Past Musical Programs
Past Musical Programs of the Jamestown Community Chorus
1995-present
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Spring 2022 – Prismatic Music – Six Centuries of Choral Music
Sing We And Chant It … Morley (1557-1602)
Laudamus te … Vivaldi (1675/78-1741)
-Judy Stickney and Helen Glynn
O thou that tallest good tidings to Zion … Handel (1685-1759)
-Christine Ariel, alto
Break Forth, O Beauteous, Heavenly Light … J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Chester … Billings (1846-1800)
Recitative and aria “Lord God of Abraham” from Elijah … Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Pie Jesu from Requiem … Faure (1845-1924)
-Jeanne Spinosa and Sarah Hirsch
sam was a man – e.e.cummings, Persichetti (1915-1987)
Echo Song … Di Lasso (1532-1594)
Come, Sweet Death … J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Sanctus … Haydn (1732-1809)
Ave verum corpus … Mozart (1756-1791)
When Jesus Wept … Billings (1846-1800)
Bless The Lord, O My Soul – Ivanof –Ippolitof (1859-1935)
Wondrous Cool, Thou Woodland Quiet – Brahms (1833-1897)
Sure On This Shining Night, Op. 13, No. 13 … Barber (1910-1981)
Shenandoah – trad. sea shantey, arr. Bartholomew
Sleep – E. Whitacre (b. 1970)
“Merry Christmas”
Saturday, December 11, 2021, 4PM
O Come, O Come Emmanuel … anon, arr. Willcocks
-Stephen Murphy, tenor, Jeanne Spinosa, soprano
New Year Carol … arr. Britten
-Judy Stickney, Sandra Pizutti, Blaine Stickney
A Virgin Most Pure … arr. C. Wood
-Helen Glynn, soprano, Christine Ariel, alto
Past Three A’Clock … trad., harmonized by Wood
Jeffrey Gravdahl, tenor, B.J. Whitehouse, baritone
As With Gladness Men of Old … Kocher, arr. Willcocks
Longfellow’s Carol … A. Percival (b. 1925)
-Jeannette Gamache, soprano
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen … English trad., arr. Willcocks
Patricia Perry, Christine Ariel, Frank Darigan, Mark Male
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming … Praetorius (1571-1621)
Jeanne Spinosa, May Morris, Stephen Murphy, Ross Harris, Blaine Stickney
O Come All Ye Faithful … Wade (c.1711-1786) arr. Willcocks
Away in a Manger … tune by Kirkpatrick, arr. Willcocks
Coventry Carol … arr. M. Shaw
Good King Wenceslas … from Piae Cantiones (1582) arr. Willcocks
I Wonder As I Wander … Appalachian carol, arr. Rutter
Ding Dong Merrily on High … 16th c. French, arr. C. Wood (1866-1926)
In the Bleak Midwinter … Holst (1874-1934)
-Jeanne Spinosa, Jessica Wilson, Hilarie Aubois, May Morris, Jeffrey Gravdahl, Stephen Murphy, John Grant, Blaine Stickney, octet
Jingle Bells … Pierpont, arr. Willcocks
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Silent Night
Deck the Hall … Welsh, arr. Willcocks
Spring 2020 – No Concert
December 2020
Virtual Concert Program On YouTube
Welcome – video and live
Poetry – “A Visit From Saint Nicholas” – video, performed by many members
Song/Carol – Live soloist or small ensemble
Instrumental – non-wind instrument (piano or violin or ….)
Small Ensemble (quartet) – Live
Virtual Choir – First major video – O Come All Ye Faithful, p. 226, Oxford Book of Carol
Voice Over Narration (in a darkened space) – Polar Express…. (?) Images on the screen
Solo- We Need a Little Christmas
“Christmas At Sea” poetry – video
Interviews with local community folks – Holiday wishes – video
Happy Holidays
Holiday jokes – interspersed throughout –video (Kids, grandkids, singers, community folks)
Novelty acts – how the pandemic has affected singers
Holiday Wishes for Essential Workers – video
Virtual Choir – Second major video – Deck the Hall, p. 72, Oxford Book of Carols
Small Ensemble (quartet) – live
Virtual Choir – Third major video – A virgin most pure, p. 30, Oxford Book of Carols
Voice Over Narration – Holiday Poem or Charlie Brown Christmas – recorded with images on screen
Solo- live or video
Interviews/greetings with local folks – Holiday wishes – video – What do you want for Christmas?
Holiday Pops – 2019
This concert is dedicated to the memory of James F. Traer
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas … Willson, arr. Emerson
Walking in the Air … Blake, arr. Snyder
Let it Snow … Cahn and Styne, arr. Eilers-Bacak
Dreydl, Dreydl, Dreydl … arr. Bisbee
That Special Time of Year … Sam Bari
It’s Christmastime … David Long, arr. Whitehouse
Spirit in the Wood … William Karl
Throw the Yule Log On, Uncle John … PDQ Bach (1807-1742)?
