The Capital Area Chorale

5/18/01, 5/22/01
One World, One Voice
Music from around the world reflecting both our diversity and unity through song.

Morgengebet - Op. 45, No. 5 (Felix Mendelssohn) Frühlingsahnung - Op. 48, No. 1 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Die Primel - Op. 48, No. 2 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Drei Volkslieder,
I. Entflieh' mit mir (Felix Mendelssohn)
Drei Volkslieder,
II. Es fiel ein Reif (Felix Mendelssohn)
Neujahrslied - Op. 99, No. 1 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Ubi caritas (Maurice Duruflé)
Dirait-on - from Les Chansons des Roses
(Morten Lauridsen)
Geographical Fugue - For Speaking Chorus (Ernst Toch) Ngana - from Songs of Passage (Stephen Leek)
Naturfurahi Siku Ya Leo - Taita Folk Tune
(arr. Boniface Mgana)
Set Down Servant (arr. Robert Shaw )
Dry Bones (arr. Livingston Gearhart )
Innisfree (text W.B. Yeats / music Gerald Custer)
Danny Boy (arr. Joseph Flummerfelt )
Anthem of Peace (arr. Mack Wilburg )

12/15/00, 12/19/00
A Classical Christmas
Celebrating the breadth and magnificence of Christmas music from all ages.

Of the Father's Love Begotten (arr. C. Winfred Douglas)
O Magnum Mysterium (Tomas Luis de Victoria)
O Magnum Mysterium (Morten Lauridsen)
Ave Maria (Anton Bruckner)
Ave Maria (Franz Biebl )
Lo! How a Rose E'er Blooming (Hugo Distler)
Awake, Arise and Hail the Morn (Mack Wilberg)
Christmas Lullaby (John Rutter)
Angel's Carol (John Rutter)
What Strangers are These? (arr. Richard Purvis)
-Ailsa Tessier, soprano
-Malcolm Cass, baritone
Fum, Fum, Fum (Walter Schumann)
Away in a Manger (arr. Gilbert Martin)
-Quinn Ferebee, boy soprano
The Christmas Nightingale (arr. Robert Hunter)
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (David Schwoebel )
5/19/00
Music Fit for a Queen:

Cathedral music of Great Britain featuring the nationally known Raleigh Boychoir.

I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me  (Hubert Parry)
Domine Deus  (J.S. Bach)
Kyrie and Gloria (from Messe in A)  (Joseph Rheinberger)
Ave Maria  (Joseph Rheinberger)
Magnificat in G  (Herbert Sumison)
The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune  (Ralph Vaughn Williams)
Behold, the Tabernacle of God  (William Harris)
Zadok, the Priest (from Coronation Anthems)  (G.F. Handel)
O Taste and See  (Ralph Vaughn Williams)
Song for Athene  (John Tavener)
The Lamb  (John Tavener)
Judge Eternal  (Gerre Hancock)
3/17/00
I Hear America Singing:
Choral music of American composers (Barber, Billings, Thompson, etc.). Special guest pianist, Brenda Bruce.

Rejoice Ye Shining Worlds on High  (Billings)
My Shepherd Will Supply My Needs  (arr. Thompson)
Wondrous Love  (arr. Parker)
Followers of the Lamb  (Shaker traditional/Dietterich)
Deep River  (arr. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor) - piano solo
Tournament Gallop  (Louis Moreau Gottschalk) - piano solo
I Suppose (from "Two Songs by Emily Dickinson")  (Diemer)
Sure On This Shining Night  (Barber)
Polly Wolly Doodle  (arr. Kubik)
O Dear, What Can the Matter Be?  (arr. Kubik)
Selections from "Rubrics"  (Dan Locklair) - organ solos
  - 'Hallelujah' Has Been Restored
  - The Peace May Be Exchanged
  - The People Respond "Amen"
Every Time I Feel the Spirit  (arr. Dawson)
My God is a Rock  (arr. Parker)
Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord  (Undine Smith Moore)
The Battle Hymn of the Republic  (arr. Wilhousky)
12/10/99, 12/17/99
Gloria - The Music of Christmas:
Beautiful Christmas music from all ages.

