Nashoba Valley Chorale

Nashoba Valley Chorale Concert History

January 12 & 13, 2008
Carmina Burana
With Harvard Pro Musica
Director: Dr. Mark S. Bennett

Carl Orff Carmina Burana

May 3, 2008
Achieved is the Glorious Work
Director: Anne Watson Born

Franz Joseph Haydn Introduction to "Creation"
Franz Joseph Haydn The Heavens Are Telling
Antonín Dvořák Songs of Nature
  • Melodies Fell Into My Soul
  • Ev'ning Bells Ring
Franz Joseph Haydn Achieved is the Glorious Work
Benjamin Britten Five Flower Songs
  • To Daffodils
  • The Succession of the Four Sweet Months
  • The Evening Primrose
  • Ballad of Green Broom
Franz Jospeh Haydn Achieved is the Glorious Work
Jon Schmidt Waterfall
Antonín Dvořák Songs of Nature
  • In the Rye Fields
  • Out of the Woods
  • Come, Let Us Dance and Sing Together
Louis-Claude Daquin Le CouCou
Franz Joseph Haydn Praise the Lord, ye voices all
Jon Schmidt All of Me
Irving Berlin Blue Skies

January 12 & 13, 2008
Order, Chaos, Passion: Music of Schubert, Cherubini and Wolf
Director: Anne Watson Born

Franz Schubert Mass in C
Hugo Wolf Der Feuerreiter
Luigi Cherubini Requiem Mass in C Minor

May 19 & 20, 2007
Words of Love: Songs of love and loss through the ages
Director: Anne Watson Born

Heinrich Schutz Cantate Domino, canticum novum (Psalm 149:1-3)
John Rutter Requiem
John Farmer Fair Phyllis
Thomas Morley April is in my mistress' face
John Bennet Weep, O Mine Eyes
Thomas Morley Fire, Fire, my heart
Samuel Barber Reincarnations
I. Mary Hynes
II. Anthony O'Daly
III. The Coolin
Paul Ayres Ruth
Cole Porter, arr. Clifford Anderson Night and Day
George & Ira Gershwin They Can't Take That Away From Me
Love Walked In
Rogers & Hart, arr. Kirby Shaw I Could Write a Book

January 20 & 21, 2007
Joy to My Soul
Pictures
Director: Anne Watson Born

William Billings An Anthem for Thanksgiving
George Frideric Handel Dixit Dominus
Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata #4 (Christ lag in Todesbanden)
Ysae M. Barnwell There is a Balm in Gilead
William L. Dawson Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit
William L. Dawson Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Jester Hairston I Can Tell the World

May 6 & 7, 2006
30th Anniversary Concert
A collaboration with Braintree Choral Society
Director: Justin Smith

Johannes Brahms A German Requiem
Cherise D. Leiter Three Songs for the Soul
Wolfgang A. Mozart Laudate Dominum, from Solemn Vespers
Ludwig van Beethoven Choral Fantasia

January 21 & 22, 2006
The English Connection
Director: Justin Smith

Henry Purcell Dido and Aeneas
Franz Josef Haydn Te Deum
Benjamin Britten A Ceremony of Carols
Leonard Bernstein Chichester Psalms

May 21 & 22, 2005
War & Peace
Director: Justin Smith

Franz Joseph Haydn Missa in Angustiis (Nelson Mass)
William Billings Chester
Giuseppe Verdi Va, Pensiero
arr. Peter J. Wilhousky Battle Hymn of the Republic
arr, Phil Mattson I'll Be Seeing You
John Lennon/Paul McCartney All You Need Is Love

January 22 & 23, 2005
Gloria in excelsis: Three Centuries of Joyful Noise
Director: Justin Smith

Aaron Copland Stomp Your Foot
Francis Poulenc Gloria
Aaron Copland Zion's Walls
Orlando Gibbons O Clap Your Hands
Ralph Vaughan Williams O Clap Your Hands
Antonio Vivaldi Gloria

