~

December 13, 2002

Saint Joseph's Church, New York, NY

Christmas in England and America

 

Processional: Star in the East

 

Charles Theodore Pachelbel (1690-1750)

Magnificat

Henry Purcell (1658-1695)

Evening Service in G minor

 

William Billings (1746-1800)

Shiloh (The Shepherd's Song)

A Virgin Unspotted

 

American Carol arr. A Carter

I Wonder as I Wander

 

Boris Ord (1897-1961)

Adam lay ybounden

 

Elizabeth Poston (1905-1987)

Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

 

Richard Rodney Bennett (b. 1936)

Flower Carol

 

Daniel Pinkham (b. 1923)

Evergreen

 

Ned Rorem (b. 1923)

The Oxen

 

Jonathan David (b. 1965)

Christmas Cantata

 

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

Christmas Day

~

May 3, 2002

Saint George's Episcopal Church, New York, NY

Glory, Laud, and Honor: Songs of Praise

Walter Hilse, Organist

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Sláva Ottsú…Yedinoródnïy Sïne

Priidíte, poklonímsîâ I Svîâtïy Bózhe   

Heruvímskaya pesñ

Victor Kalinnikov (1870-1927)

Svéte tíhiy

Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)

Magnificat

Aaron Jay Kernis (b. 1960)

Teach Me Thy Way, O Lord

Morton Lauridsen (b. 1943)

O Magnum Mysterium

Randall Thompson (1899-1984)

Alleluia

Judith Shatin (b. 1949)

Adonai Ro'i

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

Virgil Thompson (1896-1989)

My Shepherd Will Supply My Need

Charles Ives (1874-1954)

Turn Ye, Turn Ye

Easter Carol

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Hymn to St. Cecilia

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

Zoltán Kodaly (1882-1954)

Laudes Organi

Walter Hilse, organist

~

December 14, 2001

Saint Joseph's Church, New York, NY

A Christmas Celebration

 

Heinrich Schütz (1585–1671)

Hodie Christus natus est

Jauchzet dem Herren, alle Welt

 

Giovanni Gabrielli (c. 1557-c.1612)

In Ecclesiis

 

Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)

Angelus ad pastores ait

 

Daniel Pinkham (b. 1923)

Christmas Cantata (Sinfonia Sacra)

 

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)

Mass No. 2 in E minor   

~

 

May 12, 2001

Saint Peter's Church, New York City

A 25 th Anniversary Retrospective

 

William Byrd (1543-1623)

Magnificat from The Great Service

 

Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)

When David heard

 

Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)

From Quatre Motets, Op. 10

Ubi caritas –Tu es Petrus – Tantum ergo

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

F.J. Haydn (1732-1809)

Abendlied zu Gott

 

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)

Ave Maria

 

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren

 

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Cantique de Jean Racine

 

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Selections from Zigeunerlieder (Opus 103)

 

Charles Ives (1879-1954)

Variations on America

Walter Hilse, organ

 

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Reincarnations

Mary Hynes – Anthony O'Daly – The Coolin'

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Rejoice in the Lamb

 

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

The Lover's Ghost

Just As The Tide Was Flowing

 

Arr. Aaron Copland (1900-1990), adapted Irving Fine

Long Time Ago

 

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

The Promise of Living

~

March 28, 2001

The Great Hall at Cooper Union, New York City

A Night on Broadway

 

Victor Herbert

An American Serenade

 

Irving Berlin (arr. Huff)

Play a Simple Melody

A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody

Alexander's Ragtime Band

 

Cole Porter (arr. Blackwell)

Let's Do It

 

George Gershwin (arr. Blackwell)

S'Wonderful

 

Cole Porter

In the Still of the Night

Anything Goes

 

George Gershwin (arr. Warnick)

Porgy and Bess ( Selections )

 

Jerome Kern

Medley

 

Cole Porter

Night and Day

 

Alan Jay Lerner

Ascot Gavotte

 

Frank Loesser

Fugue for Tinhorns

 

Kurt Weill

I'm a Stranger Here Myself

September Song

 

Richard Rodgers (arr. Warnick)

The King and I ( Selections )

~

December 15, 2000

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

A Celebration of J.S. Bach

 

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Magnificat in D Major (BWV 243)

Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248) – Parts One and Two

~

May 12, 2000

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

 