Sing We Noel  (Chesnokov/Hirt)
Gloria in Excelsis Deo  (J.C. Bach)
Shepherd's Carol  (William Billings/Copes)
A Virgin Unspotted  (William Billings)
Behold That Star  (Thomas Talley)
Carol of the Bells  (Leontovich)
The Holly and the Ivy  (R. Boughton)
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day  (Gardner)
'Twas the Night Before Christmas  (Darby/Simeone)
Angels' Carol  (John Rutter)
The Little Drummer Boy  (Simeone/Davis/Onorati)
An Irving Berlin Christmas  (Berlin/Emerson)
This Christmastide (Jessye's Carol)  (Donald Fraser)
Gloria (from "Christmas Cantata")  (Pinkham)
5/16/99
Singing for Pleasure
Liebeslieder and Zigeunerlieder by Johannes Brahms - Lovesongs and Gypsy Songs acompanied with two pianos.

Zigeunerlieder (Gypsy Songs) Op. 103  (Johannes Brahms)   Numbers 1 - 3
Hungarian Dance No. 5 in A Minor 
(Johannes Brahms) - piano solo
Intermezzo, Opus 119, No. 1 in B Minor - piano solo
Intermezzo, Opus 118, No. 2 in A Major - piano solo
Hungarian Dance No. 2 in F# Minor 
(Johannes Brahms) - piano solo
Liebeslieder Waltzes (Love Songs)Op.52(Johannes Brahms)   Numbers 1 - 18
3/19/99
Pops Concert - A Tribute to Disney:

Music from Disney, West Side Story, Music Man and more.

West Side Story  (Bernstein/Sondheim)
  - Tonight
  - I Feel Pretty
  - One Hand, One Heart
  - Maria
  - America
The Music Man  (Meredith Wilson)
  - Seventy Six Trombones
  - Goodnight, My Someone
  - Pick a Little, Talk a Little / Good Night Ladies
  - Lida Rose / Will I Ever Tell You
  - The Wells Fargo Song
  - Till There Was You
  - Seventy Six Trombones
Disney Spectacular  (arr. Mac Huff)
  - Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
  - How D'Ye Do & Shake Hands
  - Bibbidi Bobbiddi Boo
  - I've Got No Strings
  - Chim Chim Cher-ee
  - Step In Time
  - Spoonful of Sugar
  - Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious
  - Heigh Ho
  - Whistle While You Work
  - Some Day My Prince Will Come
  - A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes
  - Candle in the Water
  - Give a Little Whistle
  - The Bare Necessities
  - The Ballad of Davy Crockett
  - I'm Late
  - The Siamese Cat Song
  - It's a Small World
  - When You Wish Upon a Star
  - Mickey Mouse Club Song
12/11 & 12/16/98
A Day for Dancing:

by Lloyd Pfautsch, Christmas in the present with a hint from the Renaissance.

Gaudete  (Piae Cantiones)
Riu, Riu, Chiu: El Lobo Rabioso  (anon. 1556)
Hodie Christus Natus Est  (Francis Poulenc)
A Day for Dancing  (Lloyd Pfautsch)
The First Noel
Good King Wenceslas
Silent Night
O Little Town of Bethlehem
O Come All Ye Faithful
A Little Christmas Music  (arr. Daryl Runswick)
11/27 & 11/28/98
Holiday Pops with the NC Symphony and the Raleigh Boychoir5/17/98
An Evening with Randall Thompson
featuring Frostiana and The Testament of Freedom

Frostiana
  1. The Road Not Taken
  2. The Pasture
  3. Come In
  4. The Telephone
  5. A Girl's Garden
  6. Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
  7. Choose Something Like a Star