May 23, 2004
New England Music: In Full Bloom
Director: Brian O'Connell

Trad. arr. Alice Parker Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal
William Billings When Jesus Wept
William Billings Chester
Sholom Secunda, arr. Joshua Jacobson Dona, Dona
Rebecca Pressman Reflection (Psalms 137:1-3)
Alan Hovhaness They All Laugh (from Three Madrigals)
Sandi Peaslee June
Charles Ives Circus Band
Charles Ives They Are There!
Gwyneth Walker Blow the Candles Out (from Love - By the Water)
Gwyneth Walker Cheek to Cheek
Randall Thompson Alleluia
Randall Thompson The Last Words of David
Randall Thompson Fare Well
Irving Fine Three Choral Settings from Alice in Wonderland
  1. The Lobster Quadrille
  2. Lullaby of the Duchess
  3. Father William
Leonard Bernstein Make Our Garden Grow (from Candide)

January 24, 2004
Of a Rose, a Lovely Rose
Director: Brian O'Connell

Anton Bruckner Ave Maria
Anton Bruckner Tota Pulchra es Maria
Franz Biebl Ave Maria
Sergei Rachmaninoff Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Rejoice
John Rutter Magnificat
Johann Sebastian Bach Magnificat

May 10, 2003
Requiem
Director: Brian O'Connell

Il Padre G. B. Martini Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina
W. A. Mozart Ave verum corpus, K. 618
W. A. Mozart Regina coeli
W. A. Mozart Requiem, K. 626

January 18 & 19, 2003
Of Light and Song
Director: Brian O'Connell

Morten Lauridsen Lux Aeterna
Bob Chilcott Canticles of Light
Randall Thompson Choose Something Like a Star
Moses Hogan The Battle of Jericho
Moses Hogan Wade in the Water
Moses Hogan Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?
Moses Hogan This Little Light of Mine
Moses Hogan Elijah Rock

May 4 & 5, 2002
A Celebration of French Composers
Director: Brian O'Connell

Francis Poulenc Margoton va t'a l'iau
Francis Poulenc La Belle se sied au pied de la tour
Francis Poulenc Pilons l'orge
Francis Poulenc Les Tisserands
Maurice Duruflé Ubi Caritas
Jehan Alain Messe de Requiem
Gabriel Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
Gabriel Fauré Requiem

January 19 & 20, 2002
A Time of War, A Prayer for Peace
Director: Brian O'Connell

Brock McElheran Funeral March on the Deaths of Heroes
arr. Robert DeCormier Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier
arr. Joseph Flummerfelt Danny Boy
Randall Thompson Testament of Freedom
Ralph Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem

April 28, 2001
25th Anniversary Gala Concert

Director: Bernadette Colley

William Billings Creation
Arthur S. Koykka Ode to the President
Aaron Copland The Promise of Living
Randall Thompson Alleluia
Ludwig Van Beethoven Mass in C Major, Opus 86

December 10 & 11, 2000
Serenity of Soul: A Celebration in Song

Director: Bernadette Colley

Henry Purcell Bell Symphony
Henry Purcell Sound All Ye Spheres! (From Birthday Ode to Queen Mary)
Benjamin Britten Rejoice in the Lamb
Thomas Tallis Third Mode Melody
Thomas Tallis When Shall My Sorrowful Sighing?
Orlando Gibbons What is Our Life?
Orlando Gibbons The Silver Swan
Henry Purcell O Sing Unto the Lord
William Mathias Processional
Benjamin Britten Festival Te Deum
Edgar Bainton And I Saw a New Heaven
Gustav Holst Psalm 86
Gustav Holst Psalm 148

April 29, 2000
Carmina Burana

Director: Johanna Hill Simpson

Thomas Allen LeVines Idylls
Carl Orff Carmina Burana

December 11 & 12, 1999
A Celebration of Christmas and Hanukkah
Director: Johanna Hill Simpson

