Past Seasons & Recordings:

 

Fall 2008:

 

Let it Snow/Winter Wonderland arr. Alan Billingsley

          Let it Snow: Words by Sammy Cahn, Music by Jule Styne

          Winter Wonderland: Words by Dick Smith, Music by Felix Bernard

 

Sleigh Bells Ukrainian Folk Tune arr. Earlene Rentz

 

Baby, It’s Cold Outside Frank Loesser arr. Kirby Shaw

 

Stopping By Woods on A Snowy Evening

          Poem by Robert Frost, Music by Ruth Artman

 

Sleigh Ride Leroy Anderson arr. Mitchell Parrish

 

Winter Dream Jerry Estes

 

Rock of Ages Leopold Stein German Synagogue melody

 

Light One Candle Peter Yarrow arr. Betty A. Wylder

 

From St. Paul Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

          Happy and Blest are They

          How Lovely are the Messengers

          O Great is the Depth

 

INTERMISSION

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas arr. Harry Simeone

Poem by Clement Clark Moore, Music by Ken Darby

 

I’ll Be Home for Christmas arr. Mac Huff

Words and music by Kim Gannon and Walter Kent

 

Shepherd’s Pipe Carol John Rutter

 

Christmas in Three-Quarter Time arr. Mark Brimmer

 

The Christmas Waltz: Sammy Kahn and Jule Styne

 

Silver Bells: from The Lemon Drop Kid

Words and music by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans

 

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year:

Words and music by Eddie Poila and George Wyle

 

Christmas Jazz arr. Kirby Shaw

 

Carol of the Bells: Ukrainian Carol

 

Jingle Bells: J. Pierpont

 

We Wish You a Merry Christmas: Traditional English folksong

 

Spring 2008:

 

I. From The English Tour

 

19th & 20th Century England

 

From

          Five Mystical Song - R. Vaughan Williams

                              Let All the World in Every Corner Sing

 

From

           Hymn of Praise - F. Mendelssohn

                              No. 4  - All Ye that Cried Unto the Lord

                              No. 5 - I Waited for the Lord

                              No. 7 - The Night is Departing

                              No. 8 Chorale - Let All Men Praise the Lord

 

II. 18th Century - Music From The American Colonies

          Creation

          Chester

          Euroclydon - William Billings

 

The Navy Hymn

 

III. 19th Century America

          All The River, Row After Row, I Bought Me  A Cat, Simple Gifts, Ching A 

          Ring

 

 

IV. 20th Century American Poetry

 

From Frostiana - Music by Randall Thompson

                                Poetry by Robert Frost

          The Road Not Taken

             Choose Something Like A Star

V. Broadway

 

From State Fair - Rodgers & Hammerstein III

          It's A Grand Night For Singing

 

From the King and I - Rodgers & Hammerstein III

          Hello Young Lovers - Joan Vierbickas

 

From Very Warm For May - Kern & Hammerstein II

          All The Things You Are - Mary Gaynor

 

From 110 In The Shade - Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt

          Simple Little Things - Valerie Clark

 

From White Christmas - Irving Berlin

          Sisters - Vicki Silberstein, Anne Walsh, Suzanne Wasil

 

From Carousel - Rodgers & Hammerstein II

          Medley: A Real Nice Clambake

          You'll Never Walk Alone

          Blow High, Blow Low

          If I Loved You

 

 

Fall 2007:

 

Gloria - Antonio Vivaldi

                Laudamus Te: Jennifer Harrell, Anne Walsh

                Domine Deus: Pat Vanston

                Domine Deus, Agnus Dei: Anne Walsh

                Qui Sedes ad Dexteram: Suzanne Wasil

 

     Listen Here: 

               Track 5: Propter Magnam Gloriam

               Track 7: Domine Fili

               Track 12: Cum Sancto Spiritu

 

INTERMISSION

 

O Yule Full of Gladness - Norwegian Carol

 

Hosianna - Georg Josef Vogler

 

Dormi, Dormi, O Bel Bambin - Italian Carol

 

Carol of the Bells - M. Leontvich

 

Shepherd's Pipe Carol - John Rutter

 

Thirty Second Fa La La - Donald Moore

 

Sing Along

 

Deck the Halls - Welsh Carol, arr. David Willcocks

 

Glouchestershire Wassail - English Carol, arr. R. Vaughan Williams

 

O Come All Ye Faithful - Traditional Carol, arr. David Willcocks

 

Night of Silence - Dan Kantor, arr. John Ferguson

 

 

'Twas The Night Before Christmas - Clement Clark Moore, Dan Darby,

                                                                                                            arr. Harry Simeone 

                      Soloists: Tom Curtis, George Hungerford, Jennifer Harrell, Carole 

                      Zarenski, Vicki Silberstein, Kathy Cotton, Mary Gaynor

 

 

Spring 2007


Performed May 5th & 6th, 2007

Pslam 150
- Cesar Franck
                    
Messa Solenelle  - Louis Vierne
                    I. Kyrie
                    II. Gloria
                    III. Sanctus

