Philharmonic Chorus of Madison

Next performance:

• Spring Concert 2008
  • Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 7:00 p.m, Oakwood West, 6165 Mineral Point Road
  • Friday, April 25, 2008, 7:30 p.m., Covenant Presbyterian Church, 326 S. Segoe Road
  • Sunday, April 27, 2008, 3:00 p.m., Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E. Gorham Street

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Previous performances:

• Tudor Holiday Dinner Concerts 2007, Great Hall in the Wisconsin Union.
  November 28, 29, 30, December 1, 2, 4, 5, 2007.
  See the Wisconsin Union website for information about Tudor Dinners: http://www.union.wisc.edu/tudordinners/.

   
  Hodie Christus natus est		Giovanni Bassano (1560-1617)
  O nata lux				Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)
  Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen		Jan Sandstrom (b. 1954)
  Spanish Carol				Traditional Spanish Carol (arr. Andrew Carter)
  The friendly beasts			Old English Carol (arr. Robert Scholz)
  Wexford Carol				Irish Carol (arr. John Rutter)	
  Nyne otpushchayeshi			Sergeï Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
  The Christmas song			Mel Torme (arr. Ed Lojeski) 
  Mary had a baby				African-American Spiritual (arr.Roderick Williams)
  Un-popular song				William Walton (arr. Roderick Williams)
  

• Spring Concert 2007 : "In the Beginning: Celebrating Sixty Years of the Philharmonic Chorus"
  • Wednesday, April 25, 2007, 7:00 p.m, Oakwood West, 6165 Mineral Point Road
  • Friday, April 27, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Covenant Presbyterian Church, 326 S. Segoe Road
  • Sunday, April 29, 2007, 3:00 p.m., Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E. Gorham Street

  With this spring concert, the Philharmonic Chorus celebrated its 60th Anniversary. Among the pieces performed were "Veni Sancte Spiritus " by Andrew Rindfleisch (World Premier Performance commissioned for this occasion by the Philharmonic Chorus of Madison), Randall Thompson's "Alleluia" (which was performed at the first Philharmonic Chorus Concert on Sunday, February 16, 1947), and "In the Beginning" by Aaron Copland (composed in 1947, the chorus's first year).

  The complete program:

   
  Deutsches Magnificat, SWV 494 (1671)	Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
  
  Alleluia (1940)	Randall Thompson (1899-1984)  
        This piece was performed on the first Philharmonic Chorus Concert on 
        Sunday, February 16, 1947.
  
  In the beginning (1947)	Aaron Copland (1900-90) 
        Shannon O’Brien-Kaszuba, soprano
  
  Veni Sancte Spiritus (2007)	Andrew Rindfleisch
        World Premier Performance
        Commissioned for this occasion by the Philharmonic Chorus of Madison
  
  Bogoroditse Djevo, from the All Night Vigil	Sergeï Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
  
  Spasenie sodelal 	Pavel Chesnokov (1877-1944)
  
  I have had singing 	Steven Sametz (b. 1954)
  
  In Flanders fields	Stephen Chatman (b. 1950)
  
  My God is a rock in a weary land African-American Spiritual (arr. Parker/Shaw)
  

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• Tudor Holiday Dinner Concerts 2006, Great Hall in the Wisconsin Union.

  Hosanna to the Son of David       Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
  Hodie Christus natus est          Javier Busto (b. 1949)	
  Ave Maria                         Franz Biebl (1906-2001)
  Masters in this hall              Traditional French Carol (arr. Shaw/Parker)
  The cherry tree carol             Kentucky Ballad (arr. Shaw/Parker)
  O Tebé ráduyetsia                 Pavel Chesnokov (1877-1944)
  O Shepherds leave your flocks     Traditional French Carol (arr. Edwin Fissinger)
  Entre le boeuf et l’âne gris      Traditional French Carol (arr. Paul Ayres)
  Spanish Carol                     Traditional Spanish Carol (arr. Andrew Carter)
  Lulajze Jesuniu                   Traditional Polish Carol (arr. Józef Swider)
  Glory Manger                      African-American Spiritual (arr. Robert DeCormier)
  

