1996-97 Program
All concerts take place at First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, near Harvard Square. For information, contact The Spectrum Singers, P.O. Box 382325, Cambridge, MA 02238.
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A Carol Celebration of Christmas
Saturday, December 7, 1996 at 8:00 pm.
Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols; A Shepherd's Carol; A Hymn to the Virgin
Bodenschatz: Joseph, lieber Joseph mein
Burt: Bright, Bright the Holly Berries
Costeley: Allon gay, gay, gay, Bergeres
Holst: Christmas Day; Lullay my Liking
Howells: A Spotless Rose
Joubert: Hymn to the Virgin
Kodály: Veni, veni Emmanuel
Leontovich/Wilhousky: Carol of the Bells
Mathias: Sir Christèmas
Niles: I Wonder as I Wander
Parker/Shaw: Hacia Belén va un borrico
Rutter: Il est né le divin enfant
Vaughan Williams: The Blessed Son of God
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Texts and translations
Of the Church and From the Heart: Part Songs and Anthems of 20th Century England
Saturday, March 8, 1997 at 8:00 pm.
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
God Is Gone Up, op. 27#2 (1951)
I Praise the Tender Flower, op. 17#1
My Spirit Sang All Day, op. 17#3 (1934-37)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Three Shakespeare Songs (1951)
Full Fathom Five
The Cloud-Capp'd Towers
Over Hill, Over Dale
I Got Me Flowers (from Five Mystical Songs, 1911)
Ca' the Yowes (1922)
Edward Cuthbert Bairstow (1874-1946)
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (1925)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, op. 36a#1 (1916)
Eternal Father, H. 169 (1927)
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Beati quorum via integra est, op. 38#3 (1905)
The Blue Bird, op. 119#3 (1910)
Holst
Come to Me, op. 12#5 (1902-03)
John Joubert (b. 1927)
O Lorde, the Maker of Al Thinge, op. 7b (1952)
Vaughan Williams
The Spring Time of the Year (1913)
The Dark Eyed Sailor (1913)
Just as the Tide Was Flowing (1913)
Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge (1921)
Program notes Texts and translations
Mozart Rarities -- A Salzburg Celebration
Fourth Annual Benefit for The Hospice of Cambridge
Saturday, May 31, 1997 at 8:00 pm.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Venite Populi, K. 260
Regina Coeli, K. 276
Litaniae Lauretanae, K. 109
Dixit et Magnificat, K. 193
Vesperae Solennes de Dominica, K. 321
Program notes Texts and translations Review from The Boston Globe
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