- Ron Jeffers

Salmo 150 -- Ernani Aguiar

On suuri sun rantas autius -- Suomalainen Kansansavelma, Finnish folk song

Away From the Roll of the Sea -- Allister MacGillivray; arr. Diane Loomer

La Flor de la Miel -- Alberto Grau

The Water is Wide -- Traditional American; arr. Luigi Zaninelli 

J'entends le moulin -- Traditional French; arr. Donald Patriquin

 


1995-1996 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)

 


1994-1995 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

 


1993-1994 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)

 

 

 


1992-1993 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

 

 

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)

 

 


1991-1992 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 John Rutter

 

 

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 (arr. Covington) - Gabriel Faure (1845-1924), arr. Covington

      Salut Printemps - Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

      Reverie - Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

 

 


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