Winter Wonderland … Smith and Bernard, arr. Conley
Silver Bells … Livingston and Evans, arr. Snyder
We Need a Little Christmas … Herman, arr. Emerson
Linus and Lucy … V. Guaraldi
-Dawn Chung, Chorus Accompanist
Snowfall … Thornhill, arr. Puerling
Bright, Bright the Holly Berries/This is Christmas … Alfred Burt
Christmas Time is Here … Mendelson and Guaraldi, arr. Pugh
Feliz Navidad – Feliciano, arr. Langford
Happy Xmas (War is Over) – Lennon and Ono, arr. Gallina
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm – Berlin, arr. K. Shaw
Happy Holiday … Berlin, Thompson, arr. Brymer
Home for the Christmas … Gannon and Kent, Stillman and Allen, arr. Huff
The Twelve Days After Christmas … Silver
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
“An Old-Fashioned Christmas”
Saturday, December 8, 2018
Sunday, December 9, 2018
The Chorus dedicates this concert to the memory of our good friend Steve Mecca
Veni, veni, Emmanuel … arr. E. Zabinski
Ding Dong Merrily on High … French, arr. L. Shackley
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen … arr. E. Zabinski
A virgin most pure …English, arr. Wood (1866-1926)
The crown of roses … Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
All My Heart This Night Rejoices … Ebeling (1637-1676)
Wexford Carol … Irish, arr. J. Rutter
Good King Wenceslas … from Piae Cantiones (1582) arr. Willcocks
Hush! My dear, lie still and slumber … French, arr. Willcocks
I saw three ships … English., arr. Willcocks
Still, still, still … German, arr. Ledger
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing … arr. Shaw-Parker
Away in a Manger … arr. Shaw-Parker
Joy to the World … arr. Shaw-Parker
II
O Christmas Tree – German, Anschuetz
The Christmas Song … Torme and Wells, arr. A. Snyder
The Sleigh … Kountz, arr. Riegger
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas … Martin and Blane, arr. D. Andrews
I’ll Be Home For Christmas … Gannon and Kent, arr. M. Hayes
Winter Wonderland … Smith and Bernrd, arr. R. Emerson
Do You Hear What I Hear? … Regney and Shayne, arr. Simeone
Sleigh Ride … Anderson, arr. Edwards
We Wish You a Merry Christmas … trad. Welsh, arr. Warrell
May 2018
“Over There: A Musical Remembrance of the War-To-End-All Wars”
God Save the King … English National Anthem
La Marseillaise … French National Anthem
The Star-Spangled Banner … Key, arr. Robinson
I Vow to Thee, My Country … Holst (1874-1934) arr. Spring
Noël des enfants qui n’ont de maisons – Debussy (1862-1918)
Perhaps (To R.A.L.) … Vera Brittain (1893-1970)
The Lads in Their Hundreds … G. Butterworth (1885-1916)
Dulce et Decorum Est … Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)
Wildgänse rauschen durch die Nacht … W. Flex, Götz
In Flanders Fields … McCrae, arr. D. MacIntyre, b. 1952
Lands of Our Hearts … Chadwick (1854-1931)
The Last Post … Robert Graves (1895-1985)
-Michael Jackson, trumpet
Keep the Home Fires Burning … Ford, Novello, arr. Whitehouse
The Flowers of the Forest …traditional, arr. Whitehouse
-Silas Neale, piper
II
Bugle Call Rag … Pettis, Meyers and Schoebel, arr. Chung,
-Dawn Chung, Chorus Accompanist
It’s a Long Way to Tipperary … Judge and Williams, arr. Whitehouse
Over There … Cohan, arr. Whitehouse
Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag… Asaf, Powell, arr. Whitehouse
How Ya Gonna Keep ‘Em Down on the Farm? …Donaldson, arr. Pitcher
Beau Soir … Debussy (1862-1918)
Beautiful Ohio … Earl, arr. Whitehouse
Good Morning Mr. Zip, Zip, Zip …. Lloyd, arr. Whitehouse
Ja-Da … Carleton, arr. DeCormier
Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning ….Berlin
There’s a Long, Long Trail A-Winding … Elliott, arr. Whitehouse
December 2017
“Drive the Cold Winter Away”
May 2017
“Songs Americans Sing”
I Hear America Singing – arr. Andre Thomas
Now I Walk in Beauty – Native American
Landing of the Pilgrims – Hemans and Brown, arr. Whitehouse
Chester – Shaw/Parker
Johnny Has Gone For a Soldier
Gentle Words – Shaker song, arr. Hall
Hard Times Come Again No More – arr. Parker
Lift Every Voice and Sing –
Oh, Freedom – arr. Purifoy
Goin’ Home –based on Dvorak, arr. Fisher
Etude No. 4 (based on George Gershwin’s “Embraceable You”) … E. Wild
Small ensemble:
What’s That I Hear? – Phil Ochs
Blowin’ in the Wind – Bob Dylan
Deportee – Woody Guthrie
Stranger Share Our Fire – Moe
You’re a Grand Old Flag – arr. Ehret
This Is My Country – arr. Ringwald
I Shall Keep Singing – Dickinson, Holmes
Sim Shalom – Jankowski
Hallelujah – Cohen, arr. Emerson
Promise of Living – Copland
December 2016
“Christmas Baroque”
Veni, Emmanuel – arr. Shaw-Parker
Hodie Christus natus est – G. Gabrieli (1557-1612)
Messe de Nuit pour Noël – Charpentier (1634-1704)
Kyrie
Gloria
Credo
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
Psallite unigenito – Scheidt (1587-1654)
Glory to God from Christmas Oratorio – J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Alleuia from Cantata 142 – J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Wherefore Do the Heathen Clamor? from Christmas Oratorio– Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Make We Joy – 15th c., arr. M. Shaw
She Tells Her Love While Half Asleep – M. Lauridsen (b. 1943)
– Small Ensemble
Winter, from The Four Seasons, I. Allegro non molto – Vivaldi (c.1675/78-1741)
