Spring 2023
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