Dan Perkins, music director
Dan Perkins, music director December 2018: Family Holiday Pops Concert In collaboration with 2G MCS and New England Youth Chorus Christmas on Broadway ........................................................................ arr. John Higgins It’s Beginning to Look Like Christmas (from Here’s Love) Meredith Wilson Pine Cones and Holly Berries Toyland (from Babes in Arms) Victor Herbert March of the Toys My Favorite Things (from The Sound of Music) Rodgers and Hammerstein We Need a Little Christmas (from Mame) Jerry Herman God Bless Us Everyone (from A Christmas Carol) Menken and Ahrens The Nutcracker (As sung by Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians) ............... Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky I. Miniature Overture II. Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy III. Trepak The Christmas Song ......................................................... Mel Torme and Robert Wells Arr. Mark Hayes The Twelve Day of Christmas ................................................. Traditional English Carol Arr. Mack Wilberg Irving Berlin’s Christmas ............................................................................ Irving Berlin Arr. Mark Brymer Happy Holiday (from Holiday Inn) I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (from On the Avenue) Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep (from White Christmas) Snow White Christmas (from Holiday Inn) Krystal Morin, conductor I Saw Three Ships .................................................................. Traditional English Carol Arr. Michael Braz New England Youth Choir Devereux Geiger, director and Elizabeth Blood, pianist Carol of the Bells ............................................................................ Peter J. Wilhousky Arr. Steve Kupferschmid 2G MCS Krystal Morin, director and Elizabeth Blood, pianist Do You Hear What I Hear? ........................................ Noel Regney & Gloria Shayne Arr. Harry Simeone 2G MCS and New England Youth Choir ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas .............................................. Randol Allan Bass Krystal Morin, narrator Deck the Halls (in 7/8) ............................................................... Arr. James McKelvy Jingle Bells .............................................................................. Arr. Gordon Langford Sleigh Ride ...................................................................................... Leroy Anderson Arr. Mark Brymer O Holy Night ...................................................................................... Adolphe Adam Arr. René Clausen Krystal Morin, conductor Away in a Manger ..................................................................... William J. Kirkpatrick Arr. Ola Gjeilo Krystal Morin, conductor Holiday Favorites Sing A-Long ...................................,................ Arr. Roger Emerson May 2019: We Have A Dream
Those Who Wait .................................................................. William Grant Still (1895-1978) Renee Rouse, mezzo-soprano Duane A. Moody, tenor Three Seasons (Claude McKay Poems) ................................................. Jonathan Santore I. Spring in New Hampshire II. Summer Morn in New Hampshire III. Winter in the Country Krystal Morin, conductor The Chariot Jubilee .............................................................. R. Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943) Duane A. Moody, tenor Afro-American Fragments ........................................................................... William Averitt I. Wonder II. When Sue Wears Red III. Dream Dust IV. Song for Billie Holiday Krystal Morin, soprano V. Feet o’ Jesus VI. Fire Deep River ....................................................................................................... Spiritual arr. Roy Ringwald Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen .............................................................. Spiritual arr. Moses Hogan (1957-2003) Hannah Bessette, soprano Steal Away ................................................................................................... Spiritual arr. Howard Helvey Dan-u-el ............................................................................................. Kirke Mechem Duane A. Moody, tenor
