Holiday 2011

The Promise of Ages

David Poole, Director
Carol Benson and Linda Vik, violins, Katie Harlow, cello, Jeff Jolly, guitar, and Jim Rasmussen, harpsichord


Hodie Christus Natus Est
Jan Pieters Sweelinck (1562-1621)

Cherubic Hymn
Nikolai Golovanov (1891-1953)

Be We Merry
Stephen Sametz

Three Graduals
Carl Czerny (1791-1857)
Timebunt Gentes
Dies Sanctificatus
Benedicat Nos Deus

Aperite Mihi Portas Justiciae
Dietrich Buxtehude (c.1627-1707)

Dulce Esposo de Maria
anonymous early-mid 18th century

Thulalila Lele
traditional South African

The Boar's Head Carol
arr. by Grant Cochran

Two Carols
arr. Timothy C. Tackach
O Tannenbaum
Susani

I Wonder as I Wander
arr. by Ronald Burrichter

Shir L'Shalom
by Yair Rosenblum; arr. by J. David Moore

A la Nanita Nana
arr. by Dan Davison

from Sing We Now of Christmas
arr. by David York
The Holly and the Ivy
Sing We Now of Christmas

Spring 2011

Hold On!

David Poole, director
Amy Woolley, piano; Scott Ney, percussion; CANTAMOS

Morning Song
arr. James Green
Traditional Native American song combined with "Amazing Grace" (sometimes called the "Cherokee National Anthem")

Artsa Alinu (We Have Come Up to the Land)
arr. Nina Gilbert
Israeli Pioneer song

Sweet Rivers
William Moore, arr. Reginald Unterseher
19th century American Hymn arranged for men's voices and piano

The Ruins
Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967)
A cappella setting of a poem by Hungarian poet Ferenc Kölcsey

A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Dramatic setting of a poem by Steven Spender, inspired by the poet's experiences in the Spanish Civil War. Unaccompanied except by kettle drums

The Minstrel Boy
arr. Ron Jeffers
A beloved Irish folksong from the period of the Irish Rebellion

Caledonian's Air
arr. James Quitman Mulholland
A wistful, melancholy Scottish folk song

The Moon Is Distant from the Sea
David N. Childs
Setting of a poem by Emily Dickinson

Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal
arr. Alice Parker
Great American shape-note tune set in Sacred Harp style

How Can I Keep from Singing?
arr. Bradley Ellingboe
Sung by CANTAMOS (Albuquerque Boy Choir); 19th century American hymn

Lowlands
arr. Norman Luboff
Sung by CANTAMOS, a British sea chantey

Hold On!
Phillip White Hawk, arr. Jackson Berkey
Original song by Native American singer-songwriter

The Wreck of the Julie Plante
arr. Doug Andrews
Classic Canadian shipwreck ballad

Blue Tail Fly
arr. Dwight Bigler
The song you sung in elementary school but not like this!

Precious Lord, Take My Hand
George N. Allen, arranged by Roy Ringwald
A rich, a cappella setting of a beloved tune

Done Made My Vow
arr. Wendell Whalum
African-American spiritual of courage and resolve

Hold On!
arr. David E. Poole
Premiere of a new arrangement of another African-American spiritual

Cover Me with the Night
Andrea Ramsey
Combined groups: new setting of a prayer from Ghana

Holiday 2010

Adon Olam
ancient Hebrew melody from the isle of Djerba
arr. Ben Steinberg

Suo Gan
Welsh lullaby

Hodie Apparuit
Orlando di Lasso (ca. 1532-1594)

Ave Maria
Jacob Arcadelt (1514-1575)

Come, thou Long-Expected Jesus
arr. Jackson Berkey

Il est né
French Carol, arr; Jackson Berkey

Glory
Nicholas McKaig

God Rest Ye Merry
English Carol, arr. Kelly J. Turner

Salve Regina
Anton Kropivsek (b. 1958)

Sleep, Little Dove
Alsatian Carol, arr. David Frank Long

Yuletide Fires
Daine Loomer

Go, tell It on the Mountain
arr. John Work

Christmastime is Here Again
Willard S. Fast

Autumn
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Frobisher Bay
James Gordon, arr. Diane Lomer

Tazama Bikira
traditional Kenyan song

Hey the Gift
David Poole (premiere), text from the Carmina Gadelica

Dadme Albricias
Spanish carol, arr. Ben Alloway

Ya Viene la Vieja
Spanish carol, arr. Jim Leininger

Still, Still Night
German carol, arr. Jackson Berkey

Spring 2010

Carol of Death
Ron Jeffers
A contemporary setting of poetry of Walt Whitman

Al Naharaot Bavel
Salamone Rossi
A setting of Psalm 137 by a great Jewish composer of the Reanaissance

Aus Tiefer Not
Max Reger/J.S. Bach
Settings of an anonymous melody of Psalm 130
paraphrase by Martin Luther

Memory Eternal
Pavel Chesnokov
From the Memorial Service of the Russian Orthodox Church

De Profundis
Arvo Pärt
His setting of Pslam 130

Dies Irae
Z. Randall Stroope
A Vision of the Last Judgment

This We Know
Ron Jeffers
The words of Chief Seattle set to music

Sometimes I Feel
arranged Nina Gilbert
African American spiritual

Bawo Thixo
Mxolisi Matyila
South African song of lament

Laudate Dominum
Francisco J. Nunez
Contemporary motet based on an ancient liturgical text

Ascendit Deus
Jacob Handl
5-part Renaissance motet

Ich Will den Namen Gottes Loben
J.S. Bach
Chorus from Cantata No. 142

The Angel Cried Out
Mily Balakirev
Paschal Hymn to the Mother of God from Russian Orthodox Liturgy

Praise Ye the Lord
arranged by Mack Wilberg
Setting of hymn from Stalsund Gesangbuch, 1665

Regina Caeli
Juan B. Plaza
Setting by Venezuelan composer

Grandfather Great Spirit
Michael Mauldin
Setting of a Native American text

Rise An' Shine
arranged by Moses Hogan
African American Spiritual

Bonse Aba
arranged by Andrew Fischer
South African song of celebration