Past Concerts from 1984-2020
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January 18, 2020
Gabriel Fauré: Requiem
George Frideric Händel: Dettingen Te Deum
May 11, 2019
George Frideric Händel: Anthem for the Funeral of Queen Caroline
Eric Whitacre: Five Hebrew Love Songs
Aaron Copland: Selections from Old American Songs
January 26, 2019
Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass in Bb Major, "Harmoniemesse"
Franz Schubert: Mass No. 5 in Ab Major
May 5, 2018
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Coronation" Mass in C, K. 317
Giacomo Puccini: Messa di Gloria
January 27, 2018
Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah
May 13, 2017
Songs of Love, Faith, Hope, and Freedom
Jean Berger, My true-love hath my heart
Emma Diemer: Three Madrigals
Morten Lauridsen: Dirait-on
Anon.: Fount (traditional American hymn)
William L. Dawson: Ain'-a That Good news!
Dorsey: Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Cantor Robbie Solomon: Yah Ribon Alam
Randall Thompson: The Road Not Taken (from Frostiana)
Aaron Copland: The Promise of Living (from The Tender Land)
William Billings: Chester
Irving Berlin: Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor
André J. Thomas: I Hear American Singing
Irving Berlin: God Bless America
Samuel Ward: America the Beautiful
January 28, 2017
Johannes Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem
May 7, 2016
Franz Schubert, Mass in E-flat
January 30, 2016
Joseph Haydn, Die Schöpfung (The Creation)
MAY 9, 2015
Maurice Duruflé, Requiem
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Requiem
MAY 10, 2014
Joseph Haydn, Lord Nelson Mass
FEBRUARY 1, 2014
Leonard Bernstein, Chichester Psalms and selections from Mass
MAY 11, 2013
Giacomo Carissimi, Jephte
Morten Lauridsen, Lux Aeterna
JANUARY 26, 2013
Antonin Dvorák, Stabat Mater
MAY 19, 2012
Giacomo Rossini, Petite Messe Solennelle
JANUARY 28, 2012
George Frideric Handel, Israel in Egypt
MAY 21, 2011
George Frideric Handel, Four Coronation Anthems
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vesperae Solennes de Confessore and
Ave Verum Corpus
JANUARY 29, 2011
Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Mass in B flat
Luigi Cherubini, Requiem Mass in C Minor
MAY 22, 2010
Johannes Brahms, Liebeslieder, Op. 52 and Neue Liebeslieder, Op. 65
JANUARY 30, 2010
Franz Joseph Haydn, Missa Brevis St. Joannis de Deo
Antonio Vivaldi, Magnificat
MAY 30, 2009
Giacomo Puccini, Messa di Gloria
Gioachino Rossini, Stabat Mater
JANUARY 25, 2009
Franz Schubert, Mass in G
Francis Poulenc, Gloria
MAY 17, 2008
Carl Orff, Carmina Burana
MARCH 2, 2008
George Frideric Handel, Messiah
JUNE 2, 2007
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Dona Nobis Pacem
JANUARY 28, 2007
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Coronation Mass in C Major and
Requiem Mass in D Minor
NOVEMBER 5, 2006
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Requiem Mass in D Minor
(Joint concert with the Rivers Music School)
JUNE 3, 2006
Franz Joseph Haydn, Mass in Time of War
DECEMBER 17 & 18, 2005
George Frideric Handel, Messiah
JUNE 4, 2005
Maurice Duruflé, Requiem
JANUARY 30, 2005
Franz Joseph Haydn, Die Schöpfung (The Creation)
JUNE 5, 2004
Ludwig van Beethoven, Mass in C Major and
Fantasia in C Minor (“Choral Fantasy”)
FEBRUARY 8, 2004
Johannes Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem
JUNE 7, 2003
Franz Schubert, Mass in G
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vesperae Solennes de Confessore
FEBRUARY 2, 2003
Felix Mendelssohn, Elijah
JUNE 1, 2002
Johann Sebastian Bach, Jesu, der du meine Seele, Cantata No. 78