Dan Perkins, music director
December 2017: Sweet Was the Song In collaboration with 2G MCS Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio) ........................................... J.S. Bach Part One. Cantata for the First Day of Christmas Part Three. Cantata for the Third Day of Christmas Lisa Cooper, soprano Jenny Cooper, mezzo-soprano Aaron Sandford, baritone Silent Night ...................................................................................... Franz Gruber arr. Mark Patterson O magnum mysterium ............................................................... Morten Lauridsen Cradle Hymn ........................................................................... Kim Andre Arnesen Ave Maria .................................................................................. Michal John Trotta Krystal Morin, soprano Wenceslas .......................................................................................... Bob Chilcott Jameson Wells, baritone May 2018: Masterworks Series V The Seasons .................................................................................... Joseph Haydn Jane (Hanne) - Janet Poisson, soprano Lukas - Jonas Budris, tenor Simon - Paul Max Tipton, bass-baritone
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December 2016: A Christmas Tapestry In collaboration with 2GMCS Star Song……………………………...………………………...Bradley Ellingboe Michael Dodge, tenor What Chilld is This?..............arr. Melissa Malvar-Keylock and Jill Friedersdor Glory to God………………..…………………..……Giovanni Battista Pergolesi arr. Michael Burkhardt Star Carol……………………..………………………………………..John Rutter Oh Come, All Ye Faithful……………..…………………………..arr. John Rutter Joy to the World……………………………..…………………….arr. John Rutter April 2016: Masterworks Series IV In collaboration with the Plymouth State University Chamber Singers Candide……………………..………………………………….Leonard Bernstein Brendan Buckley, Candide Melissa Wimbish, Cunegonde Sean Parr, Voltaire/Pangloss/Martin/Cacambo Emily Jaworski, the Old Lady Rob McGinness, Maximilian/Captain Michael Dodge, Governor/Vanderdendur/Ragotski Krystal Morin, Paquette Jakob Stone, Narrator
Dan Perkins, music director
December 2015: Psalms, Songs, & Blues In collaboration with 2G MCS and the Plymouth State University Chamber Singers Gloria in excelsis………………………………...………………..Dan R. Edwards Velvet Shoes…………………………………..……………….Randall Thompson Star of the East, Bethlehem’s Star………..……………………………Greg Gilpin Ding! Dong! Merrily on High……………………..……...arr. Ruth Morris Gray Eu e Voce (Brazilian Folk Song)…………..……………..arr. J. Edmund Hughes Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)……………..……………….arr. Darmon Meader Silent Night………………………………...………...……….arr. Roger Emerson Psalms, Songs, and Blues (World Premiere)………..............…….Joshua Fishbein Travis Palmer, cantor Krystal Morin, soprano Christine Charman, mezzo-soprano Peace Like a River…………………………………...………….arr. Mack Wilberg Chichester Psalms……………………………..……………….Leonard Bernstein Sam Higgins, boy soprano Georgia Noonan, soprano Amanda Harrington, mezzo-soprano Matthew Scala, tenor Tristan Mayes, baritone May 2016: Masterworks Series III Requiem: Learning to Fall (World Premiere)…………...……….Jonathan Santore Emily Jaworski, mezzo-soprano Forgetting…………………...………..………………………….Jonathan Santore Requiem, Opus 9…………………...…………………………….Maurice Duruflé Emily Jaworski, mezzo-soprano Steven Small, baritone
