October 20, 2007 7:30 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, Bristol, TN
October 21, 2007 3:00 p.m. Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church, Johnson City, TN
Requiem by Maurice Duruflé
Zigeunerlieder (Gypsy Songs) by Johannes Brahms
December 9, 2007 3:00 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, Johnson City, TN
Messiah Sing
Everybody in the region is invited to bring their score and join in singing this masterful oratorio. No audience today; we’ll all be the singers!
Not only will it be fun, but it will benefit others. Proceeds will be shared between the Chorale and Second Harvest Food Bank.
December 15, 2007 3:00 p.m. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Johnson City, TN
MARY HAD A BABY
| Sir Christemas |
William Matthias |
| Hymn to the Virgin |
Benjamin Britten |
| Magnificat |
Arvo Pärt |
| Bogoroditse devo |
Sergei Rachmaninoff |
| Ave Maria |
Anton Bruckner |
| Mary Had a Baby |
Sam Batt Owens |
| Hail Mary |
William Dawson |
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| Two 20th century carols: |
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| Shepherd's Pipe Carol |
John Rutter |
| Christmas Carol |
Charles Ives |
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| Carols from around the world: |
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| Carol of the Bells |
Ukranian, arr. Peter Wilhousky |
| O Yule Full of Gladness |
Norwegian, arr. Carolyn Jennings |
| Peng you, ting! |
Chinese, arr. Carolyn Jennings |
| O Come Little Children |
German, arr. B. Wayne Bisbee |
| Ai nama mamina |
Latvian, arr. Andrejs Jansons |
| Hacia Belén va un Borrico |
Hispanic, arr. Alice Parker/Robert Shaw |
| As Lately We Watched |
English, arr. Charles Black |
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| Two spirituals: |
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| Go Tell it on the Mountain |
Spiritual, arr. Carolyn Jennings |
| I Believe This is Jesus |
Spiritual, arr. Undine Smith Moore |
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| Still, Still, Still |
Austrian, arr. Norman Luboff |
| We Wish You a Merry Christmas |
English, arr. Alice Parker |
March 29, 2008 8:00 p.m. Renaissance Center, Kingsport, TN
March 30, 2008 4:00 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, Johnson City, TN
Festival of American Choral Music
For the 10th anniversary of David Hendricksen as Music Director of the Chorale, we repeat the first program he conducted in 1998 – ranging from the founding of the Republic to the 20th century, sacred and secular, famous and obscure, serious compositions and charming folk music.
2006-2007 Season
October 21, 2006 7:30 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, Bristol, TN |
October 22, 2006 4:00 p.m. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Johnson City, TN |
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Trans-Atlantic Women |
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Facta est cum Angelo |
Raffaella Aleotti |
Spiritus Sanctus vivificans vita |
Hildegard von Bingen |
He That Dwelleth in the Secret Place of the Most High |
Rebecca Clarke |
With Prayer and Supplication |
Amy Beach |
Peace I Leave With You |
Amy Beach |
Lord of All Being |
Amy Beach |
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INTERMISSION |
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If Music Be the Food of Love |
Jean Belmont |
Music, When Soft Voices Die |
Rebecca Clarke |
Weep You No More, Sad Fountains |
Rebecca Clarke |
A Lover's Dirge |
Rebecca Clarke |
When Cats Run Home and Light is Come |
Rebecca Clarke |
Hope There Is |
Clare Maclean |
Love is a Rain of Diamonds |
Gwyneth Walker |
Hymn to the Sun |
Lili Boulanger |
Three Madrigals |
Emma Lou Diemer |
December 16, 2006 3:00 p.m. St. John’s Episcopal Church |
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Christmas Oratorio |
Camille Saint-Saens |
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INTERMISSION |
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Musica Dei Donum |
John Rutter |
Hodie Christus Natus Est |
Healey Willan |
Facta est cum Angelo |
Raffella Aleotti |
Lux Aurumque |
Eric Whitacre |
Lord, Now Lettest Thou Thy Servant |
Alexander Gretchaninoff |
Christmas Song |
Mel Torme |
Still, Still, Still |
Norman Luboff |
We Wish You a Merry Christmas |
Alice Parker |
February 10, 2007 Seeger Chapel, Milligan College |
The Civic Chorale is the guest of the Johnson City Symphony Orchestra, in a program that includes famous opera choruses and other music for chorus and orchestra. Specific selections to be announced. |
March 17, 8:00 p.m. Renaissance Center, Kingsport |
March 18, 2007 4:00 p.m., Christian Life Center,
Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church |