–Dawn Chung, piano
Today the Virgin – J. Tavener (1944-2013)
I saw a maiden – arr. M. Shaw
Hark, the Herald Angels Sing – arr. Shaw-Parker
Away in a Manger – arr. Shaw-Parker
Joy to the World – arr. Shaw-Parker
Let the Candles Glow – J. Gallina
Musicological Tour Through The Twelve Days of Christmas – C. Courtney
All I Want for Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey, arr. Huff
Spring 2016
“Our Favorites”
Hark I Hear the Harp’s Eternal … trad. hymn, arr. A. Parker
Cantique de Jean Racine … Faure (1845-1924)
Salvation is Created … Tschesnokoff, arr. Ehret
At the Cry of the First Bird … Fletcher (1913-2002)
Jerusalem … Blake, Parry, arr. Jacobson
Oseh Shalom … B. Steinberg
Prayer For Peace … Wm. Karl (1950-2006)
Dôme Épais … Delibes (1836-1891)
Contre Qui, Rose? #2 from Les Chansons des Roses … Rilke, M. Lauridsen
A Red, Red Rose … Burns, arr. Mullholland
All My Trials … African-American spiritual, arr. Luboff
Bring Me Little Water, Silvy … Ledbetter, arr. M. Smiley
Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain … Shabalala, arr. Everett
-Blaine Stickney, Steve Mecca, Eric Taylor, soloists
Go Down, Moses … African-American spiritual, arr. M. Hayes
Music of the Night … Lloyd-Webber, arr. Lojeski
We Sail the Ocean Blue from H.M.S. Pinafore … Gilbert and Sullivan
Hail Holy Queen … arr. Shaiman, adapt’d. Emerson
Take a Chance … Andersson and Ulvaeus, arr. Lojeski
Defying Gravity … Schwartz, arr. Emerson
December 2015
“Christmas Carols of Two Englands: The Olde and the New”
Boar’s Head Carol … trad. English, arr. Posten
I Saw Three Ships … trad. English, arr. Willcocks
Sussex Carol … trad. English, arr. Willcocks
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks … Billings (1746-1800)
A Virgin Unspotted (Judea) … Billings (1746-1800)
Glory Be to God on High … Billings (1746-1800)
God rest you merry, gentlemen … trad. English, arr. Willcocks
Once In David’s Royal City … Gauntlett, arr. Mann, Willcocks
The First Nowell … arr. trad. English, arr. Willcocks
I Wonder As I Wander … American, arr. Rutter
Pretty Home … Shaker, tune, Williamson
Christmas Hymn (A virgin unspotted) … from Wyeth’s Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second
Christmas Carol – Ives (1874-1954)
Hymn to the Virgin…Britten (1913-1976)
In the bleak midwinter … Holst (1874-1934)
Best of Rooms … R. Thompson (1899-1984)
Shepherd’s Pipe Carol … J. Rutter (b. 1945)
O magnum mysterium … M. Lauridsen (b. 1943)
Little Tree … E. Whitacre (b. 1970)
Today the Virgin … J. Tavener (1944-2013)
Believe … Ballard and Silvestri, arr. Huff
Walking in the Air … Blake, arr. Snyder
May 2014
“Vive La Difference”
Nero’s Expedition … Moondog
Behold Man … R. Nelson (b. 1929)
Vive L’Amour … arr. Shaw/Parker
Ride the Chariot … arr. W.H. Smith
Hotaru Koi … traditional Japanese round
Evening Song …. Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Flower Duet (from Lakme) …. Delibes (1836-1891)
Laudate Dominum … Mozart (1756-1791)
Over the River – M. Dalglish (b. 1952)
Ubi Caritas … Ola Gjielo (b. 1978)
A Girl’s Garden … Thompson (1899-1984)
Niska Banja … Serbian, arr. Page
-Rachel O’Neill, guest accompanist
Ma Navu … J. Spivak, arr. V. Shields
-Blaine Stickney, violin
Bring Me Little Water Silvy … Ledbetter, arr. Smiley
Down in the Valley …arr. Mead
Song For Today … Elmore
Georgian Horse Riding Song …. Georgian folk song
Old Moke Pickin’ on a Banjo … capstan shantey, arr. Whitehouse
O Nata Lux (from Lux Aeterna) … M. Lauridsen (b. 1943)
The Oak and the Ash … arr. Bairstow (1874-1946)
The Awakening …. J. Moore (b. 1959)
December 2013
JCC On the Air: A 1943 Radio Show
Fanfare for Christmas Day …. M. Shaw (1875-1958)
O magnum mysterium … de la Victoria (c.1548-1611)
Tollite Hostias … Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Hail Gladsome Light … Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Carol of the Russian Children … Russian, arr. Gaul
British Children’s Prayer … J. Wolfe
In the Bleak Midwinter … Holst (1874-1934)
Past Three A Clock… English, arr. Wood
Coventry Carol …. arr. M. Shaw (1875-1958)
Ruler of Heaven …. J.S. Bach (1686-1750)
Alleluia … Thompson (1899-1984)
A Christmas Carol – A Radio Play Excerpt
Deck the Hall … Welsh
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen … English
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas … Martin and Blane, arr. Schultz
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas … Moore, Darby, arr. Simeone
I’ll Be Home For Christmas …. Gannon and Kent, arr. Hayes
Jingle Bells … Pierpoint, arr. Foster, Andrews and Schoen
Happy Holiday …. Berlin
White Christmas …. Berlin, arr. Ringwald
May 2012
“Isn’t It Romantic?”Brahms to Broadway
Seven Unaccompanied Songs, Op. 62 – Brahms
Die Nonne und der Ritter – Brahms
Im Herbst – Brahms
Abendlied – Mendelssohn
In stiller Nacht – Brahms
So Wahr die Sonne Scheinet – Schumann
Departure – Mendelssohn
Sure on This Shining Night – Lauridsen
Sure on This Shining Night – Barber
The Coolin – Barber
Come Live With Me – Sternedale-Bennett
Evening Primrose – Britten
Springtime – Hindemith
Isn’t It Romantic?
The Way You Look Tonight
People Will Say We’re In Love
All The Things You Are
Fields of Gold
December 2011
Hallelujah!