John Rutter, Requiem
JANUARY 27, 2002
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Requiem
JUNE 2, 2001
Johann Sebastian Bach, Magnificat
Antonio Vivaldi, Gloria
JANUARY 27, 2001
Benjamin Britten, Rejoice in the Lamb
Randall Thompson, The Peaceable Kingdom
JUNE 3, 2000
Gabriel Fauré, Requiem
John Corigliano, Fern Hill
JANUARY 9, 2000
Felix Mendelssohn, He, Watching Over Israel, from Elijah
George N. Allen; Roy Ringwald, arranger, Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Samuel Barber, Anthony O'Daly
Claude Debussy, Trois Chansons
Randall Thompson, Frostiana – Seven Country Songs
JUNE 5, 1999
Franz Schubert, Magnificat
John Rutter, Magnificat
JANUARY 23, 1999
Franz Joseph Haydn, Te Deum and Mass in D Minor (Nelson Mass)
MAY 30, 1998
Giuseppe Verdi, Pater Noster
Vaughan Williams, Five Mystical Songs
Songs of Jerusalem:
A Celebration of Jerusalem 3000
Yair Rosenblum, “Hand in Hand” A Song of Peace (The Last Song of Yitzchak Rabin)
Various Israeli Songs for Choir
P.D.Q. Bach, Liebeslieder Polkas (Nos. 1-5)
JANUARY 24, 1998
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ave Verum Corpus and Missa brevis et solemnis in C
Robert Ingari, Dona Nobis Pacem
Norman Dello Joio, A Jubilant Song
Four spirituals:
Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord
Ezekiel Saw de Wheel
I’m Goin’ to Sing
Free, My Lord, Free at Las’
JUNE 7, 1997
John Rutter:
O Clap Your Hands
Praise Ye The Lord
Fancies
All Things Bright and Beautiful
For the Beauty of the Earth
Canticles of America
JANUARY 25, 1997
Ludovico Viadana, Tantum Ergo
Maurice Durufle, Tantum Ergo
Franz Schubert, Tantum Ergo and Mass in G
Franz Joseph Haydn, Madrigal: The Storm
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sweet Day and O Mistress Mine
Vincent Persichetti, Song of Peace
John Rutter, The Lord Bless You and Keep You
Denes Agay, Old Irish Blessing
JUNE 1, 1996
George Frideric Handel, Chandos Anthem No. 4
Francois Poulenc, Salve Regina and Ave Verum Corpus
Francis Pilkington, Rest, Sweet Nymphs
Josquin des Prez, El Grillo
Ernst Bloch, Sacred Service (selections)
Joseph Haydn, The Creation (selections)
JANUARY 27, 1996
William Byrd, Mass for Four Voices
Gabriel Faure, Cantique de Jean Racine
Hector Berlioz, Thou Must Leave Thy Lowly Dwelling
Giuseppe Verdi, Macbeth, Act IV, Scene I: Va, Pensiero
Francesco Durante, Magnificat in B flat
Peter C. Lutkin, The Lord Bless You and Keep You
JUNE 3, 1995
Samuel Barber, Sure on this shining night
Franz Joseph Haydn, Part Songs
Charles Ives, Serenity and The Circus Band
Bela Bartok, Four Slovak Folk Songs
Johannes Brahms, Zigeunerlieder, Opus 103
JANUARY 21, 1995
Ludwig van Beethoven, Elegischer Gesang (Elegy for mixed voices and strings)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata No. 4, Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 4)
John Rutter, arranger, The Sprig of Thyme
Robert Ingari, Dona nobis pacem (Premiere Performance)
JUNE 4, 1994
Francis Poulenc, Gloria
Igor Stravinsky, Ave Maria
Serge Rachmaninoff, Ave Maria
Marco Antonio Ingegneri, In monte Oliveti; Jerusalem, surge; and
Tristis est anima mea
Benjamin Britten, Oliver Cromwell
Sea Chantey – T. Frederick H. Candlyn, arranger, What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor
English Music Hall Song – John McCarthy, arranger, She Was An Acrobat’s Daughter
JANUARY 22, 1994
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Coronation Mass
Robert A. Harris, Two Elizabethan Lyrics
Irving Fine, Three Choruses from Alice in Wonderland
JUNE 5, 1993
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orpheus (selections)