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Celebrate Spring! |
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Ensemble and individual selections to be determined following auditions
February 22 before and after regular rehearsal. |
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Hey, Look Me Over |
Cy Coleman |
If Music Be the Food of Love |
Jean Belmont |
O My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose |
Ray Henderson |
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Five Hebrew Love Songs |
Eric Whitacre |
I. Temuná |
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II. Kalá kallá |
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III. Lárov |
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IV. Éyze shéleg! |
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V. Rakút |
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Fair Phyllis I Saw Sitting All Alone |
John Farmer |
Little Miss Muffet (women of the Chorale) |
Hal Hopson |
When Cats Run Home and Light is Come |
Rebecca Clark |
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Two Choruses from The Tender Land |
Aaron Copland |
The Promise of Living |
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Stomp Your Foot |
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Colorado Trail (men of the Chorale) |
arr. Norman Luboff |
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Three Show Tunes |
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Wandrin' Star (from Paint Your Wagon) |
arr. Jacques Rizzo |
The Sweetheart Tree (from The Great Race) |
Henry Mancini |
Step to the Rear (from How Now, Dow Jones) |
arr. Pete King |
May 6, 2007 4:00 p.m. Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church
with Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra and Dr. David Runner, organ soloist |
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Organ Concerto in G minor |
Francis Poulenc |
Mass in D minor (Lord Nelson Mass) |
Franz Joseph Haydn |
2004-2005 Season
Fall Concert
4:00 p.m., Sunday, October 3, 2004 at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Johnson City
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat, played by the Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra
Mass No. 2 in G major, sung by the Chorale and accompanied by the orchestra
Psalm 23 for women’s chorus and piano
Widerspruch for men’s chorus and piano
Christmas Concert
4:00 & 8:00 p.m., Saturday, December 18, 2004 at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Johnson City
Choral works with harp
Benjamin Britten: Ceremony of Carols
Conrad Susa: Carols and Lullabies
Winter Concert
4:00 p.m. Sunday, February 13, 2005 at Christian Life Center,
Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church, Johnson City
4:00 p.m. Sunday, Feburary 20, 2005 at Renaissance Center Auditorium, Kingsport
A parlor concert featuring individuals and small ensembles from within the Chorale, along with the full chorus in music from Broadway, madrigals, folk songs, and of course, love songs for Valentine’s Day.
Spring Concert
4:00 p.m. Sunday, May 1, 2005 at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Johnson City
3:00 p.m. Sunday, May 15, 2005 at First Presbyterian Church, Bristol, Tennessee
Donald McCullough: Holocaust Cantata
Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei
The Holocaust Cantata, is scored for solo cello, piano, narrators, and chorus. The texts are English translations of Hebrew poetry and prose found in concentration camps after World War II. While some cantatas have a story line, or plot, the Holocaust Cantata instead offers a sequence of glimpses into the circumstances of individuals. Though not a work that one can “enjoy” in the normal sense of the word, we believe it is a powerful artistic expression that it is important for people to experience. In the composer’s words, it may “transform statistics into people in the minds of the Cantata’s listeners, and perhaps be a part of making it more difficult for such a horror ever to occur again.” Fittingly, the concert concludes with the Chorale singing the famous music of Barber’s Adagio for Strings, to which he set the prayer for peace, the Agnus Dei.
2003-2004 Season
Fall Concert
4:00 p.m. Sunday, October 12 Tusculum College, Greeneville
8:00 p.m. Friday, October 17 St. John’s Episcopal Church, Johnson City
3:00 p.m. Sunday, October 26 First Presbyterian Church, Bristol, Tennessee
Music for Double Choir
Psalm 100 Heinrich Schütz
Blessing, Glory Georg Gottfried Wagner
Komm, Jesu, komm Johann Sebastian Bach
Alleluia (triple choir) Jacob Handl
Peaceable Kingdom Randall Thompson
Christmas Concert
4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Saturday, December 13 St.
