1999-2000 Program
For information, contact The Spectrum Singers, P.O. Box 382325, Cambridge, MA 02238. Telephone (617) 492-8902.
Ticket information Fall 1999 Newsletter
Hail, Bright Cecilia!
A Gala Celebration of St. Cecilia's Day
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Saturday, November 20, 1999 at 8:00 pm.
Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston
George Frideric Handel
Ode for St. Cecilia's Day
Concerto Grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 5
Johann Sebastian Bach
Magnificat in D
Janet Brown, soprano; Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano;
William Hite, tenor; Robert Honeysucker, bass-baritone;
with orchestra
Program Notes Texts and Translations Performing Artists
Review from The Boston Globe
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Deck the Hall!
A Family Christmas Concert
Sunday, December 12, 1999 at 3:00 pm.
First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge
A very special holiday event for families -- children under 17 admitted free.
Celebrate the season with The Spectrum Singers as they present a varied program of holiday favorites old and new -- fun for audiences of all ages! Selections include:
William Mathias
Sir Christèmas
Zoltán Kodály
Veni, veni Emmanuel
Healy Willan
Hodie Christus Natus Est
William Billings
A Virgin Unspotted
William L. Dawson
Hail Mary!
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Hodie Christus Natus Est
Alfred Burt
Caroling, Caroling
Trad. Ukrainian arranged by Peter Wilhousky
Carol of the Bells
Trad. Spanish arranged by Alice Parker/Robert Shaw
Hacia Belén va un borrico,
Irving Berlin, arranged by Anita Kerr
White Christmas
P.D.Q. Bach
Throw the Yule Log On, Uncle John
Good King Kong Looked Out
J. Fred Coots, arranged by Kirby Shaw
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Trad. English, arranged by John Rutter
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Plus Sing-along medleys of Christmas carols and children's songs
From the Heart of Europe
Brahms and Schubert Choral Masterworks
Saturday, March 25, 2000 at 8:00 pm.
Harvard-Epworth Church, 1555 Massachusetts Avenue, Harvard Square, Cambridge
Johannes Brahms
Four Songs for Women's Chorus, Two Horns, and Harp, op. 17
Songs of love and of the night for a cappella and accompanied chorus
Neue Liebeslieder, op. 65
Franz Schubert
Ständchen, Nachthelle, Der 23. Psalm, Gott in der Natur, Mirjams Siegesgesang
Carole Haber, soprano; Gloria Raymond, mezzo-soprano; Mark Kagan, tenor;
Karen Harvey and James Barkovic, piano
Program Notes Texts and Translations
Masters of the Lyric and Profound
Benjamin Britten and Maurice Duruflé
Saturday, May 20, 2000 at 8:00 pm.
Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston
Benjamin Britten
Hymn to St. Cecilia, Cantata Misericordium
Maurice Duruflé
Requiem,
Rockland Osgood, tenor; Mark-Andrew Cleveland, baritone;
Gloria Raymond, mezzo-soprano; James David Christie, organ;
with orchestra
Program Notes Texts and Translations Performing Artists
Review from The Boston Globe
