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2011-2012 SEASON 51

6/1/2012

Dan Perkins, music director
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

2010-2011 SEASON 50

6/1/2011

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

2009-2010 SEASOn 49

6/1/2010

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

2008-2009 SEASON 48

6/1/2009

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

2007-2008 SEASON 47

6/1/2008

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

2006-2007 SEASON 46

6/1/2007

Dan Perkins, music director
December 2006: Christmas Tapestry- A Child’s Christmas in Wales

A Child’s Christmas in Wales…………………...……...………...Matthew Harris
Kristofer Johnson, tenor
Four Christmas Vignettes………...……………………...……….Edwin Fissinger
Wassail Song……………..………..….……..arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming…………………..……....…….arr. Jan Sandstrom
A Christmas Garland……………………...………….…..…………..Conrad Susa
Traditional Christmas Carols

April 2007: Zulu Mass, A Celebration of Africa – Songs of Ghana and Nigeria
In collaboration with New Hampshire Master Chorale, Plymouth State University Choirs, Pinkerton Academy
Choirs, Kenniston Kwaya, Akwaaba Traditional African Drumming & Dancing Ensemble

Zulu Mass in B-Flat (U.S. Premiere)…………..……………..……Qinisela Sibisi
Janet Poisson, soprano
Melissa Paul, mezzo-soprano
Kristofer Johnson, tenor
Charles Stanton, baritone
African Celebration………………………..…………….………Stephen Hatfield
Lauren Burbank and Kendra Treadwell, sopranos
Daa Daa Ke Bee………………………..………….………………Traditional Twi
Daa naa se…………………………..………….……………...……Traditional Ga
Betelehemu…………………..……………………….……arr. Barrington Brooks
Jake Josef, baritone

May 2007: American Choral Masterpieces

Wedding Cantata…………………..……………………………..Daniel Pinkham
Tiffany Evans, soprano
Andrew Plummer, tenor
Sweet Home…………………...…………………………....arr. Wendell Whalum
Johanna Publow, soprano
Homeward Bound………………………………..…………….………Marta Keen
Tell the Earth to Shake………………..…………………...…….Gwyneth Walker
Stars I Shall Find…………………..…………………………..……David Dickau
Stone Walls………………...……………………….……….Winfield Shaw Clark
*Second Place in MCS American Masterpieces Choral Composition Contest
So Pretty………………………..………………………...……Leonard Bernstein
Say On, Sayers!......................................................................Dominick DiOrio
*First Place in MCS American Masterpieces Choral Composition Contest
How Can I Keep From Singing………………..……...……….arr. Ronald Staheli
I Got Shoes……………………..…………....arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw
Go Where I Send Thee…………..………..….arr. Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory
Betelehemu (Nigerian Carol)………………..…………….arr. Barrington Brooks

2005-2006 SEASON 45

6/1/2006

December 2005: A Christmas Tapestry
Dan Perkins, music director

Magnificat in G………………...…………………..……………Johann Pachelbel
In dulci jubilo………………..…………………...……………Michael Praetorius
Noel Suisse……………..……………………..……………Louis-Claude Daquin
Noel We Sing………...………………………...…………...Louis-Claude Daquin
arr. Robert DeCormier and E. Power Biggs
Ave maris stella……………..…………………………………………Javier Busto
Andrew Plummer, tenor
Tres cantus laudendi…………………………..……………...…….Mack Wilberg
Make We Merry On This Fest………………...…………...……....Andrew Carter
Balulalow………………………………..…………...…..………….Eleanor Daley
Mary Had a Baby…………...………………...……………….arr. Uzee Brown Jr.
Johanna Publow, soprano
Glory, Glory, Glory to the Newborn King…………..…………...….Moses Hogan
Meegan Gagnon, soprano
O Come All Ye Faithful…………………..………………...….………John Rutter
Infant Holy, Infant Loly………………...……………...………arr. Mack Wilberg
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing………………..………...……..arr. Mack Wilberg

