Concert at Rikkyo University 2009

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Flyer design: Akemi Shinohara

Summer 2010 "A Romantic Journey - Choral Masterworks of the 19th Century"

Passacaglia from Organ Sonata No. 8 in E minor, Op. 13 Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901)
Beati quorum via, Op. 38, No.3 Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
They are at rest Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
There is an old belief Hubert Parry (1848-1918)
Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, Op. 35 Josef Rheinberger
Cantus Missae, Op. 109
   Kyrie
   Gloria
   Credo
   Sanctus
   Benedictus
   Agnus Dei
Josef Rheinberger
Jagdlieder, Op. 137 (excerpts)
   Zur hohen Jagd
   Habet acht!
   Bei der Flasche
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
O Happy Eyes, Op. 18, No. 1 Edward Elgar
The Blue Bird, Op. 18, No. 1 Charles Villiers Stanford
Charm me asleep Henry Leslie (1822-1896)
Vier Gesänge, Op. 17
   Es Tönt ein voller Harfenklang
   Lied von Shakespeare
   Der Gärtner
   Gesang aus Fingal
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
From the Bavarian Highlands, Op. 17 (excerpts)
   The Dance
   On the Alm
   The Marksman
Edward Elgar

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Winter 2009 "A Christmas Garland of Song"

Verbum caro factum est Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)
O nata lux Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)
O Maria Mater gratiae Giovanni Crivelli (c1590-1652)
Cantate Domino Claudio Monterverdi (1567-1643)
Ave Maria W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Gloria in excelsis (from Cantus missae) Joseph Rheinberger (1839-1901)
Spaseniye sodelal Pavel Chesnokov (1877-1944)
S nami bog Alexander Kastalsky (1856-1926)
A Hymn to the Virgin Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Phos Hilaron Steven Morgan (b. 1955)
Jubilate Deo William Walton (1902-1983)
What cheer! William Walton
Wexford carol arr. D. Warland
Wassail arr. R. Vaughan Williams
Walking in the air (from The Snowman) Howard Blake (b. 1938)
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day John Gardner (b. 1917)
Infant holy, infant lowly arr. D. Willcocks
Ding dong, merrily on high arr. C. Wood
I wonder as I wander arr. J. Rutter
Shepherd's pipe carol John Rutter (b. 1945)
Nativity carol John Rutter
Past three a clock arr. J. Rutter

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Summer 2009 "Haydn & Mendelssohn Bicentenary Choral Concert"

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Richte mich, Gott (1844)
Mein Gott, mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen (1844)
Heilig (1846)
Hear my Prayer (1844)
Wie der Hirsch schreit (1837)

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Missa in Bb (Theresienmesse) (1779)
   1. Kyrie
   2. Gloria
   3. Credo
   4. Sanctus
   5. Benedictus
   6. Agnus Dei

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Winter 2008 "Christmas Treasures Old & New"

Puer natus in Bethlehem Gregorian Chant
Gaudete from Piae Cantiones (1582)
Ave Maria Robert Parsons (c. 1530-1570)
Magnificat sexti toni a 12 Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Cantate Domino Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
Nunc dimittis Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
O magnum mysterium Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)
Magnificat Grayston Ives (b. 1948)
Wassail Song arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams
Noël Nouvelet arr. Stephen Jackson
Wexford Carol arr. Dale Warland
Susanni arr. Robert Shaw/Alice Parker
How Still He Rests Brent Pierce
Four Carols
   O Hearken Ye
   Some Children See Him
   The Star Carol
   Caroling, Caroling
Alfred Burt
Walking in the Air from "The Snowman" Howard Blake
The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy arr. Robert De Cormier
Carol of the Bells Mykola Leontovich, arr. Peter j Wilhousky
The Twelve Days of Christmas arr. John Rutter

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Summer 2008 "BUILDING BRIDGES OF SONG"

I was glad when they said unto me Sir C Hubert H Parry (1848-1918)
Hear my prayer, O Lord Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Sing unto God (from "Judas Maccabaeus") George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
God is gone up Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
The Lamb Sir John Tavener (b. 1944)
Jesus Christ the apple tree Elizabeth Poston (1905-1987)
Five mystical songs
   1. Easter
   2. I got me flowers
   3. Love bade me welcome
   4. The Call
   5. Antiphon
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Now is the month of Maying Thomas Morley (1557-1602)
Weep, O mine eyes John Bennet (1575-1614)
The Blue Bird Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Time and Concord (from "Gloriana") Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Soul Infinity
   1. Birth
   2. Connection
   3. Vow
   4. Hardship
   5. Soul Cycle
Kenzaburo Ayabe (b. 1942)
Selections from "Furusato no shiki" arr. Shunichiro Genda
The Lark in the Clear Air arr. Howard Goodall (b. 1958)
She Moved Through the Fair arr. Howard Goodall
I'm seventeen come Sunday arr. Percy Grainger (1882-1961)

