Fall 2010

Sweet Singing In the Choir

A Celebration of Carols, Cantatas, and Chants for Christmas and the New Year!

Gloria RV589 by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), the complete work, with orchestra!

And selections from among:

• Introit: Lux Fulgebit (Christmas mass at dawn), Chant
• Motet: O Magnum Mysterium, by T.L. de Victoria (1548-1611)
• Rorate Caeli, Advent-tide Chant
• Motet: Hodie Christus natus est, by J.P. Sweelick (1562 – 1621)
• Solemn Vespers of a Confessor K.339, by W.A. Mozart,
  the complete work!
• Angelus Ad Virginem, Latin Carol from the Dublin Troper c. 1330,
  newly arranged!
• Motet: Ave Verum Corpus, by W.A. Mozart (1750-1791)

As well as a selection of carols, including:

• Il est ne le divin enfant, Traditional French carol
• Stille Nacht, Original Austrian Version
• Chartres Carol, Traditional French Tune
• O Little Town of Bethlehem, Tune: Forest Green
• In the Bleak Midwinter, by Holst/Rosetti
• The Holly and the Ivy, English Traditional

Spring 2011

From Papists to Puritans

Sacred and secular music of the English Renaissance

The concert includes:

• Mass for Four Voices by William Byrd (1540-1623)
• If Ye Love Me, by Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)
• A New Commandment, by Thomas Tallis
• Ave Verum Corpus, by William Byrd
• The Lover’s Ghost, by Ralph Vaughn Williams (1872-1958)
• Pastime with good company, by King Henry VIII (1491-1547)
• April is in my mistress face, by Thomas Morely (1557-1603)
• Adieu, Sweet Amarillis, by John Wilbye (1574-1638)
• A Little Bonny Lass, by John Farmer (1570-1605)
• Compare me to the Child, by John Farmer
• Modern Musick, by William Billings (1746-1800)