Spring 2006: Songs of Travel

Song of the Open Road………………………………….……..Norman Dello Joio
Island in Space………………………………...……………………...Kirke Mechem
A Song of the Road (Commissioned for MCS)………....……..Jonathan Santore
Songs of Travel………………………………......…….…..Ralph Vaughan Williams
Charles Stanton, baritone
Toward the Unknown Region………......…………………Ralph Vaughan Williams
somewhere i have never traveled…………………………………..Julian Wachner
spring………………………………….......……………….…….......Gwyneth Walker
i carry your heart……………………......………………....………..Gwyneth Walker
Three Scottish Folksongs………………....…………….…………arr. Mack Wilberg
We Shall Walk Through the Valley of Peace…..…………………arr. Moses Hogan
Walk Together Children………………………......………………...arr. Moses Hogan
Dan-u-el……………………………………........………………...……..Kirke Mechem

2004-2005 SEASON 44

6/1/2005

December 2004: A Christmas Tapestry – Gems of the Baroque
Three motets………………………………………………………Heinrich Schütz
   Ein Kind ist uns geboren, SWV 384
   Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, SWV 380
   Hodie Christus natus est, SVW 456
Chorale: Zion hört die Wächter singen, Cantata BWV 140………………J.S. Bach
Three motets…………………………………………..Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
   Angelus ad pastores ait
   Hodie, Christus natus est
Magnificat………………………………………….……attr. Dietrich Buxtehude
Kathie Calder, Jane Schurman – sopranos
Julie Huss, alto
Clark Bourne, tenor
John Spring, bass
CAROL: Sleepers, wake! (Wachet auf)………………….harm. J.S. Bach arr. Lisa Wolff

Motet for Double Chorus: Angelus ad pastores ait………………..Samuel Scheidt
Kara Johnson and Kim Tardif, Soprano I
Kathie Calder and Jane Schurman, Soprano II
CAROL: Lo, how a rose (Es ist ein Ros’)…………………….harm. M. Praetorius arr. Lisa Wolff
Motet BWV 225 for Double Chorus: Singet dem Herrn ein Neues Lied….J.S. Bach
Victoria Kehler Hillery and Lucy Pope, Violins
Judith Glixon, Cello
Ann Trout, Double Bass
Charles Blood, Organ

May 2005: A Royal Celebration
Four Coronation Anthems………………..…………………………...G.F. Handel
   Zadok the Priest, HWV 258
   My Heart is Inditing, HWV 261
   Let Thy Hand be Strengthened, HWV 259
   The King Shall Rejoice, HWV 260
Mass in C: Missa in Tempore Belli………………………….Franz Joseph Haydn
Angelynne Hinson, soprano
Allison Messier, mezzo-soprano
Jason McStoots, tenor
James Wilson, bass

2003-2004 SEASON 43

6/1/2004

December 2003: A Christmas Tapestry

CAROL: O come, all ye faithful…………………………..…………arr. Willcocks
Lo, How a Rose………………………………………………….Daniel Gawthrop
Jesus Christ the apple tree………………………………………..Elizabeth Poston
Lullaby, my lovely child………………………………. …..James Helme Sutcliffe
O magnum mysterium………………………………………………...Lee Dengler
Ave Maria……………………………………………………...…….Colin Dawby
Magnificat………………………………………………………..William Fletcher
Charles Blood, Organ
Mark Worgaftik, percussion
CAROL: God rest, ye, merry gentlemen…………………………….arr. Willcocks
Stopping by woods on a snowy evening………………………………Ron Caviani
The Christmas Song…………………………………………………….arr. Lojeski
Michael Corey, Baritone
Jingle Bells………………………………………………………..….arr. Langford
CAROL: Hark! the herald angels sing…………………………………Traditional
Christmas Cantata……………………………………………………..K. Lee Scott
Naomi Hagen, soprano
Richard Given, Trumpet I
Chris Hawes, Trumpet II
Anne Howarth, Horn I
Brian Gardell, Horn II
Karna Millen, Trombone I
Brian Kay, Bass Trombone
Mark Worgaftik, Timpani
Charles Blood, Organ