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Winter 2007 "SOUNDS OF THE WINTER" and other works
by Steven G. Morgan

Magnificat in Bb
Mass of the Transfiguration
   1. Kyrie
   2. Gloria
   3. Credo
   4. Sanctus
   5. Agnus Dei
The Dwelling of Light
Sounds of the Winter
   1. Horses and men in rain
   2. The snow man
   3. Sounds of the winter
   4. Like brooms of steel
   5. Some, too fragile for winter winds
   6. Forever cherished be the tree
   7. A winter twilight
   8. Medusa
   9. It is in winter that we dream of spring

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Winter 2007 "A FAMILY CHRISTMAS CONCERT"

Veni Veni Emmanuel
Caroling Caroling
Wassail Wassail
O Yule Full of Gladness
Deck the Hall
Carol from An Irish Cabin
Donkey Carol
The Virgin's Slumber Song
Follow That Star to Bethlehem
Sing-a-long
   Deck The Halls
   Away in the Manger
   Hark, The Herald Angels Sing
Frosty the Snowman
Rockin Around the Christmas Tree
Jingle Bells
Little David, play on yo harp
The Christmas Song
Carol Him Softly
Have Yourself a Very Merry Christmas

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Summer 2007 "TREASURES OF THE GERMAN CHORAL TRADITION"

Singet dem Herrn Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
Tristis est anima mea Johann Kuhnau (1660-1722)
Komm, Jesu, Komm Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Judge me, O God Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Ave Maria Franz Biebl (1906-2001)
From Cantus Missae: Kyrie, Gloria Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901)
A selection of polyphonic Renaissance Lieder
Four Part-songs
   - O süßer Mai
   - In stiller Nacht
   - Waldesnacht
   - Die Wollust in den Maien
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Sechs Quartette, Op. 112
   - Sehnsucht
   - Nächtens
   - Vier Zigeunerlieder
       Himmel strahlt so helle und klar
       Rote Rosenknospen
       Brennessel steht an Weges Rand
       Liebe Schwalbe, kleine Schwalbe
Johannes Brahms
Tafellied, Op. 93 Johannes Brahms

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Winter 2006 "CHRISTMAS CLASSICS"

Sonata in C K.328 (organ) W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Sonata in C K.339 (organ) W.A. Mozart
Vesperae solennes de Dominica
   - Dixit Dominus
   - Confitebor
   - Beatus vir
   - Laudate pueri
   - Laudate Dominum
   - Magnificat
W.A. Mozart
Psalm 150 John Rutter (b. 1945)
What sweeter music John Rutter
Long, long ago Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
All and some John Byrt (b. 1939)
A hymn to the Virgin Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Bethlehem down Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
Benedicamus Dominum Peter Warlock
Fantasia on Christmas Carols Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

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Winter 2006 "A FAMILY CHRISTMAS CONCERT"

Wassail Song
We Need a Little Christmas
Do You Hear What I hear?
Still Still Still
Sing We Now of Christmas
Deck the Halls (sing-a-long)
Deck the Hall
What Sweeter Music
Mary, Did You Know?
Laudate Dominum
The Christmas Song
O Holy Night
Twas the Night before Christmas (story time)
Go Tell It On The Mountain (sing-a-long)
The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
Santa Claus is Coming To Town
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Night of Silence

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Summer 2006 "WE ARE THE BURNING FIRE" by Howard Goodall

Polegnala e Todora (Bulgarian)
A La Nanita Nana (ish)
Tina Singu (Lesotho)
Asikhatali (Zulu-Xhosa)
Allundé, Allundé (East Africa)
Blow the Wind Southerly (Scottish)
Bíum Bíum Bamba (Icelandic)
Röslein, Röslein (German)
Róisín Dubh (Irish)
O Waly, Waly (English)
Pecchè Non Duorme (Italian - Neapolitan)
Dormi, Dormi (Italian - Calabrian)
Tutú Marambá (Brazilian)
Rosla Kalina (Polish)
Adieu, Ma Belle (French)
Kojo No Tsuki (Japanese)
The Lark in the Clear Air (Irish)
She Moved Through the Fair (Irish)

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Winter 2005 "CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD"

