Past Concerts

Spring 2024:  A Sprig of Thyme, Love and other ingredients

    • I am the Rose of Sharon by William Billings
    • Come Again, Sweet Love by John Dowland
    • April is in my Mistress’ Face by Thomas Morley
    • Now is the Month of Maying by Thomas Morley
    • Five Hebrew Love Songs by Eric Whitacre/Hila Plitmann

               i Temuná (A Picture)
              ii Kalá Kallá (Light Bride)
            iii Lárov (Mostly)
            iv Éyze Shéleg (What Snow!)
             v Rakút (Tenderness)

    • The Sprig of Thyme John Rutter

              i The Bold Grenadier
             ii The Keel Row
            iii The Willow Tree
            iv The Sprig of Time
             v Down by the Sally Gardens
           vi The Cuckoo
         vii I Know Where I’m Going
        viii Willow Song
          ix O Can Ye Sew Cushions?
           x Afton Water

    Fall 2023:  Seeking the Light – A Journey Out of Darkness

    • The Word Was God by Rosephanye Powell
    • Gute Nacht, O Wesen, from Jesu, meine Freude by J.S. Bach
    • When Jesus Wept by William Billings
    • Soon Ah Will Be Done by William Dawson
    • O Schöne Nacht by Johannes Brahms
    • O Nata Lux by Thomas Tallis
    • Exultate, Jubilate by Kyle Pederson
    • Illuminare by Elaine Hagenberg

    Spring 2023:  Ordinary Beauty – A Celebration of the Everyday

    • The Ground by Ola Gjeilo
    • Four Slavic Folk Songs by Bela Bartok 
    • Liebst du um Schönheit (If You Love for Beauty) by Clara Schumann
    • One May Morning, English Folk Song, arranged by C. Archibeque
    • Two Eastern Pictures by Gustav Holst
    • And Joy is Everywhere by Andrea Ramsey
    • Drop, Drop Slow Tears by Orlando Gibbons
    • The Last Words of David by Randall Thompson
    • Jubilate Deo by Peter Anglea
    • Grant Us Thy Peace by Felix Mendelssohn
    • Ain’-a That Good News by William Dawson

    Spring & Fall 2020, Spring & Fall 2021, Spring 2022

    Requiem in D Minor. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Seasons cancelled due to Pandemic)

    Fall 2019

    Mass in D Major, Antonin Dvorak

    Spring 2019

    • Christus Factus Est & Locus Iste, Bruckner
    • Solemn Vespers, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Ave Verum Corpus, Robert Chastain

    Fall 2018

    Petite Messe Solennelle, Gioachino Rossini

    Spring 2018

    American Songs, Aaron Copland

    It Must Be So; Life is Happiness Indeed, Leonard Bernstein

    The Eyes of All Wait Upon Thee; A Rose Touched By the Sun’s Warm Rays, Jean Berger

    The Last Words of David; The Best of Rooms, Randall Thompson

    Fall 2017
    Dido & Aeneas, Henry Purcell

    Spring 2017

    Liebeslieder Waltzes, Johannes Brahms
    Polovtsian Dances, Alexander Borodin

    Fall 2016
    Rejoice in the Lamb, Benjamin Britten
    Cantique de Jean Racine, Gabriel Fauré
    Requiem, Gabriel Fauré 

    Spring 2016
    Frostiana, Randall Thompson
    Nänie, Johannes Brahms
    Four Songs, with Two Horns and Harp, Johannes Brahms

    Fall 2015
    Messe de Minuit de Noël, Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Oratorio de Noël, Camille Saint-Saëns

    Spring 2015
    Three 20th Century French Organ Masters
    Jehan Alain: Litanies, JA119; Messe modale en septuor, JA 136; Aria, JA138A for Flute and organ
    Jean Langlais: “Prélude (Entrée)” from Suite médiévale en forme de messe basse;
    Messe en Style Ancien
    Louis Vierne: Messe Solennelle, Op. 16

    Fall 2014
    A Ceremony of Carols, Benjamin Britten
    Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest, Conrad Susa

    Spring 2014
    Jesu Meine Freude and Prelude in E Minor, J. S. Bach
    With Šest Moravských Dvojzpévů (Six Moravian Duets), Antonin Dvořák, arr. Janáček; and “Abendlied zu Gott,” “Aus dem Dankliede zu Gott,” and “Wider den Übermut,” Franz Joseph Haydn.

    Fall 2013
    Prophetiae Sibyllarum, Orlando Di Lasso
    With “Twelfth Night,” Samuel Barber; “Uns kompt ein Schiff gefahren,” Ann Callaway; “Our Joyful’st Feast,” Einojuhani Rautavaara; “Today the Virgin,” John Tavener; “Canto de la Sibila,” Cristobal de Morales.

    Spring 2013
    Gypsy Songs & Love Songs
    Brahms, Zigunerlieder; Shearer, Romanç de Matinet; Sibelius, Rakasatava; Verdelot, Three Madrigals from Machiavelli’s La Mandragola; Callaway, Valentine; Liszt, Petrarch Sonnet 104

    Fall 2012
    Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, W. A. Mozart
    With Ave Maria… virgo serena, Josquin des Prez, O Heiland Reiß die Himmel auf, Johannes Brahms, Alleluia, vidimus stellam, Ann Callaway, and Andante in F Major for a Musical Clock, Mozart.

