PAST CONCERT REPERTOIRE
*Mark Downey, MMS Member-Conductor
Spring 2012, “From Venice to Vienna: Music from the Salon”
Fa Una Canzona……….Orazio Vecchi (1550-1605)
Dolcissimo ben mio……….O. Vecchi
Io Soffrirò Cor Mio…………O.Vecchi
So Ben Mi Ch’à Bon tempo……………. O.Vecchi
Amor vittorioso……………………….Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (c. 1550-1622)
Matona, Mia Cara…………………….Orlando Di Lasso (1532-1594)
Scaldava il sol……………………………Luca Marenzio (1553/4-1599)
Moro lasso……………………………….Don Carlo Gesualdo (1560-1613)
Die Beredsamkeit……………………Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Die Harmonie in der Ehe…………F.J. Haydn
Hirtenlied………………………………Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Lob des Frühlings………………….F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Da unten im Tale…………………..Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Erlaube Mir………………………………J. Brahms
Der Tanz…………………………………Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Lebenslust………………………………F. Schubert
And Die Sonne………………………..F. Schubert
Benjamin Amenta, MMS Member-Conductor
Fall 2011, “Music of Thanksgiving and Praise”
An Anthem for Thanksgiving, William Billings
Sing to the Lord of the Harvest, arranged by Johann Steuerlein
Nun danket alle Gott (Now Thank We All Our God), arranged by Felix Mendelssohn
How Good to Thank Our God, John Ferguson
Hail, Sacred Music, Hail, William Billings
Set Me As A Seal, Rene Clausen
We Are Singing, for the Lord is Our Light (Siyahamba), arranged by Hal Hopson
My Good Lord’s Done Been Here, arranged by Moses Hogan
Jubilate (Jazz Motet), Johannes Matthias Michel
With a Voice of Singing, Martin Shaw
Lobe den Herrn, alle Heiden (Praise ye the Lord, all ye nations )BWV 230, J.S. Bach
Ellen Devine, MMS Member -Conductor
Roxanne Packer, MMS Member -Conductor
Spring 2011, “The MMS Goes POP!: Swingle and Shakespeare and Fun”
“Shakespeare Songs”, Matthew Harris
Hark, Hark! The Lark
(Cymbeline)
Tell Me Where is Fancy Bred
(The Merchant of Venice)
It Was A Lover and His Lass
(As You Like It)
“Three Madrigals”, Emma Lou Diemer
O Mistress Mine
(Twelfth Night)
Take, O Take Those Lips Away
(Measure for Measure)
Sigh No More Ladies
(Much Ado About Nothing)
Arranged by Ward Swingle for Choir
J.S. Bach
Organ Fugue, by J.S. Bach
(BWV 578)
Bourree, by J.S. Bach
(English Suite #2, BWV 807)
Aria, by J.S. Bach
(Suite in D Major, BWV 1068)
Chorale-Prelude by J.S. Bach
(on “Sleepers Wake”)
W.A. Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik K. 525
Allegro
Romanze
Menuetto
Rondo
Fall 2010 “Settings of the Psalms”
Gott ist mein Hirt, Franz Schubert
Psalm 23
The 23rd Psalm, Bobby McFerrin
(dedicated to my mother)
Hide Not Thou Thy Face, Richard Farrant
Psalm 27:10
Afferentur regi virgines post eam, Anton Bruckner
Psalm 45: 14-15
The Lord,th’Almighty Monarch, Spake, Franz Joseph Haydn
Psalm 50
Go Not Far From Me, O God, Nicola Zingarelli
Psalm 71
Unto Thee, O God, Alan Hovhaness
Psalm 75:1
The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Bless the Lord O My Soul, Mikail Ippolitov-Ivanov
Psalm 102
Praise Ye the Lord, Alan Hovhaness
Psalm 106:1
Psalm 121, Dave Brubeck
Psalm 150, Cesar Franck
Spring 2010–“An Afternoon of Folk Songs and Dances”
Three Hungarian Folk Songs, Bela Bartok
In the Village
Boatman, Boatman
See the Roses
Three Scottish Folksongs, arr. Mack Wilberg
O Whistle and I’ll Come to Ye
I’ll Ay Call In By Yon Town
My Love’s in Germany
Cornish Folksong, arr. G.T. Holst
I Love My Love
Irish Folk Song, arr. Robert Chilcott
Mairi’s Wedding
Der Tanz, Franz Schubert
Lebenslust, Franz Schubert
Three German Folk Songs, Johannes Brahms
In Stiller Nacht
Abschiedslied
Die Wollust in den Maien
An Der Schoenen Blauen Donau, op.314, Johann Strauss, Jr.