John’s Episcopal Church,
Johnson City
Hodie Christus Natus Est plainchant
Hodie Christus Natus Est Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Hodie Christus Natus Est Giovanni Gabrieli
Komm, Jesu, komm Johann Sebastian Bach
Magnificat Imant Raminsh
Carol of Joy Spanish, arr. Richard Zgodava
O Little Town of Bethlehem Davies, Vaughan Williams, Redner
As Lately We Watched Austrian, arr. Charles Black
Silent Night arr. David Hendricksen
Nativity Carol John Rutter
Star Carol John Rutter
Still, Still, Still Austrian, arr. Norman Luboff
April Concert
8:00 p.m. Saturday, April 24 Toy Reid Auditorium, Kingsport, TN
With Symphony of the Mountains Orchestra and Chorus
Cyrus Ginwala conducting
Carmina Burana Carl Orff
May Concert
4:00 p.m. Sunday, May 16 St. John’s Episcopal Church, Johnson City
Sing We Merrily Unto God Martin Shaw
Venite Populi W. A. Mozart
Song of Creation (commissioned by the Chorale in honor of founders Robert and Jane LaPella) Kenton Coe
The Earth Adorned Waldemar Ahlen
Dry Bones arr. Livingston Gearhart
Jacob’s Ladder (male soloist) arr. Daniel Kallman
Worthy to be Praised Myron Smith
INTERMISSION
Liebeslieder Walzer, Op. 52 Johannes Brahms
2002-2003 Season
October 13, 2002, 4:00 pm. St. John's Episcopal Church, Johnson City
October 20, 2002, 4:00 pm. 1st Presbyterian Church, Bristol, TN
| Requiem (sung in English, original piano four-hands accompaniment) |
Johannes Brahms |
December 13, 2002, 8:00 pm. St. John's Episcopal Church, Johnson City
Gloria (with orchestra) |
Antonio Vivaldi |
Intermission
| Five 20th Century American Works |
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| O Magnum Mysterium |
Morton Lauridsen |
| Birthday Greeting |
Zoltan Kodaly |
How Still He Lies
(soprano solo & wind chimes) |
Brent Pierce |
| Salvation is Created |
Paul Tschesnokoff |
| Shout the Glad Tidings |
Ned Rorem |
| Three Christmas Folk Settings |
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Hacia Belen va un Borrico
(male & female solos) |
Mexican, arr. Parker/Shaw |
| African Noel (with percussion) |
arr. André Thomas |
| Still, Still, Still (with orchestra) |
Austrian, arr. Normal Luboff |
| We Wish Your a Merry Christmas |
English, arr. Alice Parker |
April 27, 2003, 4:00 pm. Seeger Chapel, Milligan College
Joint Program with East Tennessee Children's Choir.
| Chichester Psalms (with organ, harp, percussion) |
Leonard Berstein |
| Selections by ETCC |
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| The Unknown Region (with ETCC) |
Kenton Coe |
| Agnus Dei |
Samuel Barber |
2001-2002 Season
Fall Concert
October 14, 2001, 3:00 p.m., Seeger Chapel, Milligan College
Combined program with Milligan College Chamber Orchestra
| Organ Concerton in F Major, Op. 4, No. 4 |
George F. Handel |
David Runner, organ
Milligan College Chamber Orchestra
Kellie Brown, conductor
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| Missa Brevis Sancti Johannis de Deo |
Franz Joseph Haydn |
I. Kyrie
II. Gloria
III. Credo
IV. Sanctus
V. Benedictus
VI. Agnus Dei
Johnson City Civic Chorale
David Runner, organ
Milligan College Chamber Orchestra
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| Zigeunerleben. Op. 29, No. 3 |
Robert Schumann |
Johnson City Civic Chorale
Lisa Runner, piano
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Christmas Concert
December 15, 2001, 8:00 p.m., Seeger Chapel, Milligan College
| Sir Christèmas |
William Matthias |
| Ave Maria |
plainchant |
| Ave Maria |
Tomás Luis de Victoria |
| Quatre Motets pour le Temp de Noël |
Francis Poulenc |
I. O Magnum mysterium
II. Quem vidistis pastores
III. Videntes stellam
IV. Hodie Christus natus est
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| This Christmastide |
Donald Fraser |
Intermission
| Water Under Snow is Weary |
Harri Wessman |
| Carols from Diverse Lands |
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Carol of the Bells
Peng You
He is Born
How Unto Bethlehem
O Come Little Children
O Yule Full of Gladness |
Ukrainian, arr. Peter Wilhousky
Chinese, arr. Carolyn Jennings
French, arr. Roger Wagner
Italian, arr. Alice Parker & Robert Shaw
German, arr. B. Wayne Bisbee
Norwegian, arr. Carolyn Jennings |
| Two Christmas Spirituals |
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May Had a Baby
Go Where I Send Thee |
arr. Sam Batt Owens
arr. André Thomas |
| Still, Still, Still |
Austrian, arr. Norman Luboff |
| We Wish You a Merry Christmas |
English, arr. Alice Parker |
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Spring Concert
Friday, May 10, 2002, 8:00 p.m. Munsey Methodist Church, Johnson City.