                    IV. Benedictus

                    V. Agnus Dei

Exultante Deo - Francis Poulenc

 

Tantum Ergo - Gabriel Faure

                    Sanjay Merchant, tenor

Ronde du crepuscule - Cecile Chaminade
                    Shannon R. Landis, soprano

                          
Old Cape Cod
- Rothrock, Yakus & Jeffrey 

                            performed by   Purely Vocals           

Under Paris Skies - Giraud & Drejac

                            performed by   Purely Vocals

Tantum Ergo, op.65, No. 2 - Gabriel Faure
                    
Cantique de Jean Racine  - Gabriel Faure

Spring 2006


Performed with the Nashoba Valley Chorale
May 6th & 7th, 2006

A German Requiem
, op.54 - J. Brahms
                    Erin Anderson, soprano
                    David Walther, baritone


***World Premiere***

 

Three Songs for the Soul  - C. Leiter
                    I. A Clear Midnight
                    II. Joy, Shipmate, Joy!
                    III. Then Last Of All
                    Charlyn Bethell, oboe

 

 

Laudate Dominum from the Solemn Vespers, KV 339 - W.A. Mozart
                    Jennifer Brewer, soprano

Sentimental Journey - Ben Homer & Les Brown
                   Purely Vocals

Choral Fantasia
for Piano, Chorus & Orchestra, op. 80 - L Von Beethoven
                   Various, soloists

Fall 2005


An English Holiday: Music From (and for) the "Fairest Isle"
Te Deum
- F J. Hayden
A Ceremony of Carols, op.28 - B. Britten
                  Jennifer Brewer, soprano
                  Rebecca Bogers, harp
Chichester Psalms, various - L. Berstein
                  Kate Schmidt, soprano
                  Anne Walsh, alto
                  Sanjay Merchant, tenor
                  George Hungerford, baritone
                  Jules Schellenberg, boy soprano

Angels We Have Heard On High - arr. D. McCullough
Coventry Carol - arr. H. Helvey

In The Bleak Mid Winter - unknown
Personnent Hodie - unknown
                 Purely Vocals

Sans Day Carol
- arr. A. Carter
Deck The Halls - arr. J. Rutter
Masters In This Hall
- arr. M. Hayes

Spring 2004


Braintree Choral Society's 80th Celebration Concert
Performed with Braintree High School's Concert Choir

The Creation
, (excerpts) - F. J. Haydn
                 Elaine Chow, Gabriel & Eve
                 E. Mark Murphy, Uriel
                 Keith Brinkley, Raphael and Adam
Alleluia - R. Thompson

One Fine Day - C. King
It Don't Mean A Thing - D. Ellington
               Purely Vocals

Ahrirang - Korean Folk Song
                  Jennifer Brewer, flute
They Can't Take That Away From Me - G. Gershwin
                Valerie Sheehy & Jennifer Brewer, soloists
America from West Side Story - L. Berstein
                  Mary Gaynor, Katherine Hillson, Jacke Raimondi,
                  Susan Woodward, Alicia Zipp
, soloists
Do You Hear The People Sing from Les Miserables - CM. 
                                                                                       Schonberg
Make Your Garden Grow from Candide - L. Berstein
                  Tom Curtis & Jared Walsh, soloists

Fall 2004


Carmina Burana
, "Cantiones Profanae" - C. Orff
               Mary Gaynor, soprano
               E. Mark Murphy, tenor
               Jennifer Tang & Susan Gilleece, piano
The Shepherd's Farewell to the Holy Family - H. Berlioz
O Mon Amie - unknown
         Ron Grabke, Shannon Landis & Suzanne Wasil, soloists

In Dulcio Jublio - traditional German Carol
Mister Santa - P. Ballard
                Purely Vocals
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence - French Carol
               Priscilla Femino, Anne Walsh & Tom Curtis, soloists
Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella - Traditional French Carol


The Many Moods of Christmas - R. Shaw

Fall 2003


Serenade To Music - R. V. Williams
                  Gillian Clements, Violin
                   Lisa Ann Correnti, soprano
                   E. Mark Murphy, tenor
Ave Verum Corpus - W. A. Mozart
A Boy Was Born - B. Britten
Fantasia On Christmas Carols
- R. V. Williams
                   Julie Durrell, Cello
                   Tom Curtis, baritone

O Magnum Mysterium
- T. L. de Vittoria
Winter Wonderland
- F. Bernard
Deck The Halls - Traditional Welsh Carol
                  Purely Vocals

Salvation Is Created - P. Tschesnokoff
Fum, Fum, Fum, Pat-A-Pan - Catalonian & French Carol
Carol of The Bells
- M. Leontovich
O Holy Night - A. Adam
                     Jennifer Brewer, soprano
Once In Royal David's City - H.J. Gauntlett
                      Shannon R. Landis, soprano
Excerpts from The Messiah - G. F. Handel
                    Glory To God
                     For Unto Us A Child Is Born
                     Hallelujah!

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