At the Recreation Center
With a Festival Orchestra
Selected Choruses from “Messiah”
Adam lay ybounden
Angelus ad virginem
I Wonder As I Wander
Wexford Carol
As With Gladness Men of Old
In the Bleak Mid-winter
Away ina Manger
Il est ne le divin enfant
Deck the Hall
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Wassail Song
May 2011
Spring Fling: Our Salute to Broadway
Defying Gravity
Music of the Night
Hey There (solo)
They Call the Wind Maria (men)
That Old Devil Moon (duet)
Seasons of Love
Something Wonderful (solo)
Choral Medley from West Side Story
Choral Medley from South Pacific
The Heather on the Hill (solo)
Sunrise, Sunset
You’re the Top (duet)
Hey Big Spender (women)
Johanna (solo)
The Impossible Dream
March 2011
Gilbert and Sullivan’s
The Pirates of Penzance
December 2010
A Very British Christmas, or; What the Dickens!
O Come O Come Emmanuel
Christmas Day -Holst
The first nowell
Shepherds in the Field Abiding
Myn liking
Fantasia on Christmas Carols – Vaughan-Williams
A Child is Born in Bethlehem – Scheidt
Shepherds Left Their Flocks Astraying (Quem pastores laudavere)
A virgin most pure
Whence is That Goodly Fragrance?
Rise Up, Shepherd – arr. Rutter
A New Year carol – Britten
Jingle Bells — arr. Rutter
December 2009
60th Anniversary Concert
Carol of the Bells … Leontovich, arr. Wilhousky The Christmas Song … Torme Alleluia… Thompson Mule Train… Lang, Heath and Glickman Mr. Sandman… P. Ballard, arr. Lojeski Johnny B. Goode .. C. Berry Do- Re- Mi from Sound of Music… Rodgers and Hammerstein Colonel Bogey’s March … Ricketts March of the Three Kings… 13c, arr. Whitehouse Catch a Falling Star … Pockriss and Vance, arr. Luboff My Boyfriend’s Back … Feldman, Goldstein and Gotterher In My Room … Wilson and Usher I Want to Hold Your Hand … Lennon and McCartney Blowin’ in the Wind, Aquarius and Mrs. Robinson medley Wild Thing … Taylor Shepherd’s Pipe Carol … J. Rutter This Land is Your Land – Guthrie Stayin’ Alive … Gibbs Send In the Clowns from A Little Night Music … Sondheim Mr. Mistoffeles from Cats … Eliot, Lloyd-Webber Beautiful Star … L. Larsen Walk Like An Egyptian … Sternberg, arr. Brymer The Last Night of the World from Miss Saigon … Schonberg and Boublil Dona nobis pacem … anon In These Delightful Pleasant Groves … Purcell Sure on This Shining Night (2007) … M. Lauridsen Arioso and Glory to God from Messiah … Handel The Awakening … J. Martin Peace I Leave With You … anon.Spring 2009
Classic Choral
Exultate Justi – Viadana
Breathe On Me, Breath of God
De Profundis … Part
Evensong … Haydn
The Last Words of David….R. Thompson
Holy Radiant Light … Gretchaninoff
Puisque tout passé … Hindemith
Contre qui, Rose … Lauridsen
Dirait-on – Lauridsen
A Red, Red Rose … Mulholland
Behold a Star From Jacob Shining … Mendelssohn
Down in the Valley … arr. Mead
I Shall Keep Singing … Joan Griffith, words by Emily Dickinson
Rainsong….H. Bright
Witness … Halloran
Go Down Moses … arr. Hayes
December 2008
Fall Into Winter
With the Jamestown Community Children’s Chorus
September Song …Weill, arr. Mattson
Autumn Leaves … Mercer and Kosma, arr. Arnaud
Harvest Round … E. Gilpatrick
Chinese Story of the Mid-Autumn Festival
Ha’ Sukkah … Israeli
Skin and Bones … trad American
A-Soulin’ … trad English
For All the Saints … Vaughan-Williams (1872-1958) arr. Shaw
The Green Fields of France ….. E. Bogle
The Landing of the Pilgrims …. arr. Whitehouse
Spatherbst (Late Autumn) …Brahms (1833-1897)
Let All Mortal Flesh … Holst (1874-1934)
Mid-Winter Waking …. M. Lauridsen
A Song of Hanukkah … Adler
In the Bleak Mid-Winter … Holst, arr. Bertalot
Hymn to the Virgin … Britten (1913-1976)
Yule Fires … (based on ‘Greensleeves’)
Believe …Ballard and Silvestri, arr. Huff
little tree …cummings and Heitzig
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! … Cahn and Styne, arr. Eilers
Musicological Tour Through The Twelve Days of Christmas … C. Courtney
Spring 2008
J.C.C. Goes to the Movies
Down to the River to Pray – from “O Brother Where Art Thou?”
Pachelbel’s Canon in D – from “Ordinary People”
Jerusalem by Parry – from “Chariots of Fire”
Lacrymosa by Mozart – from “The Big Lebowski”
Vivaldi – Gloria – from “Someone to Watch Over Me”
Cantique de Jean Racine by Faure – from “Babe”
Ode to Joy by Beethoven – from “A Clockwork Orange”
Bizet’s “Toreador Song” – from “The Bad News Bears”
Shenandoah, arr. Erb – from “How the West Was Won”
Finlandia – from “Die Hard II”
Idumea – from “Cold Mountain”
Non nobis domine – from “Henry V”
O Fortuna by Orff – from “Excalibur”
Hail Holy Queen – from “Sister Act”
Duet from “Lakme” by Bizet – from “The American President”
Man of Constant Sorrow – – from “O Brother Where Art Thou?”