O Magnum Mysterium Alessandro Scarlatti
Marias Wiegenlied Max Reger
Virga Jesse Anton Bruckner
Recitative, trio and chorus from the oratorio "Christus" Felix Mendelssohn
Glory to God in the Highest Randall Thompson
O Magnum Mysterium Morten Lauridsen
Hodie Christus Natus Est Imant Raminsh
O Come, O Come Emmanuel 15th-century French melody
Deck the Hall Welch traditional carol
Sing We Now of Christmas French carol
O Yule, Full of Gladness Norwegian carol
Nu ? Det Jul Igen/Na Juldagsmorgon Glimmar Traditional Swedish carols
Dormi, Dormi, O Bel Bambin Italian Christmas carol
Carol from an Irish Cabin Dale Wood
Sheperd's Pipe Carol John Rutter
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen English traditional carol
Hark! The Herald-Angels Sing F. Mendelssohn
Away in a Manger W. J. Kirkpatrick
Sleigh Ride Mitchell Parish/Leroy Anderson
Silver Bells Jay Livingston/Ray Evans
Carol of the Bells Traditional
Christmas Time Is Here Lee Mendelson/Vince Guaraldi
Baby, It's Cold Outside Frank Loesser
Santa Claus is Comin' to Town Haven Gillespie/J. Fred Coots
Silent Night Franz Gruber

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Summer 2005

Justum deduxit dominus Johann Ernst Eberlin (1702-1762)
Ave regina caelorum Johann Michael Haydn (1737-1806)
Three Part Songs
   - Die Harmonie in der Ehe
   - Abendlied zu Gott
   - Alles hat seine Zeit
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Alma dei creatori Wolgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Ave verum corpus W. A. Mozart
Misericordias Domini W. A. Mozart
Tov lehodos (Ps. 92) Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828)
Salve regina in F F. P. Schubert
Mass in G F. P. Schubert

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Winter 2004 "A CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION"

Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Magnificat in D Major J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel 15th Century French Melody
We Need a Little Christmas Jerry Herman
The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy arr. by John Leavitt
Ding Dong! Merrily on High 16th Century French Melody
O Come, All Ye Faithful J.F. Wade
Do You Hear What I Hear? Noel Regney/Gloria Shayne
Mary Did You Know? Mark Lowry/Buddy Greene
What Child Is This 16th Century English Melody
Deck the Hall Welsh Traditional Carol
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen English Traditional Carol
Sleigh Ride Mitchell Parish/Leroy Anderson
Frosty the Snow Man Steve Nelson/ Jack Rollins
Santa Claus Is Comin? to Town Haven Gillespie/J. Fred Coots
Rockin? Around the Christmas Tree Johnny Marks
Jingle Bells J. Pierpont
Hark! the Herald-Angels Sing Charles Wesley/F. Mendelssohn
The Little Drummer Boy K. Davis/H. Onorati/H. Simeone
Night of Silence Daniel Kantor
Silent Night Mohr/Gruber

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Summer 2004 "ON BROADWAY"

Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'
Comedy Tonight
Where is Love?
Consider Yourself
What I Did For Love
On the Street Where You Live
People Will Say We're in Love
Put on a Happy Face
Come Rain or Come Shine
Somewhere
Memory
Seasons of Love
I Could Have Danced All Night
Beauty School Dropout
Goodnight My Someone
Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now
If Ever I Would Leave You
Maria
Lida Rose
Bring Him Home
Getting Married Today
The King and I Medley
I'd Give My Life For You
Corner Of The Sky
This is The Moment
America
Luck Be A Lady
All That Jazz

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Winter 2003

A ceremony of carols B. Britten (1913-1976)
Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël
   - O magnum mysterium
   - Quem vidistis pastores dicite
   - Videntes stellam
   - Hodie Christus natus est
F. Poulenc (1899-1963)
Deck the halls
This child this king
Away in a manger
Still, still, still
Il est né le divin enfant
Los reges magos
God rest ye merry lads
The angel's song
Angels' carol
Hark the herald angels sing
Donkey carol
Night of silence
Silent night
Jingle bells
We wish you a merry Christmas

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Spring 2003

Gloria ad modum tubae G. Dufay (c. 1400-1474)
Cantate Domino C. Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Singet dem Herren ein neues Lied H. Schütz (1585-1672)
O Maria Mater gratie G. B. Crivelli (c. 1590-1652)
Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227 J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Abendlied zu Gott J. F. Haydn (1732-1809)
Lerchengesang (Op. 48, No. 4) F. Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
O süßer Mai (Op. 93a, No. 3) J. Brahms (1833-1897)
In stiller Nacht J. Brahms
Choral dances from "Gloriana" B. Britten (1913-1976)
There is a Balm in Gilead spiritual
Ain'-a that good news spiritual

