Concert History 1993-2000

Inaugural Concerts

Dec. 11 and 18, 1993

The Glory of the Father – Egil Hovland

O Come, O Come Immanuel - Arr. John Rutter

O Come, All Ye Faithful - Arr. David Willcocks

from Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noel – Francis Poulenc

Angels We Have Heard On High - Arr. Mary Kahmann

A Child Is Born - Arr. Leo Nestor

Chorale Prelude: Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland - J.S. Bach

Festival Te Deum – Ralph Vaughan Williams

Silent Night - Arr. Leo Nestor

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Arr. David Willcocks

O Praise the Lord of Heaven – John Rutter

May 20 and 22, 1994

A Cappella Concert

Agnus Dei – Samuel Barber

All-Night Vigil, Op. 59* - Alexander Tikhonovitch Gretchaninov

In the Beginning – Aaron Copland

Great Day - Arr. Joseph Martin

*American premiere

Dec. 9 and 11, 1994

Celebrate the Season

A Light Where Jesus Lay – John Seagard

O Come, All Ye Faithful - Arr. David Willcocks

Christmas Cantata – Daniel Pinkham

Shepherd’s Pipe Carol - John Rutter

Fantasia on “Greensleeves” – Ralph Vaughn Williams

The First Nowell - Arr. David Willcocks

Silent Night - Arr. Leo Nestor

A Psalm of Celebration – Walter Pelz

March 18 and 19, 1995

Music for 70 Voices and 4 Hands

Neue Liebeslieder, Op. 65 – Johannes Brahms

Gazebo Dances – John Corigliano

Greensleeves – Ralph Vaughn Williams

Music To Hear – George Shearing

Three Scottish Folksongs - Arr. Mack Wilberg

Shenandoah - Arr. James Turk

Cindy - Arr. Mack Wilberg

June 2 and 4, 1995

Songs of Reconciliation

Leaves of Grass, Op. 100 – Paul Creston

Requiem – John Rutter

Dec. 8 and 9, 1995

Celebrate the Season

Magnificat – Rene Clausen

On This Day – D. Grantham

Dancing Day - Arr. John Rutter

Carols and Lullabies - Arr. Conrad Susa

The Midnight Clear – Arr. Conrad Susa

Christmas Spiritual Medley - Arr. Joseph Jennings

March 8 and 10, 1996

Songs of the Spirit

Morning Trumpet - Arr. Shaw and Parker

Cana-an - Arr. Edwin Ferguson

Be Glad Then America – William Billings

Po’ Mo’ner Got a Home at Las’ - Arr. Hall Johnson

Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho - Arr. Edwin Ferguson

Ain’t Got Time To Die - Arr. Hall Johnson

Poor Wayfarin’ Stranger - Arr. Randall Gill

Rockin’ Jerusalem - Thomas

I Want Jesus - Arr. Jester Hairston

Little David - Arr. Norman Luboff

I Stan’ an’ Fol’ My Arms - Arr. James

River Chant - Arr. Hall Johnson

Let Me Fly - Arr. Robert DeCormier

Talk About a Child That Do Love Jesus - Arr. William Dawson

Ezekiel Saw de Wheel - Arr. William Dawson

He Never Sleeps - Arr. William David Brown

Dan-u-el – Kirke Mechem

Steal Away - Arr. Norman Luboff

Witness - Arr. Jack Halloran

May 31 and June 2, 1996

St. John Passion, BWV 245 - J.S. Bach

Dec. 13 and 15, 1996

Songs of Deliverance

Excerpts from Judas Maccabaeus – G.F. Handel

Excerpts from Messiah – G.F. Handel

March 7 and 9, 1997

Humor Us!

Excerpts from Messiah – G.F. Handel

Go for Broke – Peter Schickele

Notebook for Betty-Sue Bach (S. 13 going on 14) - P.D.Q. Bach

The Saints Preserve Us – Daniel Pinkham

Liebeslieder Polkas (S. 2/4) - P.D.Q. Bach

May 30 and June 1, 1997

All Night Vigil

Magnificat – Rene Clausen

All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 – Sergei Rachmaninov

Agnus Dei – Samuel Barber

Dec. 12 and 14, 1997

Let Every Thing that Hath Breath

A Jubilant Song – Rene Clausen

The First Nowell - Arr. David Willcocks

Magnificat – Gabrieli

A Christmas Fantasy – Richard Wienhorst

Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, Op. 29, No. 1 – Johannes Brahms