Fall 2009–“Ave Verum and Tantum Ergo–Different Views”
Ave Verum Corpus Christi–.Josquin Des Prés (1450-1521)
Tantum Ergo-50–T.L. da Vittoria (1540-1611)
Ave Verum Corpus–William Byrd (1543-1623)
Ave Verum–.Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Tantum Ergo–.Anton Bruckner
Ave Verum Corpus–Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Tantum Ergo, KV 197 (Anh. 186e)–W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Ave Verum Corpus, KV 618–W.A. Mozart
Tantum Ergo–Hector Berlioz(1803-1869)
Ave Verum, Opus 65, No.1–Gabriel Fauré(1845-1924),
Arr. Glenn H. Finney(1935-2001)
Tantum Ergo, Opus 65, No.2–.Gabriel Fauré
Ave Verum, Opus 2, No.1–Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Spring 2009–“Madrigals of Love and Spring”
Spanish Madrigals
Fatal le Parte–Juan del Encina (1468-1529)
Mi Gallo–traditional Mexican
Cucu, cucu!–Juan del Encina
Dindirin, dindirin–Anonymous (ca. 1521)
El Grillo–Josquin Des Prez (1450-1521)
English Madrigals
Summer is A-Coming In –Anonymous (ca. 1250)
Come Let Us All A-Maying Go–John Hilton (1599-1657)
Of All the Birds That I Do Know–John Bartlet (fl. 1606-1610)
April is In My Mistress Face –Thomas Morley (1558-1602)
Though Philomela Lost Her Love–Thomas Morley
Three Madrigals (1962)–Emma Lou Diemer (b. 1927)
With Texts by William Shakespeare
1. O Mistress Mine, where are you roaming? (“Twelfth Night”)
2. Take, O Take those lips away (“Measure for Measure”)
3. Sigh No More, Ladies, Sigh No More (“Much Ado About Nothing”)
American Madrigals, Opus 46 (1976)..Kirke Mechem (b. 1925)
Based on American Folk Songs
1. Kind Miss (Kentucky)
2. He’s Gone Away (Carolinas)
3. Kansas Boys (Great Plaines)
5. New York Girls (Sea Chantey, New York)
Music, When Soft Voices Die (1966).Eugene Butler (b. 1935)
Text by Percy Bysshe Shelley
In Memory of David F. Lawrence
Fall 2008–“Motets of the Twentieth Century”
Ave Verum, op.2, 1 (1902, revised)–Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
From “Four Motets for the Season of Christmas” (1952)–Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
I. O Magnum Mysterium
IV. Hodie Christus natus est
From “Four Motets on Gregorian Themes”, op.10 (1960)–Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
IV. Tantum Ergo
Keep Not Thou Silence (1955)–Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Psalm83:1
Unto Thee, O God (1955)–.Alan Hovhaness
Psalm 75:1
Praise Ye The Lord (1955)–Alan Hovhaness
Psalm 106:1
How Precious is Thy Lovingkindness (1968).–Daniel Pinkham (b. 1923)
Psalm 36:7-9
For Thee Have I Waited (1983)–Daniel Pinkham
Psalm 25: 5 and 6
From “Four Motets” (1921)–Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Help Us, O Lord
Have Mercy on Us, O My Lord
Thou, O Jehovah, Abideth Forever
Spring 2008–“A Motet, A Mass and a Spring Garden: Music for Women’s Voices”
Ave Verum Corpus (1952)–Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Le Mariage des Roses (The Marriage of the Roses)–.César Franck (1822-1890)
Ellen Devine, soprano
Petite Suite for piano four hands (1886),
I: En bateau (In a Boat)–Claude Debussy (1862-1916)
Doris Lucas and Benjamin Amenta, piano
Prelude from Book 1
Voiles (Sails)–Claude Debussy
Benjamin Amenta, piano
Messe A Trois Voix (1920)–André Caplet (1878-1925)
Kyrie eleison
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
O Salutaris
Spring Cantata (Cantata No. 1), opus 94 (1963)–Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)
Texts by e.e. cummings
Reading by Erin Tomlinson
I. Trees
II. If the green
III. Spring is like a perhaps hand
IV. In Just-spring
Syrinx (1913), L.129–Claude Debussy
Roxanne Packer, flute
The Daisies (1936), opus 2, no–Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Text by James Stephens
Marie Grass Amenta, soprano
The Empty Pot–Demi, an ancient Chinese poet and philosopher
Lynne Clayton, Storyteller
A Girl’s Garden, from Frostiana (1959)–Randall Thompson (1899-1984)
Text by Robert Frost
Spring 2007–“Love–and Brahms–in the Afternoon”
Liebeslieder (Opus 52/1868-9), “Love Song Waltzes”
By Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Based on texts from G.F. Daumer’s Polydora
Zigeunerlieder (opus 103, 1887) “Gypsy Songs”
By Johannes Brahms
Based on texts from the Hungarian by H. Conrat
Fall 2006–“An All-American Concert”
When Jesus Wept (1770) –William Billings (1746-1800)
Chester (1776) –William Billings (1746-1800)
Almighty Father (1971)–Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Chorale from the theatre piece, “Mass”
Lowell Mason Hymns
My Faith Looks Up to Thee (1831)
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (1824)
O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing (1839)
O Music—Lowell Mason (1792-1872)
Arranged by Emily Crocker (2004)
Introduction to Old American Songs
Simple Gifts (1950)—Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
At the River (1953) –Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Zion’s Walls (1953) –Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Sure on this Shining Night –Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Choose Something Like a Star (1959) –Randall Thompson (1899-1984)
From “Frostiana, Seven Country Songs”
Alleluia (1940) –Randall Thompson (1899-1984)
Spring 2006–“Motets and Choral Masterpieces”
Ave Verum (1605)–William Byrd (1543-1623)
Ave Verum, K.618 (1791)–W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Sancta Maria, mater Dei, K.273 (1777)–W.A. Mozart
Tantum ergo (1843)–Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Offertorium (Psalm 45:14-15, 1861)–Anton Bruckner
“Judas Maccabaeus” (1747) –G.F. Handel (1685-1759)
See, the conqu’ring hero comes!
“Elijah,” Op. 70 (1846)–Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Lift Thine Eyes to the Mountains
He, Watching over Israel
“Christ on the Mount of Olives,”
Op. 85 (1803)–L. v. Beethoven (1770-1827)
Hallelujah