Dan Perkins, music director December 2014: A Christmas Tapestry In collaboration with 2GMCS and Derryfield School Concert Choir Non Nobis, Domine…………………………..……………....Rosephanye Powell The Promise of Light……………………..……………………..…….Georgia Stitt Cantate Domino…………………..………………………………Guiseppe Pitoni True Colors…………..………….Bill Steinberg & Tom Kelly, arr. Deke Sharon A Ceremony of Carols………...……….…Benjamin Britten, arr. Julius Harrison Gabby Geraghty, soprano Kaitlin Donovan, soprano Andrew Plummer, tenor The Music Speaks for Me……………..…………………………...Philip E. Silvey Dashing Through the Snow………...…………James Pierpont, arr. John Leavitt Harp Carol………………………...……………………..………Jonathan Santore Peace…………………………..…………………………………..….Kyle Quirion *1st Place Winner: MCS Undergraduate Composition Contest Christmas Dances…………………..…………………….……….Stephen Paulus Gloria in excelcis Deo from Gloria……………...…………..…….Antonio Vivaldi “Hallelujah” Chorus from Messiah…………..………..George Frederick Handel May 2015: Masterworks Series II In collaboration with the Plymouth State University Chamber Singers Requiem for the Fallen……………………………..…………..Jonathan Leshnoff The Hebrides, op. 26 (Fingal’s Cave)……………..…………...Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 1 (Sea Symphony)……………..……....Ralph Vaughan Williams Tami Petty, soprano Dana Whiteside, baritone
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December 2013: On Earth Peace - A Christmas Tapestry In collaboration with 2GMCS and Manchester High School Central Chamber Choir Das neugebor’ne Kindelein, Bux WV 13……………...……...Dietrich Buxtehude Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Gloucester)………....………….Herbert Howells In terra pax, Opus 39…………………………..……………….…….Gerald Finzi Daniel Brevik, bass-baritone Krystal Morin, soprano Bashana Haba’ah…………………………...…………………………Nurit Hirsch Laudamus…………………………..…………………….. arr. Becki Slagle Mayo adapted from Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria Sussex Carol…………………..…………………………………...arr. Paul Stuart Natalie Klint, soloist Ding-a Ding-a Ding……………………….....…………………………Greg Gilpin A Child Is Born In Bethlehem…………..….....………………….Samuel Scheidt Throw The Yule Log On, Uncle John………....................………….P.D.Q. Bach Good Christian Men, Rejoice……..….John Mason Neale, arr. Darmon Meader Fantasia on “Greensleeves”…………..…………….….Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols………...………………..Ralph Vaughan Williams Jennifer Fijal, mezzo-soprano Still, Still, Still………………..…......….…………………...arr. Matthew Culloton Daniel Brevik, bass-baritone The First Noel……………...…………….……………………...arr. Mack Wilberg O Come, All Ye Faithful…………..…………………………..…..arr. John Rutter May 2014: Masterworks Series I Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service)…………………...……..………...Ernst Bloch Paul Max Tipton, cantor Lisa Hansen, Krystal Morin, Johanna Publow, Liz Sheil - sopranos Christine Charman, Jenny Cooper, Sasha Kuftinec, Kendra Treadwell - mezzo-sopranos Jordan Richardson, tenor Graham Grinnell, baritone Pohjolan Tytär (Pohjola’s Daughter)…………………...………….....Jean Sibelius I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes…………………........…..……………...Adolphus Hailstork Sarah Edmunds, Lisa Hansen, Krystal Morin, Johanna Publow – sopranos Jenny Cooper, Kendra Treadwell – mezzo-sopranos
Dan Perkins, music director
December 2012: A Christmas Tapestry Bogoroditse Devo…………………………..……………………….……Arvo Pärt Sleep…………………………………...……………………………..Eric Whitacre Greensleeves……………………...……………………………...…….Bob Chilcott The Peacemakers……………..…………………………….………….Karl Jenkins Krystal Morin, soprano Eva Gruesser, violin Christmas Carol Sing……………………..……………………………..David Ott In collaboration with 2GMCS and Nashua High School South Concert Choir May 2013: The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass……………...…………...…..Carol Barnett Krystal Morin, soprano Kendra Treadwell, mezzo-soprano Mike Lymburner, tenor Derrick Landano, tenor Song for Mother Earth………………………………….Native American Chants arr. Lana Walter Camryn Anderson, Soprano Renee Champagne, Rattle Drum The Crawdad Song…………………………………………arr. Cristi Cary Miller In the Valley of Our Dreams………………………………………….Hank Keene Songs of the Wayfarer……………………………..………….arr. Joseph Martin Hard Times Come Again No More……………………………...Stephen Foster arr. Mark Keller hope, faith, life, love………………………….……..…………..…….Eric Whitacre i thank You God for most this amazing day…………..………….….Eric Whitacre The Water is Wide………………………………..……………... arr. Luigi Zaninelli Cindy……………………………………………..……......……… arr. Carol Barnett Light of a Clear Blue Morning….......................................................Dolly Parton arr. Craig Hella Johnson Krystal Morin, Kendra Treadwell, Kate Worden, Kaitlin Donovan, Elizabeth Sheil – soloists Bile Them Cabbage Down…………………..……….…….……. arr. Mack Wilberg Mike Lymburner and Peter C. Henninger-Osgood - soloists In collaboration with 2GMCS and Chasing Blue