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Winter 2002

Hodie Christus natus est G. Gabrieli (c. 1558-1613)
Verbum caro factum Est H. L. Hassler (1564-1612)
Quen vidistis pastores R. Dering (c. 1580-1630)
Ave Maria R. Parsons (c. 1543-1623)
Magnificat in C G. Ph. Telemann (1681-1767)
Ding dong! Merrily on high arr. C. Wood
Sans day carol J. Rutter (b. 1945)
What sweeter music J. Rutter
The Huron carol arr. R. Anderson
Noel c'est l'amour A. Bellefuille
The wassail song trad.
The Virgin Mary had a baby boy arr. J. Leavitt
Silent night arr. D. Wilcocks
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
The twelve days of Christmas arr. J. Rutter

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May 2000

O Thou the Central Orb Charles Wood (1866-1926)
The Blessed Son of God (from Hodie) Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Turn Back, O Man Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
A Litany William Walton (1902-1983)
O Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
A Hymn to the Virgin Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Jubilate Deo Benjamin Britten (xxx)
Alma Dei Creatoris, K. 277 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Mass in G Major, D. 167
   - Kyrie
   - Gloria
   - Credo
   - Sanctus & Benedictus
   - Agnus Dei
Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828)

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November 1999

Psalm 43 Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Ave maris stella Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Cantique de Jean Racine Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Geistliches Lied Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Hear My Prayer Felix Mendelssohn
Gloria
   - Gloria in excelsis
   - Et in terra pax
   - Laudamus te
   - Gratias agimus tibi
   - Propter magnam gloriam
   - Domine Deus
   - Domine Fili Unigenite
   - Domine Deus, Agnus Dei
   - Qui tollis
   - Qui sedes at dexteram
   - Quoniam tu solus sanctus
   - Cum Sancto Spiritus
Antonio Vivaldi (1669-1741)

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June 1999

O clap your hands Maurice Greene (1695-1755)
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Beati quorum via Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Dixit Maria Hans Leo Hassler (c.1564-1612)
Ave Virgo sanctissima Francesco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Jauchzef dem Herren Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
Cantate Domino Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Psalm 26 Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Missa Brevis in C, K.259
   - Kyrie
   - Gloria
   - Credo
   - Sanctus & Benedictus
   - Agnus Dei
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

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March 1999 (Farewell to the Monks of St. Anselm)

Kyrie from Missa Papae Marcelli Palestrina
Magnificat Arbo Pärt

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December 1998

Once in Royal David's City H.J. Gauntlett
In the Bleak Mid-Winter Harold Darke
The Three Kings Peter Cornelius
O Little One Sweet Scheidt / Bach
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly Polish arr. D. Willcocks
Fantasia on Christmas Carols Vaughan Williams
God Rest You Merry Trad.
Ding Dong Merrily on High T. Arbeau
Past Three O Clock Trad.
Nativity Carol John Rutter
Star Carol John Rutter
We Wish You a Merry Christmas Trad.

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October 1998

Magnificat
   - Magnificat anima mea
   - "Like a Rose"
   - Et misericordia
   - Gloria Patri
John Rutter
Prealudium in B minor Dietrich Buxtehude
I was glad when they said unto me Charles Hub rt Parry
Now that the sun Henry Purcell
Ave verum Edward Elgar
Three Spirituals Sir Michael Tippett

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February 1998

Madrigals and spirituals
- Now that the sun Purcell
- The Silver Swan Gibbons
- Ave verum Elgar
- Spirituals from "A Child of Our Time" Tippett
Folk songs
- Brigg Fair Grainger
- Just as the tide was flowing Vaughan-Williams
- Sweet Little Linnet Vaughan-Williams
- O, no John Miller
Ave verum corpus Mozart

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December 1997

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring Bach
Ave verum corpus Mozart
Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah) Handel
In the bleak mid-winter
God rest ye merry
Ding dong merrily on high
Adam lay ybounden
O come all ye faithful
We wish you a merry christmas

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June 1997

Coronation Mass K. 317 Mozart
Motette "Exsultate Jubilate Alleluia" K. 165 Mozart
Messiah Air "The Trumpet Shall Sound" Handel

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December 1996

The Boar's Head Carol
In the bleak mid-winter
Ding dong merrily on high
The first Nowell
Silent night
Adam lay y-bounden
O little town of Bethlehem
O little one sweet
Past three o'clock
The Charterhouse Carol
The little road to Bethlehem
Hark the Herald Angels sing
Good King Wenceslas
This is the Truth sent from above
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
While shepherds watched their flocks by night
O Come all ye Faithfull

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July 1996

The Coffee Cantata J.S. Bach
The Turtle Dove arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams
O Waly, Waly arr. John Rutter
I love my Love arr. Gustav Holst
Land of Hope and Glory Edward Elgar

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