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Arr. David Willcocks

A Feast for Christmas – Emma Lou Diemer

How Still He Rests – Brent Pierce

Carol Fest - Arr. James Laster

Stille Nacht/Noche de Paz/Silent Night - Arr. Leo Nestor

O Praise the Lord of Heaven – John Rutter

March 20 and 22, 1998

Songs of the People

American Ballads - Arr. Gwyneth Walker

Camptown Races - Arr. Jack Halloran

Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair - Arr. Ed Lojeski

Ching-A-Ring Chaw – Aaron Copland/ Irving Fine

The Promise of Living (from Tender Land) – Aaron Copland

Stomp Your Foot (from Tender Land) – Aaron Copland

Hush Little Baby - Arr. John Blackwood

Three Mountain Tunes - Arr. Mack Wilberg

June 5 and 7, 1998

The Other Three B’s

Warm-up (from Mass) – Leonard Bernstein

French Choruses (from The Lark) – Leonard Bernstein

Under the Willow Tree (from Vanessa) – Samuel Barber

Let down the bars, O Death, Op. 8, No. 2 – Samuel Barber

The Monk and His Cat (from Hermit Songs, Op. 29) – Samuel Barber

Latin Choruses (from The Lark) – Leonard Bernstein

Excerpts from Reincarnations, Op. 16 – Samuel Barber

Hymn to St. Cecilia, Op. 27 – Benjamin Britten

Sure on this shining night – Samuel Barber

Dec. 11 and 13, 1998

Simple Gifts

Boar’s Head Carol - Arr. David Willcocks

Glouchestershire Wassail - Arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams

King Jesus Hath a Garden - Arr. Charles Wood

In the Bleak Mid-Winter – Gustav Holst

Gaudete - Arr. Craig Kingsbury

All This Time – William Walton

All My Heart - Arr. Watson

Hodie aperuit (from Hildegarde Motets) - Fero

Magnificat Part

Silent Night* Hagen

O Magnum Mysterium Lauridsen

Rocking Trad. Czech

*World live premier

March 19 and 21, 1999

Some Enchanted Evening

Prologue: Lullaby of Broadway - Warren

Selections from Pippin - Schwartz

Selections from Crazy for You - Gershwin

Selections from Candide - Bernstein

Selections from Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris - Brel

Selections from Ain’t Misbehavin’ - Waller

Selections from Stephen Sondheim - Sondheim

June 4 and 6, 1999

Mozart!

Vesperae solennes de Confessore, KV 339

Missa in C Minor, KV 427 - Mozart

Dec. 10 and 12, 1999

Christmas Through the Ages

Veni, Emmanuel Chant

O Come, All Ye Faithful - Arr. Willcocks

Verbum caro factum est - Hassler

There is no rose of such virtue - Joubert

Angelus ad Virginem - Martin

Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming - Praetorius

Slumber, Lovely Babe - Hines

Make We Joy Now - Sirett

I Wonder as I Wonder - Arr. Nestor

Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head - Arr. Nestor

Unto Us Is Born a Son - Arr. Willcocks

A Boy Was Born - Britten

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Arr. Willcocks

Rocking - Trad. Czech

June 2 and 4, 2000

The Greatest of All Time

Hallelujah (from Messiah) - Handel

Spaseniye Sodelal (Kievan Chant) - Chesnokov

Kyrie (from Missa Papae Marcelli) - Palestrina

Gloria (Gregorian Chant)

Credo (from Mass in G minor) - Vaughan Williams

Sanctus, BWV 238 - Bach

Kiddush - Weil

Agnus Dei (from Requiem) - Faure

Set Me as a Seal (from A New Creation) - Clausen

The Last Words of David - Thompson

Heilig - Mendelssohn

Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart

Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (from Ein Deutsches Requiem) - Brahms

O Fortuna (from Carmina Burana) - Orff

Chorus of Hebrew Slaves (from Nabucco) - Verdi

Pilgrams’ Chorus (from Tannhauser) - Wagner

Excerpts from H.M.S. Pinafore - Sullivan

She’s Like the Swallow - Arr. Zaninelli

I Love my Love - Arr. Holst

Witness - Arr. Halloran

Sure on this Shining Night - Barber