John Leavitt Hodie!
Bob Chilcott Mid-winter
Brian Holmes I Saw a Fair Maiden
arr. by R. DeCormier Ritsch, Ratsch, Filibom!
Zoltan Kodaly Missa Brevis
arr. by Epstein Maoz Tsur
Steven Barnett Y'mei Chanukah
Chaim Parchi Aleih Neri
Michael Isaacson Light the Legend
John Tavener Song for Athene
G.F. Handel The King Shall Rejoice
Peter Krasinski Fantasia on Auld Lang Syne

May 8 & 9, 1999
Going Down the Valley
Director: Johanna Hill Simpson

Folk Song Going Down the Valley
Libby Larsen The Settling Years
Hindemith Six Chansons
Monteverdi Ecco Mormorar L'onde
DiLasso Matona, mia cara
Leonard Bernstein Make Our Garden Grow

December 12, 1998
Magnificat
Director: Johanna Hill Simpson

Ottorino Respighi Laud to the Nativity
J. S. Bach Magnificat

April 18, 19 & May 2, 1998
Verdi Requiem
(with the Salisbury Singers and the Stow Festival Chorus)
Director: Mark Churchill

Giuseppi Verdi Requiem

January 1998
The Power of Peace
Director: Johanna Hill Simpson

C. Hubert H. Parry To Every Thing There is a Season
Randall Thompson The Peaceable Kingdom
Maurice Duruflé Requiem

May 1997
Mostly Mozart
Director: Johanna Hill Simpson

J. S. Bach Cantata No. 118, O Jesu Christ, Meins Lebens Licht
W. A. Mozart Requiem, K. 626

December, 1996
Hot Mulled Music
Director: Johanna Hill Simpson

Morten Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium
Randall Thompson Frostiana: Seven Country Songs
Aaron Copland In the Beginning
Cristóbal de Morales O Magnum Mysterium
Conrad Susa Christmas in the Southwest

May, 1996
20th Anniversary Concert
Director: Johanna Hill Simpson

J. S. Bach Mass in B Minor

January 1996
Building Bridges, A Concert of A Cappella Music that Spans Africa, Europe and America
Director: Johanna Hill Simpson

Orlando di Lasso In Hora Ultima
Orlando di Lasso Missa Octavi Toni
Maurice Duruflé Quatre Motets sur des Thémes Gregoriens
Benjamin Britten Hymn to Saint Cecilia, Opus 27
Lawrence Bennett and
Western Wind, arrangers
Three Sephardic Folk Songs
Henry H. Leck, arranger Two Yoruba Native Songs of Nigeria
Guido Haazen, arranger Missa Luba

May, 1995
A Fanciful Dance
Director: Johanna Hill Simpson

Felix Mendelssohn Die Erste Walpurgisnacht
Norman Dinerstein Frogs: Japanese Haiku Settings
Irving Fine Three Choral Settings from "Alice in Wonderland"
Sam Pottle Jabberwocky

January, 1995
A Sublime Feast
Director: Johanna Hill Simpson

Gabriel Fauré Requiem
Anton Bruckner Os Justi
Leonard Bernstein Chichester Psalms

October, 1994
A Dragon Tale
(with the Jr. PALS Children's Chorus)
Director: Johanna Hill Simpson

John Rutter The Reluctant Dragon
Francis Poulenc Babar

May, 1994
Portraits of America: The Ridiculous to the Sublime
Director: Johanna Hill Simpson

Traditional Spiritual I'm Goin' to Sing!
Daniel Pinkham The Saints Preserve Us!
Aaron Copland Old American Songs
P. D. Q. Bach The Seasonings
Duke Ellington Portrait of Duke Ellington
American Folksong Cindy

January, 1994
Sacred Splendor: Music for Chorus and Brass Choir
Director: Johanna Hill Simpson

Giovanni Gabrielli Intonazione
Giovanni Gabrielli Jubilate Deo
J. S. Bach Cantata No. 63: Christen, &Aumltzet Diesen Tag
John Rutter Gloria

April, 1993
The Dramatic Voice: Music that Stirs the Soul
Director: Johanna Hill Simpson

Johannes Brahms Gypsy Songs
Franz Schubert Miriams Siegesgesang
Ralph Vaughan Williams In Windsor Forest
Scott Joplin Treemonisha (excerpts)

