ConcertProgramDec2004

A Legacy of Christmas Gifts from the German Choral Tradition

Saturday, December 11, 2004, Carlisle Theatre, Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Magnificat (SWV 468) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heinrich Schütz
              Tonna Brown - Soprano         Linda Rosenberry - Alto
                James Gerencser - Tenor        John Shorb- Bass

    1. Magnificat anima mea
    2. Symphonia
    3. Et exultavit spiritus meus
    4. Quia respexit
    5. Quia fecit mihi magna
    6. Fecit potentiam
    7. Deposuit potentes de sede
    8. Esurientes implevit bonis
    9. Suscepit Israel
   10. Sicut locutus est
   11. Doxologie

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV 140) . . . . . . . . . J. S. Bach

   1. Chorale
   2. Recitativo
            James Gerencser - Tenor
   3. Aria Duetto
            Heather Kot - Soprano,   Carvel Markley, Baritone
   4. Chorale
   5. Recitativo
            Carvel Markley - Baritone
   6. Aria Duetto
            DeLeigh Wilson - Soprano,   Carvel Markley, Baritone
   7. Choral

Das neugeborne Kindelein (BuxWV 13) . . . . . . . . . . . . Dietrich Buxtehude

Intermission

From Piae Cantiones (1582)
        On This Day Earth Shall Ring                arr. John Rutter
            Woodwind Quintet and Percussion

Christmas Music from Romantic and Post Romantic Composers
        Hark! The Herald Angels Sing             Felix Mendelssohn
                                                                  arr. Norman Dello Joio
        The Virgin's Slumber Song                 Max Reger

Old and New Settings from Geistliche Kirchengesang
        Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming            Michael Praetorius
        Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming          arr. Doug Andrews

Two Settings of a 14th Century German Carol
        Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine             arr. Eugene Butler
            Marsha Burkett, Oboe
       Resonet in Laudibus                           arr. C. L. Alwes

Two Sacred Folk Carols
        Once Through a Woodland Mary Walked
                                                              arr. Hans Bauernfeind
        The White Dove                                 Johannes Brahms

A Christmas Garland                         arr. John Leavitt
        Kling, Glöckchen • Still, Still, Still • O du fröhliche

Silent Night                                         Franz Gruber
                                                              arr. Malcolm Sargent