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Cantata BWV 4 – Christ lag in Todesbanden

 

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Dixit Dominus (Psalm 110)

~

May 5, 2000

Hunter College, New York City

Hunter College Choir and Chamber Orchestra

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

Mark Mangini, Conductor

 

W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)

Exultate, Jubilate

 

Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842)

Requiem in C minor

 

F.J. Haydn (1732-1809)

The Heavens Are Telling ( from The Creation)

~

December 17, 1999

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

In Dulci Jubilo

Anonymous (16 th century)

Processional: Ecco il Messia

 

Tomàs Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Ne timeas Maria

O magnum mysterium

 

Anonymous (17th century)

Soberana Maria

 

Fabián Ximeno (c.1595-1645)

Ay Ay galeguiños

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Magnificat a Sei Voci

( From the Vespers of 1610)

 

J.P. Sweelinck (1562-1621)

Hodie Christus natus est

 

Guillaume Bouzignac (1592-1641)

Noé, Noé! Pastores, Cantate Domino

 

Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)

Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe

 

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

Thus angels sung

 

Dietrich Buxtehude (1582-1642) )

In Dulci Jubilo

 

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1634-1704)

Salve puerule

 

Anonymous (1591)

Coventry Carol

 

Juan Garcia de Zéspiedes (c.1650)

Convidando está la noche

~

May 21, 1999

Saint Peter's Church, New York City

An American Sampler

 

Charles E. Ives (1874-1954)

Easter Carol

The Sixty-seventh Psalm

Crossing the Bar

 

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

Four Motets

Help Us, O Lord – Thou, O Jehovah, Abideth Forever

Have Mercy On Us, O My Lord – Sing Ye Praises to Our King

 

Copland

In The Beginning

 

Ives

Variations on America

 

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Reincarnations

Mary Hynes – Anthony O'Daly – The Coolin'

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

adapted Copland, arr. Fine

Long Time Ago

 

Irish Tune, arr. Parker

Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye

 

Spiritual, arr. Ringwald

Deep River

 

Ives

In the Alley

 

Copland

The Promise of Living

~

December 11, 1998

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

Veni, Emmanuel

 

arr. Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)

Veni, veni Emmanuel

 

Hugo Weisgall (1912-1997)

An Evening Prayer for Peace

 

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)

Yihyu leronzon imrei fi

 

Richard Rodney Bennett

The Flower Carol

 

Ned Rorem

The Oxen

 

Morten Lauridsen

O Magnum Mysterium

 

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

A Boy Was Born

 

Lewis Spratlan

Three Carols on Medieval Texts:

Nowell – Vergine bella – There is no rose

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)

Lauda per la Nativita del Signore

~

May 15, 1998

St. George's Church, New York City

 

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Ascension Oratorio, Cantata BWV 11

Lobet Gott in seinen Richen

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Grand Mass in C minor, K.427

~

March 29, 1998

The Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew, Brooklyn, NY

April 3, 1998

St. Augustine's Church, Brooklyn, NY

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

Mark Mangini, Conductor

 

William Byrd (1543-1623)

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis from The Great Service

 

Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)

Three Motets

Ubi caritas – Tantum ergo – Tu es Petrus

 

Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)

Requiem

~

December 19, 1997

Saint Peter's Church, New York City

 

William Byrd (1543-1623)

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis from The Great Mass

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)

Magnificat

 

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Saint Nicolas: A Cantata

with The Trinity Tones, Trinity School

~

May 16, 1997

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

 

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Petite messe solennelle

~

March 23, 1997

Church of the Holy Trinity, New York City

The Holy Trinity Choir and Orchestra

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

Mark Mangini, Conductor

Stephen Hamilton, organist

 

Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)

Requiem, Op. 9

 

Louis Vierne (1870-1937)

Messe Solennelle

~

December 18, 1996

Saint Peter's Church, New York City

Noé, Noé!

