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Spring 2011—If Music Be the Food of Love, Sing On
Dickau: If Music Be the Food of Love
Dickau: I Am Not Yours
Dickau: I Love My Love
Whitacre: Five Hebrew Love Songs
Seelig: When I Have Sung My Songs to You
Stroope: i carry your heart with me
Stroope: Amor de Mi Alma
Stroope: Omnia Sol
Walker: Love—By the Water
Winter 2010—Rejoice!
Selections from The New Three Log Night Songbook
Wexford Carol
Shepherds, Arise
Quem pastoresThe Lord at First Did Adam Make
Time to Remember the Poor
Drive the Cold Winter Away
Gaudete
Durante: Magnificat in Bb Major
Walker: Rejoice!
What Child Is This?
Love Came Down at Christmas
Good Christian Friends Rejoice!
Walker: Appalachian Carols
Wondrous Love
Cherry Tree Carol
Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Spring 2010
J. Willcocks: Lord, Make Me an Instrument
J. Willcocks: From Darkness to Light (A Requiem of Hope)
A. MacGillivray:Song for Peace
A. MacGillivray: Away from the Roll of the Sea
A. MacGillivray: Song for the Mira
Rutter: The Lord Is My Shepherd
Rutter: To Everything There Is a Season
Rutter: Distant Land
Winter 2009
de Victoria: O magnum mysterium
Haydn: Missa Sancti Nicolai (“Nikolaimesse” HXXII:6)
Thompson: Four selections from Frostiana:
The Road Not Taken
Come In
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Choose Something Like a Star
Gustav Holst: Christmas Day
Spring 2009
Handel: Dixit Dominus, HWV 232
Paulus: Each Day
Paulus: Afternoon on a Hill
Paulus: The Day Is Done
Paulus: Pilgrim’s Hymn (from The Three Hermits)
Ireland: Greater Love Hath No Man
Ireland: Te Deum in F Major
Ireland: Jubilate Deo
Winter 2008
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Barber: Twelfth Night
Barber: Must the winter come so soon (Vanessa)
Barber: Heaven-Haven (A Nun Takes the Veil)
Barber: Sure on This Shining Night
E la Don Don Verges Maria
Dadme Albricias Hijos d'Eva
Praetorius: En natus est Emanuel
Nelhybel: Estampie Natalis
Selections by Paul Ayres
So Hallow'd and So Gracious Is the Time
Icicles
Entre le Boeuf et l'Ane Gris
Still, Still, Still
I Saw Three Ships
It Came upon the Midnight Clear
Good King Wenceslas
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Spring 2008
Vivaldi: Gloria
Helvey: My Shepherd Will Supply My Need
Helvey: There Is a Balm in Gilead
Helvey: Glory, Glory Hallelujah!
Poems of Langston Hughes—
Thomas: I Dream a World
Dilworth: The Dream Keeper
Dilworth: Dreams
Copland: Simple Gifts
Copland: At the River
Copland: The Promise of Living (The Tender Land)
Bernstein: Make Our Garden Grow (Candide)
Winter 2007
Saint-Saens: Christmas Oratorio
Debussy: Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orleans
Spitzer: Eytz Chayim
Steinberg: Shalom Rav
Janowski: Sim Shalom
Longfellow Tribute—
Elgar: As Torrents in Summer
Shaw: The Tide Rises
Gawthrop: My Cathedral
Kaufmann: Snow-Flakes
Gawthrop: Night
Gilpin: And the Night Shall Be Filled with Music
Hansen: I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Spring 2007
Purcell: Excerpts from Dido and Aeneas
Three Songs by Gena Branscombe—
Auld Doctor Ma'Ginn
How Do I Love Thee
Ah, Love, I Shall Find Thee
Three Songs by Amy Marcy Beach—
Far Awa'
I send my heart up to thee!
Juni (June)
Offenbach: Duet from Tales of Hoffmann
Stephen Chatman: Nature Songs (commissioned by the Acadia Choral Society)
Winter 2006
Three Carols by Stephen Chatman—
Voices in the Mist
Shepherds Rejoice
A Cradle Song
Ding dong! Merrily on high
Ballet: Lute-book Lullaby
Darke: In the bleak midwinter
The First Nowell (arr. Willcocks)
Scheidt: A child is born in Bethlehem
There is no rose
Goss: See amid the winter's snow
I saw a maiden
Good King Wenceslas
Still, still, still (arr. Ledger)
Mathias: Sir Christemas
Spring 2006
Music of Maurice Durufle—
Mass "Cum jubilo"
Motet "Tota pulchra es," Op. 10
Notre Pere, Op. 14
Requiem, Op. 9
Winter 2005
Billings: Shepherd's Carol
The Coventry Carol (arr. R. Rossi)
S. Rossi: Al Naharot Bavel
Praetorius: Lo, How a Rose
Buxtehude: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Eden Ensemble—
For C.W.B.