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December 2011: A Christmas Tapestry – Ring Out Wild Bells! In collaboration with Granite State Ringers and Goffstown High School Choral Ensembles Veni, veni Emmanuel [Processional]….………...……………..….Robert Young Voices in the Mist……………………………..………………..Stephen Chatman Bogoróditse Djévo………………………..……………...…..Sergei Rachmaninov Bogoróditse Djévo……………………..…………………………………Arvo Pärt The Cherubic Hymn, No. 6 Op. 41………………..…....Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Little Drummer Boy................Katherine Davis, Henry Ororati & Harry Simone arr. Tammy Waldorp Pat-A-Pan………………..……………..Burgundian Carol, arr. Fred Gramann Welsh Carol…………...…………………Traditional, arr. Patricia Sanders Cota Carol of the Bells………………………...……...……Traditional Ukranian Carol I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day…….………...……………..J. David Moore Hodie Christus natus est………………..…………………….……Healey Willan Good King Kong Looked Out………………..……P.D.Q. Bach/Peter Schickele from A Consort of Choral Christmas Carols Sing We Now of Christmas…………………...……..…………Kevin McChesney Come Join Their Song……………..…………….………..……….Mark Shepperd Glory, Glory, Glory to the Newborn King……………...………arr. Moses Hogan Johanna Publow, soprano Michael Finney, baritone Derrick Landano, tenor Great Day………………………………………..…….………..arr. Carol Barnett Away in a Manger…………………..……………..………William J. Kirkpatrick arr. Howard Helvey Molly Goldstein, cello O Come, All Ye Faithful………………………..……………..……..John Reading Joy to the World………………...…….…….G. F. Handel, arr. Cathy Moklebust May 2012 In collaboration with Second Generation Manchester Choral Society (2GMCS), Tributary Dance, and Plymouth State University Percussion Ensemble Carmina Burana…………………..………………………………………Carl Orff Janet Poisson, soprano Rory Diamond, baritone Charles Lindsey, tenor Dan Perkins, music director
December 2010: A Christmas Tapestry – Grant Us Peace In collaboration with Plymouth State University Choirs and Manchester High School West Chamber Choir Dona nobis pacem………………..……………..……...Ralph Vaughan Williams Brady Lynch, Danny Brevik and Rory Diamond, soloists Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine…………..……………….Eric Whitacre Amanda Teneriello, Jennifer Fijal and Rory Diamond, soloists Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël….…………..………...…Francis Poulenc Wassail Song……………………......………..……..arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams Christmas Spiritual Medley……………...……………..……arr. Joseph Jennings Carol of Joy……………………………..…….…………………...……Dan Forrest The First Nowell…………………...…………..……………...…arr. Mack Wilberg O Come, All Ye Faithful……………..….…………………..……..arr. John Rutter May 2011: A Universal Requiem Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 (A German Requiem)………....Johannes Brahms I’ve Got Some Singing To Do (world premiere)………..……….Gwyneth Walker Dan Perkins, music director
December 2009: A Christmas Tapestry In collaboration with the New Hampshire Youth Chorus, Bedford High School Concert Choir, and Akwaaba Traditional African Drum and Dance Ensemble Komm, Jesu, komm (BWV 229)………………………………………...J.S. Bach O meu menino (from Magnificat)…………………………….Eurico Carrapatoso Ashley St. Martin, soprano Sue Wilkes and Jan Bass, flutes Fum, Fum, Fum………………………………….………………….arr. Ed Lojeski Angels’ Carol…………………………………………………………...John Rutter Christmas Tidings…………………..……………………………..Stephen Paulus Christmas Oratorio…………………………………………...Camille Saint-Saens We’re the Choir………………………………….…………………...…Kirby Shaw Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella!..........................................arr. Mack Wilberg Still, Still, Still……………………………….....…………………arr. Mack Wilberg The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy……………………………..arr. Mack Wilberg Amuworo ayi otu nwa (Nigerian)……………………….……….Christian Onyeji Takwaba uwabanga Yesu (Zambia)……………………….…..arr. Ben Allaway Betelehemu (Nigeria)………………………………..…….arr. Barrington Brooks Derrick Landano, tenor May 2010: This is the Garden, A Cantata of New York Mass…………………………………………..