Seasonal works for chorus and brass

 

Giovanni Bassano (?-1617)

Hodie Christus natus est

 

Jan Peters Sweelinck (1562-1621)

Ballo del granduca

Walter Hilse, organ

 

Giovani Gabrieli (c. 1555-c. 1612)

Canzona for Brass

 

Guillaume Bouzizignac (c. 1592-c. 1641)

Noé, Noé! Pastores, Cantate Domino

 

Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)

Ach Herr, du Schöpfer aller Ding

 

Michael Praetorius (c. 1571-1621)

Singt, ihr lieben Christen all

 

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Angelus ad pastores ait

 

Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)

Angelus ad pastores ait

 

Daniel Pinkham (b. 1923)

Christmas Cantata (Sinfonia Sacra)

 

Hugo Distler (1908-1947)

Chorale Variations on ‘Es ist ein Ros entsprungen'

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Familiar Carols in Unusual Arrangements

Veni, veni Emmanuel

arr . Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)

In Dulci Jubilo

arr: R.L. Pearsall (1795-1856)

God rest you merry gentleman

arr: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

The Holly and the Ivy

arr: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

What is this lovely fragrance?

arr: Healey Willan

Silent Night

arr: Malcolm Sargent (1895-1967)

 

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Hark! the herald angels sing

 

John F. Wade (1711-1786)

O come, all ye faithful

~

May 17, 1996

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

Twentieth Anniversary Concert

 

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)

Te Deum for the Empress Marie Therese

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Kyrie, K. 341

Exultate Jubilate, K. 165

 

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

Mass in C Major, op. 86

~

March 31, 1996

Church of the Holy Trinity, New York City

The Holy Trinity Choir and Orchestra

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

Mark Mangini, Conductor

Stephen Hamilton, organist

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Coronation Concerto, K. 329

Requiem in D minor, K. 626

Ave verum corpus, K. 618

~

January 12, 1996

Calvary Episcopal Church, New York City

 

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Israel in Egypt:

Lamentation of the Israelites for the Death of Joseph

Exodus

~

December 4, 1995

Saint Peter's Church, New York City

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Cantata BWV 61 – Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland

 

Henry Purcell (1659–1695)

Behold, I Bring You Glad Tidings

 

Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)

A Ceremony of Carols

Women of The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)

Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël:

O magnum mysterium – Quem vidistis pastores

Videntes stellam – Hodie Christus natus est

~

May 12, 1995

Saint Peter's Church, New York City

 

Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)

Mass

Two Motets

Ave Maria – Pater Noster

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

John David Earnest (b. 1940)

A Van Doren Triptych

 

John Rutter (b. 1945)

Gloria

~

April 9, 1995

Church of the Holy Trinity, New York City

The Holy Trinity Choir and Orchestra

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

Mark Mangini, Conductor

Stephen Hamilton, organist

 

Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)

Requiem, Op. 9

Suite for organ, op. 5

~

December 16, 1994

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

 

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (c. 1634–1704)

In Nativitatem Domini: Canticum

 

Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)

Exultent Caeli

Christe redemptor omnium

 

Heinrich Schütz (1585–1671)

Hodie Christus natus est

 

Hugo Distler (1908–1942)

Chorale Variations on “Es ist ein Ros entsprungen”

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)

A hymn to the Virgin

 

William Walton (1902–1983)

What Cheer?

 

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)

Missa Sancti Nicolai

 

Composer Unknown (arr. Willcocks)

O Come, All Ye Faithful

~

May 20, 1994

Church of the Incarnation, New York City

 

Antonín Dvorák (1841–1904)

Mass in D Major

V Prirode

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)

Three Motets

Locus iste – Ave Maria – Christus factus est

 

Lee Hoiby (b. 1926)

At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners

 

Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924)

Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem

~

 

December 16, 1993

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

 

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Judas Maccabæus

~

May 21, 1993

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

 

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf (Op. 74, No. 2)

Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz (Op. 29, No. 2)

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Franz Schubert (1797–1823)

Mass in A-flat major (D. 678)

 

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

Nänie (Op. 82)

~

January 8, 1993

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

 

Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)

Sanctus from Mass in G

 

Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)

Two Motets

Ave Maria – Pater Noster

 

Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)

Two Motets from Quatre Petites Prieres de Saint Françis D'Assise

Tout puissant, très saint – Seigneur, je vous en prie

 

Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)

Cantique de Jean Racine

 

Arthur Honegger (1892–1955)

King David

~

May 20, 1992

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

 

Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)

Mass No.2 in E minor

 

Samuel Barber (1910–1981)

Easter Chorale

 

Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)

Christus factus est

 

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1833–1897)

O Clap Your Hands

 

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

Geistliches Lied, Op. 30

 

Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)

Locus Iste

 

John David Earnest (b. 1940 )

Only in the Dream

~

March 13, 1992

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)

Cantate Domino

 

Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625)

Hosanna to the Son of David

 

Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)

Vinea mea electa – Tenebrae factae sunt

 

Tomas Luis de Victoria (1585–1611)

Vere languores nostros

 

Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672)

Weib, was weinest du?