December 12 & 13, 1992
Noel!
Director: Johanna Hill Simpson

Guillaume Costeley Allon, Gay Bergeres
Marc-Antoine Charpentier Messe de Minuit pour Noel
Francis Poulenc Quatre motets pour le temps de Noel
Claude Debussy Noel des enfants qui n'ont plus de Maissons
Gabriel Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
arr. John Rutter Il est ne le divin enfant
arr. David Willcocks Quelle est cette odeur agréable
arr. Emile Schillio Angels We Have Heard On High

April 11 & 12, 1992

Director: Johanna Hill Simpson

G. F. Handel Music, Spread Thy Voice Around
William Byrd Ave verum corpus
Benjamin Britten Rejoice in the Lamb
Antonín Dvořák Mass in D Major, Op. 86

December 7 & 8, 1991

Director: Johanna Hill Simpson

Heinrich Schutz Attendite, populus meus
Heinrich Schutz Hodie Christus Natus Est
Heinrich Schutz Fili mi, Absalom
Claudio Monteverdi Laudato pueri, Psalm 112
Claudio Monteverdi Gloria a 7 concertata
W. A. Mozart Regine Coeli
Johannes Brahms Marienlieder Op. 22
Kirke Mechem Seven Joys of Christmas

December 8 & 9, 1990

Director: James T. Bingham

Victoria Missa Brevis O Magnum Mysterium
J. S. Bach Pastorale (from the Christmas Oratorio)
J. S. Bach Cantata 142, To Us a Child is Given
Gustav Holst The Hymn of Jesus
Gustav Holst Christmas Day
arr. John Rutter God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
Max Rogers, arr. James T. Bingham Virgin's Slumber Song
arr. John Rutter O Come, All Ye Faithfull

May 5 & 6, 1990

Director: James T. Bingham

Maurice Duruflé Prelude from Suite Opus 5
Maurice Duruflé Requiem
Jean Langlais Death and Resurrection
Randall Thompson Alleluia
M. Searle Wright The Green Blade Riseth

December 3, 1989
Cantatas, Motets & Carols: A Christmas Celebration
Director: James T. Bingham

Michael Praetorius In dulci jubilo (from Musae Sioniae, Part II)
Orlando Gibbons This is the Record of John
Robert Parsons Ave Maria
J. P. Sweelinck Hodie Christus Natus Est
J. S. Bach Cantata No. 140 (Sleepers Awake)
Arthur Honegger Une Cantate de Noel
arr. Robert Shaw & Robert Russell The Many Moods of Christmas

May 6 & 7, 1989

Director: James T. Bingham

Ludwig van Beethoven C Major Mass Op. 86
Ralph Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music
Ralph Vaughan Williams Benedicite

December 16 & 17, 1988

Director: James T. Bingham

Antonio Vivaldi Gloria
Benjamin Britten Ceremony of Carols
Daniel Pinkham Christmas Cantata
James T. Bingham Christmas Song of the Nuns of Chester
arr. John Rutter Past Three A Clock
arr. David Willcocks Quelle Est Cette Odeur Agréable
arr. John Rutter Here We Come A-Wassailing
arr. David Willcocks O Come, All Ye Faithful

April 23 & 24, 1988

Director: James T. Bingham

Orlando Gibbons Hosanna to the Son of David
J. S. Bach Cantata 169
W. A. Mozart Missa Brevis in C Major
Howard Hanson The Cherubic Hymn
Mendelssohn Hear My Prayer
William Mathias Psalm 150

December 12 & 13, 1987

Director: James T. Bingham

Ottorino Respighi Laud tothe Nativity
Thomas Yeakle Sir Christmas
John Rutter Dancing Day
Norman Lockwood Carol Fantasy

May 3, 1987

Director: James T. Bingham

Henry Purcell Rejoice in the Lord Always
G. F. Handel Dettingen "Te Deum"
C. Hubert H. Parry Blest Pair if Sirens
Benjamin Britten O Be Joyful in the Lord
John Rutter Gloria