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• Spring Concert, 2006, "The Seeds of Love: Sacred and Secular Songs through the Ages"
  • Wednesday, April 26, 2006, 7:00 p.m, Oakwood West, 6165 Mineral Point Road
  • Friday, April 28, 2006, 7:30 p.m., Covenant Presbyterian Church, 326 S. Segoe Road
  • Sunday, April 30, 2006, 3:00 p.m., Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E. Gorham Street

  Program:

   
  Surgens Jesus                            Peter Philips (1561-1628)
  Tu solus qui facis mirabilia             Josquin des Pres (1445-1521)
  Laudate Dominum                          J. P. Sweelinck (1562-1621)
  
  Agnus Dei, from Mass for Five Voices     William Byrd (1543-1623)
  Agnus Dei                                Samuel Barber (1910-81)
  
  Psalm 43: Richte mich, Gott              Felix Mendelssohn (1809-57)
  Psalm 51: Schaffe in mir, Gott           Johannes Brahms (1833-97)
  
  My bonnie lass she smileth               Thomas Morley (1557-1603)
  Il bianco e dolce cigno                  Jacques Arcadelt (1505-68)
  Mon couer se recommende vous             Orlando di Lasso (1532-94)
  Revecy venir du Printemp                 Claude Le Jeune (1530-1600)
  
  So weich und warm                        Peter Cornelius (1824-74)
  Die drei Frühlingstage                   Peter Cornelius 
  
  Two poems by Christina Rossetti
       Remember                            Stephen Chatman (b. 1940)
       Rest                                Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
  
  The seeds of love                        Ralph Vaughan Williams
  My love is like a red, red rose          Scottish folksong, arr. Donald Cashmore
  Dashing away with a smoothing iron       arr. John Rutter
  

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• Tudor Holiday Dinner Concerts 2005, Great Hall in the Wisconsin Union.

  Program:

  The day before Christmas                 Donald Sosin (b. 1951)
  
  Angels we have heard on high             Arnold Freed (b. 1926)
  Christmas Eve Carol                      Jeffrey H. Rickard (b. 1942)
  Blaženni jaže izbral                     Peter I. Tschaikovsky (1840-93)
  A hymn to the Virgin                     Benjamin Britten (1913-76)
  Ave Maria                                David MacIntyre (b. 1952)
  Bring a torch, Jeannette, Isabella       Traditional French (arr. Parker & Shaw)
  O Jesulein süß                           Verse 1 by J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
                                           Verses 2 and 3 by Max Reger (1873-1916)
  Ding dong merrily on high                Traditional French (arr. Stephen Paulus)
  Ziemassvetku nakts                       Traditional Latvian (arr. Andrejs Jansons)
  Yih'yu l'ratson                          Stanley M. Hoffman (b. 1959)
  Children go where I send thee            African-American Spiritual (arr. R. Williams)
   
  

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• Spring concert, 2005, "Ex Oriente Lux: Choral Music of Eastern Europe"
  • Wednesday, April 27, 7:00 pm, Oakwood West, 6165 Mineral Point Road
  • Friday, April 29, 7:30 pm, Covenant Presbyterian Church, 326 S. Segoe Road
  • Sunday, May 1, 3:00 pm, Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E. Gorham Street

  Program:

   
  Cantate Domino (1997)                            Vytautas Miskinis (b. 1954) 
  Christus est natus (1999)                        Damijan Mocnik (b. 1967)
  Cantus Gloriosus (1988)                          Józef Swider (b. 1930)
  
  Two Liturgical Choruses from Russia
     Slava V Vyshnikh Bogu, Op. 37, no. 7          Sergeï Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
     Spasenie sodelal, Op. 25, no. 5               Pavel Tschesnokoff (1877-1944)
  
  Songs of Nature, Op. 63 (1882)                   Antonín Dvoràk (1841-1904)
     Melodies steal into my heart
     Vesper bells ring
     Golden sunlight
     Slender young birch
     This day
  