 

Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)

Adoramus te Christe

 

Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)

Three Motets

Ubi caritas – Tantum ergo – Tu es Petrus

 

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227

~

January 24, 1992

Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City

 

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Magnificat in D Major

 

Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)

Cantate Domino

Adoramus te Christe

Beatus Vir

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)

Gloria in D major

~

May 17, 1991

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

 

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Solomon

~

January 17, 1991

Grace Church, New York City

 

Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)

Requiem, Op. 9

Quatre Motets, Op. 10

Ubi caritas – Tota pulchra es – Tu es Petrus – Tantum ergo

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Leonard Bernstein (1918 – 1990)

Chichester Psalms

~

May 18, 1990

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

 

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)

The Creation

~

December 15, 1989

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

 

Giovanni Gabrieli (1555–1612)

Hodie Christus natus est

 

Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)

Magnificat for six voices

Michael Praetorius (1571–1621)

Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

Singt, ihr Lieben Christen all

 

Johann Hermann Schein (1586–1630)

Three settings of Von Himmel hoch

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672)

Hodie Christus natus est

 

Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)

A Ceremony of Carols

Women of The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)

Lauda per la Nativita del Signore

~

May 12, 1989

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

 

Franz Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Paukenmesse

(Mass in Time of War)

 

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Coronation Anthems

~

January 13, 1989

Washington Irving Auditorium, New York City

 

Carl Orff (1895-1982)

Carmina Burana

 

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Neue Liebeslieder Walzer, op. 65

Three part songs

~

May 20, 1988

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Missa Brevis in F, K. 192

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Mozart

Requiem in D minor, K. 626

~

April, 1988

The Bel Canto Opera Company, New York City

Murder in the Cathedral by Ildebrando Pizzetti

Conductor – Mara Waldman

James Poulliott – Director

Men and Women of Canterbury: The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

Chorus Director – Mark Mangini

~

January 15, 1988

Washington Irving Auditorium, New York City

A Night at the Opera

 

Giuseppi Verdi (1813-1901)

Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves

( from Nabucco)

Chorus of the Scottish Prisoners

( from Macbeth)

 

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

The Entry of the Guests

( from Tannhäuser)

Verdi

Finale – Act II

( from La Traviata)

 

Modest Mussorgsky (1835-1881)

Coronation Scene

( from Boris Gudonov)

 

Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825-1881)

Die Fledermaus ( selections from Act II)

 

Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)

Scene and Prayer

( from Cavalleria Rusticana)

~

May 21, 1987

Grace Church, New York City

 

Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)

Missa Brevis

Three Psalm Settings

 

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1882-1958)

O Clap Your Hands

 

Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Like as the Hart

 

Stephen Sturk (b. 1950)

Praise Ye the Lord

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Ned Rorem (b. 1923)

There is a Spirit – The World of Silence

( from The Quaker Reader)

Walter Hilse, Organ

 

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Festival Te Deum

 

Vaughan Williams

Antiphon

(from I )

~

March 29, 1987

Grace Church, New York City

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

Hosanna to the Son of David

 

Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Vere languores nostros

 

Francis Poulenc (1899-1924)

Vinea mea electa – Tenebrae factae sunt

 

Gabriel Fauré (1895-1924)

Cantique de Jean Racine

 

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Cantata No. 106: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit

 

Fauré

Requiem

~

January 23, 1987

Washington Irving Auditorium, New York City

 

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Cantata No. 79: Gott de Herr ist Sonn und Schild

 

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Israel in Egypt: Exodus

~

May 16, 1986

Church of St. Francis Xavier, New York City

Tenth Anniversary Concert

 

Franz Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Four Part Songs

Abendlied zu Gott

An Den Vetter

Betrachtung des Todes

Die Beredsamkeit

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Haydn

Te Deum for the Empress Marie Therese

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Grand Mass in C minor, K. 427

~

April 6, 1986

Duane Methodist Church, New York City

The Village Chamber Orchestra and The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

From Solomon

Overture

Entrance of the Queen of Sheba

The Village Chamber Orchestra

Dirk-Holger Bambeck, Conductor

 