Louis Lewandowski, Hallelujah
Benjamin Britten, Fancie and Rejoice in the Lamb
Antonio Vivaldi, Gloria
JANUARY 23, 1993
Ludwig van Beethoven, Opferlied (Song of Offering)
Edward Elgar; Donald Fraser, arranger, Four Elgar Songs (selections)
Paul Hindemith, In Praise of Music
Gabriel Fauré, Requiem
JUNE 6, 1992
Madrigals:
Thomas Ford, Since First I Saw Your Face
Thomas Morley, April is in My Mistress’ Face
Thomas Whythorne, I Have Ere This Time
Martin Peerson, Lock Up, Fair Lids
Anton Bruckner, Two Motets: Locus Iste a Deo factus est and Tantum Ergo
Gabriel Fauré, Ave Verum and Cantique de Jean Racine
Kurt Weill, September Song (from “Knickerbocker Holiday”) and Lost in the Stars (from “Lost in the Stars”)
Gilbert & Sullivan, Six Four-Part Songs:
1. Let’s give three cheers (H.M.S. Pinafore)
2. Oh joy, oh rapture unforeseen! (H.M.S. Pinafore)
3. Brightly dawns our wedding day (The Mikado)
4. Leaves in autumn fade and fall (Ruddigore)
5. Strange adventure! (The Yeomen of the Guard)
6. Dance a cachucha (The Gondoliers)
JANUARY 25, 1992
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ave Verum Corpus; Laudate Dominum (from “Vesperae solennes de confessore”); and Te Deum
Thompson, Randall, Frostiana (Selections)
John Rutter, All Things Bright and Beautiful; The Music’s Always There With You; and For the Beauty of the Earth
MAY 18, 1991
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Alec Rowley, Tune Thy Music To Thy Heart
Christopher Tye, O Come Ye Servants Of The Lord
George Frideric Handel, O Lord We Trust In Thee Alone
William Billings, I Am Come Into My Garden and Be Glad Then America
Thomas Tallis, If Ye Love Me
Anonymous, Rejoice in The Lord Alway
Norman Dello Joio, Madrigal; A Fable; and Somebody’s Coming
Vincent Persichetti, Sam Was a Man and Song of Peace
JANUARY 12, 1991
Franz Joseph Haydn, Missa brevis St. Joannis de Deo (Little Organ Mass)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Zion hört die Wächter singen (from Cantata 140) and Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (from Cantata 147)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Laudate Dominum (from Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339)
Aaron Copland, Simple Gifts (Women’s Chorus) and Long Time Ago
JUNE 3, 1990
Anton Bruckner, Tantum ergo (E flat) and Locus iste
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sweet Day and O Mistress Mine
John Clements, Flower of Beauty
Ludwig van Beethoven, Hallelujah Chorus (from Christ on the Mount of Olives)
Charles Ives, At the River
Vincent Persichetti, Sam was a man
Richard Rodgers, June is Bustin’ Out All Over (from Carousel); If I Loved You (Women’s Chorus) (from Carousel); It’s a Grand Night for Singing (from State Fair)
JANUARY 21, 1990
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gloria in excelsis from Twelfth Mass
Johann Sebastian Bach, Nun danket alle Gott
George Frideric Handel, Awake the Trumpet’s Lofty Sound (from Samson)
Baldassare Donato, All Ye Who Music Love
Henry Purcell, Come Ye Sons of Art
Felix Mendelssohn, Neujahrslied (New Year’s Song) and Frühzeitiger Frühling (Early Spring)
Stephen Foster, Beautiful Dreamer; Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair; Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
Cy Coleman; Richard Barnes, arranger, Rhythm of Life
MAY 15, 1989
Harvey Schmidt; Frank Pooler, arranger, Try to Remember (from “The Fantasticks”)
Johann Pachebel; Nobel Goemanne, arranger, Canon in D
Jester Hairston, arranger, Poor Man Lazarus (spiritual)
Gabriel Fauré, Cantique de Jean Racine
Franz Joseph Haydn, The Heavens are Telling (from “The Creation”)