………………..Leonard Bernstein Warm-Up Sanctus Gloria Tibi Jessica Grant and Johanna Publow, sopranos Derrick Landano, tenor Take Care of This House (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue).............Leonard Bernstein Candide………………………………….......………………..…….Leonard Bernstein The Best of All Possible Worlds Glitter and Be Gay Ashley St. Martin, soprano Dream With Me (Peter Pan)……………….....…………………Leonard Bernstein Tonight (West Side Story)……………….....……………………Leonard Bernstein Danielle Lucas, alto Annie Reilly, soprano Andrew Plummer, tenor This is the Garden: A Cantata of New York…………...…..………...Marc Blitzstein Dan Perkins, music director
December 2008: A Christmas Tapestry – Welcome All Wonders In collaboration with New England Brass, Hampstead Youth Chorale, and Manchester Memorial High School Chamber Choir A Christmas Greeting………………………………………………….Alfred Burt arr. Peter Mansfield Rejoice and Sing……………………………………………………..Mark Brymer Al Shlosha…………………………………………………...……Allan E. Naplan Katie Herron, Natasha Islam, Matthieu Plourde - soloists Our Christmas Heritage………………………………………arr. Andrew Balent Veni, veni Emmanuel…………………………………………..arr. Robert Young A Winter’s Night Carol………………………………………………...Paul Carey Welcome All Wonders…………………………………………….J. A. C. Redford The Last Invocation………………………………………………Daniel Pederson For the Beauty of the Earth………………………………………Philip Stoppford O magnum mysterium……………………….…………..César Alejandro Carillo Appalachian Carols…………………………….……………arr. Gwyneth Walker Ding Dong Merrily on High…………………….……………………...Paul Carey O Come, All Ye Faithful……………………….…………………..arr. John Rutter Hark! The Herald Angels Sing……………….……….………..arr. Mack Wilberg April 2009: A Child of Our Time – the darkness declares the glory of light In collaboration with Plymouth State University Choirs and Hanover Chamber Orchestra Os justi…………………...…………..…………………………….Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 96 in D Major, “The Miracle”……...…..…..Franz Joseph Haydn Te Deum……………..………………………………..……..Franz Joseph Haydn Reconciliation……..………………………………….………………….Ola Gjeilo Linda Galvan, cello Timothy Dreyer, narration A Child of Our Time………..…………………………...………..Michael Tippett Tami Petty, soprano Janice Edwards, mezzo-soprano Billy Petty, tenor Steven Small, baritone May 2009: Mother’s Day concert at the Currier Museum of Art A Child of Our Time…………………………………………...…Michael Tippett Maria DiNola, Johanna Publow, Timothy Dreyer, Blake Leister, Andrew Plummer Three Scottish Folksongs……………………………………….arr. Mack Wilberg How Can I Keep From Singing?.............................................arr. Ronald Staheli Jessica Grant, Andrea Manseau, Johanna Publow For the Beauty of the Earth…………………………………………….John Rutter Dan Perkins, music director
December 2007: A Christmas Tapestry In collaboration with Manchester West High School Chamber Choir Lobe den Herren, meine Seele, SWV 39…….......………...…....Heinrich Schutz Danielle Lucas, mezzo-soprano Ave Maria………………………………………...……....…...…..………Franz Biebl Mein Freund ist mein from Cantata BWV 140………..……………...….J. S. Bach Susan Consoli, soprano Mark Andrew Cleveland, bass Verbum caro factum est………..…..……………………...……..Hans Leo Hassler Von Himmel hoch………..………....…………...…...Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Susan Consoli, soprano Mark Andrew Cleveland, bass Hodie Christus natus est…………………..………..………………..Niels La Cour Rise Up Shepherd and Follow…………....………………...…..Andre J. Thomas Angelus ad virginem……………..…………….……..……………..Eleanor Daley Whence is that Goodly Fragrance Flowing?............................arr. Mack Wilberg What Shall We Give?...............................................................arr. Mack Wilberg Joy to the World……………………..……………...……………….arr. John Rutter O Come All Ye Faithful…………………..……...………………….arr. John Rutter Spring 2008: The Armed Man In collaboration with Terminal Hip Dance Theatre Later……………………………………………………………...Jonathan Santore Elizabeth Cox, narrator The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace…………………………………...Karl Jenkins Ijaz Akhtar, Muezzin Jessica Grant and Johanna Publow, sopranos Andrea Manseau, alto Andrew Plummer, tenor Robin Thomas, Timothy Dreyer, baritones |