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Mass

Two Motets

Ave Maria – Pater Noster

 

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)

Six Chansons:

La Biche (The Doe)

Un Cygne (A Swan)

Puisque tout passe (Since all passes)

En Hiver (In Winter)

Verger (Orchard)

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

Mark Mangini, Conductor

 

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Simple Symphony

 

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)

Symphony No. 83 – The Hen

The Village Chamber Orchestra

Dirk-Holger Bambeck, Conductor

~

December 5, 1985

Grace Church, New York City

 

Max Reger (1873-1916)

Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern

Walter Hilse, Organ

 

Walter Hilse (b. 1941)

Advent Processional

 

Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)

Three Motets

Ave Maria – Virga Jesse floruit – Locus Iste

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Antonín Dvorák (1841–1904)

Mass in D Major, op. 86

 

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

Christmas Day

~

May 16, 1985

Grace Church, New York City

Romanze

 

Franz Schubert (1797–1823)

Messe in G dur

Psalm 23: Gott ist mein Hirt

 

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Beim Abschied zu singen

Zigeunerleben

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

Zigeunerlieder

(Gypsy Songs)

~

March 24, 1985

Duane Methodist Church, New York City

March 31, 1985

Grace Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, NY

A Celebration of Bach and Schütz

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)

Psalm 100: Jauchzet dem Herren

Four Sacred Concerti:

Bringt her dem Herren

Erhöre mich, wenn ich rufe

Was hast du verwirket?

Ich bin jung gewesen

Psalm 137: An den Wassern zu Babel

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Duet – Cantata No. 78

Wir eilen

 

Schütz

Concerto: Lobe den Herren, meine Seele

 

Bach

Jesu, meine Freude

~

December, 1984

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

 

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)

Cantata No. 61 – Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland

 

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Messiah

~

May, 1984

Grace Church, New York City

An Afternoon of English Music

 

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Voluntary on The Old Hundredth

Walter Hilse, Organ

 

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Te Deum

 

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1882-1958)

Prelude on Bryn Calfaria

Walter Hilse, Organ

 

Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)

Rejoice in the Lamb

 

English Traditional (arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams)

The Dark Eyed Sailor

The Lover's Ghost

Just as the Tide Was Flowing

~

May 8, 1984

Grace Church, Brooklyn, NY

The Village Chamber Orchestra and The Greenwich Village Singers

 

Georg Phillipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Concerto in B Flat Major

 

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Trio Sonata in G Major

The Village Chamber Orchestra

conducted by Robert Grehan

 

Marco Uccellini

The Wedding of the Hen and the Cuckoo

The Greenwich Village Singers

conducted by Mark Mangini

 

Henry Purcell (1659–1695)

Two duets from Dido and Aeneas

Sound the Trumpet

What Can We Poor Females Do?

 

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Cantata No. 150 – Nach Dir, Herr, verlanget mich

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

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December 11, 1983

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

Buon Natale

A Concert of Italian Christmas Music

 

Giovanni Gabrieli (1555–1612)

 

Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)

 

Carlo Gesualdo (c.1560-1613)

 

Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)

Lauda per la Nativita del Signore

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May 22 & 25, 1983

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

The Village Chamber Orchestra and The Greenwich Village Singers

 

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

Overture to Egmont, op. 84

 

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64

The Village Chamber Orchestra

conducted by Robert Grehan

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Kyrie, K. 341

Regina Coeli, K.276

The Greenwich Village Singers

conducted by Mark Mangini

 

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

Symphony No, 1 in C Major, op, 21

A Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, op. 112

The Village Chamber Orchestra

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March 20, 1983

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

America the Musical

 

Randall Thompson (1899-1984)

The Last Word of David

(II Samuel 23:3,4)

 

Amer. Traditional (arr. Norman Luboff)

Black is the Color

 

Amer. Traditional (arr. Shaw/Parker)

Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier

 

Charles Ives (1874-1954)

Turn Ye, Turn Ye

Easter Carol

 

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

Have Mercy On Us

( from Four Motets)

 

Samuel Barber (1919-1981)

Let Down the Bars, O Death

( from a poem by Emily Dickinson)

 

Lukas Foss (b. 1922)

Cool Prayers

( from The Prairie by Carl Sandburg)

 

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

The Promise of Living

( from The Tender Land)

 

African-American Spiritual (arr. by Wm. Dawson)

Ain'-a That Good News!

