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I HEAR AMERICA SINGING: THE BLUES  PROGRAM I Peter Go Ring dem Bells and Let Us Break Bread Together from CANTATA - Traditional/John Carter
Soprano and Piano
II RAINBOW 'ROUND MY SHOULDER Adapted and Arranged by Milton Okun and Robert DeCormier Male Quartet and Percussion Rock and Gravel Dink's Blues Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder Another Man Done Gone III Deep River - Traditional/Arr. Moses Hogan Soprano and Piano IV Witness - Traditional/Arr. Moses Hogan Male Quartet, Bass and Percussion
V Summerland - William Grant Still Violin and Piano VI Daybreak in Alabama and Joy - Ricky Ian Gordon Soprano, Clarinet, Violin, Bass and Piano
VII Summerland - William Grant Still Violin and Piano VIII Basin Street Blues - Louis Armstrong, Arr. Moses Hogan Soprano, Men's Voices, Bass, Piano and Drums IX Shout Glory - Byron J. Smith Soprano, Gospel Choir, Piano, Bass and Drums X Walk Together Children - Traditional Spiritual, Arr. Anthony Leach Soprano, Gospel Choir, Piano, Bass and Drums
JOYFUL, JAZZY AND JEWISH!  PROGRAM I Sing Unto the Lord a New Song Srul Irving Glick Chamber Choir and Harp Set Me as a Seal: Choral Dance Jack Gottlieb Chamber Choir, Violin and Piano
II Achat Sha'alti Paul Schoenfield Flute and Piano
III CHICHESTER PSALMS - I. Psalm 108:2, Psalm 100 Leonard Bernstein (Sung in Hebrew) Chamber Choir, Soloists, Harp, Organ and Percussion
SIMPLE SONGS - II: Psalm 1 Aaron Jay Kernis
Soprano and Organ
CHICHESTER PSALMS - III: Psalm 131 and Psalm 133:1 Leonard Bernstein (Sung in Hebrew) Chamber Choir, Soloists, Harp, Organ and Percussion
IV Ufaratsta Paul Schoenfield Flute and Piano
V From VOICES FROM THE SHADOW: Poetry of the Holocaust Gershon Kingsley (Sung in German, Czech, French, Yiddish and English) Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Clarinet, Piano and String Quartet
1. Ver zenen mir? (Who Are We?)
Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor and Baritone
3. Come to Me
Mezzo-Soprano and Baritone
4. Bombardiers
Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor and Baritone 15. Segen der Nacht Baritone 16. Maj 1945
Shalom, v’shalom, v’shalom (Peace, Peace, and Peace Yet Again) Robert Applebaum
(Sung in Hebrew) Soprano, Chamber Choir and Piano
VI “Why Was I Born?” from SWEET ADELINE Jerome Kern, arr. James Bassi Chamber Choir
TOOT SUITE - I: Somebody Loves Me George Gershwin, arr. Gerald DuPuit
Soprano, Clarinet and Piano
Prelude I George Gershwin
Piano
TOOT SUITE - II: All the Things You Are Jerome Kern, arr. Gerald DuPuit
Tenor, Clarinet and Piano
“I Won’t Dance” from ROBERTA Jerome Kern, arr. James Bassi Chamber Choir and String Quartet
VII Ver Hot Aza Yingle Traditional Yiddish, arr. David Spear
Soprano, Flute, Cello and Harp VIII Der Heyser Bulgar (Hot Dance) Traditional, arr. Yoelin-Koffman
Klezmer Band
Chiribim, Chiribom Traditional, arr. Yoelin-Koffman (Sung in Yiddish) Chamber Choir and Klezmer Band
______________________ Hallelujah Leonard Cohen, arr. Philip Lawson Chamber Choir
Fiddlers, Bards and Lovers All: Music of the Celtic Isles PROGRAM "Irish Fiddler's Dance" from CAPE MAY PRELUDES Jackson Berkey Piano The Fiddler of Dooney Gerald Custer Chamber Choir and Piano The Painter's Eye: Peaceable Kingdom Tom Cunningham Chamber Choir Welsh Song Guy Woolfenden Soprano, Flute, Harp, Violin and Cello "When That I Was and a Little Tiny Boy" and "O Mistress Mine" John Jeffreys Tenor and Piano PENILLION, Op. 57 Howard Blake Violin and Piano Theme - Moderato Variation I - Vivo Variaton II - l'istesso Variation III - Meno mosso, ritmico Variation VI - Moderato (grazioso) HOW SWEET AND FAIR "Go, Lovely Rose" and "To