2017-2018 Season

Grant Us Peace

Saturday, December 2, 2017, 8:00pm

St. Jean Baptiste Church

Dusty Francis, conductor
Laura Inman, conductor
Thea Kano, conductor
Erika Fritz, soprano
Daniel Bonthius, baritone
James Kennerley, organ
Scott Rednour, piano

The First Nowell
Arr. Julian Wachner

Seek Him That Maketh the Seven Stars
Jonathan Dove

Snow Had Fallen; Christ Was Born
Stephen Paulus

Jerusalem Luminosa
Abbie Betinis

Finlandia (Song of Peace)
Jean Sibelius

Friede auf Erden
Arnold Schoenberg

In Terra Pax
Gerald Finzi

Dona Nobis Pacem from Mass in B minor
Johann Sebastian Bach

Angels We Have Heard on High
Arr. Howard Helvey

Let There Be Light

Friday, March 23, 2018, 8:00pm

St. Jean Baptiste Church

Dusty Francis, Conductor

Warum ist das Licht gegeben
Johannes Brahms

  1. Warum ist das Licht gegeben
  2. Lasset uns unser Herz
  3. Siehe, wir preisen selig
  4. Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin

Requiem
Herbert Howells
Jasmine Mendoza, soprano
Thais Schaller, soprano
Faith Williams Muschong, alto
Jedd Vergara, tenor
Nathan Frieswyk, baritone
Skip Teel, baritone

  1. Salvator Mundi
  2. Psalm 23
  3. Requiem aeternam
  4. Psalm 121
  5. Requiem aeternam
  6. I heard a voice from heaven

In the Beginning
Aaron Copland
Helen Karloski, mezzo-soprano

 

Glorious Seasons

Saturday, April 28, 2018, 8:00pm

Peter Norton Symphony Space

Thea Kano, conductor
Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company
Manhattan School of Music Chamber Orchestra
Erika Fritz,
soprano
Allison Gray, soprano
Nora Thomson, also
Amy Dannenmueller, narrator

Gloria RV 589
Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons)
Antonio Vivaldi

I. Gloria
II. Et in terra pax

1. La primavera (Spring)

Allergro
Largo e pianissimo sempre
Allegro pastorale

III. Laudamus te
IV. Gratias agimus tibi
V. Propter magnam gloriam

2. L’estate (Summer)

Allegro non molto Adagio e piano – Presto e forte
Presto

VI. Domine Deus
VII. Domini, fili unigenite
VIII. Domine deus, agnus dei

3. L’autunno (Autumn)

Allegro
Adagio molto
Allegro

IX. Qui tollis peccata mundi
X. Qui sedes ad dexteram patris
XI. Quoniam tu solus sanctus

4. L’inverno (Winter)

Allegro non molto
Largo
Allegro

XII. Cum sancto spiritu