 

Cole Porter (1893-1964)

Barbershop Quartets

The Barrow Street Boys

In the Still of the Night

Who?

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

Anything Goes

 

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Medley from West Side Story

George Gershwin (1898-1937)

Finale from Of Thee I Sing

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December, 1982

Holiday Concert

 

Antoine Bunois (1430-1492

Noël, Noël

 

Josquin des Pres (1440-1521)

Ave Maria

 

Guillame Costeley (1531-1606)

Allons gai, bergeres

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1634? -1704)

Messe de Minuit pour Noël

 

Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)

Choral Preludes

God's Son Has Come

In Dulci Jubilo

In Thee is Joy

 

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)

The Angels

From The Nativity of Our Lord

 

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

The Shepherds' Farewell to the Holy Family

from L'enfance du Christ

 

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Cantique de Jean Racine

 

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Quem vidistis pastores?

from Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël

Sanctus

from Mass in G Major

 

Three Traditional Carols

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella

Angels We Have Heard on High

 

Poulenc

Hodie Christus Natus Est

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May 22, 1982

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

A Baroque Festival

 

Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)

Two Madrigals

Ecco Mormorar

Amor (Lamento della Ninfa)

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Cantata No. 106 – Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus)

 

Henry Purcell (1659–1695)

Two Anthems

Rejoice in the Lord Alway

My Beloved Spake

 

Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)

Beatus Vir

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

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April 21, 1982

St. John's Church, New York City

The Village Chamber Orchestra and The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Erno Dohnanyi

Serenade for String Trio

Metyas Seiber

Serenade for Six Winds

The Village Chamber Orchestra

conducted by Robert Grehan

 

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

Three Quartets, op. 64

 

Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)

Beatus Vir

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

conducted by Mark Mangini

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March 12, 1982

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

Haydn in the Village

The Village Chamber Orchestra and The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)

Overture in D

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Symphony No. 41 (The Jupiter)

The Village Chamber Orchestra

conducted by Robert Grehan

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)

Te Deum for the Empress Marie Therese

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Missa Brevis in F, K. 192

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

conducted by Mark Mangini

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December 12, 1981

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

Seasonal Music of England and America

 

Anonymous 15th Century Carol

Nowell, Nowell, Out of Your Sleep

 

Two Motets

 

Adrian Battan (1591-1637)

Lord, We Beseech Thee

 

William Byrd (1543-1623)

Ave Verum Corpus

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

Hosanna to the Son of David

 

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in G minor

 

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Selections from Messiah

~

May 16, 1981

Loeb Center – New York University, New York City

An Evening Along the Danube

 

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

Three Quartets, op. 63

Taffelied

Hungarian Dances for Piano four-hands

 

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904)

Songs of Nature

 

Works of Haydn, Schubert, Smetana

~

December, 1980

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

Holiday Concert

~

FRANK NEMHAUSER, MUSIC DIRECTOR (1976 to 1980)

May 3, 1980

Loeb Center – New York University, New York City

A Concert of Worldly Pleasures

 

Bela Bartok (1881-1945)

Four Slavic Folksongs

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Carl Orff (1895-1982)

Carmina Burana

~

December 14, 1979

The Church of the Ascension, New York City

 

Cesar Franck (1822-1890)

Panis Angelicus

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Missa Brevis in F, K. 192

 

Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)

Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël:

O magnum mysterium – Quem vidistis pastores

Videntes stellam – Hodie Christus natus est

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Traditional (arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw)

Masters in this Hall

 

Michael Praetorius (1571–1621)

Es, ist ein Rose entsprungen

 

Ukrainian Carol (arr. by Peter J. Wilhousky)

Carol of the Bells

 

Traditional Carol (arr. by Katherine K. Davis)

Ding-dong! Merrily

 

Louis Lewandowski

Halalujoh, halalu el b'Kod'sho (Psalm 150)

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April 21, 1979

Greenwich House Auditorium, New York City

Mostly Waltzes

 

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Neue Liebeslieder, op. 65

Selections for Piano, four hands

 

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Selections from Nutcracker Suite

 

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Fantasy in F minor, op. 49

 

Claude Le Jeune (c.1530-c.1600)

Revecy Venir du Printemps

 

Clement Jannequin (c.1485-c.1560)