Saturday, May 11, 2002, 8:00 p.m. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Kingsport, TN
Renaissance & Russian
| Motets |
Cantate Domino
Ave Maria
Surrexit Pastor Bonus
Sicut Cervus
Almighty and Everlasting God |
Jan Peterszoon Sweelink
Josquin des Prez
Orlando di Lasso
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Orlando Gibbons |
| Madrigals |
Now is the Month of May
Ecco mormorar l'onde
Weep O Mine Eyes
The Silver Swan
Fair Phyllis I Saw Sitting |
Thomas Morley
Claudio Monteverdi
John Bennet
Orlando Gibbons
John Farmer |
Intermission
| Come and Let Us Worship |
Alexander Gretchaninoff |
| Bogoroditse Devo (Ave Maria) |
Sergei Rachmaninoff |
| Salvation is Created |
Paul Tschesnokoff |
| O Lamb of God |
Vasily Kalinnikoff |
| O Praise Ye God |
Peter Tschaikovsky |
| Our Father |
Alexander Gretchaninoff |
| O Lord Father |
Paul Tschesnokoff |
2000-2001 Season
Fall Concert
October 15, 2000, 4:00 p.m., Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church
| Lobet den Herren, alle Heiden |
J.S. Bach |
| Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen |
Felix Mendelssohn |
| For God so Loved the World |
Hugo Distler |
| Psalm 90 |
Charles Ives |
| Frostiana |
Randall Thompson |
| The Road Not Taken |
| The Pasture |
| Come In |
| The Telephone |
| A Girl's Garden |
| Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening |
| Choose Something Like a Star |
Continental Harmony Concert
Sponsored by the Johnson City Area Arts Council
October 20, 2000, 8:00 p.m., Central Baptist Church
October 21, 2000, 3:00 p.m., Central Baptist Church
| Lobet den Herren, alle Heiden |
J.S. Bach |
| Frostiana |
Randall Thompson |
| The Road Not Taken |
| The Pasture |
| A Girl's Garden |
| Choose Something Like a Star |
| Four Tunes from ‘Southern Harmony’ |
Daniel Kingman |
The Spirit of Christmas
Performed with the Johnson City Symphony Orchestra
December 2, 2000, 7:30 p.m., Freedom Hall
| Magnificat (1st movement) |
J.S. Bach |
| Nativity Carol |
John Rutter |
| Shepherd's Pipe Carol |
John Rutter |
Christmas Concert
December 15, 2000, 7:30 p.m., Seeger Hall, Milligan College
| Magnificat |
J.S. Bach |
| There Shall a Star from Jacob |
Felix Mendelssohn |
| Gently the Wind is Blowing |
W.A. Mozart |
| Two Carols by John Rutter |
John Rutter |
| Shepherd's Pipe Carol |
| Nativity Carol |
| Silent Night |
arr. David Hendricksen |
| Two English Carols |
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| The Babe in Beth'lem's Manger Laid |
arr. Theron Kirk |
| Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day |
John Gardner |
| Still, Still, Still |
arr. Norman Luboff |
| We Wish You a Merry Christmas |
arr. Alice Parker |
Elijah
Performed with the Kingsport Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
April 21, 2001, 8:15 p.m., Eastman Auditorium
Spring Concert
May 11, 2001, 7:30 p.m., Seeger Hall, Milligan College
| Selections from Elijah |
Felix Mendelssohn |
| Blessed are the Men |
| Lord God of Abraham |
| Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord |
| Lift Thine Eyes |
| He Watching Over Israel |
| O Rest in the Lord |
| Behold the Lord Passed By |
| For He Shall Give His Angels |
| Folk Songs |
| Kalinka |
Russian, arr. Engebretson |
| Down in the Valley |
American, arr. George Mead |
| Arirang |
Korean, arr. Kenneth Jennings |
| Waters Ripple and Flow |
Czech, arr. Deems Taylor |
| Look Down the Lonesome Road |
American, arr. B. Wayne Bisbee |
| Spirituals |
| Mary and Martha |
arr. Paul Christiansen |
| Little David Play on Your Harp |
arr. Paul Christiansen |
| Angels Rolled the Stone Away |
arr. Jester Hairston |
| Hush! Somebody’s Callin’ My Name |
arr. Brazeal Dennard |
| Praise His Holy Name |
Keith Hampton |
1999-2000 Season
A Concert in Memory of Robert Shaw
October 24, 1999, 4:00 p.m.