    Spring 2012
    In Praise of Spring
    Johannes Brahms: Missa Canonica and Four Quartets, Op. 92
    Part songs from the German Romantic and Classical schools by Franz Joseph Haydn,
    Felix Mendelssohn, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, and Franz Schubert

    Fall 2011
    Magnificat!
    J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D-dur
    Tomás Luis de Victoria: Magnificat Primi Toni
    Arvo Pärt: Magnificat
    Peggy Hart: Canticle of the Creatures
    David Childs: O Magnum Mysterium

    Spring 2011
    Morten Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna
    J.S. Bach: Lobet den Herrn

    Winter 2010
    An Evening of Mystery and Song:
    Victoria: Missa O Magnum Mysterium
    Britten: A Ceremony of Carols

    Spring 2010
    Slavic Lights, Russian Songs, and Slovak Dances:
    Rachmaninoff: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
    Bartok: Slovak and Hungarian Folk Songs

    Winter 2009
    Ralph Vaughn Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem
    Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei
    Featuring: Mark Bruce, Organ

    Spring 2009
    El Abrazo Largo (The Long Embrace): Latin American Songs from the Old and New World
    Featuring music from Brazil, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Spain, Mexico and a composition from composer-in-residence Peggy Hart

    Winter 2008
    Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem

    Spring 2008
    Poulenc: Mass in G major and music by Ravel, Massenet, Saint-Saens, and Faure
    Featuring: Nadia Blank, piano

    Winter 2007
    Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor and Brahms Quartets for Choir and Piano
    Featuring: Nadia Blank, piano, and Asher Davison, clarinet

    Spring 2007
    Her Infinite Variety: Four Centuries of Shakespeare in Song
    Featuring songs by Morley, Verdi, Vaughan Williams, Shearing, Mäntyjarvi, Harris, P.D.Q. Bach, and more.

    Winter 2006
    Bach: Mass in B minor

    Spring 2006

    A Choral Menagerie
    Benjamen Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb, plus Hindemith, Copland, Carmichael, madrigals, and more.

    Winter 2005
    To Drive the Cold Winter Away
    Featuring the Tomás Luís de Victoria O Magnum Mysterium Mass, plus Rossi, Lassus, del Encina, Eccard, and more.

    Spring 2005
    America in Song
    featuring Morton Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna, and songs by Billings, Joplin, Ives, Bernstein, Hogan, and Callaway

    Winter 2004
    Winter Concert
    Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil (Vespers)

    Spring 2004
    Spring Concert
    Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, Brahm’s Schicksalslied, and Zoltán Kodály’s Missa Brevis, performed in collaboration with The Prometheus Orchestra (Eric Hansen, conductor)

    Winter 2003
    La Rose Complète
    Morten Lauridsen’s Les Chansons des Roses, Benjamin Brittin’s Hymn to St. Cecelia and String music of Byrd and Holborne

    Spring 2003
    A Night at the Opera
    Selections from Leonard Bernstein’s Candide, plus opera choruses from Bizet, Offenbach, Mussorgsky, and Verdi, and the world premiere of the complete Songs from the Gardener song cycle by composer-in-residence Ann Callaway.

    Winter 2002
    A Winter Concert
    Program included Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem, Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols and Ann Callaway’s ‘O Magnum Mysterium’ and ‘Unspoken Things’ from Songs from the Gardener

    Spring 2002
    O Sacred Earth; Early Music of the Sacred and Secular
    Program included works by Bach, Rossi, le Jeune, Josquin, de Lasso, Morley, Monteverdi, Weelkes, Hildegard von Bingen and Ann Callaway

    Winter 2001
    Beethoven, Weber, Callaway
    Beethoven: Mass in C Major, Weber: Bassoon Concerto in F Major, Callaway: Valentine

    Spring 2001
    Isn’t it Romantic? Songs of Love and Romance Through the Centuries
    Program included works by Haydn, Bartók, Brahms, Barber, Rodgers, Ravel, Billings, Callaway (world premiere), & Ellington, and also included chamber and solo pieces featuring chorus members.

    Winter 2000
    Dona Nobis Pacem: Songs to Peace
    Program included excerpts from Handel’s Messiah, Bernstein, Barber, and Callaway

    Spring 2000
    A Bouquet of Italian Music
    Rossini – Petite Messe Solennelle, and works by Verdi, Monteverdi, Josqin, Vecchi and two premieres by Ann Callaway

    Winter 1999
    Two Faces of Sacred Space
    Pärt’s Te Deum, and The Missa Luba, a Congolese Mass. Guest artists: Otello Jefferson, tenor Malonga Casquelord, Tacuma King and Sanga of the Valley; percussion

    Spring 1999
    Brahm’s Piano Concerto #1 in C minor, Bizet’s Symphony in C major
    Featuring: Matthew Edwards, Piano

    Spring 1999
    Sure On This Shining Night…
    Bach – Lobet den Herrn, Barber – Sure on this shining night, Bartók – Two Slovak folk songs, Bernstein – Dona nobis pacem from the Missa Brevis, Britten – Deus in adjutorium meum, Fauré – Madrigal, Ligeti – Ejszaka and Reggel, Poulenc – Un soir de neige, Thompson – The road not taken from Frostiana, Poulenc – Un Soir de Neige, Brahms – Cappriccio Op 67, Brahms – Intermezzo Op 118, Brahms – Intermezzo Op 119,

    Winter 1998
    Bernstein: Chichester Psalms, Barber: Adagio for Strings, Barber: Agnus Dei, Bach: Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Spring 1998
    Fauré: Requiem, Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24, Brahms: Schicksalslied

    Winter 1997
    Mozart: Great Mass in C Minor and Vivaldi: Concerto for two trumpets

    Spring 1997
    Orff: Carmina Burana

    Winter 1996
    Bach: Magnificat and Charpentier: Messe de Minuit

    Spring 1996
    Brahms: Deutsches Requiem