Le Chant des Oiseaux

La Guerre

 

Franz Lehar (1870-1948)

selections from The Merry Widow

The Girls at Maxim's

In Marsovia

Vilia

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

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December 15, 1978

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

 

Randall Thompson (1899- 1984)

Glory to God in the Highest

Alleluia

 

Traditional Austrian Song (arr. by William Schuman)

The Orchestra Song

 

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

The Shepherds' Farewell to the Holy Family

 

Ukrainian Carol (arr. by Peter J. Wilhousky)

Carol of the Bells

 

Traditional Carol (arr. by Katherine K. Davis)

Ding-dong! Merrily

 

Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)

Motets pour le temps de Noël:

O magnum mysterium – Videntes stellam

The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers

 

Readings

Sunday Brunch Company

Story of Hanukkah – I Maccabees 1:41-2:48

Dylan Thomas (1914-1953)

A Child's Christmas in Wales

 

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Cantata No. 61 – Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland

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May 12, 1978

Greenwich House, New York City

Airs of Spring:

A Concert of Madrigals and Songs in Celebration of Spring

 

Thomas Morley (1557-1603)

Sing We and Chant It

 

Thomas Nashe

Spring

(reading)

 

Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)

Matona, Mia Cara

 

A.E. Housman

When I Was One-and-Twenty

(reading)

 

P.D.Q. Bach (1807-1742?)

Two Madrigals from The Triumphs of Thusnelda

The Queen to Me a Royal Pain Doth Give

My Bonnie Lass She Smelleth

 

William Wordsworth

The Daffodils

(reading)

 

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Four Folk Songs

In Stille Nacht – Erlaube mir

Abschiedslied – Da unten im Tole

 

Barbershop Quartet Selections

 

e.e. cummings

In Just…

(reading)

 

adapted by Aaron Copland (1900- )

At the River

 

Shaker hymn adapted by Copland

Simple Gifts

 

Katherine Tynan

Slow Spring

(reading)

 

adapted by Copland

I Bought Me a Cat

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December 14, 1977

St. Joseph's Church, New York City

Christmas Concert

Benefit for the Village Nursing Home

 

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Abendlied zu Gott (Evensong to God)

 

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Four Folk Songs

In Stille Nacht – Erlaube Mir

Abschiedslied – Da unten im Tale

 

Welsh Air (arr. by Gordon Jacob)

The Ash Grove

 

Hymn tune adapted by Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

At the River

 

Story of Hanukkah – I Maccabees 1:41-2:48

 

Sonata for Piano and Violin, op.100, No. 2

Readings

 

Sunday Brunch Company

The Prophecy, Isaiah 9:2-7; 40:1-11

Dylan Thomas (1914-1953)

A Child's Christmas in Wales

 

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Cantique de Jean Racine

 

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

The Shepherds' Farewell to the Holy Family

 

Ukrainian Carol (arr. by Peter J. Wilhousky)

Carol of the Bells

 

Traditional Carol (arr. by Katherine K. Davis)

Ding-dong! Merrily

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May 21 and 22, 1977

Greenwich House Auditorium, New York City

A Bouquet of Songs

 

Guiseppe Pitoni (1657-1743)

Cantate Domino

 

Christopher Marlowe

The Passionate Shepherd to His Love

(reading)

Sir Walter Raleigh

The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd

(reading)

 

Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)

Mon Coeur se Recommande à vous

 

John Jacob Niles – adapted by Neil W. Bridge

Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair

 

Exodus 15:18:21

(reading)

 

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Selection from Miriam's Song of Triumph

 

Four Lieder set by Franz Schubert

To Music – Franz von Schober

The Wanderer – Schmidt von Lübeck

Where To? – Wilhelm Müller (Die schöne Müllerin)

Nights and Dreams – Matthaus von Collin

 

Franz Schubert

Piano Sonata, D.845 in A minor

 

The Dream Songs of John Berryman

reading by:

Sunday Brunch Club

 

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Ich halt-esmitden lieben Gott, die Welt mag nur alleine Blien

Aria and Chorale from Cantata No. 52

 

Wendell Berry

The Peace of Wild Things

(reading)

 

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Wondrous Cool, Thou Woodland Quiet

 

e.e. cummings

O Sweet, Spontaneous Earth

(reading)

 

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Cantique de Jean Racine

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December, 1976

St. John's Church, New York City

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