March 2004: Love and Springtime

Liebeslieder Waltzes, Opus 52…………………………………..Johannes Brahms
Michael Corey, Gil Desjardins, Ame Matuza, Johanna Publow, Thomas Seniow – Soloists and Quartet
Joan Bannerman, Don Burrill, Lori Jeromin, Kent Koeninger, John Schneider – Waltz Dancers
Veronica McClure, Dance Consultant
Veronica McClure & Don Burrill, Choreography
Six Pieces, opus 11: VI. Slava……………………………….Sergei Rachmaninoff
All Night Vigil…………………………………………...…Sergei Rachmaninoff
Ev’ry time I feel the Spirit………………………………………...…Moses Hogan
Johanna Publow, soloist
My Lord, what a mornin’………………………………………….Harry Burleigh
Saints bound for Heaven……………………………...…………….Mack Wilberg
Polovetzian Dance and Chorus……………………………….Alexander Borodin

2002-2003 SEASON 42

6/1/2003

December 2002: A Christmas Tapestry

A Hymn to the Virgin…………………………………………...Benjamin Britten
Jessica Grant, Carolyn Soucy, Kathy Spoto – sopranos
Julie Huss, Carlene Ruesenberg, Jane W. Van Zandt – altos
Donald Cox, Rick Hochsprung, Chip Russell – tenors
Donald Burrill, Dennis MacDonald, John Spring – basses
Here is the little door……………………………………………..Herbert Howells
Shepherd’s Carol………………………………………………………Bob Chilcott
Angel Alleluias……………………………………………………….Alan Bullard
Mark Worgaftik, percussion
Songs of Hope and Consolation (World Premiere)……………….……K. Lee Scott
Bridget Reedy, Kim Tardif, Janet Umstead – sopranos
Karina Bertrand, Sasha Kuftinec, Carlene Ruesenberg – altos
Erik Bertrand, Gilbert Desjardins, Rick Hochsprung – tenors
Michael Corey, John Spring – basses
Deutesches Magnificat, SWV 494 (German Magnificat)…….….Heinrich Schütz
Tom Cupples, Dan Farina, Chris Hawes, James Leach – trumpets
Edward Doyle, Seth Hamlin, Tim Kelly, Nicholas Orovich – trombones
A Christmas Fanfare………………………………………...……..William Cutter
Tom Cupples, Dan Farina, Chris Hawes, James Leach – trumpets
Hark the Herald Angels Sing…………………………………………..Traditional
Ave Maria………………………………………………………...Anton Bruckner
Bogoroditse Devo (Ave Maria)...……………………………Sergei Rachmaninov
Silent Night………………………………………………………….Franz Gruber
Erik Bertrand, tenor
Angels we have heard on high………………………………..arr. Craig Courtney
O Come All Ye Faithful…………………………………………...……Traditional
Hodie! (This Day)………………….…………………………..Z. Randall Stroope
Tom Cupples, Dan Farina, Chris Hawes, James Leach – trumpets
Seth Hamlin, Tim Kelly, Nicholas Orovich – trombones
Mark Fabulich – tuba
Douglas Lippincott – percussion
Mark Worgaftik - timpani

May 2003: A Season of Remembrance & Rejoicing

Mass in B Minor, BWV 232…………………………………………...….J.S. Bach
Karyl Ryczek, soprano I
Jennifer Carol Hansen, soprano II
Gloria Raymond, alto
Timothy Neill Johnson, tenor
Thomas Jones, bass

2001-2002 Season 41

6/1/2002

December 2001: A Christmas Tapestry

Veni, veni Emmanuel…………………………………………….…Robert Young
Ave Maria……………………………………………………………..Javier Busto
Lux aeterna……………………………..…...………..Morte Johannes Lauridsen
O Come All Ye Faithful……………………………...……………arr. John Rutter
Harp Carol (World Premiere)…………………………………...Jonathan Santore
Fantasia on Greensleeves………………………………Ralph Vaughan Williams
In terra pax………………………………...……………………………Gerald Finzi
Mark Andrew Cleveland, bass
Janet Umstead, soprano
Joy To The World………………………………………………….arr. John Rutter

April 2002: Verdi Requiem
In collaboration with the Plymouth State College Chorale

Messa da Requiem……………………………..………….………Guiseppe Verdi
Debra Lawrence, soprano
Eva Nagorka, mezzo-soprano
Paul MacIlvaine, tenor
Ray Karns, bass

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