Irving Berlin, Blue Skies
David Lantz, arranger, Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen (spiritual)
Ed Lojeski, arranger, Medley from Les Miserables
Denes Agay, Old Irish Blessing
JANUARY 9, 1989
Benjamin Britten, A Ceremony of Carols
Martin Shaw, With a Voice of Singing
Richard Kountz; Wallingford Riegger, arranger, The Sleigh (A la Russe)
Randall Thompson, Alleluia
Jule Styne; Joyce Eilers Bacak, arranger, Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
Leroy Anderson; Fred Waring, arranger, Sleigh Ride
MAY, 1988
Randall Thompson, The Last Words of David
Gabriel Fauré, Requiem
George Frideric Handel, Hallelujah Chorus (from “The Messiah”)
Jerry Herman, The Best of Times (from “La Cage aux Folles”)
Stephen Schwartz; Fritz Mountford, arranger, With You
Georges Bizet, Habanera (from “Carmen”)
Joe Garland, In the Mood
Hawley Ades, arranger, Twentiana (choral montage of songs of the 1920’s)
Denes Agay, Old Irish Blessing
JANUARY 11, 1988
Benjamin Britten, Hodie (from “A Ceremony of Carols”)
Hans Leo Hassler, Missa Secunda (Selections)
Emma Lou Diemer, Three Madrigals
Maurice Gardner, arranger, Every Night When the Sun Goes In (Appalachian Folksong)
William Henry Smith, arranger, Ride the Chariot (spiritual)
Livingston Gearhart, Diogenes
Aaron Copland, The Promise of Living (from “The Tender Land”)
Antonio Vivaldi, Gloria
Denes Agay, Old Irish Blessing
MAY 17, 1987
David Pomerantz, It’s In Every One of Us
Georges Frideric Handel, Art Thou Troubled (from “Rodelinda”)
Daniel Burton, Come Live With Me And Be My Love
Ron Nelson, arranger, Three Mountain Ballads
Johannes Brahms, Liebeslider Walzer, Opus 52 (excerpts)
Hoagy Carmichael, Georgia On My Mind
Johnny Mandel, The Shadow Of Your Smile
Jule Styne, I Don’t Want To Walk Without You
Leonard Bernstein, West Side Story (choral selections)
MAY 12, 1986
Béla Bartók, Three Hungarian Folksongs
Mátyás Seiber, Three Hungarian Folk Songs
Aaron Copland, adapter, The Boatmen’s Dance
Allister MacGillivray; Stuart Calvert, arranger, Song for the Mira
Larry Farrow, arranger, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; Deep River; Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit
Franz Joseph Haydn, Gloria (from the “Heiligmesse”)
Ludwig Van Beethoven, Kyrie (from “Mass in C Major”)
Franz Joseph Haydn, The Heavens Are Telling (from “The Creation”)
APRIL 29, 1985
Noble Cain, Crossing Over (from “Three Campmeeting Songs”)
Fred Hellerman; Herbert Haufrecht, arranger, Healing River
Johann Sebastian Bach, Alleluja
John Lennon and Paul McCartney; Lou Hayward, arranger, On Love (choral medley)
Leonard Bernstein, The Mass (selections)
Hank Beebe, In These Things We Live; For the Mountains Shall Depart; Go Out With Joy
APRIL 9, 1984
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ave Verum and In Manus Tuas
Thomas Morley, April is in My Mistress' Face and Now Is the Month of Maying
Robert Powell, How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place
Cole Porter, What is This Thing Called Love
George Gershwin, Embraceable You
Buddy Johnson, Since I Fell for You
Geistliche Kirchengesang; Mark Hayes, arranger, All Creatures of Our God and King
APRIL 11, 1983
Johannes Brahms, Six Folk Songs (Selections)
Thomas Morley, Sing We and Chant It
Orazio Vecchi, Fa Una Canzone
Harry Warren; Ken Gargaro, arranger, I Only Have Eyes For You
Gilbert Martin, arranger, Wayfarin’ Stranger
Paul Simon, Bridge Over Troubled Water
William Dawson, arranger, Ain’ a That Good News (spiritual)
Harvey Schmidt, The Fantastics Choral Selection
Originally compiled by Mary Gavett-Orsi, July 2013