Daffodils" Stephen Chatman Clarinet and Chamber Choir Y Fwyalchen (The Blackbird) Traditional Welsh, arr. Sean Dagher (Skye Consort) Soprano, flute, violin, cello, harp and percussion Codiad Yr Hedydd (The Rising of the Lark) Traditional Welsh, arr. Sean Dagher (Skye Consort) Soprano, flute, violin, guitar and percussion "Celtic Hymn" and "Barn Dance" from NORTHERN SKIES John Metcalf Cello and Piano Sonnet 147 (My Love Is as a Fever) Madrigal (Take, O Take Those Lips Away) Hakan Parkman SATTB Qunitet Siuil, A Ruin Traditional Irish - arr. Michael McGlynn (Sung in Irish) Soprano, Chamber Choir, Flute, Violin, and Guitar Eiri na Greine (The Rising of the Sun) Traditional Irish - arr. Michael McGlynn (Sung in Irish) Soprano, Violin, Flute, Cello, Irish Button Accordion and Percussion Scottish Fiddle Medley: "Grant's Rant", "The Brownhaired Daughter", "Innes of Sandsides', "The Gentle Milkmaid" and "Stuart's Rant" Traditional - arr. Bonnie Rideout ViolIn, Flute, Irish Button Accordion, Guitar and Percussion Si do Mhaimeo I Traditional Irish - arr. David Downey Mezzo-Soprano, Chamber Choir, Violin and Percussion (Sung in Irish) "Live with me and be my love" SONGS AND SONNETS George Shearing SATB Chorus, Piano and Bass "It was a lover and his lass" from BIRTHDAY MADRIGALS George Shearing SATB Chorus, Piano and Bass
I Hear America Singing! CELTIC AMERICA June 14, 2009
PROGRAM
I Outer Hebrides - Paul Halley Organ Untraveled Worlds - Paul Halley Women’s Voices, Flute, Violin, Bass, Piano, Organ and Percussion
II Aililiú, ó Íosa (Alleluia, O Jesu) - Abbie Betinis Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Chamber Choir, Violin, Cello, Harp and Percussion VIEW SCORES: I. An Caoineadh (pdf) II. Quis est Deus (pdf)
LISTEN:
III The Salley Gardens - John Jeffreys Tenor and Piano "Barn Dance" and “Celtic Hymn” from NORTHERN SKIES - James MacMillan Cello and Piano "The Fiddler of Dooney" from A YEATS TRIPTYCH - Gerald Custer Chamber Choir and Piano IV "Tra Bo Dau (Two Hearts Remain)", "Bugeilio'r gwenith gwyn (The Golden Wheat)" and "Mentra Gwen (Fairest Gwen)" from SIX WELSH FOLK SONGS Traditional Welsh/Arr. Alun Hoddinott (Sung in Welsh) Baritone and Harp V Si Í Do Mhaimeo Í (She's Your Granny) - Traditional, arr. David Downey Mezzo-soprano, Chamber Choir, Violin and Percussion
The Rising of the Sun (Siuil a Ruin) - Traditional, arr. Michael McGlynn Soprano, Flute, Violin, Chamber Choir and Percussion
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Air and Simple Gifts - Traditional/John Williams (Written especially for the Inaugural Celebration of President Barak Obama.) Violin, Flute, Cello and Piano
Duo for Flute and Piano - Aaron Copland Flute and Piano "At the River" from OLD AMERICAN SONGS (Set Two) Gospel Song/Robert Lowry, Arr. Aaron Copland Baritone and Piano Even Such Is Time - Bob Chilcott Chamber Choir VII
Emily’s Reel - Mark O’Connor Violin and Cello "Cluck Ol' Hen" from THREE APPALACHIAN SETTINGS - Traditional, arr. Phillip Rhodes Violin and Chamber Choir
VIII Dixie - Traditional/Daniel Decatur Emmett, arr. Jake Heggie Soprano and Piano IX From THE WORLD-BELOVED: A BLUEGRASS MASS - Carol Barnett Interlude: "Art Thou Weary?" Ballad Refrain Kyrie Ballad, First Verse Gloria Soprano, Chamber Choir and Bluegrass Band WINTER SOLSTICE: A Celebration of Winter and the Holiday Season December 21, 2008 PROGRAM Winter Dreams - Paul Halley Flute and Organ
Part II - Interlude from DANCING DAY - John Rutter Harp
December Stillness - Paul Fetler Chamber Choir and Harp
“Early Snow”, No. 3 form EARLY SNOW - Lori Laitman Soprano and Piano Snow In New York - Ola Gjeilo Piano "Ivy, Chief of Trees" and “Nay, Ivy, Nay” from SIR CHRISTEMAS Derek Holman Women's Voices, Flute, Harp, Piano and Percussion
