Musical Programs of the Jamestown Community Chorus

Spring 1995 II  Spring 1995 I Winter 1995 Spring 1996 
Winter 1996 Spring 1997 Winter 1997 Spring 1998
Holiday 1998 Spring 1999 December, 1999 May, 2000
Holiday, Dec. 2000 Spring 2001 December 2001 March 2002
Memorial Day 2002 Holiday 2002 Spring 2003 Holiday 2003
Spring 2004 Holiday 2004 Spring 2005 Holiday 2005
Spring 2006 Holiday 2006 Spring 2007 Holiday 2007
Spring 2008 Holiday 2008 Spring 2009  

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Spring 2009 - Classic Choral

Exultate Justi - Viadana

Breathe On Me, Breath of God

De Profundis (men only)

Evensong ... Haydn

The Last Words of David....R. Thompson

Holy Radiant Light … Gretchaninoff

Puisque tout passé … Hindemith

Contre qui, Rose ... Lauridsen

Dirait-on – Lauridsen (women only)

A Red, Red Rose ... Mulholland

Behold a Star From Jacob Shining … Mendelssohn

Down in the Valley – arr. Mead (men only)

I Shall Keep Singing  by Joan Griffith, words by Emily Dickinson (women only)

Rainsong....H. Bright

Witness ... Halloran

Go Down Moses - arr. Hayes

Fall Into Winter - December 2008

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"

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    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 - Small ensemble
    Wexford Carol
    Somerset Carol (w/instrumental interludes)
    Sussex Carol
    The Boys Carol (Personent Hodie) - Men
    Silver Bells – 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 - 

     
    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

    II
    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

    Small Ensemble:
    Song of the Burn - Musgrave
     


    Holiday 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
    JCC:
    Noel Benedictus - Charpentier
    Dark of Winter - Denham-Jackson
    Strike Up Your Instruments of Joy
    Prayer for Peace - W. 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"
    Program Notes

    I
    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

    II
    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


    Holiday, 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

    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

    March 2002
    "Winter To Spring"
    December 2001
    "Holiday Medley"

    Spring 2001
    "Renaissance and Nonsense"
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    Holiday Concert, December 2000
    "Christmas Delights"
    Directed by Guest Director, Joann Loewenthal
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    Spring Concert -  May, 2000
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    Holiday 1999 - 50th Anniversary Concert - December, 1999
    Women's Chorus: Men's Chorus: Youth Chorus: Alumni Chorus: Back to top

    Spring 1999 "Requiem and American Spirituals" Back to top

    Holiday 1998 "Auld Lang Syne" Back to top

    Spring 1998 "Flowers That Bloom..." Back to top

    Winter 1997 "Drive the Cold Winter Away"

    Winter 1996 "Winter"

    Spring 1996

    "Of Rain, Rivers and the Rolling Sea"

    Winter 1995

    "Songs of America, Songs of the World"

    Spring 1995 I

    "A Sentimental Journey"

    This concert was presented as a USO Stage Door Canteen, with many solo, duet, and small ensemble performances. The following songs were performed by the entire chorus.

    Spring 1995 II

    "Exchange Concert" with The Block Island Ecumenical Choir; Robert Fraleigh director.

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