2000-01 Concert 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. Telephone (617) 492-8902.
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Laudate Dominum
Haydn and Mozart Masterworks
Saturday, November 18, 2000 at 8:00 pm.
Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston
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Franz Josef Haydn
Mass #12 in B-flat, H. XXII/12, "Theresienmesse" (1799)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Vesperae de Dominica in C, K321 (1779)
Janet Brown, soprano; Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano;
Gerald Gray, tenor; Mark Andrew Cleveland, bass-baritone
with The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music
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Deck the Hall!
Second Annual Family Christmas Concert
Sunday, December 17, 2000 at 3:00 pm.
First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge
A very special holiday event for families. Celebrate the season with The Spectrum Singers as they present a varied program of holiday favorites old and new -- free for persons age 17 and under, and fun for audiences of all ages!
John Joubert (b. 1927)
Torches
There is no rose of such virtue
Hymn to the Virgin
Carol McKeen and Roberta Chase-Borgatti, sopranos
G. F. Handel (1685-1759)
"And the Glory of the Lord"
"Hallelujah"
from Messiah
William Billings (1746-1800)
A Virgin Unspotted
Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
Balulalow
Traditional English, arr. by Alice Parker/Robert Shaw
I Saw Three Ships
Harold Darke (1888-1976)
In the Bleak Midwinter
Gustav Holst
Lullay my Liking
Tom Best, tenor; Lori Seitz Rider, soprano; Karen Coffman, alto
R. Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
The Blessed Son of God
Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)
Sleigh Ride
Alfred Burt (1920-1954)
Bright, Bright the Holly Berries
H. Contet & N. Glanzberg, Arr. by Andre Bellefeuille
Noël c'est l'amour
P.D.Q. Bach (1807-1742)?
Good King Kong Looked Out
Irving Berlin, arranged by Anita Kerr
White Christmas
J. Fred Coots, Arr. by Kirby Shaw
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Trad. English, Arr. by John Rutter
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Plus a Children's Sing-along with
Jingle Bell Rock, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and Frosty the Snowman,
and a Carol Sing of familiar carols
Journeys of the Spirit
From Darkness Into Light
Saturday, March 24, 2001 at 8:00 pm.
First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Christ Lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4
Arnold Schoenberg:
Friede auf Erden
Henry Purcell
Funeral Sentences for Queen Mary
Luellen Best, soprano; Gloria Raymond, mezzo-soprano; Gerald P. Gray, tenor; and Robert Honeysucker, bass-baritone; with The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music and Boston Shawm and Sackbut Ensemble
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Illuminations of Now and the Beyond
Virtuoso Music for Brass, Chorus, Organ, and Percussion
Friday, May 18, 2001 at 8:00 pm.
First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge
Paul Hindemith
Six Chansons, Morgenmusik, Apparebit Repentina Dies
Charles Ives
Psalm 90
Carl Ruggles
Angels
Leonard Bernstein
Chichester Psalms
Nicholas Dynan, boy soporano; with organ, percussion, and brass ensemble
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