December 13 & 14, 1986

Director: James T. Bingham

Marc-Antoine Charpentier Midnight Mass for Christmas
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi The Magnificat
Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols
William Mathias Sir Christémas
John Rutter Nativity Carol
arr. John Rutter Past Three A Clock
arr. David Willcocks O Come All Ye Faithful
Patrick Hadley I Sing of a Maiden
arr. John Rutter The Twelve Days of Christmas

May 31 & June 1, 1986

Director: Michael Manugian

Charles Ives Processional
Vincent Perichetti Flower Songs (Cantata No. 6)
Francis Poulenc Gloria
Thomas Morley My Bonnie Lass She Smilleth
P.D.Q. Bach My Bonnie Lass She Smelleth
arr. Robert W. Thygerson Aura Lee
Kirby Shaw Aura Lee
Leonard Bernstein Glitter and Be Gay (from Candide)
William Billings Chester
arr. Arthur Koykka Chester (from Young Goodman Brown)

December 7 & 8, 1985
Carols From Around the World
Director: Will Sherwood

M. Leontivich, arr. Peter J. Wilhousky Carol of the Bells
Traditional Joseph est bien Marie
Tr. Jesse Middleton Twas in the Moon of Wintertime
arr. Dale Wood Sussex Carol
John Jacob Niles I Wonder As I Wander
Traditional Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
Traditional Away in a Manger
Barrie S. Mosher The Christmas Rose
Traditional Angels We Have Heard On High
Camille Saint-Saëns Christmas Oratorio

May 12, 1985

Director: Michael Manugian, Paul Gay (orchestra)

Johannes Brahms Nänie
Johannes Brahms Shicksalslied Op. 54
Anton Bruckner Psalm 150
Felix Mendelssohn Italian Symphony No. 4

March 1, 2 & 3, 1985
The Mikado
Director: Michael Manugian

Gilbert & Sullivan The Mikado

December 2, 8 & 9, 1984

Director: Will Sherwood

Richard W. Jones (text by William Dunbar) Pro Nobis Puer Natus Est
Herman Schroeder Sleep Well, Dear Heavenly Boy
Nancy Plummer Faxon (text by Theodore Parker Ferris) A Christmas Litany
Leo Sowerby Manger Carol
Johann Christoph Bach, english translation by Lowell P. Beveridge The Childhood of Christ
Traditional Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
Traditional O Come, All Ye Faithful
George Philip Telemann, arr. J. S. Bach Das Ist Je Gewisslich Wahr
Randall Thompson And the Child Grew (from The Nativity According to St. Luke)
Daniel Pinkham Evergreen
Daniel Pinkham Christmas Cantata (Sinfonia Sacra)

May 5 & 6, 1984
King Arthur
With Indian Hill Chamber Orchestra
Director: Michael Manugian

Henry Purcell King Arthur

December 3 & 4, 1983

Director: Will Sherwood

Louis Claude Daquin Noel We Sing
Herbert Howells A Spotless Rose
Dale Wood Three Little Carols
Unknown Harp Interlude (It Came Upon the Midnight Clear)
Thomas Yeakle Sir Christemas
Traditional O Come, All Ye Faithful
Traditional Joy to the World
Benjamin Britten Ceremony of Carols

May 13 & 14, 1983
With Leonard Gaskins Chorale
Director: Leonard Gaskins & Michael Manugian

W. A. Mozart Requiem
Maurice Duruflé Requiem, Opus 9

December 3 & 4, 1982

Director: Michael Manugian

Bach Cantata No. 191
Aaron Copland In the Beginning
Arthur Koykka & Frank Fletcher Four Christmas Songs for Women's Voices
Bartok Shepherd's Christmas Carol

May 1 & 2, 1982
With New England Youth Ensemble
Director: Dr. Virginia Gene Rittenhouse