Gaudeamus Igitur – from the “Student Prince”
Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day from The Mikado – from “Topsy Turvy”
Lobet den Herrn – Bach – from “Oscar and Lucinda”
Holiday 2007
alle psallite cum luya (processional)
Ruf zur Maria– no. 5, Marienlieder, Brahms
Rune of Hospitality– Houkom
Immortal Bach- Nystedt
Carol of the Russian Children – arr. H. Gaul
The Snow Lay on the Ground – arr. Sowerby
Hark, the Herald Angels Sing– Shaw-Parker
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day- Shaw-Parker
Deck the Halls-Shaw-Parker
And the glory of the Lord (from Messiah)- Handel
Snowfall– arr, Puerling
Wexford Carol
Somerset Carol
Sussex Carol
The Boys Carol (Personent Hodie) – Men
arr. Naylor (SSA) Women
Light One Candle– arr. DeCormier
Original piece by Sam Bari
Throw the Yule Log On, Uncle John– PDQ Bach
Musicological Tour With The Twelve Days of Christmas- Courtney
Spring 2007
“Going Home”
Ola! O che bon eccho – diLasso
Il est bel et bon – Passereau
Apamuy Shungo
The Golden Cloudlet – Tchaikovsky
Finlandia – Sibelius, arr. Whitehouse
Dream or Remembrance
Are Vare Gud – Swedish
Going Home – Dvorak
Mouth Music – Keane
Forest Night – Brahms
Regle – Polish
Lua, Lua, Lua – Brazilian
Cabbage Tree Hat – Australian
Star of the County Down – trad. Irish
Jerusalem – Parry
Prayer For Peace – Karl
Ave Verum Corpus – Mozart
The Silver Swan – R. Harris
I Dream a World
RISingsII – April 2007
Ola! o che bon eccho! – di Lasso
Jerusalem – Parry, arr. Jacobson
Il est bel et bon – Passereau. arr. Greyson
Going Home – Dvorak, arr. Fisher
Prayer for Peace – William Karl*(d. 2006)
*Bill was a former member of the J.C.C.
Holiday 2006 “Our Holiday Favorites”
O Joyful Children – arr. Strommen
Walking in the Air – Blake, arr. Snyder
The Sleigh – Kountz
I Saw Three Ships – arr. Willcocks
Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind – Rutter
This Little Babe – Britten
The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy – DeCormier
Lullay My Liking – Holst
From “Messiah” … Handel: Worthy is the Lamb, Blessing and Honor and Amen
A Child is Born in Bethlehem – Scheidt
Coventry Carol, arr. Martin Shaw
Sing We Now of Christmas – arr. Eilers
The Best of Rooms – Thompson
Silent Night – Sargent
Christmas Song – arr. Snyder/Higgins
White Christmas – arr. Ringwald
Spring 2006
Love and Spirit
Sweet the Evening Air of May
My Spirit Sang All Day – Finzi
A Rose Touched By the Sun’s Warm Rays – Berger
Evening Primrose – Britten
The Succession of Four Sweet Months – Britten
Im Herbst – Brahms
Brahms – In stiller nacht
Stars of the Summer Night – Hatton
En Une Seule Fleur – Lauridsen
Sumer is a-cumen in
Ecco mormorar l’onde – Monteverdi
My heart doth beg you’ll not forget – diLasso
Fair Phyllis I Saw – English madrigal – Farmer
Country Life
Now Is the Gentle Season – Morley
Sweet Suffolk Owl – Vautor
Quick! We Have But a Second – arr. Stanford
Let Union Be
Padstow May Song
Song of the Burn – Musgrave
December 2005
Holiday Medley
Awake the Harp – Haydn
Ruler of Heaven and Chorale – JS Bach
Noel Benedictus – Charpentier
Strike Up Your Instruments of Joy – arr. J. Edmunds and Holmes
Prayer for Peace – W. Karl
O magnum mysterium – Lauridsen
The Awakening – J. Martin
Sherburne
Dark of Winter – Denham-Jackson
Some Children See Him – Burt, arr. Hutson and Ehret
Bidi Bom – Eddleman
Walking in the Air – Blake, arr. Snyder
Somerset Carol – arr. Rapsey
Past Three A Clock – arr. Woodward and Wood
Gloucestershire Wassail – arr. Vaughan-Williams
RISings – November 19, 2005
Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium, Providence, RI
JCC:
Noel Benedictus – Charpentier
Dark of Winter – Denham-Jackson
Strike Up Your Instruments of Joy
Prayer for Peace – William Karl
With the Massed Chorus:
Shenandoah – arr. Erb
Away From the Roll of the Sea – MacGillvray
Awake the Harp – Haydn
O magnum mysterium – Lauridsen
The Awakening – J. Martin
America, the Beautiful
Spring 2005
How Can I Keep From Singing? – arr. Parker
To Be Sung On the Water – Samuel Barber
The Blue bird – Stanford
Go Down Moses – arr. Hayes
Zionís Walls – Copland
River in Judea – arr. Leavitt
Set Me As a Seal – R. Clausen
The Awakening – Joseph Martin
23rd Psalm – Bobby McFerrin
Alleluia – R. Thompson
Abendstanchen – Brahms
The Hills – Ireland
Dirait-ton – M. Lauridsen
I Dreamed a Dream – arr. Lojeski
The Music of the Night – arr. Lojeski
Walk Him Up the Stairs – arr. Bower
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – arr. Puerling
Holiday 2004
“A Contemporary Christmas”
On Christmas Night – Ron Nelson
Christmas Carol – Kirke Mechem
In the Ending of the Year – Niedmann
Dreams of Winter – Osentowski
O magnum mysterium – Morten Lauridsen
Winter – Linda Spevacek
Best of Rooms – Randall Thompson
A Winter Morning – Brent Pierce
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen – arr. Goemanne
Beautiful Star – Libby Larsen
She Tells Her Love While Half Asleep – Morten Lauridsen
Deck the Hall – John Rutter
Christmas Song – arr. Snyder/Higgins
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – arr. Doug Andrews
Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! – arr. Eilers
Silent Night – arr. Gene Puerling
Spring 2004
“Our Musical Heritage: The Music of Jamestown”
Poem – If Once You’ve Slept on an Island
On Jamestown – by David Long1
Psalm 23 set to tune “Windsor” (from the Bay Psalm Book)
Chester – arr. Shaw/Parker
Yankee Doodle
Sheep Shearing – English folk song
The Liberty Tree
Set of Irish Fiddle Tunes2
Once To Ev’ry Man and Nation
All Creatures of Our God and King
Oseh Shalom – Steinberg
Ode on Science – from the Sacred Harp
The Star-Spangled Banner5
Dance – Successful Campaign (done by Washington after crossing Jamestown)4
The Thunderer – Sousa4
Sing, Sing, Sing4
The Windmill- poem
Dear Old Farm
Hoedown – Copland3
Dixie – arr. Luboff
“The Call Men – Volunteer Firemen” – poem
On the Old Fall River Line – Jerome, Sterling and van Tilzer
Portuguese Dance – A Rosa
Anchors Aweigh – Miles and Zimmerman
Never Say No – from The Fantasticks2
Hard-Knock Life – from Annie2
Maypole
Let There Be Peace On Earth – Miller and Jackson
Jamestown By The Bay – Bill Karl
Peace I Leave With You
Conanicut – Bill Young, arr Whitehouse
Guests:
David Long1
Members of the Jamestown Community Theater2
Emily Anthony3
Jamestown Community Band under the direction of Ryan Hudson and Patrick Hill4
Men’s Chorus of Jamestown5
Oliver Allaux6
December 2003
“Christmas Through the Ages”
Hodie Christus natus est
Nova, Nova
Edi Beo Thu Hevene Quene
Alle psallite cum luya
Nowel, Out of Your Sleep
Hodie Christus – G. Gabrieli, arr. Jergenson
El a Don Don
Benedictus – Charpentier, arr. Ehret
Glory Be To God Almighty – Bach
F.J. Haydn – Softly Rest O Heavenly Child
M. Haydn – O Joyful Day
Sherburne
Midnight Cry
Mendelssohn – How Lovely Are the Messengers
Mendelssohn – Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
Tchaikovsky – Doistoino yest
Saint-Saens – Wherefore Do the Heathen Clamor? -from the Christmas Oratorio
Walton – What Cheer?
Vaughan-Williams – The Blessed Son of God
M. Lauridsen – O magnum mysterium
Spring, May 2003
Liebeslieder Valzer, Op. 52 – Brahms
Chansons de Roses – Lauridsen
Niska Banja – arr. Page
Freedom Come – Allaway
My Love’s Like a Red, Red Rose – Mulholland
Away From the Roll of the Sea – MacGillvray
December Holiday 2002
Thou Must Leave Thy Lowly Dwelling – Berlioz
Benedictus – Charpentier
Say Where is He Born – Mendelssohn
Alleluia – Bach
And the glory of the Lord – Handel
Hallelujah – Handel
Glory to God in the Highest – Pergolesi
O Magnum Mysterium – Pinkham
As Dew in Aprille – Britten
Deo Gracias – Britten
recitative (And there were shepherds) and Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light – Bach
From the Oxford Carols For Choirs, Book 1:
Away in a Manger
Good King Wenceslas
Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
I Saw Three Ships
Rocking
The First Nowell
The Holly and the Ivy
Gloucestershire Wassail
A Merry Christmas
Memorial Day 2002
The Star-Spangled Banner – arr. McKelvy
God Bless America – arr. Ringwald
Battle Hymn of the Republic – arr. Steffe
When Johnny Comes Marching Home – arr. trad.
This Is My Country – arr. Ringwald
Eternal Father, Strong to Save – Whiting/Dykes
Armed Services Salute – arr. Eilers
March 2002
“Winter To Spring”
Neesa (Native American)
Dark of Winter (Denham-Jackson)
The Painful Plough (trad. English)
Plough Monday Mummer’s Play
English Country Dance: Speed the Plough
The Winter’ll Soon Be Over (African American)
Candlemas Eve
From Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana:
Veris leta facies
Ecce gratum
Omnia sol temperat
Sakura (Japanese)
La Ver LíAurora (Palestrina)
Pace Egging Song (trad. English)
Spring Grass (Philip Glass)
Awake, Thou Wintry Earth (J.S. Bach)
Hospodi Pomilui
Going Down the Valley
This Is The Truth
Spirit of the Wood (Bill Karl)
Rise Up My Love (G. Young)
At the Cry of the First Bird (G. Fletcher)
Songs of Nature, Number 4 – Dvorak
December 2001
“Holiday Medley”
Christmas Day – Holst
Thou Must Leave Thy Lowly Dwelling – Berlioz
Hymn to the Virgin – Britten (with a small ensemble)
Fantasia on Christmas Carols – Vaughan-Williams (baritone and soprano solos)
Lullay My Liking – Holst
A Child Is Born in Bethlehem – Scheidt (soprano solo)
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen – arr. Goemanne
Lirum, lirum – Morley (small ensemble)
Sussex Mummer’s Carol – arr. Broadwood (small ensemble)
Malpas Wassail – arr. Whitehouse (small ensemble with chorus)
Do Not Go Gentle – Larry Gordon
Masters In This Hall – Shaw-Parker
Chanticleer – arr. Martin Shaw
Therefore Be Merry – arr. Ehret (women)
Winter Song – arr. Bullard (men)
Deck the Halls – Shaw-Parker
Strike Up Your Instruments of Joy – arr. Edmunds and Holmes
Silent Night – arr. Sargent
Spring 2001
“Renaissance and Nonsense”
Crucifixus a 8 – Lotti
Cantate Domino – G. Gabrieli
Adoramus Te – Palestrina
O vos omnes – Victoria
Tu es Petrus – Palestrina
Echo Song – diLasso
Now Is The Month of Maying – Morley
Il est bel et bon – Passereau
April Is In My Mistress’ Face – Morley
My Bonnie Lass She Smileth – Morley
Sing Out – anon.