  Sieben Magnificat-Antiphonen (1988, rev. 1991)   Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
     O Weisheit
     O Adonai
     O Spross aus Isaias Wurzel
     O Schlüssel Davids
     O Morgenstern
     O König aller Völker
     O Immanuel
  
  Funeral Ikos (1981)                              John Tavener (b. 1944)
  
  Matra Pictures (1930)                            Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)
  
  

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• Tudor Holiday Dinner Concerts 2004, Great Hall in the Wisconsin Union

  Program:

   
  Manly Men: Men’s Chorus Extravaganza             Kurt Knecht
  Here we come a-wassailing                        Traditional English (arr. Stephen Paulus)	
  	
  Wassail Song                                     Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
  There is no rose                                 Raymond Weidner  (b. 1947)
  Christus est natus                               Damijan Mocnik (b. 1967)
  Il est ne                                        Traditional French Carol (arr. Alice Parker)
  El Noi de la Mare                                Catalonian Carol (arr. Ernest Cervera i Astor)
  Ani ma'amin                                      Robert Applebaum (b. 1941)
  Slava V Vyshnikh Bogu (Op. 37, no. 7)            Sergeï Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
  In dulci jubilo                                  arr. Robert Pearsall
  Here, mid the ass and oxen mild                  Traditional French Carol (arr. Parker/Shaw)
  Amen                                             African-American Spiritual (arr. Jester Hairston)
  Three-Minute Messiah                             arr. Peter Gritton
  
  

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• Spring concert, 2004, "A Banquet of Voices"
  • Sunday, May 2, 2004, 3:00 p.m., Grace Episcopal Church, 116 W. Washington Ave and
    
  • Wednesday, May 19, 2004, 7:00 p.m., Oakwood West, 6165 Mineral Point Road
    

  Program:

   
  Sing joyfully                                   William Byrd (1543-1623)
  Jesu dulcis memoria                             Tómas Luis da Victoria (1549-1611)
  O sacrum convivium                              Olivier Messiean (1908-92)
  
  I sat down under his shadow                     Edward Bairstow (1874-1946)
  
  Three Contemporary Psalm Settings
     I was glad: Psalm 122 (1994)                 Frank Ferko (b. 1950)
     Psalm 133 (1999)                             Nick Strimple (b. 1946)
     Psalm 84 (2002)                              Stanley M. Hoffman (b. 1959)
  
  Vorspruch                                       Hugo Distler (1908-42)
  
  Quatre motets sur des themes gregoriens (1960)  Maurice Duruflé (1902-86)
     Ubi caritas
     Tota pulchra es
     Tu es Petrus
     Tantum ergo
   
  Shenandoah                                      Traditional American Folk Song (arr. James Erb)
  I'm goin' away                                  Traditional North Carolina Folk Song (arr. Mack Wilberg)
  Ezekiel saw the wheel                           African-American Spiritual (arr. William Dawson)
  Insalata Italaliana                             Franz F. R. Genee (1823-95)
  
  

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• Tudor Holiday Dinner Concerts 2003, Great Hall in the Wisconsin Union.

  Program:

   
  Kalinka                                         Traditional Russian
  The Twelve Days of Christmas                    Traditional (arr. Robert Shaw and Alice Parker)
  
  Ding dong merrily on high                       English carol (arr. Howard Helvey)
  O magnum mysterium                              Tomas Luis da Victoria (1549-1611)
  Virga Jesse floruit                             Anton Bruckner (1823-96)
  Alles vas odem hat Lobe den Herrn               J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
  Good King Wenceslas                             Traditional (arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw)
  O little town of Bethlehem                      Kenneth Jennings (b. 1925)
  Tomorrow shall be my dancing day                English carol (arr. David Willcocks)
  The Virgin’s Cradle Hymn                        Edmund Rubbra (1901-86)
  De las montañas venimos                         Spanish Carol (arr. Gregory Rose)
  Rug Muire Mac do Dhia                           Traditional Irish (arr. David Mooney)
  Winter Wonderland                               arr. Tony Kamp 
  A Gaelic Blessing                               Daniel E. Gawthrop (b. 1949)
  
  

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