Gabriel Fauré Requiem
Franz Schubert Mass in A Flat

December 5 & 6, 1981
Christmas in Song and Brass
Director: Patricia Brown

Antiphon Christus Natus Est
Giovanni Gabrielli Sonata pian'e forte
Tomas Luis de Victoria O Magnum Mysterium
Anonymous, arr. N. Greenberg Three Spanish Villancicos
Claude Gervaise Three Renaissance Dances
Traditional, arr. D. Chase Three French Noels
arr. H. Ades Gaudete (from Piae Cantiones)
Francis Hagen The Morning Star
Jan Pieters Sweelinck Hodie Christus Natus Est
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. K. K. Davis Sheep May Safely Graze
Michael Praetorius In Dulci Jubilo
Paul Dukas Fanfare (La Pero)
Felix Mendelssohn Heilig
William L. Dawson Hail Mary
Hugo Distler Est ist Ein Rose Entsrungen
Appalachian Carol, arr. Rutter Jesus the Christ is Born
Sergei V. Rachmaninoff Ave Maria
Samuel Barber Twelfth Night
Francis Poulenc Hodie Christus Natus Est
Ernst Pepping The Morning Star on High is Glowing
Daniel Pinkham Christmas Cantata

March 27, 28 & 29, 1981
Trial By Jury
Director: Michael Manugian

William S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan Favorite Choruses of Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert & Sullivan Trial By Jury

December 7 & 8, 1980
With the Leonard Gaskins Chorale
Director: Leonard Gaskine & Michael Manugian

Handel Dixit Dominus
Mozart Vesperae Solemnes de Confessore KU 339

May 17 & 18, 1980

Director: Will Sherwood

Franz Schubert Mass in G
Johannes Brahms Four Folk Songs
Randall Thompson Alleluia
Randall Thompson The Last Words of David
Barrie Mosher Canticles of Spring
Benjamin Britten Rejoice in the Lamb

December 1979

Director: Michael Manugian

Francis Poulenc Gloria
Anton Bruckner Te Deum

May 18 & 19, 1979

Director: Michael Manugian

J. S. Bach Cantata No. 21 (Ich Hatte Viel Bukummernis)
Arthur Koykka Te Deum
J. S. Bach Cantata No.191 (Gloria in Excelsis Deo)
Giovanni Gabrieli Plaudite

December 1 & 2, 1978

Director: Paul Gay, Michael Manugian

W. A. Mozart Impresario Overture
Gabriel Fauré Pelleas and Melisande
Ottorino Respighi Suite of Ancient Airs and Dances
Haydn Harmoniemesse

June 10 & 11, 1978

Director: Michael Manugian

Anton Bruckner Mass in F Minor

January 14 & 22, 1978

Director: Michael Manugian

Gabriel Fauré Requiem
Antonio Vivaldi Gloria

May 14, 20 & 21, 1977

Director: Michael Manugian

Spiritual Ride the Chariot
Roger Nixon The Wind
Copland/Fine I Bough Me a Cat
Benjamin Britten Old Abram Brown
Orlando di Lasso Echo Song
Spiritual Were You There
Samuel Barber Mary Hynes
Samuel Barber Anthony O Daly
Samuel Barber The Coolin
Sam Pottle Jabberwocky
Vaughan Williams Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Jean Berger The Eyes of All Wait Upon Thee
Johannes Brahms Motet from Psalm 51
Charles Ives Sixty Seventh Psalm
Benjamin Brittem Festival Te Deum

January 22, 1977
An Evening of Sacred Choral Music
Director: Michael Manugian

W. A. Mozart Vesperae de Dominica
Father Cyril Ave Verum
Antonio Vivaldi Magnificat (Ossecensis)

June 6 & 13, 1976
An American Sampler
Director: Michael Manugian

Will James Dark Water
Unknown The Erie Canal
Appalachian Folk Song Every Night When the Sun Goes In
Arthur Koykka/Frank Fletcher Choral Selections from Young Goodman Brown
Irving Fine Father William
arr. Marshall Bartholomew Shenandoah
Aaron Copland The Promise of Living (from The Tender Land)
Aaron Copland Stomp Your Foot (from The Tender Land)