Young and Old
A Merry Note
A Wintry Sonnet
Songs of Stephen Chatman—
As I Lay upon a Night
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
Remember
Shaker Songs—
Holy Habitation
Christmas Greeting
Sanctum te
Simple Gifts
Joyful Praises
Wallace: Boy at the Window
Rossini: Cum Sancto Spiritu
Winter 2004
C.T. Pachelbel: Magnificat
Byrd: Magnum mysterium
Byrd: Deo gratias
Byrd: Lullaby
Charpentier: Christmas Cantata
Noel nouvelet
Gems of day
Ding dong! Merrily on high
Guerrero: Three Christmas Carols
Susa: Three Mystical Carols
Britten: Three Hymns
Spring 2004
Tallis: If Ye Love Me
Faure: In paradisum (Requiem)
Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine
Andiasov: Meditation
Handel: Dettingen Te Deum
Winter 2003
Respighi: Laud to the Nativity
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
TeHennepe: I Sing of Maiden
Five Spanish Carols—
Ximeno: Ay, Ay Galeguinos
The Son of the Virgin
Twenty-fifth day of December
Verbum caro factum est
Riu, Riu, Chiu
Spring 2003
Music of Morten Lauridsen—
Dirait-on
O magnum mysterium
A Winter Come (Six Songs on Poems by Howard Moss)
Where Have the Actors Gone
Lux aeterna
Winter 2002 (with Acadia Handbell Choir*)
Durufle: Four Motets on Gregorian Themes
Buxtehude: Der Herr ist mit mir
Gorecki: Totus tuus
Britten: Jubilate Deo
Early American and English Carols—
*The Holly and the Ivy (arr. Sanders)
Personent hodie
Stepheson: Milford
I Saw three Ships
Brightest and Best
Jolly Old Hawk
Wondrous Love
While Shepherds Watch'd Their Flocks
Oaken Leaves
The Lord of the Dance
Exultation
Kentucky Wassail
*God Rest Ye Merry (arr. McChesney)
Spring 2002
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)
Purcell: With drooping wings (Dido and Aeneas)
Rossini: Prayer (Moise)
Tchaikovsky: Chorus of Peasant Girls (Eugene Onegin)
Tchaikovsky: Waltz (Eugene Onegin)
Verdi: Brindisi (La Traviata)
Mozart: Priests’ Chorus (Die Zauberflote)
Wagner: Pilgrims’ Chorus (Tannhauser)
Wagner: Bridal Chorus (Lohengrin)
Mascagni: Easter Hymn (Cavalleria Rusticana)
Winter 2001
A. Gabrieli: Magnificat
Telemann: Laudate Jehovam (Psalm 117)
Jesus the Christ is born (arr. Warrell)
I wonder as I wander (arr. Smith)
Niles: What songs were sung
Rutter: Gloria
Spring 2001 (with Eden Children's Choir)
Carter: Te Deum
Part: Berliner Messe
Charpentier: Te Deum
Winter 2000
Finzi: In terra pax
Stevens: All this night shrill chanticleer
Biebl: Ave Maria
Five Carols by Norman Dello Joio—
The holy infant's lullaby
God rest ye merry, gentlemen
Silent night
O come, all ye faithful
A Christmas carol
TeHennepe: I Sing of Maiden
Carols of Peter Warlock—
What cheer? Good cheer!
Bethlehem Down
Benedicamos Domino
The First Mercy
Where riches is everlastingly
Tyrley, Tyrlow
Balulalow
The Sycamore Tree
Spring 2000
Brahms: Schicksalslied
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Winter 1999 (with Eden Children's Choir*)
Brahms: Marienlieder
Praetorius: Magnificat
*Sweetly the bells are ringing
*O most blessed night
*O thou joyful day
*Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine
Resonet in laudibus
Handl: Resonet in laudibus
Scheidt: Joseph lieber, Joseph mein
Cantional: Gaudete!
Praetorius: Puer natus in Bethlehem
Spring 1999
Lauridsen: Les Chansons des Roses
Honegger: King David
Winter 1998
Motets by Palestrain, G. Gabrieli, Poulence, Lauridsen, and Spencer
Hodie Christus natus est
Poulenc: O magnum mysterium
Lauridsen: Dirait-on
There is no rose of such virtue
Britten: Ceremony of Carols (excerpts)
Monteverdi: Beatus Vir
Green grows the holly
The Holly & the ivy
Tavener: Song for Athene
Tavener: Lamb, The
Tavener: God is with us
TheTwelve days of Christmas, The
Spring 1998
Handel: Judas Maccabaeus
Winter 1997
O l’heureuse journee
Certon: Chanton Noel
Charpentier: Midnight Mass
Ding, dong! Merrily on high
O come, O come, Emmanuel
Whence is that goodly fragrance flowing?
Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Sing Lullaby
Saint-Saens: Christmas Oratorio
Spring 1997
J. S. Bach: St. John Passion
Spring 1996
Mozart: Requiem
Winter 1996
Bogh predvichniy
Stetsenko: Nova rada stala
Stetsenko: Dnes pyushche
Stetsenko: Nebo i zemlia
Stetsenko: Slava, Slava
Billings: A Virgin unspotted
Read: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Holden: Hark! The herald angel sing
Holyokee: Joy to the world
Ives: AChristmas Carol
Niles: Carol of the Angels
Fissinger: I saw three ships
Martinson: There is no rose
Masters in this hall
J. Carter: In time of softest snow
Tate:Wassail all over the town
Bennet:What sweeter music
Davies: O little town of Bethlehem
Hadley:I sing of a Maiden
Spring 1995
Verdi: Requiem
Winter 1995
de Victoria: Gloria in excelsis Deo
de Victoria: O magnum mysterium
de Victoria: Ay, Ay Galeguinos
Britten: St. Nicholas
Spring 1994
Brahms: Liebeslieder Walzer
Purcell: Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day
Winter 1994
Charpentier: Midnight Mass for Christmas
Poulenc: Gloria
Spring 1993
Haydn: The Creation
Winter 1993
J. S. Bach: Magnificat in D
Pinkham: Christmas Cantata
Vaughan Williams: The First Nowell
Winter 1992
Handl: Omnes de Saba venient
Huxley: Of a rose
Jesus, Jesus, Rest your Head
Schutz: The Birth of our Lord
Vaughan Williams: Wither’s Rocking Hymn
Boar’s Head Carol
How deep the snow
Cox: Heap on more wood!
Spencer: Nowell, Nowell, out of your sleep
Poston: Jesus Christ, the Apple Tree
Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ (excerpts)
Joubert: Nowell