Sleepytime Bach – arr. Bennett
Cool April – arr. Smith
He Is Awesome – arr. Smith
My Bonny Lass She Smelleth – PDQ Bach
Song Mein Grossmama Sang – Pfautsch
Holiday Concert, December 2000
“Christmas Delights”
Directed by Guest Director, Joann Loewenthal
Christmas Fanfare – J. Althouse
He, Watching Over Israel, from “Elijah” – Mendelssohn
Christmas Day – Holst
Wassail Song – arr. Vaughan-Williams
Star Carol – Rutter
Cherry Tree Carol-arr. Parker
Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella – arr. Shaw/Parker
Candlelight Carol – Rutter
Shepherd’s Pipe Carol – Rutter
Do You Hear What I Hear? – Simeone
The Sleigh – Kountz
White Christmas – arr. Ringwald
Various Themes on “Fa-La-La”` – arr. Bridwell
Let the Candles Glow – J. Gallina
Fruitcake – Hagemann and Leka
May 2000
Holy Radiant Light … Gretchchaninoff
The Last Words of David …. R. Thompson
Rise Up My Love … G. Young
Sure on This Shining Night … Barber
Salvation is Created … Tchesnakoff
Jerusalem … Parry
Promise of Living … Copland
Three Chansons of Hindemith
Hotaru Koi … anon.
Kwaheri …. trad. Swahili
A Red, Red Rose … arr. Mullholland
La Lluvia … Hatfield
Away From the Roll of the Sea … MacGillivray
Niska Banja … arr. Page
Tenting Tonight … arr. Ness Beck
Erev Shel Shoshanim … arr. Klebanow
Grey Funnel Line … Tawney, arr. Whitehouse
Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain …. Shabalala
Ower the Hills … Hatfield -Bob Reid, piper
50th Anniversary Concert – December, 1999
Cantique de Jean Racine … Faure
Heilig …. Mendelssohn
Good Christian Men Rejoice …. Kirkland
Evensong … Haydn
O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings … Handel
This Little Babe
Shepherds’ Chorus … Menotti
Chorale, Peace Be With You … anon.
Gesu Bambino … Yon
No Candle Was There and No Fire … Lehmann
Birthday of a King …. Neidlinger
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen …. arr. Shaw/Parker
March of the Three Kings …. trad. French
River
Deck the Halls
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Robot
Soon I Will Be Done With …. arr. Dawson
Psallite Unigenito …. Praetorius
Alleluia … R. Thompson
Spring 1999 “Requiem and American Spirituals”
Requiem … Faure
Three Graduals for the Church Year …. Bruckner
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need … arr. V. Thomson
Hark, I Hear the Harp’s Eternal … arr. Parker
God is Seen … arr. Parker
Peace Like a River … arr. G. Walker
Witness … Halloran
Jabula Jesu … Hatfield
When the Saints Go Marching In … arr. Rutter
Holiday 1998 “Auld Lang Syne”
O Magnum Mysterium …. Victoria
Gloria in excelsis Deo … D. Pinkham
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming …. Praetorius
Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind …. arr. Rutter
Gaudete … arr. Ades
From “Messiah” … Handel:
For unto us a Child is born
Hallelujah
Worthy is the Lamb
Hodie Christus natus est … Poulenc
Coventry Carol
Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella … arr. Shaw/Parker
Carol of the Russian Children … arr. Gaul
Carol of the Bells … arr. Leontovich
The Sleigh …. Kountz
In the Bleak Mid-Winter …. Holst, arr. Bertalot
Still, Still, Still …. arr. Luboff
Rise Up Shepherd and Follow …. arr. Hairston
I Wonder as I Wander …. arr. Niles
Let the Candles Glow …. arr. Gallina
Oh, Joyful Children …. Holdridge, arr. Strommen
African Noel … arr. Thomas
Do You Hear What I Hear? … Simeone
Spring 1998 “Flowers That Bloom…”
A Rose Tree Blossoms, Op. 246, #4 …. Hovhaness
A Rose Touched By the Sun … Berger
We Are a Garden … arr. Parker
Flower Carol … from Piae Cantiones, 1582, arr. M. Shaw
I got me flowers ….from Five Mystical Songs, Vaughan-Williams
Forest Night, Op.62, #3 …. Brahms
To Daffodils, Op.47, #1
Von dem Rosenbusch, Op.74 …. Schumann
Flora Gave Me Fairest Flowers … Wilbye, arr. Morgan
A Red, Red Rose … Mulholland
Evening Primrose, Op.47,#4 …. Britten
Contre qui, Rose … Lauridsen
Fair Daffodils … Parry
The Oak and the Ash ….arr. Bairstow
Oh See How Thick the Goldcup Flowers … arr. Mullholland
Down By the Salley Gardens …arr. Shaw/Parker
A Girl’s Garden … Thompson
When Daisies Pied … MacFarren
April … Welsh, arr. Deamer
Erev shel shoshanim … arr. Klebanow
The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring …. Gilbert and Sullivan
Winter 1997 “Drive the Cold Winter Away”
Please to See the King
Wolcum Yole …. Britten
Alle Psallite cum luya ….anon.