The Testament of Freedom
  I. The God who gave us life
  II. We have counted the cost
  III. We fight not for glory
  IV. I shall not die without a hope
12/12/97
Christmas in Story and Song:

featuring Gaudete by Alice Parker and Brother Heinrich's Christmas by John Rutter

Brother Heinrich's Christmas  (John Rutter)
Carols by the Audience
Gaudete ('Joy')  (Alice Parker)
  - Corde natus ex Parentis (Of the Father's love begotten)
  - Puer Nobis Nascitur (Unto us a boy is born)
  - Dormi, Jesu (Sleep now, Jesus)
  - Personent Hodie (On this day earth shall ring)
  - Resonent in Laudibus (Let our voices sound with joy)
  - Adeste, fideles (O come, all ye faithful)
11/7/97
Showstoppers:

Broadway's Best - Then and Now.
It's a Grand Night for Singing  (Rodgers & Hammerstein)
Oklahoma  (Rodgers & Hammerstein)
June is Bustin' Out All Over  (Rodgers & Hammerstein)
The Sound of Music  (Rodgers & Hammerstein)
The Impossible Dream  (Mitch Leigh & Joe Darien)
Consider Yourself  (Lionel Bart and Norman Leyden)
Seventy Six Trombones  (Meredith Wilson)
Rhythm of Life   (Cy Coleman & Dorothy Fields)
All the Things You Are
      (Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein)
The Music of the Night  (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
Don't Cry for Me Argentina
      (Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice)
Memory  (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
Beauty and the Beast  (Alan Menken & Howard Ashman)
Bring Him Home / Do You Hear the People Sing 
       (Alain Boubil & Claude Michel Schonberg)
5/18/97
Music For The Masses:
featuring the Missa Criolla by Ariel Ramirez and other works by Jean Berger, Samuel Barber and Leonard Bernstein.
Almighty Father  (Stephen Schwartz / Leonard Bernstein)
Gloria Tibi  (Leonard Bernstein)
Agnus Dei  (Samuel Barber)
Brazilian Psalm  (Jean Berger)
Misa Criolla  (Ariel Ramirez)
  Kyrie
  Gloria
  Credo
  Sanctus
  Agnus Dei
12/13/96
Christmas Around The World:
featuring Dave Brubeck's La Fiesta De La Posada and the Raleigh Concert Band

A Canadian Brass Noel 
    (adapted Christopher Dedrick) - RCB

Die Fledermaus  (Johan Strauss) - RCB
Tryptich for Christmas  (arr. Pierre La Plante) - RCB
Russian Christmas Music  (Alfred Reed) - RCB
How Great Our Joy!  (arr. John Rutter)
Three Kings of Orient  (J.H. Hopkins/arr. Rutter)
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella  (arr. Rutter)
La Fiesta de la Posada 
  (music by Dave Brubeck / text by Iola Brubeck)
  La Posada
  Processional
  In the Beginning
  Where is He?
  Gloria
  We Have Come to See the Son of God
  Behold! The Holy One
  Run, Run, Run
  Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh
  My Soul Magnifies the Lord
  Sleep, Holy Infant, Sleep
  In the Beginning (reprise)
  Neither Death nor Life
  God's Love Made Visible

 

5/19/96
A Folk Song Mosaic:
Songs of the People in Sorrow, Praise and Joy

Jubilate Deo  (Michael Praetorius)
Exultate Deo  (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Zadok the Priest  (G. F. Handel)
Alleluia (Psalm 117 Motet)  (J.S. Bach)
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho  (John Dressler)
My God is a Rock  (Alice Parker / Robert Shaw)
Here's One  (Mark Hayes)
You'd Better Run  (N. Morris)
The Ash Grove  (Gordon Jacob)
Barbara Allen  (David Willcocks)
By Bendemeer's Stream  (Warren Martin)
A Londonderry Air  (Ralph Baldwin)
Shenandoah  (Marshall Bartholomew)
Cindy  (Jerry Harris)

 

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