| Neue Liebeslieder, Op. 65 |
Johannes Brahms |
| Requiem |
Gabriel Faure |
Christmas Concert
December 17, 1999
| Ave Maria |
plainchant |
| Ave Maria |
Tomas Luis da Victoria |
| Ave Maria |
Javier Busto |
| Lauda per la Nativita del Signore |
Ottorina Resphighi |
| Three Settings by Zoltan Kodaly |
| Birthday Greeting |
| Veni, Veni Emmanuel |
| A Christmas Carol |
| Three Settings by Paul Christiansen |
| Holly Tree (Cornish) |
| Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head (Appalachian) |
| Patapan (French) |
| Silent Night |
arr. David Hendricksen |
| Two Old English Texts |
| There is No Rose of Such Virtue |
Stephen Caracciolo |
| Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day |
John Gardner |
| Still, Still, Still |
Austrian, arr. Norman Luboff |
Spring Concert
April 30, 2000
| Jesus Priceless Treasure, BWV 227 |
J.S. Bach |
| Three Liturgical Pieces |
| Nunc Dimittis |
Patricia Denmark |
| Agnus Dei |
Tracy Farner |
| Alleluia |
Joy Nagy |
| Five Folk Songs by Aaron Copland |
| Zion's Wall |
arr. Glenn Koponen |
| Long Time Ago |
arr. Irving Fine |
| Simple Gifts |
arr. Irving Fine |
| At the River |
arr. Raymond Wilding-White |
| Ching-a-Ring Chaw |
arr. Irving Fine |
| My God is a Rock |
arr. Parker/Shaw |
| Domardansen |
Swedish, arr. Bengt Hallberg |
1998-1999 Season
A Cornucopia of Song
October 23, 1998, 8:00p.m.
| The Storm |
Franz Joseph Haydn |
| Three Choral Ballads |
Wilhelm Stenhammar |
| September |
| The Garden of Seraglio |
| If I Had |
| Two Choruses from The Tender Land |
Aaron Copland |
| The Promise of Living |
| Stomp Your Foot |
| Three Madrigals |
Emma Lou Diemer |
| "O Mistress Mine, where are you roaming?" |
| "Take, O take those lips away" |
| "Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more!" |
| Jubilate Deo |
Benjamin Britten |
| Ave Verum Corpus |
W. A. Mozart |
| Let Nothing Ever Grieve Thee |
Johannes Brahms |
| Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring |
J. S. Bach |
| Grant Us Thy Peace |
Felix Mendelssohn |
| When I Survey the Wondrous Cross |
arr. Gilbert Martin |
Christmas Concert
December 18, 1998, 8:00p.m.
| Hodie Christus Natus Est |
Giovanni Gabrieli |
| Hodie Christus Natus Est |
plainchant |
| Hodie Christus Natus Est |
Healey Willan |
| Magnificat |
Franz Schubert |
| Christmas Cantata |
Daniel Pinkham |
| Quem vidistis |
| O magnum mysterium |
| Gloria in excelsis Deo |
| Raise a Song |
B. Wayne Bisbee |
| O Yule Full of Gladness |
Norwegian, arr. Carolyn Jennings |
| Two Christmas Spirituals |
| Hallelu |
arr. Stephen Paulus |
| Keep Your Lamps |
arr. Andre Thomas |
| Two Christmas Hymns for Choir and Audience |
| O Little Town of Bethlehem |
| Stanza 1: JCCC |
setting: Walford Davies |
| Stanza 2: JCCC |
setting: R. Vaughan Williams |
| Stanza 3: JCCC |
setting: Lewis Redner |
| Stanza 4: audience |
setting: Lewis Redner |
| Night of Silence/Silent Night |
Daniel Kantor |
| Still, Still, Still |
Austrian, arr. Norman Luboff |
British Heritage
May 1, 1999, 8:00 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church, Johnson City, TN
| Three English Anthems |
| Come Let's Rejoice |
John Amner |
| Thou Knowest Lord |
Henry Purcell |
| If Ye Love Me |
Thomas Tallis |
| Like as the Hart |
Herbert Howells |
| Beati quorum via |
Charles Stanford |
| Festival Te Deum |
Benjamin Britten |
| With a Voice of Singing |
Martin Shaw |
| Two Folksongs |
| O Whistle and I'll Come to Ye |
Scottish, arr. Mack Wilberg |
| Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye |
Irish, arr. Alice Parker |
| Five Flower Songs |
Benjamin Britten |
| To Daffodils |
| The Succession of Four Sweet Months |
| Marsh Flowers |
| The Evening Primrose |
| The Ballad of Green Broom |
| In Windsor Forest |
Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| Sigh No More Ladies |
| Back and Side Go Bare |
| Round about in a fair ring-a |
| See the Chariot at Hand |
| Whether Men Do Laugh or Weep |
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