Fantasy on a Rose - Jackson Berkey Piano Somnium - Paul Schwartz (sung in Latin) Mezzo-Soprano, Violin, Flute, Cello and Synthesizer Kells - Michael McGlynn Flute and Harp Return of the Sun/Winter’s Crossing - Frank Gallagher Flute, Violin, Piano Organ, Bells and Percussion Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day, Op. 75, No. 2 - John Gardner Chamber Choir, Piano, Drum and Tambourine Christmas Memories - Michael McGlynn Tenor, Piano, Flute, Harp and Drum Company at the Crèche - Daniel Pinkham Women's Voices, Bells, Harp and Organ
Don Oiche Ud i mBeithil - Traditional Irish/Arr. David Mooney (Sung in Gaelic) Soprano, Chamber Choir, Flute and Harp HARK! (IN 7/8) - Felix Mendelssohn/Arr. Steven Landau Chamber Choir Carol of the Bells - Traditional Ukranian/Arr. George Winston Piano
Sound over All Waters - Paul Halley Mezzo-soprano, Chamber Choir, Piano and Drums
BEST-BELOVED: SONGS OF LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE October 26, 2008
PROGRAM "Warm and Beautiful" from SONGS FOR LINDA Paul McCartney String Quartet We Remember Them Donald Grantham SATB a cappella "Requiem" from LOVE SONGS Daron Hagen Soprano and Piano House That Jack Built Moira Smiley Female Duet, Electric Violin, Synthesizer and Cello MERCILESS BEAUTY: THREE THREE RONDELS I. Your eyen two II. So hath your beauty III. Since I from love Ralph Vaughn Williams Tenor, Two Violins and Cello Dies Irie Kenji Bunch Piano Trio and Percussion THE BEST-BELOVED I. Psalm 163 II. Holy Sonnet III. My Thoughts Hold Mortal Strife IV. My Beloved Is Mine, and I am His Chris DeBlasio Soprano, Tenor, SATB Chorus and String Quartet "Danza Ritual del Fuego" ("Ritual Fire Dance") from El AMOR BROJO Manuel De Falla Piano I'll Bid My Heart Be Still Scottish Folk Song Arr. Rebecca Clarke Viola and Piano Remember Stephen Chatman SATB a cappella "I know where I'm goin'" and "As I was goin' to Ballynure" from THREE IRISH FOLK SONGS Arr. Rebecca Clarke Soprano and Violin A Sto Cemo Ljubav Kriti Serbo-Croatian love song Arr. Moira Smiley AATB, Electric Violin, Synthesizer, Cello and Percussion
"A Little Bit in Love" from WONDERFUL TOWN Leonard Bernstein Mezzo-Soprano and Piano "Some Other Time" from ON THE TOWN Leonard Bernstein Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone and Piano "She's My Baby" from SONGS FOR LINDA Paul McCartney String Quartet I Love My Love English Folk Song Arr. Philip Lawson Tenor, SATTB, Synthesizer and Percussion "Weep No More" Dave Brubeck Jazz Trio "Live with Me and Be My Love" from SONGS AND SONNETS FROM SHAKESPEARE George Shearing SATB Chorus and Jazz Trio "Come Live with Me and Be My Love" from BIRTHDAY MADRIGALS John Rutter SATB Chorus and Jazz Trio Can't Buy Me Love John Lennon and Paul McCartney Arr. Keith Abbs SATB a cappella
| CELTIC CIRCLE CONCERT March 2008 PROGRAM
I Gardens of Anna Maria Luisa de’ Medici - I Hilary Tann
Flute, Cello, and Piano
Irish Fiddler’s Dance
Jackson Berkey
Piano
II Codhlaim go Suan id’ Chroi Michael McGlynn
Soprano, Chorus, Celtic Harp and Synthesizer
Kells Michael McGlynn
Flute, Cello and Celtic harp
III My Lord of March Paven James Lauder
String Quartet, Flute, and Celtic Harp
Scotch Cap, or Edinburgh Castle Anonymous 16 Century/Adapted from Baltimore Consort
String Quartet, Flute, and Celtic Harp Give me Your Hand Rory Dall O’Cathain
Celtic Harp
On the banks of the Helicon Andro Blackhall
String Quartet, Flute, and Celtic Harp IV
Shy One
NORTHERN SKIES VI. Sabre Dance and III. Celtic Hymn James MacMillan
Cello and Piano
Phil the Fluther’s Ball Percy French
Tenor, Flute and Piano
V NORTH COUNTRY SONGS I. Captain Bover - Traditional Press Gang ballad, Newcastle