Cornish Wassail
Wassail Song … arr. Shaw/Parker
Gloucestershire Wassail … arr. Vaughan-Williams
Drive the Cold Winter Away (English Dance) …Playford
Hold Men, Hold and the Weston Sub-Edge Mummer’s Play
North Skelton Sword Dance
Nowell/Out of your sleep
Personent Hodie … anon.
El rorro …trad. Mexican
In the Bleak Mid-Winter … Holst, arr. Bertalot
Star in the East … from the Sacred Harp
Opening, Play of Herod …. anon. 12th c.
Hymn to the Virgin … Britten
O Magnum Mysterium … Victoria
Gedeonis area … anon., French, 13th c.
There is no rose … anon.
Abbotts/Bromley horn dance
Chanticleer … arr. Austin
Gaudete … arr. Ades
Now Winter Nights Enlarge …. Campion, arr. Whitehouse
Spring 1997
Selig Sind and How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place ….(from A German Requiem, Op. 45) …Brahms (1833-1897)
Alleluia….R. Thompson
Agnus Dei….S. Barber
At the Cry of the First Bird….G. Fletcher
Rise Up My Love….G. Young
The Last Words of David….R. Thompson
The Hills….J. Ireland
Jerusalem….Parry
Quick, We Have But a Second….arr. C.V. Stanford
Sine Nomine….Vaughan-Williams (1872-1958)
Come Sing….Consoli
Winter 1996 “Winter”
Christmas Day….G. Holst (1874-1934)
Wassail Song….arr. Vaughan-Williams (1872-1958)
The Boar’s Head Carol….trad. English
Green Groweth the Holy….attributed Henry VIII (1491-1547)
Yule Fires….trad. English
Welcome Here….Shaker song, arr. DeCormier
The Sleigh….Kountz
Deck the Halls….Welsh, arr. Shaw-Parker
Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind….Rutter
Winter….Spevacek
Winter Wonderland….arr. Emerson
Let It Snow….arr. Eilers-Bacak
O Christmas Tree*….arr. Canadian Brass
and Christmas Finale*….arr. Eilers
*Performed with the Jamestown Community Band; Christopher Ashton, director
Spring 1996
“Of Rain, Rivers and the Rolling Sea”
Placido e il mar (from Idomeneo)….Mozart (1756-1791)
To Be Sung on the Water….Barber (1910-1981)
Five Sea Songs....Vaughan-Williams (1872-1958)
The Golden Vanity
Just As the Tide Was Flowing
The Arethusa
Full Fathom Five
We Be Three Poore Mariners
Across the Sea…..Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Sailors’ Chorus (from the Flying Dutchman)….Wagner (1813-1883), arr. Rossi
Silent Sea….Neidlinger
River….B.Staines, arr. Whitehouse
Performed with the Jamestown Community Youth Choir. B.J. Whitehouse, S. Clarke directors
Eternal Father, Strong to Save….Dykes
Sea Fever….Hadley
We Sail the Ocean Blue (from H.M.S. Pinafore)….Gilbert and Sullivan
A Life on the Ocean Wave….arr. N. Johnsonn
I’se the B’y….arr. R. Swift
Grey Funnel Line….Tawney, arr. Whitehouse
Down a Different Road….Pierce
Soon It’s Gonna Rain….arr. M. Huff
Rainsong….H. Bright
Rain, Rain, Beautiful Fain….Shabalala, arr. Everett
Away From the Roll of the Sea….MacGillivray
Winter 1995
“Songs of America, Songs of the World”
Joseph Lieber, Joseph Mein (from Christmas Magnificat)….Scheidt (1587-1654)
Honor and Glory….J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Hodie Christus Natus Est….Poulenc (1899-1963)
Sing We Now of Christmas….trad. French
Riu, Riu Chiu….16th cent. Spanish, arr. Greenberg
Still, Still, Still….trad. Austrian, arr. Luboff
‘Twas in the Moon of Wintertime….French-Canadian, arr. Ehret
Carol of the Russian Children….Russian, arr. Gaul
Let the Candles Glow….J. Gallina
The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy….West Indian, arr. DeCormier
African Noel….(Banuwa) arr. Andre Thomas
While Shepherds Watched….Sherburne (from the Sacred Harp)
Glory Be To God On High….Wm. Billings
The Cherry Tree Carol….trad. American, arr. Shaw-Parker
I Wonder As I Wander….arr. Niles and Horton
Oh, Joyful Children….Huckaby and Holdrige, arr. Strommen
Go Tell It On the Mountain….trad. African-American, arr. Burleigh
Children, Go Where I Send Thee….trad. American
Spring 1995 I
“A Sentimental Journey”
This concert was presented as a U.S.O. Stage Door Canteen, with many solo, duet, and small ensemble performances. The following songs were performed by the entire chorus.
Saturday Night Is the Loneliest Night of the Week
Fools Rush In
Stormy Weather
Sentimental Journey
In A Sentimental Mood
On the Sunny Side of the Street
Someone To Watch Over Me
Count Your Blessings
God Bless America
Spring 1995 II
“Exchange Concert” with The Block Island Ecumenical Choir; Robert Fraleigh director.
Missa Alma Redemptoris….Tomas Luis de Victoria (c.1549-1611)
Kyrie
Gloria
Credo
Sanctus
Benedictus
Agnus Dei
Performed by the combined choirs
All My Trials….arr. Luboff
Rain, Rain, Beautiful Fain….Shabalala, arr. Everett
Elijah Rock….arr. Hairston
Away From the Roll of the Sea….MacGillivray
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