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

Holiday 2009

Qitiraliq
Mark Sirett
An impressionistic depiction of an Arctic landscape
and a group of Innuit hunters returning from the hunt

Nowel
Randall Thompson
Stately but gentle setting with the rich harmonies characteristic
of this distinctively American composer

Gozos de la Purisima
California Mission Sources
Lively hymn of praise to the Virgin Mary taken from the rich
but largely untapped repertoire of music cultivated in the
Spanish missions of the American Southwest in the 17th -18th centuries

Counsels of Bahá'u'lláh
David E. Poole
Premiere of a set of 5 short pieces by Music Director David Poole
on prophetic texts by the founder of the Bahai faith

Eight Candles for Chanukah
Flory Jagoda, arr. J.A. Karwarsky
Sephardic song celebrating the Jewish holiday of Chanukah

Christmas Lullaby
William Byrd
Motet by the English Renaissance master

Dov'e Quel Bambinelo
Jirí Laburda
The Christmas story from the standpoint of the the
three wise men, rendered in Italian by an esteemed Czech composer

Fum! Fum! Fum!
arr. Conrad Susa
Sprightly and whimsical setting of the original Catalonian tune and text

Festival Gloria
Randall Johnson
Driving, fresh, unpredictable

Winter Night
James Mulholland
Harmonically colorful setting of a poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Dans Les Chantiers
arr. Mark Sirett
Lumberjack song from Quebec

Hush-a-bye Darling
arr. Bruce Trinkley
Traditional Christmas lullaby in a soothing, rocking setting

The Holly and the Ivy
arr. Axel Theimer
Favorite among English carols in a fresh setting for men's voices

The Snow Lay on the Ground
arr. James J. Machan
Bright, dance-like Irish carol

The Glory Manger
arr. Jon Washborn
Traditional American spiritual in a quasi-doo-wop style

El Turututu
arr. Alberto Grau
Whimsical Venezuelan dance

Hot Hallelujah
arr. Douglas Coombes
Handel's Hallelujah chorus slightly reworked



Spring 2009
"Native Voices"

James Pellerite, Native American Flute
Michael Mauldin, piano; Katie Harlow, cello;
Gail Rasmussen, harp; James Rasmussen, percussion

* Spring
Scott Wilkinson

Innisfree
Bradley Ellingboe

* Two Poems of Li Po
Viewing the Waterfall on Lu Mountain
Sitting Alone on Jingting Mountain
James Rasmussen

* Twilight
Justin Henry Rubin

* Postscripts: Three Songs for Native Flute and Men’s Chorus
I. Prayer to All that Is
II. Blessing
III. Farewell
Michael Mauldin

Tshotsholoza
arr. Jeffrey L. Ames

Back to Ethiopia
arr. Paul Rardin

Under the Wide and Starry Sky
Elliott Jones

The Wind
Susan Brumfield

Tskhenosnuri
traditional Georgian

Two Sephardic Songs
Bendigamos
El Dio Alto
arr. David Poole

She Moved Through the Fair
arr. Timothy Tackach

Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms
arr. Ralph Hunter, Alice Parker and Robert Shaw

Git on Boa’d
arr. Damon H. Dandridge

I've Got Sixpence
arr. Michael Levi

* denotes World Premier

Fall 2008
"Wondrous"

Coventry Carol
arr. Norman Gilbert

Magnificat
Healy Willan

Sederunt
Perotin (ca. 1160-ca. 1240)

Now the Powers of Heaven
Grigory Lvovsky (1830-1894)

Welcome Yule
Libby Larsen

Three Hanukkah Songs
arr. Charles Baker
S'vivon
Nerli
Chanukah, oi chanukah

Gloria (from Four Latin Songs)
Thomas Juneau

Sanctus (from Four Latin Songs)
Thomas Juneau

Christmas Comes Anew
Mark Riese

The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
arr. Timothy Miller

A La Nanita Nana
arr. Norman Luboff

Make a Wish for Me at Christmas
Stephen Chatman

The Seven Joys of Mary
arr. David E. Poole

What Child Is This?
arr. Timothy C. Takach

Hail Mary
arr. William L. Dawson

O what a pretty little baby
arr. Susan Gardner

Still, Still Night
arr. Jackson Berkey