II. Bonny at Morn - Traditional, Northumbria
III. Derwentwater’s Farewell - Traditional border Ballad
IV. Adam Buckham-O! - Traditional, Newcastle
Malcolm Williamson
Baritone, Chorus, String Quartet and Piano
VI
Aisling
Michael McGlynn
String Quartet, Flute, Celtic Harp and Bodhran
May Michael McGlynn
String Quartet, Flute, Celtic Harp and Drum The Lark in the Clear Air Traditional/Arr. Michael McGlynn
Soprano, String Quartet, Flute, Celtic Harp
Nightfall Michael McGlynn
String Quartet, Flute, and Celtic Harp
VII Siuil a Ruin Traditional - arr. John and Michael McGlynn
Mezzo Soprano, Chorus, String Quartet, Flute, and Guitar
Eiri na Greine/The Rising of the Sun Traditional/Arr. Michael McGlynn
Mezzo Soprano, String Quartet, Flute and Drum
VIII MAPPING WALES - V. John Metcalf
String Quartet and Celtic Harp
IX Grant’s Rant - The Brown Haired Daughter -
Innes of Sandsides’ - The Gentle Milkmaid - Stuart’s Rant
Traditional Scottish - arr. Bonnie Rideout
Violin, Flute, Guitar and Drum
Si do Mhaimeo Traditional Irish/Arr. David Downey
Mezzo Soprano, Chorus, Flute, Violin and Drums X
ADIEMUS: SONGS OF SANCTUARY
I. Adiemus
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Vrhgk8Fa_QE&feature=related
VI. Cantus iterates
IV. Cantus insolitus
V. In caelum fero Karl Jenkins AATB, Flute, Strings, Percussion and Electronica XI
Derry Air (Danny Boy)
Traditional Irish - arr. David Mooney
Chorus and Celtic Harp
| WORLD MUSIC CELEBRATION June 2008 PROGRAM I Mi'kmaq Honour Song: Incorporating Traditional Chant (Women's Voices, Synthesizer and Percussion) Lydia Adams (CANADA) "Song of the Stars" from SONGS OF THE LIGHTS (Womens' Voices, Synthesizer, Strings, Glockerspiel and Flute) Imant Raminsh (CANADA/Text: Algonquin Indian) II "On the Banks of the Newfoundland" from FIVE SEA SONGS FROM NEWFOUNDLAND (Tenor, Clarinet and Piano) Traditional Newfoundland Sea Song arr. Donald F. Cook (CANADA) "Lukey's Boat" from FIVE SEA SONGS FROM NEWFOUNDLAND (Soprano, Clarinet and Piano) Traditional Newfoundland Sea Song arr. Donald F. Cook (CANADA) III Milonga (Piano)
Alberto Ginastera (ARGENTINA) Bonita Rama de Sauce (Tenor and Piano) Carlos Guastavino (ARGENTINA) "Primavera Portena (Spring)" from FOUR SEASONS (Piano Trio) Astor Piazzolla (ARGENTINA) IV Reclaiming the Spirit: A Sonic Tapestry (Cello, Violin, Clarinet, Synthesizer, Voices, and Harmonic Whirlies) Sarah Hopkins (AUSTRALIA) V Dance with S'loyfn, S'yogn: Vocal Dance and Yiddish Song (Mixed Voices, Cello and Percussion) Moira Smiley (USA) Ani Ma'amin (Women's Voices, Narrator, Violin and Piano) Traditional Jewish Song arr. Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory (USA) Bartok #148: From Bela Bartok's (HUNGARY) "Mikrokosmos" Vol. 6, #148 (Mixed Voices, Clarinet, Cello and Percussion) Moira Smiley (USA) VI Dies Irie (Piano Trio, Voices and Percussion) Kenji Bunch (USA) VII Merrick (Mixed Voices, Violin, Cello and Guitar) 19th Century American Revival Song arr. Anonymous 4/ Marsha Grenesky and Susan Hellauer (USA) Breaths (Voices and Percussion) Sweet Honey in the Rock/Ysaye Barnwell (USA) VIII I Know Where I'm Goin' (Soprano and Violin) Traditional North Irish (Antrim) Folk Song arr. Rebecca Clarke (ENGLAND) As I was goin' to Ballynure (Soprano and Violin) Traditional North Irish (Antrim) Folk Song arr. Rebecca Clarke (ENGLAND) IX Grant's Rant/The Brownhaired Daughter/ Innes of Sandsides/ The Gentle Milkmaid/Stuart's Rant (Violin, Guitar, Flute and Percussion) Traditional Scottish arr. Bonnie Rideout (USA) 'S i do Mhaimeo i (Alto, Mixed Chorus, Violin, and Percussion) Traditional Irish Melody arr. David Downes (IRELAND)
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